Rhode Island College won its eighth consecutive game and the 12th in its past 13, as Kaseem Johnson turned in a double-double and Antone Gray scored a team-high 18 points in the No. 25 Anchormen's 82-71 win against No. 15 Mass-Dartmouth on Tuesday night.

The win gives RIC sole possession of first place in the Little East and gives the Anchormen a sweep of the season series with the Corsairs. Tuesday's men's scores.

&&g-boxr&&St. John Fisher ended its four-game tailspin in dramatic fashion, going on an 18-0 run in the second half to blow Rochester Tech away, 72-51. It's RIT's first Empire 8 loss of the season, giving No. 8 Ithaca, which beat Stevens 81-68, first place by a half game.

In women's action, the two unbeaten teams remained so, with No. 1 Illinois Wesleyan and No. 4 George Fox winning easily. No. 15 Eastern Connecticut beat cross-state rival Western Connecticut 72-60 for its 11th consecutive win. Western Connecticut (17-4) has lost just two games since Nov. 22, both to Eastern Conn. Tuesday's women's scores.

Aswad Thomas scored 17 points and was credited with 12 assists as the No. 12 Elms men dispensed with Becker, 102-80. The Bridgewater State men now have their longest winning streak in more than a quarter century, thanks to Tuesday's 68-56 win against Bowdoin. Mary Hardin-Baylor rallied from a 17-point halftime deficit to down Concordia-Austin 86-82. The Crusaders shot 63 percent from the floor in the second half as Tilmon Gaddy scored a season-high 32. Chris Paquin laid one in with eight seconds left to lift Nichols past Wentworth 79-78.

Julie Bown hit the game-winner with nine seconds left to cap a 20-point night as the Ursinus women beat Franklin and Marshall, sweeping the season series. Cortland State won the battle of the Red Dragons, beating Oneonta State 64-59 to improve to 19-3.