| Photo by Jared Marshall, Mass-Dartmouth |
Mass-Dartmouth head coach Brian Baptiste reached the 700-win milestone when the Corsairs downed Castleton 68-57 on Saturday afternoon. Baptiste is the active Division III men's basketball leader for coaching victories.
- Saturday scoreboard: Men | Women
- More headlines: Men | Women
- From the archive: Hoopsville appearance (Feb. 2022)
The game itself was close until Jackson Zancan and John Martin, Jr. scored to give the Corsairs an eight-point lead with three minutes to play. Castleton only managed one free throw the rest of the game, and the Corsairs (4-11, 3-4 Little East) picked up the Conference road win. Zancan scored 16 points off the bench for Mass-Dartmouth.
With the win, Baptiste's career record stands at 700-369 in 40 seasons, all of them at Mass-Dartmouth. He is seventh all-time among coaches who spent the majority of their coaching career at the Division III level.
Baptiste took the head coaching role at Mass-Dartmouth in 1983 and started winning immediately. The Corsairs went 18-8 in his first season and had 12 seasons with 20 wins or more from 1985 through 2002. In the 1993 Division III NCAA Tournament, Mass-Dartmouth defeated Eastern Connecticut in the Round of Eight to reach the national semifinals. The Corsairs fell to eventual national champions Ohio Northern, 74-73. Last season, Mass-Dartmouth went 26-5 and reached the Round of 16 before falling to eventual national champions Randolph-Macon. The Corsairs have won 14 Little East Conference regular season titles and 12 tournament titles under Baptiste.
Mass-Dartmouth continues its season at home on Wednesday against Rhode Island College.