Tim Lucas hit one of two free throws for William Paterson with 3.1 seconds left and Richard Stockton's Michael Farrow blocked a shot at the buzzer as the No. 13 Ospreys outlasted NJAC rival William Paterson 77-76 in quadruple overtime on the D3hoopsNet Game of the Week.
Richard Stockton led in each of the first three overtimes before the Pioneers (10-2) rallied to force the extra periods. Omar Smith scored 21 points in 56 minutes for Richard Stockton (13-2), one of three Ospreys who played more than 50 minutes.
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Although one was ranked in the Top 15 and the other was barely receiving votes, there wasn't much separating No. 11 Capital and Ohio Northern on paper. And it took 25 points by Ryan Wood to lead the Crusaders in a 96-88 home overtime victory. Saturday's men's scores
In a matchup of Top 10 teams, No. 6 UW-Stevens Point topped No. 4 UW-Platteville 73-66 in overtime in a game with 13 ties and 22 lead changes. At 5-0 the Pointers are the last unbeaten team in WIAC play. Mac Petty won his 500th game as a head coach and Wabash dealt Wooster its first conference loss, 75-58.
It was a rough night to be a ranked CCIW team. Carthage took care of No. 7 Augustana 66-57 behind Steve Djurickovic's 24 points. Millikin outlasted Elmhurst 91-84 in double overtime, giving the Bluejays three consecutive loses. North Central defeated No. 17 Illinois Wesleyan 77-70 in Bloomington. No. 1 Wheaton (Ill.) stayed above the fray with a 93-74 win at North Park.
No. 5 Amherst bounced back from its first loss to beat archrival Williams 65-60 in Williamstown, Mass. Joe Scott had 23 points as No. 2 St. Thomas remained unbeaten with a win against Carleton (photo gallery). No. 18 Elms breezed past Becker on the strength of Antoine Holder's 16 points in the NECC opener for both teams. No. 3 Washington U. held Chicago without a field goal for a 12 minute stretch in the second half and winless through 12 games, 74-62.
Wentworth rallied from eight points down in the final two minutes of regulation, hit a buzzer-beater to force overtime and knocked off Gordon 73-70 in the extra period. No. 8 Buena Vista survived another scare, hitting a free throw with six seconds left in overtime to beat Central 77-76.
Brian Nigro won the battle of the Nigro brothers, as his Mount St. Vincent team beat Dan Nigro's Polytechnic 129-111. Kevin Conroy scored 41 points, including 19-for-21 from the foul line, as King's rallied past Delaware Valley 83-78.
On Friday night, No. 1 Rochester survived its first big UAA test of the season, winning at No. 5 Brandeis 66-62 behind 21 points from Melissa Alwardt on 5-for-8 three-point shooting. In men's action, No. 14 Carnegie Mellon traveled to undefeated NYU and handed the homestanding Violets their first loss of the season by a 78-57 score. No. 12 Ithaca pounded Nazareth, 122-90, while No. 15 Whitworth and No. 16 Trinity (Texas) each nipped league foes.