John Carroll's men's team also wins, but Akron's and Kent State's women's teams lose.
Nikola Cvetinovic hit a layup with 19 seconds left to break a tie and lift Akron to a 54-52 men's basketball victory at Illinois-Chicago on Saturday.Cvetinovic scored 19 points to lead the Zips (4-2).
The Flames (4-5) were up by 13 points early in the second half, but Akron hammered away with 44.8 percent shooting in the second half.
Brett McClanahan tied it at 52-all on a 3-pointer with about a minute left in the game.
Akron's Steve McNees later stole the ball, and Cvetinovic clinched it soon after.
Marietta 83, Baldwin-Wallace 61 Marietta stayed unbeaten with a victory at Baldwin-Wallace. The Pioneers are 6-0, 2-0 in the Ohio Athletic Conference. The Yellow-Jackets fall to 2-4, 1-1.
John Carroll 93, Capital 87 Michael Hartnett set a Blue Streaks record with nine 3-pointers as JCU (5-1, 1-0) won at Capital (4-2, 0-1).
Wabash 59, Hiram 56 Chris Roberts (Kennedy) scored 25 points to become the 22nd player in Hiram's history to score more than 1,000 points, but the host Terriers (3-4, 0-2 North Coast Athletic Conference) lost to the Little Giants (8-0, 1-0.
Ohio Wesleyan 92, Oberlin 49 The Yeoman (1-5, 0-2) shot only 24 percent and lost their fifth straight, to the visiting Bishops (3-4, 1-0).
Adrian 68, Notre Dame College 62 (OT) The visiting Falcons (2-5) held Adrian (3-3) to 19 points in the second half, but still lost in overtime.
Women
St. Francis 101, Kent State 92 (OT) The Golden Flashes (6-1) lost their first game of the season Saturday afternoon, in overtime, at Saint Francis (Pa.).
The Flashes were unable to hold on to a 12-point halftime lead as the Red Flash outscored them, 34-16, over the last 7:50 of the game, including overtime.
Senior Stephanie Gibson (North Canton), who turned 22 on Saturday, put Kent State into overtime with a buzzer-beating three-pointer to tie the game at 83-83. She also hit a long three-pointer as the first half expired that gave Kent State a 49-37 lead.
Saint Francis was 6-of-6 from the field in the extra session.
Wright State 71, Akron 64 Akron's Rachel Tecca scored a team-high 19 points and senior Kara Murphy had 15 points and 13 rebounds, but the Zips (4-4) lost at home to Horizon League member Wright State (3-3).
Tecca sank two free throws with 1:38 left to close the gap to 66-63, and a pair of free throws from teammate Taylor Rupper narrowed the score to 67-64. But the Raiders closed the game out with made free throws of their own.
Wright State's LaShawna Thomas had a game-high 25 points.
Denison 72, CWRU 69 The Spartans (3-3) dropped their third straight to the visiting Big Red (7-0).
Baldwin-Wallace 73, Kenyon 63 The Yellow-Jacket's Amanda Schroeder scored 18 to move into eighth place on the school's all-time list, with 1,072 points. B-W is 5-1, Kenyon 5-3.
Capital 75, John Carroll 60 The Blue Streaks (4-2, 0-1 Ohio Athletic Conference) lost at Capital (3-1, 1-0).
Notre Dame College 69, Mount Vernon Nazarene 60 The Falcons (8-1, 3-0 American Mideast Conference) went on the road to win their seventh straight, over the Lady Cougars (6-3).
Cedarville 98, Ursuline 49 The Arrows (1-8, 0-2) lost at Cedarville (5-3, 2-0).
Hillsdale 85, Lake Erie 69 The host Chargers (6-1, 1-1 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Conference) went on a 15-4 run in the first half and beat the Storm (2-3, 1-1).