GREENVILLE, S.C. – Division III beat Division I for the first time this season as Macalester rallied in the final five minutes to beat Yale 90-82 in the third-place game of Furman's Poinsettia Holiday Classic on Saturday, Dec. 29.

Ben Van Thorre scored 19 points to lead all five starters in double figures, as Doug Benson and Patrick Russell added 18 apiece and Erik Jackson and Ryan Gerry, who was perfect on the night at 5-for-5 from the floor and 4-for-4 from 3-point range, had 14 for the Scots (5-3). Macalester shot 62.5% (10-for-16) from 3-point range and 30-for-40 from the foul line. Russell was 3-for-5. All three of Macalester's losses come to NAIA or NCAA Division I teams.

Ime Archibong scored 19 and Alex Gamboa, who was ejected from the game in the final seven seconds, had 15 for the Bulldogs (7-6), who have beaten Penn State and Rhode Island and taken George Washington to overtime.

Benson scored five and Van Thorre had four to lead a 17-3 run that turned a 6-point deficit into an 83-74 lead. Russell opened the run with a driving basket at 4:59 and Jackson closed it hitting two free throws with 54 seconds left.

Benson's short hook put the Scots up 76-74 with 2:02 to play and Macalester was 14-for-17 from the free-throw line during the final 1:53. They led 37-33 at the break, but Yale scored the first seven points of the second half. Yale finished 26-for-59 from the floor (44.1%) and 24-for-33 from the line (72.7%).

Macalester outrebounded the Bulldogs 40-35, with Benson leading the way with 11. Division III teams won three times against Division I in 2000-01, with Catholic, Augustana and Wartburg beating Albany, Western Illinois and Central Florida.