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| Mary Schleusner (front row, kneeling) celebrated her record-setting night with friends and teammates after Washington and Lee downed Bridgewater on Wednesday night. Washington and Lee athletics photo |
Washington and Lee wunderkind Mary Schleusner broke the Division III career rebounding record, as the Generals defeated Bridgewater and remained unbeaten. Elsewhere, UW-Oshkosh won late, Trine won ugly, and William Paterson all-but-won the NJAC’s regular season race in Division III women's basketball action on Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026.
Schleusner set the record by grabbing a defensive rebound off a missed Bridgewater free throw with 2:10 left in the fourth quarter. Then, she ran down the court, grabbed an offensive rebound off a missed W&L three and scored to extend the Generals’ lead to 63-53. That led to a Bridgewater timeout and the W&L bench rallied around Schleusner to briefly celebrate her achievement. The celebration continued a few minutes later when the Generals sealed a 63-57 victory over the Eagles.
Schleusner finished with 22 points and 21 rebounds in 31 minutes, giving her 1,713 in her career, two more than Denison alum Jordan Holmes. She also has 82 doubles-doubles, which is third all-time behind Swarthmore’s Kathryn Stockbower and Randolph-Macon’s Kelly Williams. Box score
Two more undefeated teams also downed conference title contenders on Wednesday night.
No. 3 UW-Oshkosh pulled away from UW-Eau Claire late for a 64-52 win in a matchup between two teams trending opposite directions.
The Blugolds had the ball down three with 2:31 to play and were called for an offensive foul when Delaney Nyenhuis spun to the rim for an attempted shot. On the ensuing Titans’ possession, Paige Seckar found Sammi Beyer for a three-pointer that extended Oshkosh’s lead to 58-52. Beyer followed that with another free throw and then two more after a technical foul on Eau Claire, putting the game out of reach.
Beyer, Seckar, and Sarah Hardwick scored 13 points apiece for UW-Oshkosh (17-0, 6-0 WIAC), while Olivia Witkowski had 14 for UW-Eau Claire (11-6, 1-5 WIAC), which has dropped five straight.
No. 5 Johns Hopkins closed its road victory at McDaniel on a 16-5 run and pushed past the Green Terror, 72-56. Playing without leading-scorer Elaina Beckett, McDaniel hung with the Blue Jays for three periods, but then managed just 11 points in the fourth. Jocelyn Goldstein scored 22 points for Johns Hopkins (15-0, 6-0 Centennial) while Teya McConnaha had a double-double for the Green Terror (15-2, 4-2 Centennial).
No. 8 Denison erased a three-point halftime deficit at home against Wittenberg with a 32-point third period, and the Big Red dropped the Tigers, 84-68, for their 17th consecutive win. Ada Taute scored 23 points and Anelly Mad-Toingue grabbed 21 rebounds for Denison (17-0, 6-0 NCAC), which will face No. 10 Ohio Wesleyan on Saturday. The Battling Bishops held off DePauw, 55-50, on Wednesday night.
No. 11 UW-Whitewater won by finishing strong in a 63-49 home win over No. 18 UW-Platteville. The Warhawks outscored the Pioneers 20-8 in the final quarter, thanks to solid free throw shooting (10 for 12) and a pair of threes by Renee Rittmeyer, who finished with 12 points, six rebounds, and three steals.
No. 25 Trine fell behind 20-1 and did not score a field goal for the first 15 minutes of its road game at Calvin, but the Thunder clawed back and beat the Knights, 46-40. Calvin led 15-1 after one period and 20-1 midway through the second period before the Thunder finished the half on a 9-1 run. Trine continued its slow roll in the second half, holding Calvin to two field goals in the third quarter and trailing 27-26 entering the fourth quarter. Both teams finally found some offense in the final period, and Trine found a little more, including back-to-back threes by Madison Wagner and Annika Southworth that put the Thunder ahead by seven.
Trine (14-3, 8-0 MIAA) gave up seven field goals in the first quarter, and then just seven more the rest of the game.
January 21st is too early to call a conference race, but William Paterson is firmly in control of the NJAC after the Pioneers topped TCNJ, 61-47. Renee Wells filled the stat sheet for William Paterson with 22 points, seven rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block, and the Poineers (16-1, 10-0 NJAC) completed a regular-season sweep of the Lions. WP has a three-game lead on Montclair State and Stockton and that plus the tiebreaker over TCNJ.
In other key conference results:
- Immaculata took sole possession of first place in the Atlantic East Conference with a 66-63 win over Marymount. Carly Coleman posted her ninth double-double of the season for the Mighty Macs (13-3, 5-0 AEC), who now have a one-game lead on the Saints and Marywood.
- Anderson once again surprised the conference front-runner in the HCAC, as the Ravens this time picked off Franklin, 101-86. Izzy Davis scored 24 points in 28 minutes off the bench for Anderson (10-7, 6-4 HCAC), which knocked the Grizzlies into a tie for first place with Transylvania, whom the Ravens beat earlier this season.
- Widener dealt Albright its first conference loss of the season and bolstered its own MAC Commonwealth title hopes with an 89-72 win over the Lions. Lindsay Kutz had 25 points and 10 boards in a full 40 minutes for Widener (12-4, 3-2 MACC).
- After a rough non-conference slate, Bridgewater State kept rolling through the MASCAC with a 73-66 win over Westfield State. Emilie von der Linden and Haley Burchardt combined for 33 points and 25 rebounds for the Bears (6-9, 5-0 MASCAC).
- The five-way tie for second place in the MIAC is now a three-way tie after Bethel won at St. Benedict, 67-47, and Gustavus Adolphus took care of St. Scholastica, 61-49. Those two teams plus Hamline (75-55 winners over Augsburg) sit a game behind No. 24 Concordia-Moorhead (80-64 victors at Macalester).
- Strong shooting sent St. Vincent to a 72-59 win over Washington and Jefferson and first place in the Presidents' Athletic Conference. The Bearcats (12-4, 7-0 PAC) shot 52 percent from the field and 47 percent from three.
- Redlands rallied from a 13-point fourth-quarter deficit to force overtime at Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, but the Athenas prevailed in the extra period, 71-64. Katie Resendiz scored 29 points before fouling out and Caleigh Edwards added a double-double (13 points, 13 rebounds) for CMS, which now has a two-game lead in the loss column on Cal Lutheran and three or more on everyone else in the SCIAC.