The two leagues may well merge eventually, or the USA South might absorb the Great South, but on Saturday night two USAC teams rejected their GSAC opponents in a pair of victories. Averett had six blocked shots in its 74-70 win against Maryville (Tenn.) and Methodist rejected eight in a 102-98 win against Piedmont.

For Maryville, it was just the second loss in nine games this season as Averett (4-5) was led by Jonathan Rumley's 13 points, while Mike Miller came off the bench for a season-high 11. Photo gallery. Methodist improved to 6-3 behind six scorers in double figures, outweighing the 35 points from Piedmont's Jake Baldwin.

Women's No. 1 Mary Washington and No. 5 UW-Whitewater each remained unbeaten heading into their meeting on Sunday, as the Eagles defeated Concordia (Wis.) 71-62 and the Warhawks routed Widener 73-42. Saturday's women's scores.

&&b-boxl&&Puget Sound fell at NAIA scholarship program Westmont, 78-75, for its first defeat of the season. Concordia-Austin fared better as Brad Walker's 28 points led the Tornadoes to a 102-97 win over NAIA II ranked Hastings.

Immaculata's first loss was a painful one, as the Mighty Mac men fell 91-59 at Randolph-Macon. Calvin fell for the second consecutive night at Montclair State, as the hosts upended the No. 24 Knights 72-69. Salem State won the tournament by beating Keene State. St. John's finally won at UW-Whitewater and Wesley got its shot against Mount Union -- if only this were still football season. Central's Keith Pedersen shot 13-for-13 from the floor in the Dutch's 90-77 win against William Woods. Saturday's men's scores.

Wilmington won the rematch of the 2004 national championship game, rolling past Bowdoin 73-54. Megan Scheele scored 37 points on Megan Scheele/New Glarus day for Edgewood, but it wasn't enough as UW-Platteville won 94-92 in double overtime. Scheele's hometown, New Glarus, got free admission in celebration of her 1,000th career point earlier in the season. Capital's Caitlin Graessle shot 7-for-10 from three-point range and scored 38 points in the Crusaders' 80-70 win against Defiance. No. 14 Randolph-Macon handed Marymount its first loss of the season, 54-49.