Nina Howe scored 20 points Tuesday and top-seeded St. Joseph’s College rolled into the semifinals of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference women’s basketball tournament by defeating eighth-seeded Rivier 74-64 at Standish.
The Monks (19-7) will be home Thursday in the semifinals against No. 4 Emmanuel.
St. Joseph’s opened a 24-9 lead in the first quarter before Rivier (10-17) pulled within 33-26 at halftime. Rivier made it a one-point game midway through the third quarter before the Monks spurted again, and the difference was never closer than five in the fourth.
Grace Ramsdell added 15 points for the Monks, who shot 47 percent. Hailey Anderson added 12 points and Elisabeth Stapelfeld had 10.
Lyric Grumblatt scored 30 points for Rivier.
SOUTHERN MAINE 65, PLYMOUTH STATE 55: Tamrah Gould scored 19 points and Tara Flanders added 18 as the third-seeded Huskies (13-13) beat sixth-seeded Plymouth State (11-14) in a Little East quarterfinal at Gorham.
The Huskies will be at No. 2 UMass-Dartmouth in the semifinals at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
USM led 29-21 at halftime and led by as many as 17 points. Plymouth State led for only 19 seconds.
UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND 78, GORDON 64: The second-seeded Nor’easters (20-6) shook off a challenge from seventh-seeded Gordon (5-21) and won a Commonwealth Coast Conference quarterfinal at Biddeford.
UNE will be home against Roger Williams in the semifinals Thursday.
Gordon led 25-21 at halftime before UNE went on a 47-29 run in the second half. Jordyn Franzen led the Nor’easters with 25 points.
(23) OKLAHOMA 95, CINCINNATI 87: Skylar Vann scored 22 points, and Lexy Keys and Sahara Williams each added 17 to help visiting Oklahoma (19-7, 13-2 Big 12) beat Cincinnati (12-14, 4-11).
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ST. JOSEPH’S 74, EMMANUEL 73: The third-seeded Monks (17-9) survived a comeback by sixth-seeded Emmanuel (12-14) at Standish to reach the Great Northeast Athletic Conference semifinals.
St. Joseph’s led 74-66 with 2:10 left before the Saints rallied. It was 74-73 when the Monks committed a turnover, leading to a would-be winning shot by Emmanuel at the buzzer that bounced off the front rim.
John Paul Frazier scored 19 points for St. Joseph’s, which will play in the semifinals Thursday.
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE 73, SOUTHERN MAINE 70: The fifth-seeded Anchormen (15-11) beat the fourth-seeded Huskies (14-12) for the third time this season and, at Gorham, ousted them from the Little East tournament.
Chance Dixon scored 21 points and Tommy Whelan added 20 for USM, which trailed 38-36 at halftime.
(5) TENNESSEE 72, MISSOURI 67: Dalton Knecht scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half, and Tennessee (20-6, 10-3 Southeastern) overcame a slow start to beat Missouri (8-18, 0-13) at Columbia, Missouri.
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COLLEGE PLAYOFFS: Beginning next season, the field for the 12-team event will comprise five conference champions and seven at-large selections after the university presidents who oversee the CFP voted unanimously to tweak the format.
The move to decrease the number of spots reserved for conference champions from six to five was prompted by realignment and the disassembling of the Pac-12.
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