Last season, St. Norbert went into its first game of February against Lawrence at home at 16-1, riding high. Only thing is, it didn't last. The Green Knights lost at home to the Vikings, then dropped five of their last seven and missed the NCAA Tournament entirely, while Lawrence advanced.

This year, it was the same story, but with a different ending as No. 9 St. Norbert jumped out to a 27-9 lead and cruised to a 66-48 win against Lawrence behind 16 points from Chris Peterson and 10 from Dave Wipperfurth. The Green Knights improved to 17-1. Tuesday's men's scores.

&&f-boxl&&No. 25 Colby survived its first game as a D3hoops.com Top 25 team, winning at 2-18 Southern Maine 74-60, while No. 20 St. Mary's (Md.) got 34 points from Camontae Griffin, six in overtime in a 91-82 win at Christopher Newport. Mass-Dartmouth's off-balance putback with five seconds left lifted the Corsairs past Tufts on the night Jon Pierce, a member of the most recent Team of the Week presented by Scoutware, became Tufts' all-time leading scorer.

In women's action, No. 14 Carthage came off its upset win at home against Illinois Wesleyan and held off 10-9 Wheaton (Ill.) on the road 71-68. Despite trailing almost the entire game, the Thunder cut the lead to three points twice in the final two minutes but could get no closer. Tuesday's women's scores.

Elmhurst, which was tied with IWU and Carthage for first place in the CCIW, got knocked off at home by Millikin 72-64. Claire Ely scored 26 and Natasha Ludwig scored 16 points and had 18 rebounds as No. 18 Puget Sound beat Pacific Lutheran 69-54.