Daniah Beavers dominated inside and the rest of Albion dominated everywhere else in the Britons' win over No. 5 Hope. File photo by Albion College athletics

Albion emphatically ended a five-season drought against No. 5 Hope and UW-Stout ended an eight-game skid against No 13 UW-Whitewater on Saturday afternoon. Elsewhere, Ramapo continued its surprising run atop the NJAC and Haverford kept the Centennial Conference race interesting.

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Albion led No. 5 Hope from start to finish, and the Britons held the Flying Dutch well below their season scoring average in a 69-53 win over the defending national champions.

Albion scored 12 of the game’s first 14 points and then pushed its advantage to 13 at the break. Hope pulled within 10 points midway through the fourth quarter only to see the Britons score the next four and pull away for the win.

Daniah Beavers had a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds for Albion (11-4, 6-1 MIAA), which will face No. 11 Trine on Wednesday. It’s the Britons first win over Hope since January 25, 2017. 

UW-Stout hung close with No. 13 UW-Whitewater until the Warhawks top two players fouled out, and then the Blue Devils secured a 72-65 victory. UW-Whitewater led 56-55 midway through the fourth quarter when All-American Aleah Grundahl fouled out pursuing a loose ball. Two minutes later, Kacie Carollo fouled out on a charging violation. On the Blue Devils’ ensuing possession, Haylee Yaeger hit a three to increase UW-Stout’s lead to six and the Blue Devils made their free throws to seal the win.

Yaeger finished with 17 points and seven rebounds for UW-Stout (13-4, 4-1 WIAC), which is tied for first with No. 14 UW-Eau Claire. The Blugolds handled UW-Stevens Point, 57-38.

No. 2 Trinity (Texas) scored 42 points in the first quarter and rolled over Southwestern, 125-89, for its 17^th win in a row. The Tigers got 16 field goals from 10 players, including six 3-pointers, in the opening period. Josie Napoli and Ashlyn Milton played 16 minutes each and combined for 45 points.

No. 3 Transylvania kept the Division III active scoring leader in check and the rest of Anderson wasn’t able to score enough to hang with the Pioneers, who won 89-63. Transylvania (16-0, 8-0 HCAC) held Lexi Dellinger to 11 points on 2-for-4 shooting in 34 minutes. Four Pioneer starters reached double figures and the fifth finished one point short. Dasia Thornton posted a double-double (22 points, 11 rebounds) for Transylvania.

Concordia (Texas) had several one-point fourth-quarter leads over visiting No. 16 Hardin-Simmons, but the Tornadoes eventually fell to the Cowgirls, 84-78. Hardin-Simmons broke a 69-all tie midway through the final quarter with a 8-0 run capped by two jumpers from Hallie Edmundson. Samantha Tatum led all scorers with 26 points and shot 10-for-11 from the foul line for Hardin-Simmons (14-2, 9-0 ASC).

Haverford edged Dickinson, 52-50, and pulled the Red Devils back to the top of the crowded pack in the Centennial Conference standings. After falling behind Dickinson 50-40 midway through the fourth quarter, the Fords shut the Red Devils out the rest of the way. Ally Landau scored Haverford’s last seven points, including the game-winning layup with five seconds left. Landau racked up 21 points, 13 rebounds, five steals and three assists for Haverford (11-5, 8-3 Centennial), which is in a virtual tie for first with Dickinson and Johns Hopkins.

The NESCAC standings look topsy-turvy after a series of surprising Saturday results. Williams dealt No. 25 Bowdoin its third consecutive loss, 48-40, while Colby surprised Middlebury, 63-59, and Hamilton tripped Tufts, 59-43. Those results leave the Ephs and Panthers a half-game back of No. 17 Trinity (Conn.), which was idle on Saturday. Traditional NESCAC powers Tufts, Amherst and Bowdoin sit in fourth, fifth and ninth respectively.

Ramapo scored 24 points through the first three quarters of its home game against TCNJ, but 21 in the fourth, and that was enough to beat the Lions, 45-36. Jada Thompson scored seven of her game-high 17 points in the second half for the Roadrunners (12-3, 7-2 NJAC). The win keeps Ramapo one game ahead of TCNJ, William Paterson, Kean and New Jersey City, which are all 6-3 in conference. Ramapo has never won the NJAC title in women's basketball.

Isabella Vasquez became the first Division III women’s basketball player to score 50 points this season, as the Penn State-Abington guard hit 11 three-pointers in the Nittany Lions’ 85-32 romp over Wells. Vasquez shot 16 for 30 from the field and made 7 of 9 free throws over 36 minutes.

Meghan Dryburgh poured in 22 points and grabbed 26 rebounds, and Washington and Jefferson kept rolling through the PAC with a 59-48 win over Grove City. The Presidents (15-1, 11-0 PAC) have won 14 in a row, their longest winning streak in 20 years.

Isabella Vasquez became the first Division III women’s basketball player to score 50 points this season, as the Penn State-Abington guard hit 11 three-pointers in the Nittany Lions’ 85-32 romp over Wells. Vasquez shot 16 for 30 from the field and made 7 of 9 free throws over 36 minutes.