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| Keegan Douglas led Catholic with a career-high 29 points, including a 3-pointer which sparked a rally from 14 down in the fourth quarter. Photo by Mike Atherton, d3photography.com | More photos from this game |
The No. 9 Scranton women and the No. 4 NYU men each fell to ranked opponents in conference games on Friday night, as No. 13 Catholic edged Scranton in overtime and No. 5 Case Western Reserve picked up its first UAA win.
No. 13 Catholic had to work an extra five minutes, but the Cardinals snapped their six-game losing streak to No. 9 Scranton and kept first place in the Landmark Conference to themselves with an 89-86 overtime win.
After Kaeli Romanowski’s floater gave Scranton a nine-point lead with 2:31 to play in regulation, Catholic clamped down on defense and held the Lady Royals without a field goal the rest of the period. Kerry Flaherty brought the Cardinals all the way back with a game-tying three-pointer right before the fourth-quarter buzzer.
In overtime, Catholic managed just two field goals, but they were both three-pointers, and the Cardinals went 13 for 16 from the foul line to secure its second win over Scranton in the last 11 games. Keegan Douglas led Catholic (14-0, 7-0 Landmark) with 26 points in 42 minutes. Romanowski led all scorers with 38 points for Scranton (13-2, 6-2 Landmark) which shot 15 percent from three (3 for 20).
WashU scored 24 points in the fourth quarter and got as close as 74-73 on Jessica Brooks’ free throws with 48 seconds left. The Bears forced a turnover and had a shot to take the lead, which they missed, and the Eagles expanded the lead on Morgan Laudick’s free throws. WashU missed a potential game-tying three on its final possession and Emory secured the win with a defensive rebound.
Laudick finished one rebound shy of a double-double (22 points, nine rebounds) for Emory (12-1, 2-0 UAA).
Alexa Mustafaj scored 23 points and Augusta Dixon added a double-double for Middlebury, but No. 15 Bowdoin still prevailed over the Panthers, 68-65. The Polar Bears (14-1, 2-0 NESCAC) had a 25-9 bench scoring advantage and shot 52 percent from the field (28 for 54).
No. 16 Amherst got back on track in conference with a 68-63 win at rival Tufts. Reeya Patel paced the Mammoths (13-1, 2-1 NESCAC) with 22 points including several clutch free throws late to sustain Amherst’s lead. Samantha Sousa posted a double-double for Tufts before fouling out.
St. John Fisher dealt Houghton its first loss of the season, 65-59, behind a strong third period and Joleen Lusk’s double-double. The Cardinals took over by outscoring the Highlanders 15-4 in the third quarter and their double-digit lead held up the rest of the way.
Mia Castillo became the second player this year to score 50 points in a game as Baruch crushed Medgar Evers, 84-50. Castillo racked up 50 points, nine steals and eight rebounds in 30 minutes. That scoring output is second so far this year to Machia Hairston who scored 56 for La Roche against Wells.
Friday night's men's recap
Anthony Mazzeo led all scorers with 27 points, including 19 in the second half, as No. 5 Case Western Reserve pulled away from No. 4 NYU, 94-76. Mazzeo went 10-of-17 from the field and 4-of-6 from 3-point range and has scored at least 20 points in three of his last four contests. NYU took a 24-19 lead midway through the first half, but Umar Rashid hit a 3-pointer, igniting a 16-2 run. NYU (11-2, 1-1 UAA) cut the lead to five again in the firs thalf, but Case scored the next seven and never looked back.
No. 6 Trinity (Conn.) handed Connecticut College its first NESCAC loss of the season, as the Bantams defeated the Camels, 58-45. Trinity (16-0, 3-0) got all but three points from its starting five in the win. Trinity, the Division III leader in scoring defense, held the Camels to a season-low 45 points on 40 percent shooting. Conn (11-4, 2-1) twice cut the deficit to five in the closing minutes but never got closer. Trinity sewed up the win by going 8-for-8 from the free throw line in the final minute.
Calvin Williams scored a game-high 28 points and Nick Anderson added 20 as St. Thomas (Texas) edged No. 7 Trinity (Texas) in a back-and-forth game, 66-65. Dean Balo hit a 3-pointer with 15.7 seconds left to give the Tigers (15-1, 6-1 SCAC) a 65-64 lead. But Williams came right back and split two defenders to hit a layup with three seconds left to give the Celts (14-2, 6-1) the lead. Jacob Harvey had a look at a shot at the buzzer, but couldn't knock it down.
Tufts lost for the third time in the past six games as the No. 14 Jumbos lost 63-54 at Amherst. The Mammoths got 16 points from Charlie Randall and outrebounded Tufts (13-3, 0-2 NESCAC) 44-35. Tufts shot just 5-for-20 from 3-point range.
Kyle Beedon shot 6-for-9 from 3-point range on the way to 20 points, while Drake Kindsvater added 19 and Hayden Doyle scored 17 for No. 19 Washington U. in an 85-81 home win against No. 23 Emory. Down by four at the half, the Bears (11-2, 1-1 UAA) went on a 24-7 run to take a 13-point lead. Emory (9-4, 0-2) got as close as four late in the game but was not able to get over the hump.
Clarkson led Ithaca by 10 with 1:45 remaining and by eight with 50 seconds left before a wild final minute ended with Triston Wennersten hitting a layup as time expired to send the game to overtime. In the extra session, Clarkson struggled from the foul line, making just five of nine after the Golden Knichts had gone 27-for-31 in regulation. Wennersten scored a team-high 25 points for Ithaca (9-3, 4-1 Liberty League), while Clarkson (9-4, 3-3) was led by Braeden Burns's 31 points and 10 boards.