Guilford and Texas-Dallas posted upsets to reach the round of eight and eliminate the Great Lakes. DeSales continued its Cinderella tournament run. Photo gallery. The No. 1 and unbeaten team remained so, while the defending national champion remained so as well.
Such it was on a sweet night of Division III basketball, in which the 16 remaining teams were cut in half.
Joe Scott scored 19 points and B.J. Viau added 18 as No. 1 St. Thomas improved to 30-0 with an 86-69 win against No. 7 Puget Sound in a Bracket of Death sectional semifinal. The Tommies will play No. 2 Washington U. for the right to go to the Final Four after the Bears edged No. 3 Wheaton (Ill.) 55-52. Cam Smith held Kent Raymond two points below his average, finishing with 22 points as the Thunder shot just 5-for-19 from three-point range for the game. Raymond air-balled a three-point attempt after a Wheaton steal in the backcourt gave the Thunder a final chance to tie. Friday's men's scores. Scroll down for women's coverage.
DeSales ended the game on a 20-3 run in beating Mass-Dartmouth 67-59, as the Corsairs were run out of the tournament the same way Coast Guard ran them out last year. DeSales shot 59 percent from the floor thanks to a double-double from Darnell Braswell, beating Mass-Dartmouth. Texas-Dallas overcame 27 points from Nate Stahl to knock off Capital 71-63, as the Comets got 15 apiece Brandon Greene and Jimmy Witten. And Farmingdale State ran past Bridgewater State 84-64, behind 24 from Mike Campbell.
Guilford made it an all-South sectional final, as Tyler Sanborn scored 23 points and added 19 rebounds and five blocked shots to lead the Quakers past host John Carroll 78-73, ending the Blue Streaks' 21-game winning streak. Franklin and Marshall advanced to the Elite Eight, beating Salem State 67-61 and holding the Vikings to 30 percent shooting, 4-for-24 from beyond the arc. (Photo gallery). Richard Stockton held off St. Lawrence 71-68 behind 19 from Jerome Hubbard.
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