Tristan Blackwood scored a career-high 40 points as Central Connecticut State rallied to beat Robert Morris, 88-86, last night at in New Britian, Conn.

The Blue Devils (18-11, 15-2 Northeast Conference) trailed by six with 4:58 to go, then began to chip away. By the time Blackwood made two free throws with 2:13 left, Central Connecticut State was on top, 78-77.

Javier Mojica connected on a key 3-pointer for Central Connecticut State with 37.7 left for an 86-84 lead the Blue Devils held for the win.

Robert Morris (16-9, 8-8) shot 61 percent (19 for 31) from the floor in the first half and led 44-38 at the half. Jeremy Chappell led the Colonials with 31 points.

Other men's highlights

Cale Nelson scored 19 points and Jelani Lawrence added 17 as Saint Francis (Pa.) won at Quinnipiac, 73-72. Saint Francis (6-21, 3-13 NEC) won for just the second time in 18 games. ... Grove City connected on 58.3 percent (14 of 24) of its field-goal attempts in the second half to win at Westminster, 86-67, in a Presidents' Athletic Conference semifinal. Westminster (18-8) was seeded No. 1. Mark Smith had 20 points for Grove City (15-12) and Shawn Carr chipped in with 18 points and 13 rebounds. ... Josip Lucic-Jozak had 25 points and 11 rebounds to lift Washington & Jefferson (14-13) to a 78-75 victory at Bethany (19-8) in the other PAC semifinal.

Women's highlights

Jessica Davenport scored 26 points as No. 5 Ohio State (25-2, 14-1) beat visiting Penn State (13-15, 6-9), 78-61, to clinch at least a share of its third Big Ten title in a row. Tyra Grant scored 17 points for the Nittany Lions. ... Robert Morris (19-7, 13-3) is a half-game out of first place in the NEC after a 68-64 home win against Long Island (21-7, 14-3). Chinata Nesbit led the Colonials with 30 points, 18 rebounds and 7 assists.