Delaware opens CAA tourney with win over Northeastern

Jawan Carter scored 17 points and Delaware held off Northeastern, 60-58, last night in the first round of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament in Richmond, Va.

The seventh-seeded Blue Hens (14-16) will face No. 2 seed Old Dominion today in the quarterfinals.

In a game with nine lead changes, Delaware trailed 54-51 with 3:52 left, then pulled ahead on back-to-back three-pointers by Brian Johnson and Devon Saddler, the CAA Rookie of the Year.

The 10th-seeded Huskies (11-20) got to 59-58 on two Vinny Lima free throws with 18 seconds left, then Carter, who had made 37 straight free throws, was 1-for-2 from the line.

After Carter missed two foul shots with 9 seconds left, Chaisson Allen rebounded for Northeastern, but turned it over.

Jonathan Lee's 16 points led the Huskies, who missed the CAA quarterfinals for the first time since joining the league in 2005.

In other CAA games:

* Quinn McDowell scored 35 points, 20 in the second half, to lead William & Mary to a 72-68 victory over James Madison. The Tribe (10-21) will play third seed Hofstra in the quarterfinals tonight.

* Josh Micheaux scored 14 points and Georgia State (12-18) held North Carolina-Wilmington to under 30 percent shooting in a 58-52 victory.

The Seahawks (13-18) got 19 points from Chad Tomko.

In other tournaments:

* Ohio Valley: At Nashville, Tenn., Zac Swansey hit a three-pointer with 24 seconds left and Kevin Murphy finished with 19 points as Tennessee Tech (20-11) upset top seed Murray State, 64-59, in the semifinals.

* Missouri Valley: At St. Louis, Kenny Lawson scored 18 points to lead Creighton (19-13) over Northern Iowa, 60-57, in the quarterfinals . . . Kyle Weems' driving shot in the lane with 1.4 seconds to go capped an 11-0 closing run by top-seeded Missouri State (24-7) in a 58-56 victory over Southern Illinois . . . Garrett Stutz scored 16 points, leading Wichita State (24-7) to a 70-56 victory over Bradley . . . Jake Odum's pull-up jumper with 0.5 seconds left lifted Indiana State (18-13) over Evansville, 52-50 win.

* Southern: At Chattanooga, Tenn., Donald Sims scored 20 points lead Appalachian State (16-14) over Georgia Southern, 65-57, in the first round . . . Trevis Simpson had 15 points to lead North Carolina-Greensboro (7-23), 71-64, over Davidson . . . Jordan Miller's 23 points led Furman (21-9), 61-48, over Samford . . . Chris Long had 21 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds, and Elon (14-16) beat The Citadel, 85-74.

* Horizon: At Milwaukee, Jeremy Montgomery scored 16 points to lead Cleveland State (26-7) to a 73-59 victory over Wright State in the quarterfinals . . . Brandon Wood's 30 points lifted Valparaiso (23-10_ over Detroit, 88-78.

* Atlantic Sun: At Macon, Ga., David Jeune recorded his second career double-double with 13 points and 11 rebounds as North Florida (15-18) upset Tennessee State 59-55, in the semifinals . . . Jordan Campbell scored 17 points as Belmont (29-3) beat Mercer, 80-72.

* Metro Atlantic: At Bridgeport, Conn., Jay Bowie scored 13 points to lead Marist (6-26) over Niagara, 73-61, in the first round . . . Clarence Jackson's 24 points led Siena (13-17) over Manhattan, 68-66, in overtime.

* West Coast: At Las Vegas, Drew Viney scored 25 points to lead Loyola Marymount (10-20) to a 72-68 upset over Portland in the first round.

In other games:

* At Dartmouth, Douglas Davis scored 14 points and Princeton (23-5, 11-1 Ivy League) won its third straight, 77-55. The Tigers play Harvard tonight with first place on the line.

* At Cornell, Chris Wroblewski scored 14 points and the Big Red (9-18, 5-8 Ivy) beat Brown, 75-66.

* At Columbia, Reggie Willhite scored 21 points and Greg Mangano had 20 points and 16 rebounds to lead Yale (15-12, 8-5 Ivy) over the Lions, 87-81, in two overtimes.

* At Kent, Justin Greene scored 18 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead the Golden Flashes (21-10, 12-4 Mid-American) over Akron, 79-68, to clinch the regular-season championship.

* At Miami (Ohio), Julian Mavunga scored 23 points as the RedHawks (16-15, 11-5 Mid-American) beat Ohio, 76-66.

* Washington State's Klay Thompson, the leading scorer in the Pac-10, will not play in tonight's game against UCLA after he was cited for suspicion of marijuana possession following the team's victory over Southern Cal.

* Ed Manning, a former Kansas assistant basketball coach and father of current assistant coach and former Jayhawks star Danny Manning, died at 68. The cause of death wasn't specified, but the university said he had a long-standing heart condition. *