Lucas Gentry was unstoppable on Thursday night and has averaged 26.2 points per game over his past five contests. Transylvania athletics file photo

The Middle Atlantic Conference came out in full force, Lucas Gentry had a big night for Transylvania and the DePauw women ran away with a win in Thursday night's NCAA Division III basketball action.

• Thursday's scoreboard: Men | Women
• More men's news releases | Women's news releases

Through Thursday, 198 women's teams have played at least one game, along with 194 men's teams.

Transylvania let a 10-point lead slip away in the last five minutes of regulation, giving up four 3-pointers to Hanover over that span, but the Pioneers (6-6) put the game away in overtime. Lucas Gentry scored the first nine points of the extra session and Hanover went ice cold, missing four consecutive free throws and four consecutive field goal attempts as Transylvania went on to win 89-84. Gentry finished with a game-high 42 points, shooting 16-for-24 from the floor and 7-for-10 from beyond the arc in the victotry.

DeSales dominated Wilkes in its opener, downing its MAC Freedom rival 99-55. Timmy Edwards scored a game-high 31 points, shooting 13-for-18 from the floor, and the Bulldogs outrebounded the Colonels 39-20. Arcadia, Lycoming, Widener and Lebanon Valley were winners in men's action in the two MAC leagues, while Messiah, Albright, Widener, DeSales, Arcadia and Lycoming were MAC winners in women's action.

Mike DeWitt picked up his first win of the season, and it was a milestone victory as well, as he reached the 400-win mark in Ohio Wesleyan's 50-45 win against Denison. The Battling Bishops pulled away in a low-scoring battle, turning a 38-36 lead into a 48-41 bulge with 2:23 left. That's when Will Hunter drove for a layup and took a steal to the hole for a basket to cut the lead to three. But Curtis White hit his free throws with 18 seconds left and Grant Spicer rebounded a missed 3-pointer to secure the win. Jack Clement led OWU (1-2) with 22 points.

It was a big night at Bethel, where the Royals rallied from a 21-point deficit with 12:45 left to force overtime, then went on to defeat Augsburg 85-79. Noah Whalen and Isaiah Rollins combined for 23 second-half points and the Royals got all of their points in the overtime from Isaiah Carver-Bagley (seven) and Jaren Tschetter (six). Carver-Bagley finished with a game-high 23 points, including eight 3-pointers. Matt Carik scored 21 to lead Augsburg.

Washington & Lee got on the floor for the first time after a handful of cancelations and got 22 points and 10 rebounds from Curtis Mitchell, but it was not enough as Kasey Draper poured in 31 for Roanoke to lead the Maroons to a 78-68 win. Tripp Greene added 18 points, 12 of them on four 3-pointers, as Roanoke improved to 6-1, 5-0 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conerence. Vermont saw its first Division III basketball game of the season, as Northern Vermont-Lyndon beat Northern Vermont-Johnson 92-85. Peyton Olsen scored a game-high 25 points and shot 9-for-11 from the floor in the victory. And Carroll made sure that Elmhurst's long-awaited season debut ended in disappointment, as the Pioneers blocked a last-second shot attempt and held on to defeat the Bluejays 72-70.

Thursday's women's action

No. 7 DePauw ended the game on a 19-2 run and improved to 3-0 behind career-high point totals from Emma LeMasters, Hayley Cange and Maeve Summerville as the Tigers defeated Denison 62-41. Denison trailed by just four points early in the fourth before Maddie Howe hit the team's first 3-pointer of the night, extending the Tigers' lead to seven and sending them off to the races. LeMasters led all scorers with 17, while Cange added a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds and Summerville totaled 11 points. Mikaila Carpenter led Denison with 12 points.

Wheaton (Ill.) improved to 6-1 behind 31 points and seven rebounds from Annie Tate in a 77-66 win at Carthage. Hannah Swider added 18 points on 7-for-10 shooting as the Thunder pulled away in the second half to keep Carthage winless on the season. Wheaton improved to 6-1. Elsewhere in the CCIW, No. 13 Millikin pulled away in the second half to get past North Central (Ill.) 74-62. The Big Blue shot just 2-for-14 in the first quarter but rallied behind 22 points from freshman Elyce Knudsen.