No. 11 Kean led by as many as 16 points in the second half but had to come back from a deficit with seven minutes left to win at No. 7 Messiah, 69-64. Ebony Jackson scored 11 of her 16 points in the second half, while Melissa Beyruti scored 16 and Chari' Cooper 14 for the Cougars, who improved to 15-1.

&&b-boxl&&Trailing 41-25, Messiah (13-2) went on a 29-10 run, taking a 54-51 lead with a pair of Ashley Brooks free throws. But Cooper and Jackson combined for 14 points over the final seven minutes to secure the win. Saturday's women's scores.

In other women's action, Virginia Wesleyan surprised No. 12 Randolph-Macon 48-43, ending the Yellow Jackets' 23-game Old Dominion Athletic Conference win streak. The loss also whittles the number of undefeated women's teams to five. No. 22 Amherst stayed on the list with a 78-69 win at Bates, as did No. 1 Hope, who survived at Albion 64-62 after trailing by 13 at the half.

John Carroll finished the game on a 9-2 run, capped by a Lee Jennings jumper with 1.7 seconds left as the Blue Streaks defeated Wilmington 69-67. JCU is 10-6 after a 2-5 start. No. 2 Howard Payne's average margin of victory for the weekend dropped to 66 points after the Yellow Jackets' 79-27 win against Schreiner. Schreiner was 9-for-56 from the floor.