STANDISH — Julia Quinn scored eight straight points in a closing 13-2 run to give St. Joseph’s its fifth straight win in women’s basketball, a 58-48 decision over Anna Maria on Wednesday night.
Cassandra Stapelfeld (11-6, 4-0 Great Northeast Athletic) had a game-high 16 points for St. Joseph’s, Quinn finished with 11 points and Kaleigh Walsh added nine and pulled down a game-high 10 rebounds.
Sierra Johnson led Anna Maria (6-12, 2-2) with 12 points.
MASS.-BOSTON 68, SOUTHERN MAINE 55: Tahjai Mazyck and Geanna Williams each put up 12 points to lead the Beacons (16-3, 7-3 LEC) over the Huskies (9-10, 4-6) in Gorham.
Williams also grabbed eight rebounds. The Mass.-Boston defense held USM to a 33.9 percent shooting.
Kristen Curley scored a game-high 15 points for USM. Victoria Harris had 14 points.
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ST. JOSEPH’S 99, RIVIER 69: Jack Casale led four Monks (7-10, 1-2 GNAC) in double figures with 26 points, 15 rebounds and six assists in their win over the Raiders (3-13, 0-3) in Nashua, New Hampshire.
Griffin Foley and Nicholas Curtis each scored 18 points. Tatsuaki Sakai added 13 points, five rebounds and five assists. St. Joseph’s shot 56.7 percent from the field.
Issaiah Chappell had a team-high 26 points for Rivier. Nicholas Pignone and Josh O’Laughlin scored 10 points each off the bench.
SOUTHERN MAINE 80, MASS-BOSTON 78: Jaire Roberts hit a pair of free throws in the final second of regulation as the Huskies (8-10, 3-7 Little East) used a 30-11 second-half run to erase a 17-point deficit and upend the Beacons (12-7, 6-4) in Standish.
Roberts had game highs of 21 points and 19 rebounds for Southern Maine, Derek Haney and reserve Keenan Hendricks had 12 points each, Jacobe Thomas added 11 and Kylani Lafleur tossed in 10.
Dasani Cinelli had 19 points to lead four players in double figures for Mass-Boston.
(7) DAYTON 73, DUQUESNE 69: Obi Toppin had 22 points and 10 rebounds to help the Flyers (19-2, 8-0 Atlantic 10) beat the Dukes (15-5, 5-3) in Pittsburgh.
Dayton led by as many as 19 points in the second half, but Duquesne used a 15-2 run to close the gap.
The Dukes cut the lead to two points, but their upset bid ran out of steam when point guard Sincere Carry turned the ball over with 7.9 seconds remaining.
(10) SETON HALL 64, DEPAUL 57: Myles Powell scored 24 points despite a woeful shooting effort and the Pirates (16-4, 8-0 Big East) beat the visiting Blue Demons (13-8, 1-7) for their 10th straight win.
Jared Rhoden added 14 points and 11 rebounds as the Pirates rallied from a nine-point, second-half deficit to beat the Blue Demons for the second time this season.
(13) KENTUCKY 71, VANDERBILT 62: Tyrese Maxey scored 10 of his 17 points in the second half as the host Wildcats (16-4, 6-1 SEC) used a 23-12 run to rally past the Commodores (8-12, 0-7), who lost their record 25th consecutive Southeastern Conference regular-season game.
The Wildcats trailed 40-30 early in the second half before mounting the big run over 8:45 to lead for good at 53-52 on two Immanuel Quickley free throws with 8:33 remaining.
(14) MICHIGAN STATE 79, NORTHWESTERN 50: Cassius Winston scored 18 points and Xavier Tillman had 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists as the Spartans (16-5, 8-2 Big Ten) topped the Wildcats (6-14, 1-9) in East Lansing, Michigan.
The Spartans moved into sole possession of first place in the conference. The lead may last only a day because No. 19 Illinois has a chance to pull into a tie Thursday night at home against Minnesota.
(21) HOUSTON 69, EAST CAROLINA 59: Caleb Mills scored 18 points to help the visiting Cougars top the Pirates (9-12, 3-5).
(22) LSU 90, ALABAMA 76: Emmitt Williams had 23 points and 11 rebounds, and the host Tigers (16-4, 7-0 SEC) beat the Crimson Tide (12-8, 4-3) for their ninth straight win.
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