The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga maintained its first-place position in the Southern Conference wrestling standings with Sunday’s 34-9 home win against Davidson. The Mocs (4-5, 2-0) rolled in the dual meet at Maclellan Gym behind a pair of pins from junior Chris Debien at 141 pounds and freshman Hunter Fortner at 174, with Drew Nicholson (165) winning by technical fall for the Mocs, who never trailed. UTC’s Tanner Smith (149) and Rod Jones (197) won by major decision – Smith by shutout – and Connor Tolley (285) won by decision. The Bobcats fell to 2-8, 0-2. Campbell and The Citadel are also undefeated in SoCon duals this season, but each of those teams has just one match behind it. They’re followed in the standings by Appalachian State (2-1 SoCon), Virginia Military Institute (1-2), Davidson and Gardner-Webb (0-2). The Mocs return to competition Friday at Gardner-Webb in Boiling Springs, North Carolina, then wrestle again two days later, also in the Tar Heel State, at Appalachian State in Boone. UTC’s next home dual is Feb. 8 against The Citadel.
Basketball
» Sewanee split with visiting Millsaps in a Southern Athletic Association basketball doubleheader Sunday. Sewanee’s men held on for a 62-59 win. Hunter Buescher’s layup for the host Tigers (16-4, 5-4) with 2:21 to play stretched their lead to 60-54, but the Majors (10-10, 2-7) melted that to a point with a 3-pointer and a jumper before Buescher hit two free throws with 2.2 seconds to play. Millsaps then needed to go the length of the floor, and an errant pass kept the Majors from taking a shot and ended a game Sewanee had led 36-27 at halftime. Buescher finished with a game-high 15 points, and Jordan Warlick added 12. Other game stats leaders were the Tigers’ Matt Lee with nine rebounds and Luke Smith with six assists. Michael Sullivan led Millsaps with 12 points, with Zachary Tullos chipping in 10. In the women’s game, Millsaps won 68-59 behind a pair of 15-point performances from Millicent Butler and Dia Fortenberry. The game was tied at 17 after the first quarter, but Millsaps (17-3, 8-1) pulled away with a 17-6 second quarter. Ellie Treanton had 17 points with six rebounds to lead Sewanee (8-12, 2-7), Sue Kim added 13 points with five assists and Kinsley Logan scored 10 points. Millsaps finished with a 31-18 edge on rebounds.
» Georgia Northwestern’s teams both lost Saturday to host Welch College in the Flames Invitational in Gallatin, Tennessee – 76-47 in the women’s game and 104-83 in the men’s. J.T. Langford and Jeremy Wilson scored 21 and 17 points and were a combined 20-of-23 on free throws in defeat for the Bobcats (4-12), and Jayce Harris and Kannen Derryberry each scored 10 points. Harris had eight rebounds. Tori Harvey had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Katelyn O’Toole scored 13 points for the Lady Bobcats (6-11). Jerriale Jackson added 10 points, and Abby Dalton had eight rebounds and six steals.
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