New University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's soccer coach Gavin McKinney announced Thursday the additions of seven recruits in this month's signing period, all from Tennessee: Maddy Coleman from Scott County, Masey Fox from Greenback, Rachel Giampapa and Shelby Williams from University School of Jackson, Carolina Heavey from Germantown Houston and goalkeepers Katie Emig of Knoxville Bearden and Molli Miller of Maryville High. Emig is a junior transfer who played in 14 games in two seasons for Austin Peay and had a .706 save percentage. Miller sat out her junior year at Maryville with an injury but had 14 shutouts and allowed 0.8 goal per game last fall. She and Emig both played in Knoxville's FC Alliance club program, as did Fox, who scored more than 100 goals for Greenback in four years and also kicked for the football team when her twin brother got hurt in 2012, with 36-of-36 accuracy on extra points and field goals that included a 34-yarder. In addition to helping lead Scott County to two district titles and a region final, Coleman has a 3.8 grade point average and played five years for the Lexington (Ky.) Futbol Club. Heavey has played for the Lady Lobos Rush club in addition to being an all-state defender for Houston High. Another Lady Lobos Rush member, Giampapa was a five-year starter and four-time all-state player for USJ, which won two Division II-A state titles and added a runner-up finish in that time, and she also played basketball and softball. Williams, a defender, also was a five-year starter and was twice an all-state selection for USJ and played on two state championship teams with the Jackson Futbol Club.
Basketball
* Led by 33 points from Emileigh Swafford, Lee's Lady Flames overcame a halftime deficit and won 63-58 in a Gulf South basketball doubleheader Thursday night at West Alabama. The Lee men almost overcame an 18-point deficit in the last 17 minutes but lost 75-74 despite 22 points from Stedmon Ford and 14 from Cory Billingsley.
* Dalton State defeated Middle Georgia State 94-63 in NAIA basketball Thursday, as Preston Earle scored 17 points and Ladaris Green and Jordan Bowling had 16 and 13 points and 13 rebounds apiece. Sean Tate contributed 11 points and seven assists for the eighth-ranked Roadrunners (21-3), who host Martin Methodist on Saturday night in the national NAIA game of the week.
* Tennessee Temple's basketball Lady Crusaders defeated Fisk 81-55 in Nashville on Thursday, but the Fisk men beat Temple 73-69. Amber Rector had 25 points and eight assists and Bree Smith and Christiana Purvis scored 13 and 12 points for the Lady Crusaders (11-15). Cameron High had 21 points for the Crusaders (7-19).
Running
* The Covenant College cross country teams joined Sewanee's teams in earning NCAA Division III all-academic distinction by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, and Covenant freshman Eliot Kaufmann was singled out for an academic honor. The Covenant women's runners had an aggregate grade point average of 3.38 for the fall semester, and the men compiled a collective 3.34. Kaufmann was the USA South men's runner of the year and men's rookie of the year.