Tomas Murphy tied a career-high 21 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds and Northeastern throttled Bucknell, 96-78, on Wednesday night.

Bruce Moore scored 16 and Kimbal Mackenzie had 13 for Bucknell. Paul Newman scored 11 points Nate Sestina added 10.

Penn College trailed by 19 points at the half and couldn’t claw back in the second half, falling to Saint Elizabeth, 87-57. Spencer Bartron scored a team-high 11 points for the Wildcats and Ryan Lockman added 10.

Roland Romano had a double-double for Saint Elizabeth with 19 points and 12 rebounds.

Nysir Marshburn scored a game-high 23 points and Ryan Bernstein dished out 14 assists as Mansfield held off one-loss Salem in an 83-78 thriller. The win was the first of the career for Mountaineer coach John Szentesy.

• Penn College fell to College of Saint Elizabeth on the road, 63-51, in a Noth Eastern Athletic Conference women’s basketball game on Wednesday.

Kaylah Brown led the Wildcats (0-5, 0-1 NEAC) with 11 points. Gwendolyn Lavelle added nine and Tori Wolfe had a team-high 10 rebounds.

MEN’S BASKEBALL

Northeastern 96, Bucknell 78

Northeastern (3-4)

Jason Strong 7-9 0-0 16; Anthony Green 4-5 3-4 11; Jordan Roland 7-9 0-0 17; Bolden Brace 3-6 0-0 9; Donnell Gresham 5-9 3-4 16; Thomas Murphy 8-14 4-5 21; Jeremy Miller 1-5 2-2 4; Myles Franklin 1-3 0-0 2; Shaquille Walters 0-2 0- 0 . Totals 36-62 12-14 96.

Bucknell (2-3)

Bruce Moore 6-9 3-7 16; Nate Sestina 4-8 0-0 10; Kimbal Mackenzie 4-9 3-3 13; Jimmy Sotos 2-5 0-1 6; Avi Toomer 4-6 0-0 9; Andrew Funk 1-5 0-0 2; Paul Newman 1-3 9-10 11; Walter Ellis 3-5 0-0 9; Ben Robertson 0-0 0-1 0; Nate Jones 0-2 0-0 0; Kahliel Spear 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 26-53 15-22 78.

Halftime: Northeastern 56-37. 3-Point Goals: Northeastern 12-25 (Roland 3-5, Gresham 3-6, Brace 3-6, Strong 2-2, Murphy 1-2, Miller 0-2, Franklin 0-2), Bucknell 11-25 (Ellis 3-3, Sotos 2-3, Sestina 2-5, Mackenzie 2-6, Toomer 1-1, Moore 1-3, Jones 0-2, Funk 0-2). Fouled Out: None. Rebounds: Northeastern 34 (Murphy 12), Bucknell 21 (Robertson 4). Assists: Northeastern 24 (Gresham 11), Bucknell 16 (Sotos 8). Total Fouls: Northeastern 17, Bucknell 15. A: 2,121 (4,000).

Saint Elizabeth 87, Penn College 57

Penn College (0-6, 0-1 NEAC)

Spencer Bartron 4-15 2-2 11; Ryan Lockman 5-8 0-0 10; Cameron Gloster 2-6 3-4 8; Ben Sosa 2-4 0-0 4; Jeff Nixon 2-6 0-0 4; Imari Walker 3-10 3-9 9; Brandon Fedoriw 1-5 0-0 3; Kris Giles 1-3 0-0 3; Frank Tuason 1-3 0-0 2; Carson Garvis 1-1 0-0 2; Anthony Deitrick 0-2 1-2 1; Matthew Salvent 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-63 9-17 57.

Saint Elizabeth (5-0, 1-0 NEAC)

Ted Thelemaque 6-9 0-0 15; Jason Saldiveri 4-7 0-0 10; Darnill Brown 3-10 0-0 7; Shaquan Mickens 1-2 0-0 3; Jordan Wilson 0-0 0-0 0; Roland Romano 9-14 1-2 19; Lance Rhoden 3-7 2-2 9; Kar’ron JOhnson 3-7 1-2 8; Brian Valdes 3-4 0-0 8; Aaron Hobbs 2-3 0-0 4; Jarek Johnson 1-3 0-1 2; Tim Cook 1-1 0-0 2; Tyrese Conover 0-2 0-0 0; Pierre Harden 0-2 0-0 0; Javon Fisher 0-4 0-0 0; Jordan Simmons 0-1 0-0 0; Louis Roche 0-0 0-0 0; Aaron Pichon 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 36-76 4-7 87.

Halftime: Saint Elizabeth, 41-20. 3-point goals: PCT 4-25 (Gloster 1-2, Giles 1-3, Fedoriw 1-5, Bartron 1-8, Lockman 0-1, Nixon 0-2), SE 11-29 (Thelemaque 3-5, Saldiveri 2-3, Valdes 2-3, Mickens 1-1, Johnson 1-2, Rhoden 1-3, Brown 1-8, Cook 1-1; Conover 0-2, Harden 0-2, Simmons 0-1, Fisher 0-4). Fouled out: PCT-none, SE-none. Rebounds: PCT 37 (Walker 7), SE 47 (Romano 12). Assists: PCT 10 (Gloster 3), SE 20 (Saldiveri 5). Total fouls: PCT 12, SE 16. Technical fouls: PCT-none; SE-none. A: 223.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Saint Elizabeth 62, Penn College 51

Penn College (0-4)

Kaylah Brown 3-8 4-8 11; Gwendolyn Lavelle 3-9 3-6 9; Tori Wolfe 2-9 2-4 6; Madison Klock 2-15 0-0 5; Cassi Kuhns 1-2 0-0 2; Makaya Shadle 2-9 3-5 8; Kiara Fry 2-6 3-6 7; Maci Ilgen 1-2 1-2 3; Olivia JOhnson 0-1 0-0 0; Ariana Burke 0-3 0-0 0; Erin Shaffer 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 16-64 16-31 51.

Saint Elizabeth (1-2)

Maria DeVincenzo 6-12 1-1 16; Deja Ingram 4-14 7-10 15; Kamille Jacobs 5-8 3-4 14; Damaris King 4-9 0-2 8; Kaitlyn Racobaldo 2-6 0-0 4; Kamani Williams 1-4 1-2 3; Dianne Nieves 1-6 0-0 2; Rakiyah Sellers 0-4 0-0 0; MIchelle Perez 0-0 0-0 0; Kyyahana Holmes Hall 0-2 0-0 0; Taylor Veve 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 23-65 12-19 62.

Penn College 20 9 8 14 — 51

Coll. of Saint Eliz. 22 14 18 8 — 62

3-point goals: PCT 3-22 (Brown 1-4, Shadle 1-6, Klock 1-8, Wolfe 0-2, Lavelle 0-2). Fouled out: PCT-none; SE-none. Rebounds: PCT 49 (Wolfe 10), SE-49 (Ingram 10). Assists: PCT 11 (Klock 3), SE 14 (Racobaldo 4). Total fouls: PCT 15, SE 21. Technical fouls: PCT-none; SE-none. A: 142.