Mike Minarik and Joshua Marquez tallied 12 points apiece as DePaul (No. 5, 13-4) defeated Manchester (No. 12). Matt Miller and Wally Sajimi added 9 and 8 points respectively.
Manchester had gone on a 15-4 fourth quarter run to close the gap. Minarik, who had five assists and five steals, buried two key free throws late in the game.
"I really wasn't worried," Minarik said. "We were a little careless with the ball and made mistakes that we normally do not make. But I knew we would hold that lead."
"We put up a good fight," said Manchester coach Rich Sponzilli. "We caused a little havoc and forced them to make some plays down the stretch."
Manchester's 6-foot-7 center Teques Franklin had 19 points and 14 rebounds.
"He was a little bit of an intimidating force," DePaul head coach Bart Fazio said. "We just played kind of a sloppy game and we them hang around for way too long. We'll have to play a lot better to advance much farther in this tournament."
The fifth seeded Spartants will take on fourth seeded Passaic Valley in quarterfinals next week. PV beat DePaul earlier in the season. They beat Clifton in the opening round.
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