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- The Mountaineers lost their first Northeast Conference game to Wagner and then the improvements began to show in the final scores. They won four straight games for the first time since 2011 and clinched a berth in the NEC Tournament after missing out last season.
- Greg Brown hit two free throws with 6.2 seconds left to help Saint Francis defeat Mount St. Mary's in men's basketball Thursday night.
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- When the Morgan State women's basketball team beat Florida A&M, 57-50, on Saturday, the program made school history.
- The Towson men's basketball team held host UMBC without a field goal for 8:19 in the second half to earn its sixth straight victory, 77-66, on Saturday.
- The big topic in men's college lacrosse this offseason is whether the NCAA will trade its "timer on" rule for a hard shot clock.
- Maryland and Salisbury had two winners each as the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association named its 2014 Players of the Year.
- Denzel Richardson was "frustrated" when he didn't meet NCAA Division I qualifying standards coming out of Calvert Hall in 2012. But after committing to Eastern Kentucky last month, the former Cardinals star is convinced that "everything worked out for the best."
- Mount St. Mary's women face new-look North East Conference with departure of Monmouth, Quinnipiac
- Norfolk State's Rachel Gordon made the game-winning layup with 0.4 of a second left in regulation to cap a 64-63 come-from-behind road victory over Morgan State on Saturday.
- Towson's Jerrelle Benimon had 20 points in the second half as the host Tigers beat Drexel, 75-73, in a Colonial Athletic Association game Saturday.
- Mount St. Mary's made a magical run through the Northeast Conference men's basketball tournament last March, advancing to the championship game as a No. 5 seed before falling to LIU Brooklyn.
- The Christmas holiday break came at a good time for Langston Burnett, a sophomore on the men's basketball team at Division I Wagner on Staten Island in New York.
- Last week, Jacksonville's efforts paid off with a commitment from Tim Bond. On Wednesday night, Jaylen Adams followed suit by pledging to the Dolphins.
- Earlier this year Whitney Wiggins, who grew up in Laurel, was named to the roster of the dance team for the Brooklyn Nets, a member of the National Basketball Association.
- Dan Ford, Ray Felix and Eddie Fisher are part of The Sun Remembers This Week in Sports for July 14 to July 20
- Salisbury coach Jim Nestor has been named the National Division III Coach of the Year by the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association.
- The Syracuse women's lacrosse team advanced to the NCAA Division I tournament final four with a 13-9 win over visiting Florida on Saturday.
- When it came to picking a college, Chris Manning "didn't see the point in waiting until" his senior year. Especially not after the Randallstown junior landed an offer from Mount St. Mary's.
- Three fourth-quarter goals from junior midfielder Jim Marlatt (River Hill) helped the fifth-ranked Notre Dame men's lacrosse team hold on for a 7-6 win at Rutgers on Sunday afternoon.
- Baltimore Sun reporters Jeff Barker and Don Markus and editor Matt Bracken weigh in on the three biggest topics of the past week in Maryland sports.
- Roman Catholic cardinals went into a virtual news blackout Tuesday to begin electing a new pope, but that has only has heightened interest in what's happening behind the closed doors of their conclave.
