STANDISH — Top-seeded St. Joseph’s used a 22-5 run to open the second quarter, took a 59-30 halftime lead and earned an 99-75 quarterfinal win over the eighth-seeded Johnson & Wales in the Great Northeast Athletic tournament in Standish.

The Monks (26-0) next play fourth-seeded Suffolk on Thursday night in a GNAC semifinal.

Kelsi McNamara had 29 points for St. Joseph’s, Julia Champagne had 22 points, Emily Benway added 14 and Hannah Marks 12.

Ally Mishol led Johnson & Wales (3-19) with 27 points.

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 64, GORDON 39: Jocelyn Chaput scored 23 points as the second-seeded Nor’easters (15-11) beat No. 7 Gordon (8-18) in Biddeford in the opening round of the Commonwealth Cooast Conference tournament.

Sadie Nelson added 13 points for UNE, with Allie Goodman scoring 10.

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Abby Vampatella had 16 points for the Fighting Scots and Brooke Dyson 10.

SOUTHERN MAINE 63, CASTLETON 40: Jackie Luckhardt scored 15 points and the third-seeded Huskies (16-10) beat the sixth-ranked Spartans (14-12) in the Little East quarterfinals in Gorham.

Alexa Srolovitz and Victoria Harris each added 11 points for Southern Maine.

USM advances to play No. 2 Eastern Connecticut (17-8) in the semifinals on Friday in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

ST. JOSEPH’S 83, JOHNSON & WALES 80: The sixth-seeded Monks (18-7, 7-4) opened a 51-38 halftime lead and went ahead by as many as 22 points in the second half before holding off the third-seeded Wildcats (13-12, 8-3) for a GNAC quarterfinal win at Providence, Rhode Island.

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Darian Berry scored 25 points while Jack Casale had 20 points, including five 3-pointers, for the Monks, who host St. Joseph’s (Connecticut) in the conference semifinal at 7 p.m. Thursday.

ROGER WILLIAMS 102; UNIV. OF NEW ENGLAND 87: Austin Coene scored 25 points and Drew Hart 21 as the third-ranked Hawks (15-11) bounced the sixth-ranked Nor’easters (7-19) from the Commonwealth Coast Conference tournament in the first-round at Bristol, Rhode Island.

Ryan Beatty scored 24 points for the Nor’easters, Avery DeBrito added 17, while Jordan Bagshaw and DeMarquez Hadnot each chipped in 11.

UNE, down 56-36 at the half, fought back to 94-85 on Hadnot’s jumper with 1:22 to play. But Roger Williams converted six free throws while outscoring UNE 8-2 over the final seconds.

(5) TENNESSEE 58, VANDERBILT 46: Grant Williams had 14 points and 11 rebounds, and the Volunteers (24-2, 12-1 SEC) beat the Commodores (9-17, 0-13) in Knoxville, Tennessee, in the Volunteers’ first game since losing their No. 1 ranking.

Vanderbilt dropped its 14th straight.

(25) BUFFALO 114, OHIO 67: Jayvon Graves scored a career-high 26 points and the Bulls (23-3, 11-2 Mid-American Conference) used a record-setting shooting performance to cruise to a 114-67 win over the Bobcats (11-14) in Amherst, New York, for their 23rd straight home win.

BASEBALL

AUGUSTANA (ILL.) 6, BATES 4: The Vikings scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning and the Bobcats lost in a season opener at Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Florida. Nolan Collins allowed two earned runs on seven hits, fanning seven and walking one for Bates.


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