The UMass women’s basketball overcame a 13-point third-quarter deficit to beat Davidson, 70-62, Sunday at Davidson’s John M. Belk Arena.
Now 16-6 on the season, Massachusetts has matched its overall win total from a year ago while also improving to 6-3 in the Atlantic 10. Davidson falls to 13-8 and 6-2 in the league.
Sam Breen posted her third career double-double with 26 points and 11 rebounds for UMass (16-6, 6-3 Atlantic 10). Hailey Leidel finished with 25 points, while both Leidel and Vashnie Perry had four assists.
Bre Hampton-Bey and Maeve Donnelly (five blocks) each logged eight boards and Donnelly recorded five blocks in the win.
MIT 79, Mount Holyoke 15 — Ellie Hayward had eight points for the Lyons (1-19, 0-5 NEWMAC), Saturday.
Babson 79, Smith 71 (OT) — The Bobcats (11-7, 4-0 NEWMAC) outscored the Pioneers (17-3, 3-1) 13-5 in overtime to win at home.
Katelyn Pickunka (Westhampton) had 16 points and eight rebounds for Smith. Morgan Morrison had 14 points and Amelia Clairmont added 13.
Davidson 85, UMass 50 — Kellen Grady scored 19 points and Hyunjung Lee scored 16 as the host Wildcats pummeled the Minutemen, Saturday night.
Davidson (11-10, 5-4 Atlantic 10 Conference) finished 31-of-43 (72.1 percent) shooting. The Wildcats barely missed the program record of 72.4 percent the 1980-81 squad set on Jan. 10, 1981 when it went 42 of 58 against Marshall.
Jon Axel Gudmunsson added 15, Luka Brajkovic 12 and Carter Collins 11.
Following a dunk by UMass’ Preston Santos two-and-half minutes in, Davidson went on an 18-4 run for a 24-9 lead 10:30 before halftime. The lead doubled (52-22) when Brajkovic laid it in with two seconds to go before the break and Davidson maintained control the rest of the way.
Tre Mitchell scored 14 for UMass and Santos 10.
Amherst College 1, Wesleyan 0 — Carley Daly scored from Jillian Mazzocca and Leslie Schwartz as the Mammoths (11-4-4, 6-3-3 NESCAC) won at home, Saturday.
Amherst 1, Wesleyan 1 — Joey Lupo scored 14 seconds into the game, but the Mammoths (6-9-3, 4-6-2 NESCAC) tied on the road, Saturday.
New England Championships — Michael Cuthbert placed fifth in the 200 as UMass finished ninth among 22 schools, Saturday.
Branwen Smith-King Invitational — Amherst 4×400 relay placed first (3:24.14) as the Mammoths finished seventh, Saturday.
New England Championships — Emilie Cowan won the 500 (1:13.59) to lead UMass to a third-place finish, Saturday.
Branwen Smith-King Invitational — Juanita Jaramillo placed second in the 400 as Amherst finished third at Tufts, Saturday.
Nyla Conaway was second in the high jump for Smith.
UMass 6, Bryant 1; Harvard 4, UMass 0 — Anna Napadiy and Martina Bocchi won at first doubles, then each won at first and second singles, respectively, as the Minutewomen (3-1) won their third straight, Saturday in Amherst. The win streak came to an end with the road loss on Sunday.
UMass 173, Fordham 126 — Maja Boric won both the 1-mter and 3-meter dives to pace the Minutewomen, Saturday.
Amherst 175, Springfield 113 — Natalie Rumpelt won the 50 backstroke and 100 free as the Mammoths cruised at home, Sunday.
MIT 165, Amherst 135 — Rumpelt won the 200 freestyle and the 100 free for the Mammoths, Saturday.
Mount Holyoke 172, Western New England 88 — Caitlyn Richmond (Northampton) won the 50 breaststroke and 100 backstroke, and was a member of the winning 200 medley relay and 200 free relay for the Lyons, Saturday.
Men’s swimming
UMass 207, Fordham 86 — Robert Katz won both the 1-mter and 3-meter dives to pace the Minutemen, Saturday.
Amherst 166, Springfield 110 — Sean Mebust set a pool record (56.35) in the 100 breaststroke as the Mammoths won at home, Sunday.
MIT 156.5, Amherst 139.5 — Mebust (100 breast, 200 breast) won twice for the Mammoths, Saturday.