Aidan Callahan led five Engineers in double figures during WPI's win over Tufts. File photo by WPI athletics

No. 20 WPI topped No. 8 Tufts in the battle of undefeated Massachusetts teams while No. 1 Trine survived a late surge at Ohio Wesleyan and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps rocketed past No. 9 Trinity (Texas) in Saturday’s Division III men’s basketball action.

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No. 20 WPI beat No. 8 Tufts, 74-61, behind balanced scoring and solid defense on Saturday afternoon. Recap

Nicholas Margetson scored five of his 12 points midway through the second half, as WPI rallied past the homestanding Jumbos for a 48-44 advantage. WPI pushed the lead to double digits and then went 25 for 29 from the foul line to seal its seventh win. The Engineers had four players score double figures led by Aidan Callahan who had 19 points, five rounds and four assists. WPI also converted 15 Tufts turnovers into 18 points.

No. 1 Trine built a 12-point lead and then hung on to beat Ohio Wesleyan, 84-82, for its 12^th consecutive win going back to last season. Emmanuel Megnanlo split a pair of free throws that gave the Thunder an 84-72 lead with under four minutes to play. Two possessions later, Henry Hinkle hit a three to spark a 10-0 Ohio Wesleyan run that Hinkle completed with two free throws, pulling the Battling Bishops within 84-82. Nate Tucker stopped the run with two free throws for Trine and OWU missed its final two shots.

Aidan Smylie and Drew Moore scored 17 points apiece for Trine (6-0), which survived despite shooting 59 percent from the foul line. Ohio Wesleyan (3-3) scored 42 points from three but turned the ball over 18 times.

Connor May came off the bench to lead No. 2 Washington U. past Colorado College, 69-63, at Rhodes’ weekend event. May scored 19 points and had half of the Bears’ six made 3-pointers, including one that gave WashU a 61-43 lead in the second half. The Bears (5-0) play Rhodes tomorrow afternoon at 5 pm ET.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps caught fire and cruised past No. 9 Trinity (Texas) at home, 87-65. After the Tigers jumped out to a 16-8 lead, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps responded with an 18-3 run and never trailed again. The Staggs shot 59 percent from the field (33 for 56) and had 25 assists against 13 turnovers. Will Householter scored 24 points with six 3-pointers while AJ Rohosy added 24 more and grabbed nine rebounds for the Staggs (6-2).

What do you get when one System team plays another? Lots and lots of threes.

Grinnell and Greenville combined for 98 three-point attempts, with Grinnell making more (22 to 14) and outscoring the Panthers, 125-101. The Pioneers (5-2) shot 53 percent from the field and had 36 assists. Kai Te huki paced Grinnell with 36 points while Sean Murphy and John Vincent combined for 37 off the Pios’ bench.

The most exciting game of the day was played in Lincoln where Nebraska Wesleyan outlasted Concordia-Moorhead 76-70 in double overtime. Carter Glenn extended the game for the Prairie Wolves when he sank two free throws with five seconds left in regulation and knotted the game at 58. Then, he put the win away with a three-point play for Nebraska Wesleyan with 31-seconds left.

In women’s action, No. 19 Hope erupted for 28 fourth quarter points and pulled away from the UW-River Falls, 72-53. The fourth quarter started tied at 44 but the Flying Dutch ripped off 14 straight point. Hope shot 56 percent in the final period (9 for 16) and held the Falcons to six field goal attempts. Olivia Bellows keyed the victory for Hope (5-2) with 23 points and five rebounds in 25 minutes.

Four starters scored double figures for Ripon and one just missed, as the Red Hawks defeated No. 13 Carroll, 71-62. Laney Havlovitz’s three-pointer capped a 13-2 run that put Ripon ahead by 10 points midway through the fourth quarter, and Red Hawks were not threatened again. Ellen Ten Pas had 12 points and 10 boards for Ripon (4-2), which sent Carroll to its second straight loss and third in five games.

UW-La Crosse rebounded from a slow start to beat No. 23 Concordia-Moorhead, 62-58, and send the Cobbers to their second consecutive loss. The Eagles opened the game making just one of their first 16 field goals and trailing Concordia-Moorhead 14-5 after one period. The Eagles quickly erased the deficit in the second quarter and then hung close in the fourth quarter before taking the lead with a 5-0 run in the closing minutes. Lauryn Milne posted a double-double (16 points, 11 rebounds) for UW-La Crosse (5-2).

All-American Zoe Tomlinson reached another milestone as Colorado College rolled over Pacific Lutheran, 67-47. Tomlinson scored 29 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, including the 1000^th of her career, and the Tigers outscored the Lutes 40-14 in the paint. Colorado College improved to 6-1 with its lone loss coming at Gustavus Adolphus on Monday night.