Dalton State's men's basketball team defeated visiting Martin Methodist 66-61 in a Southern States Athletic Conference showdown that was billed as the NAIA Game of the Week on Saturday, as Anthony Hilliard scored 22 points.
Jamaine Burrey scored 13 off the bench and Sean Tate and Jordan Bowling added 11 points each for the eighth-ranked Roadrunners (22-3, 12-2), Tate with five assists, and NAIA rebounding leader Ladaris Green had 13 rebounds. Josh Watson scored 20 points and Darius Forrest had 15 points and nine rebounds for Martin Methodist (21-4, 11-3), which is tied for 12th in the NAIA Division I rankings.
* At Dayton, Tenn., fourth-place Bryan College beat first-place and nationally (NAIA Division II) ninth-ranked Tennessee Wesleyan 59-56 in Appalachian Athletic Conference basketball Saturday, but Wesleyan prevented a doubleheader sweep with an even closer 71-70 men's victory.
Megan Billingsby had 22 points with 6-of-7 3-point shooting and Keila Formont had nine rebounds, five steals and four assists for Bryan's Lady Lions (19-7, 13-5), countering 20 points and 10 rebounds by Armeka Booker and 10 points and seven assists by Shira Buley for TWC (24-3, 16-3). Dante Turnipseed scored 22 points, Stephen Kite Jr. added 15 and Devante Jenkins had 13 points and 11 rebounds for the winning Bulldogs (14-13, 8-9), while Brandon Cole had 33 points and 15 rebounds and Tyler Yoder and Jeff Long scored 15 and 14 points for Bryan (14-11, 8-8).
* At Carrollton, Ga., the Lee University men's basketball team beat West Georgia 89-84 but the Lady Flames lost 72-60 in Gulf South Conference play. Cory Billingsley had 30 points, six rebounds, five assists and three steals for the Flames (14-8, 11-8), while Chase Cullen and Elgrin Wilson had 15 and 11 points and seven rebounds each.
Emileigh Swafford scored 17 points and Shelby Brown had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Lady Flames (13-9, 10-9), who got 10 rebounds from Christina Johnson and seven assists from Alex Swope.
* At Covenant, the Scots lost 94-47 to Berea (18-4) after falling behind 51-18 by halftime. Chris Boyd with 13 points was the only Covenant player scoring more than seven.
Area College Summaries
Women's GamesWEST GEORGIA 72, LEE 60Lee (13-9, 10-9 GSC) Johnson 7, Brown 16, Walsh 12, Swope, Swafford 17, Beavers, Smith 8, Neuharth, Jameson.West Georgia (16-9, 11-8) Beverly 23, Fasick, Littlepage 13, Lemonnier 10, Hill 2, Harris 6, Lee 16, Davis 2, Singleton.Halftime: West Georgia, 33-29.BRYAN 59, TENNESSEE WESLEYAN 56Tenn. Wesleyan (24-3, 16-3 AAC) Adams 9, Barker 11, Booker 20, Buley 10, Gasper 6, Moreland, Young, Frederick, Smith.Bryan (19-7, 13-5) Billingsby 22, Brooks 4, Formont 9, Griffin 6, Lane 8, Cox 4, Neuharth 3, Rau 3.Halftime: Tennessee Wesleyan, 26-24.Friday GameMILLSAPS 64, SEWANEE 38Sewanee (11-9, 3-7 SAA) Sewell, Hassett 4, McCormack 9, Rose, Chauvin 6, Lyerly 5, Faulkner 5, Myers 6, Jones, Lauten 1, Rosa 2.Millsaps (16-5, 8-2) Freeman 8, Brooks 5, Randle, Holmes 22, Johnson 16, Earl 2, Klunk 2, Connor 2, Patterson, Crawford 2, Jones 2, Burks 3.Halftime: Millsaps, 38-16.Men's GamesBEREA 94, COVENANT 47Berea (18-4) Robinson 5, Ponder 11, Beckham 9, Moore 13, Webster 7, Parker 20, ,Myrks 6, Garmon 13, Harris 4, Simmons 2, Williams 2, Carman 2.Covenant (8-15) Frierson, Brunjes, Burns 2, Zeigler, Engbers 7, Ferguson 7, McGriff 6, Boyd 13, Cox 3, Sears, Portlock 6, Turner 3, Garrett.Halftime: Berea, 51-18.LEE 89, WEST GEORGIA 84Lee (14-8, 11-8 GSC) Wilson 11, Lee, Cullen 15, Billingsley 30, Ford 6, Roberts 6, Johnson 8, Burrows 8, Copeland 5, Merian. West Georgia (17-7, 12-7) Bernard, Stocks 33, Cochran 6, Higginbotham 13, Abreu 13, Brown 20, Taulien 8, Austin 2, Dupree.Halftime: Lee, 44-42.TENNESSEE WESLEYAN 71, BRYAN 70Tenn. Wesleyan (14-13, 8-9 AAC) Jenkins 13, Kite 15, Robinson 10, Turnipseed 22, White 2, Triplett 9, Simmons, Smith, Whitman.Bryan (14-11, 8-8) Cole 33, Holt 4, Lee, Spears 2, Yoder 15, Long 14, Tomlin, Chastain, Cusick 2, Parsons.Halftime: Bryan, 34-31.DALTON STATE 66, MARTIN METHODIST 61Martin Methodist Watson 20, Forrest 15, Woods 14, Donald 10, Burney 5, Porter 2, Ahmad, Burnett, Townsend.Dalton State (22-3, 12-2 SSAC) Hilliard 22, Tate 11, Bowling 11, Green 7, Earle 2, Burrey 13, Mosley.Halftime: Dalton State, 36-30.Friday GameMILLSAPS 57, SEWANEE 56Sewanee (14-7, 8-2 SAA) Carter 12, Williams 16, Caldwell 8, Brown, Tome, Stone 17, L. Born 3, C. Born, Veal.Millsaps (6-15, 2-8) McSwain 12, Gerchow 3, Robertson 6, Aubert 8, Moore 13, Detillieu 7, Gagen 5, Prater 3, Atkinson, Mancuso.Halftime: Millsaps, 28-24. story created on Saturday 2/14/2015 at 9:48:18 pm by Ron Bush stor