Senior swingman Quincy Ford scored 15 of his 20 points in the second half and senior guard David Walker added 17 points as No. 6 seed Northeastern upset third-seeded Towson, 71-60, on Saturday night in the quarterfinals of the Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball tournament at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore.

The defending champion Huskies (18-14) advance to the semifinals on Sunday against No. 2 seed UNC-Wilmington, which defeated College of Charleston.

Northeastern defeated the Tigers (20-12) for the fourth time in five outings. The Huskies got strong bench play as reserves Jimmy Marshall and T.J. Williams each scored 7 points in the first half and combined for 14 of NU’s 16 bench points.

NU, trailing by 3 at halftime, took a 45-40 lead with two free throws by Ford with 13:19 left. After a turnover, Walker broke away for a dunk to give the Huskies a 47-40 advantage.

Walker’s 3-pointer put the Huskies up, 50-42, with 12:10 left. After a technical by Towson’s Mike Morsell, Walker made one of two free throws to extend the margin to 53-46.

Ford then scored 5 straight points, including a long 3-pointer, to build the lead to 58-46 with 7:25 left.

Walker played 39 minutes to reach 1,226 this season, breaking Andre Lafleur’s school record from 1986-87.

Yale 71, Columbia 55 — Makai Mason scored 22 points, Brandon Sherrod added 13, and the visiting Bulldogs secured the Ivy League title and their first NCAA Tournament bid since 1962.

Yale (22-6, 13-1) shared the Ivy title last year with Harvard, but lost the playoff game with the Crimson. The win ended the second-longest NCAA drought of any team that has made the tournament previously, according to STATS. Only Dartmouth (1959) has gone longer without making it. Columbia is now third on that list having not made the NCAAs since 1968.

Harvard 74, Penn 56 — Agunwa Okolie scored 16 points and Zena Edosomwan added 11 points with 14 rebounds and 7 assists, helping the host Crimson roll past the Quakers.

Okolie was 7 of 12 from the field and Harvard (14-16, 6-8 Ivy) shot 54 percent overall, including 8 of 14 from beyond the arc. Corey Johnson had four of the threes for 14 points and Tommy McCarthy chipped in with 11 points before fouling out. Matt Howard led Penn (11-16, 5-8) with 14 points.

UMass 69, La Salle 52 — Trey Davis scored 27 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds, Donte Clark added 17 points, and the Minutemen (13-17, 6-12 Atlantic 10) snapped a three-game losing streak by routing the visiting Explorers (8-21, 4-14).

Providence 90, St. John’s 76 — Jalen Lindsey doubled his career high with 30 points and the Friars (22-9, 10-8) secured the No. 4 seed in the Big East tournament with a victory over the Red Storm (9-23, 1-17) in New York.

Women’s basketball

UConn 92, East Carolina 51 — Morgan Tuck and Katie Lou Samuelson each scored 16 points as the top-ranked Huskies (30-0) routed the Pirates in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference tournament in Uncasville, Conn.

American 61, BU 53 — Meghan Green scored 17 points but the visiting Terriers (3-27) completed their season with a loss to the Eagles in the first round of the Patriot League tournament.

Men’s hockey

Vermont 4, UConn 3 — Yvan Pattyn scored his first goal of the season to tie it at 9:45 of the third period and Brian Bowen scored with 1:19 to go to win it as the visiting Catamounts (14-20-3) swept the best-of-three Hockey East tournament first-round series.

Women’s hockey

BC 4, UConn 2 — Alex Carpenter broke a 2-2 tie 4:44 into the third period and the No. 1 Eagles improved to 37-0 and earned their third straight trip to the Hockey East tournament championship game by edging the Huskies in North Andover. In Sunday’s final, BC will face Boston University, a team that has beaten the Eagles the last two years in the title game.

BU 4, Northeastern 3 — Erin O’Neil made a career-high 54 saves and Alexis Crossley scored the deciding goal midway through the third period as the Terriers (23-13-2) surprised the sixth-ranked Huskies (28-8-1) in the Hockey East semifinals. BU will be trying for its fifth straight Hockey East crown.