Both local schools advanced into the second round of the Division III men's basketball tournament Friday. Hamilton College beat Monclair State 84-75 and Utica University defeated Babson College 72-60.

Hamilton College won at Johns Hopkins University's Goldfarb Gymnasium in Baltimore.

Hamilton (20-8) led 46-43 at the half and then the Continentals outscored the Red Hawks 38-32 in the second half to seal the win.

Conner Rood had a game-high 22 points for Hamilton along with eight rebounds and seven assists. Hank Morgan added 15 and Teja Singh had 10.

Montclair (22-6) was paced by Keyon Price with 18 points.

Hamilton plays the winner of Friday's game between Johns Hopkins and Mitchell College. The game is set for 6 p.m. Saturday.

Pioneers cruise by Babson

The Pioneers trailed 32-30 at the half but rallied to outscore the Beavers 42-28 in the second half.

The game was played in Esbjornson Gymnasium at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey.

Darius Hopkins led Utica (23-4) with 21 points. Whitesboro graduate Thomas Morreale scored 15. Justice Brantley added 14. Rome Free Academy grad Damien Call contributed six points.

Babson (19-9) was led by Nate Amado with 24 points.

Utica will play the winner of Friday's game between Rowan and Cal Lutheran. The game will take place at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.