Almost front-worthy

So much good stuff Saturday that the nation’s No. 1 team couldn’t make the front page…Here are 10 good highlights that didn’t make the front.

* Amherst, behind two-time Cousy-finalist Andrew Olson, clinches the NESCAC’s regular season crown with a win over Wesleyan

* Chalk up 26 more points for Anthony Williams as No. 14 Plattsburgh State won its 12th in a row, beating Potsdam
* Dan Gumb scored on a tip-in with 1 second left to give CCC leader Roger Williams a thrilling win.

* Johns Hopkins got a late hoop from Scott Weisenfeld to beat Haverford, in a game featuring 14 ties and 18 lead changes.

* Shenandoah won a thriller at NC Wesleyan, winning there for the first time since 1999

* Tom Leszczynski had 25 points and 20 rebounds for Dickinson in its overtime win over Swarthmore

Women’s

* Luther knocked Top-10 ranked Simpson from the conference unbeatens list by winning in Decorah.

* Coast Guard knocked Wheaton from the ranks of conference unbeatens, moved into a first-place tie in the NEWMAC.

* Albright used a 13-0 run at game’s end to close out Lebanon Valley

* Nita Sims hit a buzzer-beater as Cal Lutheran stunned La Verne by a point, in a game in which it hadn’t led since the opening 90 seconds

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