St. John's draws Ripon in NCAA Division III tournament; St. Thomas also in

MIAC champion St. John's, ranked third in NCAA Division III, will play host to the first two rounds of the 64-team D-III men's basketball tournament Friday and Saturday at Sexton Arena for the third year in a row.

Wisconsin-Eau Claire (19-9) faces Whitman (20-7) at 5 p.m. Friday, followed by St. John's (25-2) vs. Ripon (20-7). The winners play at 7 p.m. Saturday.

MIAC runner-up St. Thomas (24-3) received an at-large berth and plays St. Norbert on Friday at Wisconsin-Platteville. Concordia (Wis.) will face host Platteville.

• Bethany Lutheran of the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference will play Washington University (St. Louis) in a first-round men's game Friday in Lincoln, Neb. The winner faces No. 10 Nebraska Wesleyan or Webster (St. Louis).

• Women's MIAC champion Bethel (26-1) and UMAC champion Bethany Lutheran will meet in a D-III first-round pairing Friday at Bethel.

Men

Minnesota State Mankato 79, Minnesota Duluth 73: Corvon Seales had 25 points and the Mavericks (17-14), trying to make their ninth NCAA tournament in 11 years, advanced to the NSIC championship game by holding off the Bulldogs (22-9) in Sioux Falls.

Women

Minnesota Duluth 80, Minnesota State Mankato 77: Brooke Olson hit a go-ahead three-pointer with 2:35 to play, scoring 29 points as the Bulldogs (26-5) edged the Mavericks (18-11) in Sioux Falls.

St. Cloud State 76, Sioux Falls 59: Madelin Dammann had 20 points and the Huskies (22-7) used a big fourth quarter to pull away from the Cougars (26-6).

Men

No. 4 Baylor 71, Texas Tech 68 (OT): MaCio Teague just beat the shot clock on a three-pointer with 1:13 left in overtime and the host Bears (26-3, 15-2 Big 12) avoided their third loss in four games, defeating the Red Raiders (18-12, 9-8) to remain in contention for a conference title.

• Georgia Tech withdrew its appeal of the NCAA postseason ban against its men's program and will not play in this month's Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.

Women