New London — Jalen Benson of New London made a fadeaway buzzer-beater Saturday afternoon to give the Mitchell College men’s basketball team its first win of the new year, with the Mariners edging Johnson & Wales 62-60 at Yarnall Athletic Center.

Jontai Williams made a free throw for Johnson & Wales to tie the score at 60 with 11 seconds left. Benson then took the inbounds pass and dribbled through traffic, initially stopped by the defense before falling backward as he unleashed a shot at the buzzer, being swarmed by teammates as the ball sailed through the net.

Alfonzo Stokes led Mitchell with 17 points and Wilton Causey and Dontae Pollard each had 11. Benson finished with eight points, six rebounds and five steals and Mikey Buscetto of Waterford had five assists for the Mariners (10-2), who were playing their first game since Dec. 12.

In other games:

• Elijah Parent had 14 points and five rebounds, leading four players in double figures in Coast Guard’s 81-76 loss to Emerson, the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference opener for both teams. Cameron Brown had 13 points, Abe Countryman 12 and Declan Rooney 10 for Coast Guard (3-9, 0-1), while Luke Farrell led the way with seven rebounds. Nate Martin had 22 points for Emerson (6-6, 1-0), including 14 of 15 from the free throw line.

Emerson led 41-33 at halftime and stretched the advantage to as many as 13 in the second half. Coast Guard pulled to within four on a 3-pointer by Trevor Parks with 1:15 remaining (75-71) and then got it to three on another Parks 3 with 41 seconds to play (77-74). Coast Guard missed a shot with 17 seconds remaining, however, coming out of a timeout, and Emerson went 4-for-4 from the free throw line to ice it.

• St. Thomas More advanced to the championship game of its annual Founder’s Tournament with a 67-51 victory over Thetford Academy. The Chancellors will play Lee Academy, a 78-65 winner over Winchendon, on Sunday at 2 p.m. Thetford and Winchendon will meet in the consolation at noon.

Men’s hockey

• Northeastern beat UConn 4-1 at Frozen Fenway, getting 29 saves from Devon Levi. Matthew Wood was the lone goal scorer for UConn (13-6-3 overall, 8-5-2 Hockey East). The teams will meet in a rematch next weekend in Storrs in what will be the opening game at the new Toscano Family Ice Forum.

Women’s hockey

• Casey Chesner scored four goals to lead Connecticut College to an 8-1 victory over Bowdoin at Dayton Arena, giving the Camels a two-game weekend sweep of the Polar Bears. Saturday’s win marked the largest margin of victory over Bowdoin in program history. Melanie Conca added two goals for Conn (7-2 overall, 5-1 New England Small College Athletic Association) and now leads the NESCAC in scoring. Miyu Miyazaki added three assists and goalie Abby Wieczorek stopped 15 shots. The Camels were 3-for-3 on the power play.

Men’s swimming

• Fourth-ranked MIT won 11 events to beat Coast Guard 174-60. Coast Guard’s Colin Twiss won the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:56.40 and the 500 freestyle in 4:44.39.

Women’s swimming

• Coast Guard’s Grace Keogh won the 200 freestyle (1:58.35) and Masen Karsetn took the 100 freestyle (53.64) in the Bears’ 195-48 loss at MIT.