York (Pa.) 101, Christopher Newport 97 (2 OTs)
YORK, Pa. — The Captains’ 11-game winning streak ended in an epic loss to the Spartans, who extended their winning streak to eight.
Both teams are 18-5, 7-1 in the Capital Athletic Conference. If both teams win their remaining two games, a coin flip will decide which team would be the CAC tournament’s top seed and, therefore, be at home if they advance through the bracket to meet again for the championship.
York’s Jared Wagner, an All-America candidate, scored a career-high 38 points on his Senior Day. He raced for a long rebound after CNU missed a potential tying 3-pointer and sank a clinching free throw.
CNU battled back from a 16-point first-half deficit to force overtime, hitting 9 of 14 3-point tries in the second 20 minutes.
Luther Gibbs scored 18 points, Keyshawn Jefferson 17, Adrian Beasley 16 and Cutch Ellis 15 for CNU, which shot 41.9% (31 of 74) from the field, including 40% (16 of 40) from 3-point range. Five Captains fouled out: Ellis, Nick Parks, Jason Aigner, Gibbs and Dalon McHugh.
Wagner played 38 minutes and hit 19 of 25 free throws. The Spartans sank 40 of 54 foul shots to the Captains’ 19 of 31.
Virginia Wesleyan 72, Randolph 53
VIRGINIA BEACH — Tim Fisher had 21 points, 18 rebounds, four blocks and two steals as the Marlins (18-3, 10-2 Old Dominion Athletic Conference), ranked 15th by d3hoops.com, pulled away against the WildCats (7-15, 3-10).
Corey Pelham had 17 points, five assists and four rebounds for VWU, and Percy Burt scored 13. The Marlins outrebounded the Wildcats 42-29 and outshot them 45.3% to 36.7%.
Justin Dula, with 18 points and 10 rebounds, was Randolph’s only double-digit scorer.
VWU led just 23-18 at halftime but rang up 49 points in the final 20 minutes.
Apprentice 98, Warren Wilson 77
SWANNANOA, N.C. — The Builders (11-10, 3-1 Eastern Metro Athletic Conference) climbed over .500 as Drew Walton had 26 points and 16 rebounds and Marion Moore had 23 points and 15 rebounds.
Brandon Joyner scored 22 points for Apprentice, which shot 53.2% (33 of 62) and outrebounded the Owls 49-20. The Builders led by double digits for the last 34 minutes.
Warren Wilson (1-12, 0-4) got 22 points and seven rebounds from Brent Davis, 20 points from Cole Doolittle and 14 points from O’Darius Cade.
Richmond 59, Fordham 53
NEW YORK — Jacob Gilyard scored 22 points on 7-of-11 shooting as the Spiders came from behind to avoid an upset.
Chris Austin’s basket with 11:20 left gave the Rams a 44-36 lead. Grant Golden countered with a jump shot, and that sparked a 14-0 run by Richmond (17-6, 7-3 Atlantic 10), which never trailed again.
Blake Francis added 18 points for the Spiders, who have won back-to-back contests following consecutive defeats. Tyler Burton and Golden collected nine and eight rebounds, respectively.
Antwon Portley had 12 points for the Rams (7-15, 1-9), who have lost four straight games. Ty Perry added 11 points and Jalen Cobb 10.
Delaware 80, James Madison 78
NEWARK, Del. — Nate Darling’s layup with about five seconds remaining broke a tie, giving the Blue Hens (18-7, 8-4 Colonial Athletic Association) a victory over the Dukes (9-15, 2-11), who led much of a closely contested second half.
Darling hit all nine of his free throws and led Delaware with 27 points, sparking the Blue Hens back from a 66-59 deficit. Kevin Anderson scored 21 points, and Justyn Mutts had 18 points and 14 rebounds.
Deshon Parker scored 23 points for JMU, though his last-second layup missed to end the game. Matt Lewis scored 21 and Zach Jacobs had 16 points and six rebounds off the bench.
Rhode Island 82, George Washington 51
WASHINGTON — Fatts Russell scored 24 points as URI stretched its winning streak to 10 games.
Jeff Dowtin scored 14 points for the Rams (18-5, 10-1 Atlantic 10). Tyrese Martin and Cyril Langevine added 11 points apiece, with Langevine grabbing 13 rebounds.
Rhode Island, coached by former William & Mary point guard David Cox, held the Colonials to 29% shooting.
Shawn Walker Jr. scored 14 points for the Colonials (10-14, 4-7), Jameer Nelson Jr. added 11 and Chase Paar 10 with eight rebounds. New Kent is coached by New Kent High graduate Jamion Christian.
Georgetown 76, DePaul 72
WASHINGTON — Jahvon Blair scored a career-high 30 points for Georgetown, which rallied to hand the Blue Demons their sixth straight loss.
The Hoyas trailed by as many as 11 in the first half and 38-32 at halftime, but tied it at 57 with an 11-2 second-half run and led 66-61 with 3:45 to play after Jagan Mosely and Jamorko Pickett made back-to-back buckets.
DePaul closed to 74-72 on Paul Reed’s second-chance layup with 3 seconds left, but the Hoyas hung on with Terrell Allen and George Muresan making two free throws apiece.
Omer Yurtseven scored 16 points with eight rebounds for Georgetown (14-10, 4-7 Big East), which was outscored 36-26 in the paint but scored 23 points off of 15 Blue Demons’ turnovers. Allen scored 12 points with nine assists, and Qudus Wahab had six points and six blocks.
Jalen Coleman-Lands scored 17 points for DePaul (13-11, 1-10), which is led by former Virginia coach Dave Leitao. Jaylen Butz and Charlie Moore added 14 points each, and Moore had nine assists.
VMI 75, The Citadel 64
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Greg Parham scored a career-high 36 points as the Keydets (7-18, 2-10 Southern Conference) ended some recent frustration by beating perhaps their fiercest rival.
Parham, averaging 8.7 points per game coming in, hit 13 of 14 shots, including all six of his 3-pointers. He also had five assists and three steals.
Although there were 11 lead changes in the game, VMI controlled the final 13-plus minutes. After Fletcher Abee hit a 3-pointer to draw The Citadel within 55-48 with 13:40 to go, VMI soon built its largest lead — 65-49 — and The Citadel did not make another field goal until 4:56 remained.
Garrett Gilkeson had 11 points and six rebounds for VMI, which snapped its four-game losing streak. Myles Lewis added six rebounds.
Tyson Batiste had 14 points, eight rebounds and six assists for the Bulldogs (6-17, 0-12), who are guided by former VMI coach Duggar Baucom. Derek Webster Jr. added 14 points, seven rebounds and four blocks. Kaiden Rice had 13 points.
The Citadel has lost 12 consecutive games, including a 88-79 setback at VMI on Jan. 18.
Winthrop 70, Longwood 68
FARMVILLE — D.J. Burns and Charles Falden each scored 17 points to keep Winthrop undefeated in Big South play.
Jamal King’s 3-pointer with 7:44 left gave Winthrop (18-7, 12-0) a 60-50 lead, but the Lancers went on an 18-6 run and led 68-66 on Heru Bligen’s layup with 2:02 left.
Falden followed with a pair of free throws to tie it. Burns and Hunter each made 1 of 2 from the line for the final points.
Longwood (9-16, 4-8) failed to complete the comeback. Bligen turned the ball over on the possession following Falden’s foul shots with 91 seconds to go.
Shabooty Phillips missed an off-balance with 46 seconds remaining, Chase Claxton blocked Phillips’ layup with 10 seconds left, and Sean Flood failed to get a shot off as time expired.
Juan Munoz scored 24 points and JaShaun Smith 15 for the Lancers.
Liberty 74, North Alabama 56
FLORENCE, Ala. — Caleb Homesley tied his career high with 30 points and grabbed nine rebounds for the Flames.
Georgie Pacheco-Ortiz had 18 points for Liberty (23-3, 9-2 Atlantic Sun), which earned its fourth consecutive victory. Scottie James added 12 points and Darius McGhee had nine rebounds.
Liberty maintained a share of first place in the conference with North Florida (16-10, 9-2) which beat Florida Gulf Coast on Saturday.
Christian Agnew had 14 points for the Lions (10-14, 5-6). C.J. Brim added 12 points and six rebounds. Emanuel Littles had 14 rebounds.
American 72, Army 62
WASHINGTON — Sa’eed Nelson scored 23 points for the Eagles in their victory.
Stacy Beckton Jr. added a career-high 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for his first double-double in just more than a year, and Connor Nelson scored 17 points for the Eagles (12-11, 8-4 Patriot League).
Nelson is now fewer than 100 points from the school career record of 2,047. He also has 250 steals, ranking third in league history.
Lonnie Grayson had 17 points and eight rebounds for the Black Knights (11-12, 6-6). Matt Wilson added 15 points and nine rebounds. Tommy Funk had 13 points and seven assists.
Colgate 67, Navy 60
HAMILTON, N.Y. — Nelly Cummings scored 18 points to lead four Raiders in double figures.
Jordan Burns had 14 points for Colgate (19-6, 10-2 Patriot League). Rapolas Ivanauskas added 12 points and six rebounds, while Tucker Richardson scored 11 with six assists. Will Rayman grabbed 12 rebounds to go with nine points. The Raiders’ starters accounted for all but three points.
Greg Summers had 15 points to lead the Midshipmen (12-11, 6-6). Evan Wieck grabbed 10 rebounds and scored eight.
Towson 76, Drexel 69
PHILADELPHIA — Allen Betrand scored a career-high 31 points, Brian Fobbs added 19 more and, sparked by a Charles Thomas dunk, Towson captured a road victory.
Bertrand was 10-for-16 shooting with three 3-pointers, and he made all eight of his free throws.
Trailing by as many as six early in the second half, Thomas picked off a Drexel pass and hammered down a dunk that lifted Towson (14-11, 8-5 CAA) to a 47-46 lead with 12:43 to go. The Tigers never trailed again, snapping Drexel’s string of five straight home wins.
The Dragons (13-12, 6-6) led 40-33 at the break, but Towson shot 52% in the last 20 minutes. Betrand scored 20 points after halftime and Fobbs 15 as Towson outscored Drexel 43-29 in the last 20 minutes.
Camren Wynter led the Dragons with 24 points, Zach Walton added 17 and James Butler scored 13 with eight rebounds.
Elon 72, College of Charleston 65
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Marcus Sheffield scored 31 points and grabbed 12 rebounds as Elon knocked the College of Charleston out of a tie for the CAA lead.
Sheffield, a graduate transfer from Stanford, went 11 of 12 from the free-throw line but was four points shy of his collegiate high as a Cardinal sophomore in 2016-17.
The Phoenix (9-17, 5-8) bolted to a 27-14 lead in the first half by knocking down six 3-pointers. The Cougars charged back and only trailed 32-30 at the half.
Brevin Galloway opened the second half with a 3-pointer for Charleston, and 21/2 minutes later, Grant Riller hit a 3-pointer to give the Cougars a four-point lead. But Sheffield had seven points in a 10-0 run, and the Phoenix never trailed again.
Elon finished 11 of 28 behind the 3-point arc and 8 of 25 inside.
Riller had 26 points for Charleston (15-10, 9-4), and Osinachi Smart had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Hofstra 75, Northeastern 71
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Hampton High graduate Jalen Ray and Desure Buie scored 22 points apiece, and Ray sank four free throws in the last three seconds as Hofstra claimed first place in the CAA.
Eli Pemberton had 12 points for Hofstra (18-7, 9-3), which rallied from 14 points down to earn its fourth consecutive victory. Stafford Trueheart added seven rebounds.
Jordan Roland, the nation’s fifth-leading scorer at 23 points per game, poured in 32 for the Huskies (11-13, 5-7), including a leaping, left-handed 3-pointer from the left elbow that cut the Hofstra lead to 69-68 with 8,5 seconds on the clock. Jason Strong added 14 points.
The Huskies have lost four consecutive games.
East Carolina 81, Tulane 67
NEW ORLEANS — Jayden Gardner scored 20 points, freshman Tristen Newton added 18 points and a season-high nine rebounds, and ECU ended its seven-game road losing streak.
Gardner also had nine rebounds. Tyrie Jackson and Brandon Suggs each had 11 points for East Carolina (10-14, 4-7 American Athletic Conference).
Christion Thompson had 21 points, nine rebounds, six assists and five steals for the Green Wave (10-13, 2-9), which has lost seven straight games. K.J. Lawson added 20 points.
Radford 81, High Point 70
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Carlik Jones’ 20 points and Oscar Smith High alum Donald Hicks’ 12 guided the Highlanders (14-9, 9-2 Big South) past the Panthers (7-17, 4-7).
Josiah Jeffers hit a 3-pointer with 49 seconds remaining, blunting a High Point rally as Radford won its fourth straight. Jeffers finished with a career-high 12 points, making 4 of 7 from long distance.
Radford held a 20-point lead at halftime. The Highlanders were still leading 75-55 with 4:37 to play, only to see that whittled to 76-68 with 1:11 left.
The Panthers made two 3-pointers and were 7 of 10 at the free-throw line in their 13-1 rally. Jamal Wright and Denny Slay II each scored 17 to lead High Point, which saw a two-game win streak end. Each made three 3-pointers.
Radford made 61% from the field (26 for 43), with 13 3-pointers. The Highlanders are second in the Big South behind 12-0 Winthrop, which they will visit Monday in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Virginia Union 67, Elizabeth City State 65
RICHMOND — Charles Tart hit the go-ahead layup with 27 seconds remaining for his only basket of the game at Barco-Stevens Hall, sending the Panthers (14-10, 7-4 Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association) past the Vikings (12-12, 5-9).
Terrell Leach and Jordan Peebles scored 16 points apiece for VUU. Justin Faison paced ECSU with 18.
Randolph-Macon 85, Lynchburg 82, OT
ASHLAND — Sophomore Ian Robertson nailed a 3-pointer just before the buzzer in overtime to cap his career-best 18 points for the Yellow Jackets (21-1, 13-0 ODAC), who are ranked third by d3hoops.com.
Lynchburg dropped to 13-9, 8-5.
Roanoke 84, Hampden-Sydney 76
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY — Kasey Draper scored 24 points, hitting four 3-pointers, for the Maroons (13-8, 7-5 ODAC).
Junior captain Jake Hahn scored a career-high 24 points and freshman Ryan Clements had a season-high 21 for the Tigers (13-8, 8-4).
A 19-9 run gave Roanoke a 74-64 lead.
Bridgewater 109, Emory & Henry 90
BRIDGEWATER — Chandler Murray had 31 points and Davrion Grier added 22 for the Eagles (7-15, 3-10 ODAC) in an offensive showcase.
E&H’s Colin Molden had 35 points, nine rebounds and five assists. The Wasps fell to 5-17, 2-11.
Mary Washington 74, St. Mary’s (Md.) 64
ST. MARY’S CITY, Md. — Greg Rowson’s 23 points and 10 rebounds led the Eagles (14-9, 4-4 CAC). Da’Shawn Cook, from Jamestown High, had 14 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals for UMW.
Miles Gillette had 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Seahawks (7-16, 2-6).
