Cougars, Lady Tigers improve to 4-0

The Cleveland State men's basketball team improved to 4-0 for the season and 2-0 in weekend TCCAA play with an 87-71 defeat of visiting Dyersburg State on Saturday afternoon.

The Dyersburg women beat Cleveland State 70-62, and Chattanooga State defeated the Southwest Tennessee Lady Saluqis 69-63 but lost 104-80 to the Saluqis.

Gabe Dando scored 15 points, Ralph Eason scored 14 with six assists and Kahan Swift had 15 rebounds with 12 points for Cleveland State's Cougars. Filipe Goncalves and Tim Triplett scored 11 points each, Trey Suttles scored 10 and Travis Jones had seven assists.

Ciera Anderson led the Lady Cougars (1-3, 0-2) with 15 points and eight rebounds.

Denise Johnson scored 18 points and Khamiyah Crawford and Jamillie Reed added 15 and 12 for Chattanooga State's Lady Tigers (4-0, 2-0). Nick Ross scored 26 in defeat for the Tigers (3-1, 1-1), who got 14 from Anthony Prescott. Four Southwest Tennessee players scored 13 or more points, led by Cedrick McAfee with 25.

* Lee (w) 56, Evangel 53: At Cleveland in Lee's Jack Souther Classic, Hollie German scored 25 points to keep the Lady Flames undefeated. Sierra McSpadden had 21 points and 11 rebounds for Evangel (0-3).

* Georgia Northwestern (w) 78, Warren Wilson 58: At Nashville in the Welch College tournament, Keesha Wise scored 20 points after tallying 17 Friday in a 71-62 win over Piedmont International.

Women's Games

CHATTANOOGA STATE 69,

SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE 63

Southwest Tenn. (2-2, 1-1 TCCAA)

Henley 5, Lurry 11, James 9, Hardy 10, Mason 2, Hobson 20, Allen 6.

Chattanooga State (4-0, 2-0)

Benton 4, Crawford 15, Johnson 18, Scott 2, Reed 12, Sales 9, Honeysucker 9.

Halftime: Chattanooga State, 30-26.

DYERSBURG 70, CLEVELAND STATE 62

Dyersburg State (2-3, 1-1 TCCAA)

Mullens 5, Purvis 10, Nowlin 12, White 2, Womack 4, Brown 10, Harwell 16, Rau 7, Alexander 2, Hall 2.

Cleveland State (1-3, 0-2)

Anderson 15, Brown 3, Anthony 6, Gasper 11, Jones 6, Taylor 8, Martinez 4, Bonds, Nunn, Davis, Owens 7, Freeman 1, Fetzer 1.

Halftime: Cleveland State, 32-30

LEE 56, EVANGEL 53

Evangel (0-3)

Akins 11, McSpadden 21, Rumfelt 9, Landolt 5, Brown 2, Latt, Robinson 1, Irvine, Lessmann 4, Walsh.

Lee (3-0)

Miller 6, Hamby 2, Lockhart 2, German 25, Zimmerman 3, Adams 3, Jackson 7, Barker 6, Iles 2, Smith.

Halftime: 29-29.

GEORGIA NORTHWESTERN 78,

WARREN WILSON 58

Georgia Northwestern (2-2)

Parks 7, Jones 2, Daughtry 8, Cole 9, Flaherty 1, Nichelson 4, Wise 20, Smith 5, Price 11, Mostella 7, Person 4.

Warren Wilson

Scherer 2, Ashford 8, Henderson 16, Tutwiler 3, Orians, Hall 9, Bradbury 16, O'Brien 2, Blandin 2.

Halftime: Georgia Northwestern, 40-24.

Men's Games

SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE 104,

CHATTANOOGA STATE 80

Southwest Tennessee (1-1 TCCAA)

Green 6, Standfield 18, McElroy 7, Campbell 13, Newell 17, McAfee 25, Golphin 5, Street 5, Lester 8.

Chattanooga State (3-1, 1-1)

Kitchens 7, Prescott 14, Hughes 3, Scott 5, Ross 26, Jackson 8, Dial 6, Warren 4, Smith 7.

Halftime: Southwest Tennessee, 49-34.

CLEVELAND STATE 87, DYERSBURG 71

Dyersburg State (3-3, 0-2 TCCAA)

Wilkerson 15, Nelson 8, Harvey 7, Green 5, Woods 10, Burrow 8, Collins 5, Jeffries 2, McCord, Harris 4, Jones 6, Barbee 1.

Cleveland State (4-0, 2-0)

Jones 6, Eason 14, Suttles 10, Swift 12, Dando 15, Goncalves 11, McPherson 3, Everette 3, Triplett 11, Okoro 2.

Halftime: Cleveland State, 43-26.

GARDNER-WEBB 77, COVENANT 39

(exhibition)

Covenant

McGriff 9, Danek 4, Frierson 1, Mutcherson 4, Sears 7, Delaney 3, Engbers 5, Ferguson 6, Boyd, Moss, Turner, Burns, Brunjes, Chaney, Bowman.

Gardner-Webb

Hartley 11, Byron 4, Harper 4, Strange, Newsome 11, Branch 8, Landis 12, Ivey 5, Davis 4, Sweeney, Hensley.

Halftime: Gardner-Webb, 37-14.

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