Virginia Wesleyan snapped a five-game losing streak to Guilford and improved to 7-1 with a 71-68 win.

Junior Quantrell Simmons hit a jumper to tie the game and rookie Travis Washington followed with a go-ahead triple off a steal by senior Stephen Fields midway through the second half Saturday to give the Marlins a lead they rode the rest of the way. Saturday's men's scores. For women's coverage, scroll down.

On Saturday, it turned out it was the CCIW which was up to the challenge, as No. 17 Carthage downed CCIW-MIAA Challenge host Hope 83-77 and No. 6 Wheaton (Ill.) bounced back to beat Calvin 74-69. Wheaton got behind 29 points from Ben Panner while Carthage overcame a game-high 26 from Will Bowser to beat Hope.

New Jersey City shot 11-for-16 from three-point range and defeated No. 8 Richard Stockton 76-71. McDaniel ended the game on a 12-2 run and upended No. 10 Franklin and Marshall 60-51. Chicago bounced back from its midweek loss to Wheaton and defeated No. 16 Illinois Wesleyan to improve to 5-1 behind 16 from Steve Stefanou and 13 from Tom Williams.

Elms' good feelings didn't last very long. A night after knocking off Amherst, the Blazers fell at home to Westfield State. No. 22 Wittenberg lost in puzzling fashion, 92-74 at Hiram.

Billy Bender had a pair of clutch three-pointers, one at the end of regulation and one in overtime, to help lead MIT to a 78-73 win over Gordon. St. Norbert is 6-0 for the first time since 1923 after beating Monmouth 70-58. Lycoming rallied from a 16-point halftime deficit to beat Widener 91-85. Photo gallery