Wednesday's men: WIAC shakeup

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Alex Oman's big night helped fuel UW-Stout's upset victory.
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Freshman Hank Kujak drained a three-pointer with 1.3 seconds left in OT to give UW-Stout a 67-64 upset win at UW-Stevens Point.

It was Kujak's only three-point attempt of the night, but Alex Oman added 20 points off the bench for the Blue Devils, who won just their third conference game of the season. Full story.

The Pointers' loss, combined with UW-River Falls' loss at UW-La Crosse, put River Falls, Stevens Point and Whitewater in a three-way tie for first in the league, with each having one game remaining.

No. 3 MIT avenged its only loss of the season, defeating WPI 71-66. Will Tashman went 8-of-11 from the field for the victorious Engineers and finished with a game-high 12 rebounds. MIT took the lead on a 19-0 run in the second half and held on as WPI cut the lead to three.

Sixth-ranked Cabrini finished running the table in the CSAC, winning 96-85 at Keystone. Cory Lemons recorded a double-double with 32 points and 12 rebounds. The No. 7 Virginia Wesleyan Marlins needed overtime to win at Lynchburg 73-62. The Hornets were held scoreless in the extra session.

No. 11 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps finished the game on a 16-3 run to pull away to a 57-46 win against Cal Lutheran. The Stags have a two-game lead on second-place Whittier in the SCIAC with two games to play.

Georgio Milligan scored 27 points to lead No. 13 Franklin and Marshall to a 71-63 road victory at Johns Hopkins. Brandon Rash scored a team-high 21 points, including the go-ahead three-pointer with 3:42 to play, as No. 14 Transylvania rallied for a 74-65 win over Hanover.

Travis Curley's shooting kept Clark alive, then gave it the win.
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Travis Curley hit a pair of buzzer-beating shots – his second over a pair of defenders as time expired in double overtime to lift host Clark to a thrilling 81-79 win over visiting Springfield in NEWMAC action. Curley’s game–winning shot came after Alex Berthiaume tied the game at 79-79 with his fourth three-pointer of the game with 14 seconds left.

The OAC fell into a three-way tie for first place as well, as Marietta rolled at home against Capital, 73-48 behind 15 from J.J. Martin and 11 for Trevor Halter. That knocked Capital out of sole possession of first place in the league, while John Carroll joined the first-place tie with an 87-50 win against Muskingum.

Wabash needed three free throws at the end of second overtime but got only two and fell 82-81 to Ohio Wesleyan. Wittenberg wrapped up the NCAC top seed with a game to go, defeating DePauw 56-55.

Kevin Hurd made a layup as time expired to lift Carroll past Beloit 67-65. Hurd was one of three Pioneers in double figures in scoring. Trey Harry hit a three-pointer as time expired to lift Ursinus past Washington College 77-75.

La Roche rallied from a nine-point halftime deficit to keep Franciscan winless, defeating the Barons 64-57 in overtime. The Redhawks clunched second place in the AMCC as Medaille similarly had to survive an upset attempt from a sub-.500 conference foe, defeating D'Youville 83-82.