The Tennessee Wesleyan College basketball teams swept an Appalachian Athletic Conference home basketball doubleheader Saturday afternoon against Milligan, while Bryan’s teams both almost beat first-place Bluefield on the road in Virginia.
Wesleyan’s men remained a half-game behind Bluefield with an 82-75 victory after the Lady Bulldogs prevailed 63-59.
Michelle Davis paced the TWC women (11-6, 5-2) with 27 points, 13 rebounds and three steals while Heather Gibson scored 13 points, Rochelle Davidson and Cody Houck each blocked three shots and Leah Frazier had six assists and eight rebounds. Candace Cain hit a clinching one-and-one set of free throws with eight seconds to go.
Desmond Crisp hit 10 of 12 free throws in scoring 24 points for the Bulldogs (11-8, 5-1), who got 16 points and four steals from Shannon Smith, 13 points from Quincy Scates and seven assists and three steals from E’Jay Ward.
Kearsten Marion scored 26 points and Byron Carpenter had 17 plus 11 rebounds for Bluefield (13-9, 6-1), holding off Bryan 68-67. The Lions got 19 points from Dion Fair, 16 from Rob Riley, 12 from Tim Fortenberry and 10 plus six assists and eight rebounds from Lavonte Henderson. Anna Thomas and Bethany McArthur each had 13 points, Thomas with seven rebounds, in the Lady Lions’ 59-55 overtime loss.