Fourth-seeded St. John Fisher got 21 points from Ozell Franklin and held Mike Chmielowiec and Mike Labanowski scoreless in the second half as the Cardinals rallied past top-seeded Rochester 71-66 on Friday night.
They'll face cross-street rival Nazareth, which got three 20-point performances to defeat Geneseo State and advance. The Golden Flyers advanced as the No. 7 seed with a home-court win against second-seeded RIT on Wednesday night. Friday night's men's scores.
Five Loggers scored in double-figures led by Robert Krauel's 18 points as No. 12 Puget Sound beat No. 24 Whitworth 89-77 on the road in a Northwest Conference matchup.
&&f-boxl&&No. 9 Amherst avenged its only loss with a vengeance, rolling out to a big early lead and roaring past Little Three rival Wesleyan 76-46. Hartwick slowed Ithaca down but couldn't stop the No. 13 Bombers, which won 56-49. No. 3 Washington U. pulled away from Case Western Reserve down the stretch in an 87-77 win, while Chicago got into the W column for the first time all season, defeating Emory 55-50 behind 17 points from John Kinsella.
No. 17 St. Norbert won for the 10th consecutive time, beating winless Knox 64-53. Grinnell shot 16-for-61 from three-point range but had a chance to tie with under a minute left before losing to Carroll, 108-102. John Grotberg finished with 18 points on 6-for-23 shooting.
Friday night's only women's Top 25 upset came courtesy of Catholic University, which won at home against No. 14 Moravian, 66-61. Brianna Peterson had 18 points and seven rebounds to hand Moravian its second loss of the season, the other coming Nov. 22 to current No. 1 Rochester. Friday night's women's scores.
No. 12 Tufts had little trouble in its NESCAC opener, beating Williams 83-62. Stevens had four scorers in double figures, including Dani Dudek with 11, in a 65-42 road win at Alfred.