Already with an exhibition win against a legit D-I squad under its belt, UW-Platteville added a notable Division III triumph to its ledger, as the No. 7 ranked Pioneers topped No. 21 Wooster, 76-67, in the Hanover Tournament. Guards Mike Shaw and Curt Hanson combined for 43 points, while all-American center Jeff Skemp had 18 points. They'll draw Indiana-Southeast Sunday, which beat Hanover in the tournament's other game.
&&b-boxl&&No. 1 Washington University teetered on the edge again, but squeaked past Anderson, 70-68 in the AU Invitational championship game. Aaron Thompson's 20 points paced the Bears. Washington has won three consecutive tight games.
Brian Centella's basket with four seconds left in double overtime gave Loras a 64-62 win over No. 21 Chicago. The Maroons, the defending UAA champs, amazingly are 0-5, with four heartbreaking losses by single digits. No. 24 Virginia Wesleyan fell to 3-3, losing to Eastern Mennonite.
In women's action, UW-Platteville's women didn't have the same good fortune as the men. No. 19 Simpson went 17-for-17 from the free throw line and won easily, 89-54, in the Buena Vista Classic. No. 1 UW-Whitewater did beat a team from Iowa, topping Loras, 86--74.
&&g-boxr&&No. 7 Thomas More got 20 points from Jayme Thiem, offsetting 26 from Marcia Harris in a win over Calvin. Lehman, which shocked No. 3 DePauw Friday night, couldn't work the same magic, falling to host Trinity, 99-85. The Tigers did win their consolation game against Schreiner, 90-52. With the game tied at 65, Louisiana College missed four free throws in the last ten seconds of regulation against No. 20 McMurry who pulled away in overtime, 79-76.William Paterson beat Colby in a thriller on a late hoop by Elisa Brown, matching the Pioneers men, who beat Hunter on a last-second bucket by Courtney Nelson. Mount Mary defeated Eureka 76-70 for the program's first victory over a Division III opponent since D3hoops began tracking the Blue Angels' results.
Elsewhere in men's action, Ithaca improved to 5-0, beating Baldwin-Wallace, 97-75 in Allegheny's tournament. Gustavus Adolphus couldn't do what St. Thomas did last year, losing to Division II champ Winona State, 75-59.