Northeastern 74, Drexel 73

Marcus Blossom hit a jump shot in the lane with four seconds left to lift sixth-seeded Northeastern to the upset over third-seeded Drexel in the quarterfinals.

Northeastern (10-18), led by Ricky Cranford's 27 points, will play second-seeded Delaware in Sunday's semifinals.

Jean Francois added 15 points for Northeastern and Blossom had 14. Cranford shot 9-for-17 from the floor and had six 3-pointers.

Stephen Starks' two free throws had put Drexel ahead 73-72 with 2:17 remaining. Both teams traded several possessions without scoring, and Northeastern got the ball back with 27 seconds left. After a timeout, Northeastern failed to get off a shot before calling another timeout at the 8.3-second mark.

Blossom then got the ball, drove toward the lane and put up his winning shot from about 10 feet.

Center Joe Linderman led Drexel (15-12) with 31 points on 14-for-19 shooting and forward Mike Kouser added 20 points and 13 rebounds.

Maine 87, Boston University 83 (OT)

Tory Cavalieri hit all six of his foul shots in overtime and Maine went 12-of-13 from the line in the extra period to edge Boston University in a quarterfinal game.

Fourth-seeded Maine (18-10), which made 39-of-53 foul shots, will play top-seeded Hofstra in Sunday's semifinals.

Julian Dunkley led Maine with 27 points on 8-of-12 shooting and 13 rebounds. The 6-foot-10 Dunkley scored eight points in overtime, including a three-point play that gave Maine a 69-66 lead, a 3-pointer that put Maine back ahead 76-74 with two minutes left and two free throws with 26.7 seconds left for an 82-76 lead.

Matt Turner, Boston University's sophomore guard, scored a game-high 35 points, including a 7-for-15 effort from 3-point range. The final one forced overtime with 21 seconds left.

Turner scored 14 points in the final 1:17 of regulation, including four 3-pointers, as fifth-seeded BU (14-14) erased a 60-50 deficit with 2:21 remaining. Turner added six points in overtime.

Kevin Fitzgerald's layup gave the Terriers a 74-73 lead with 2:23 left in overtime, but Dunkley made a 3-pointer and Derrick Jackson added a layup to put Maine ahead 78-74. Stijin Dhondt made two free throws for BU, but Cavalieri answered with a pair from the line and Dunkley tacked on two more to make it 82-76.

Paul Seymour's 3-pointer cut the lead to 84-81 with 9.9 seconds left, but Cavalieri added his final two free throws to seal the game.

Delaware 66, Towson 51

Billy Wells scored 18 points as Delaware built a 15-point halftime lead and went on to defeat Towson in a quarterfinal game at the America East Tournament.

Second-seeded Delaware (19-9) will play Northeastern in Sunday's semifinals.

Greg Miller added 13 points and Ajmal Basit had 12 for Delaware, which led by as many as 20 points in the second half.

Tamir Goodman, Towson's starting point guard, did not enter the game until the 15:24 mark of the second half. Goodman, who missed Friday's first-round victory over Hartford, was fulfilling religious obligations on the Jewish Sabbath. He finished with seven points, including one 3-pointer, in 14 minutes.

Sam Sutton led seventh-seeded Towson (12-17) with 16 points and Brian Allen added 10.

Basit converted Delaware's final two baskets of the first half, on a putback and a dunk off a pass from Wells, giving the Blue Hens a 34-19 lead.

Delaware increased its advantage to 41-21 on Basit's shot at the 17-minute mark of the second half.

Ryan Iversen led Delaware with 11 rebounds, and Basit added eight. Austen Rowland had nine assists.