Tufts is the nation’s best defensive team in Division 3 but the Jumbos were still no match for Amherst at LeFrak Gymnasium.

Megan Robertson and Marcia Voigt each scored 13 points and the fourth-ranked Lord Jeffs­ got past the fifth-ranked Jumbos, 54-48, in a battle of NESCAC unbeatens Saturday in Amherst.