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Richard Stockton scored the last five points -- all in the last minute -- to defeat Franklin & Marshall 62-58 and advance to Saturday's final of the Division III men's basketball tournament at Salem Civic Center.

Stockton (30-2), a public university in New Jersey named after one of that state's signers of the Declaration of Independence, was led by Kai Massaquoi and Omar Smith, who both had 20 points and seven rebounds.

Franklin and Marshall outshot the Ospreys both from the field and at the free throw line, but were 0-for-6 from 3-point range.

Stockton will take on defending national champion Washington University of St. Louis in the final. See The Roanoke Times for in-depth coverage.

Good night, now from Salem Civic Center.

Behind Kai Massaquoi's 15 points, Richard Stockton came on strong late in the first half and forged a 26-26 halftime tie with Franklin & Marshall at Salem Civic Center.

The Richard Stockton fans -- one of whom had a sign that stated: "Jersey is Here!" did not have to cheer for early in the first half, as the Ospreys had just eight points at the 9-minute mark. But the offense did start to make some things happen as time went on.

Franklin & Marshall was led by Anthony Brooks and James McNally with seven points apiece. Their student section is not quite as large as Stockton's, but one young fan did have his "Go Dips" sign to put up. F&M's mascot is the Diplomats. I have never heard our No. 1 Division III beatwriter Randy King ever refer to F&M as the Dips, however.

With the help of a 16-0 second-half run, defending Division III national champion Washington University advanced to Saturday's championship game with a 77-58 win over ODAC entry Guilford on Friday at the Salem Civic Center.

Aaron Thompson dominated for Washington (28-2) scoring 30 points and pulling down nine rebounds. Sean Wallas added 15 for the Bears, who will play the winner of the second semifinal between Richard Stockton and Franklin & Marshall.

Clay Henson scored 23 points to lead Guilford, which got as close as five points in the second half before a Washington went on its game-deciding run.

By the way, Washington University's women also beat Amherst on Friday in the women's D-III final four and will play for the championship in that division as well.

Midway through the second half, Washington University has just gone on a 16-0 run to thwart what had been an impressive run by Guilford.

The Quakers were as close a 46-41before the Bears went on the devastating run.

UVa press release on Leitao's exit:

VMI did not get a bid to the NIT -- no huge surprise there. But VMI is not in the College Basketball Invitational, either, but Richmond is. VMI is not even in the new CollegeInsider tourney, but Liberty, ODU and JMU are.

I wonder if VMI turned down a bid to the CBI or the College Insider tourney because it didn't want to pay a financial guarantee? Cincinnati and Vanderbilt are also done for the year. I am sure those 2 schools could have been in the CBI or Insider tourney if they wanted to; they may have turned down the chance too.

We will find out what happened with VMI and tell you in Tuesday's paper.

-- Mark Berman

The women's basketball game tonight between Virginia and host Clemson will be on CSN Plus (the CSN overflow channel).

The game was not supposed to be televised orginally. The CSN Plus game tonight was supposed to be N.C. State at Wake Forest. But that game was postponed because of the death of State coach Kay Yow, so the UVa game will be televised instead.

Brittany Cook has torn the ACL in her right knee and will miss the entire season, Virginia Tech coach Beth Dunkenberger said Thursday. Cook was the ACC's leading scorer last season.

"My heart aches for her and her teammates feel so bad for her," Dunkenberger said. "Obviously you'll miss the leading scorer in the ACC, but right now everybody wants to step up. She said she's going to be there for them. She told them how much she believes in them and they all want to prove that all of this hard work is going to pay off."

Initially doctors thought the injury was just a sprain, but the ACL tear was revealed in an MRI late Wednesday,Dunkenberger said. Cook will have surgery to repair the tear next week.

-- katrina waugh

Monica Wright and Aisha Mohammed scored 27 points apiece as the Virginia women's basketball scored a 91-77 win over DT3 in a preseason exhibition game on Friday at the John Paul Jones Arena. But forward Lyndra Littles sat on the bench in street clothes.
Coach Debbie Ryan said Littles, Virginia's second leading scorer and rebounder last season, was out for "personal reasons," and said she did know how long she would be out of action.
Guard Kristen London also sat out for "disciplinary reasons," Ryan said, and would be out for "several games."
Wright had 10 rebounds and six assists. Mohammed had six rebounds.

-- katrina waugh