The Cleveland State basketball teams honored the school’s newest set of hall of famers by sweeping top rival Chattanooga State in a TCCAA doubleheader Saturday afternoon.
The Cleveland State men upset the Tigers 75-71 after the Lady Cougars surprised the visitors with a 42-point defeat, 94-52. Jamesha Mosley had 26 points, 14 rebounds and four assists, Krista King scored 17 points with 4-of-5 3-point success and Brandi Kilpatrick had 11 rebounds for the Lady Cougars (12-9, 8-6). Teondra Crawford led the Lady Tigers (8-11, 5-9) with 12 points.
For the Cougars (7-15, 4-10), Rico Overall scored 29 points, Darrion Leslie had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Alex Watkins had 12 rebounds. Tramon Moore scored 15 points and Chaunce Watkins and Kristopher Bell added 11 each for the Tigers (11-7, 9-5), Watkins with four steals, and Ronald Jones grabbed eight rebounds.
At Brunswick, Ga., the Dalton State Roadrunners improved to 19-3 overall and 10-2 in the Southern States Athletic Conference with Jordan Bowling and Anthony Hilliard scoring 20 points apiece, Preston Earle adding 17 and NAIA rebounding leader Ladaris Green cleaning the glass 10 times despite foul trouble.
At Laurinburg, N.C., Tennessee Wesleyan swept a road doubleheader with St. Andrews in Appalachian Athletic Conference action, the TWC men winning 72-64 after the first-place Lady Bulldogs rolled 70-47.
Armeka Booker and Jenna Adams had 18 and 16 points and 12 and 10 rebounds for the Lady Dogs (23-2, 15-2), and Shira Buley had seven rebounds and four assists with nine points. For the Bulldogs, Stephen Kite Jr. scored 16 points and Devante Jenkins combined 14 points with 14 rebounds, while Dante Turnipseed, Leland Robinson and Charles White also scored in double figures.
At Dayton, Tenn., in another AAC doubleheader, Bryan split a pair of upsets, losing 68-67 to visiting Milligan in the women’s game and winning 70-52 against the second-place men. Brandon Cole had 27 points and 15 rebounds for the Bryan guys (13-10, 7-7). Kristin Lane scored 25 points, Taylor Neuharth added 15 and Megan Billingsby had 10 points and nine rebounds for the Lady Lions (17-7, 11-5), who were victimized by 26 points from Milligan’s Chelsey Weddle.
At Florence, Ala., North Alabama beat the Lee women 72-60 and defeated the Lee men 77-67 in Gulf South play, despite 15 points and seven rebounds by the Lady Flames’ Christina Johnson and 20 points, nine rebounds and four assists from the Flames’ Cory Billingsley, along with 12 points apiece from Chase Cullen and Stedmon Ford.
At Lookout Mountain, Jessica Bell scored a career-high 21 points on 7-of-9 shooting from the field and Morgan Woodward had 15 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists as the Covenant Lady Scots downed Agnes Scott 82-72 in overtime. Aleigha Williams also scored 15 points and Haley Soles added 12 in the win.
Area College Summaries
Women’s Games
CLEVELAND STATE 94, CHATTANOOGA STATE 52
Chattanooga State (8-11, 5-9 TCCAA)
Carter 6, Crawford 12, Blackwell 6, Doss 4, Sims 8, Jackson 3, Jones 5, Sheppard 4, Wimpy 4.
Cleveland State (12-9, 8-6)
Kilpatrick 6, Whitted 10, Majors 2, King 17, Mosley 26, Ivey 6, Harris 8, Davis, Holmes 11, Tate 6, Kieviscaite 5.
Halftime: Cleveland State, 45-23.
COVENANT 82, AGNES SCOTT 72 (OT)
Agnes Scott (4-12)
Howard 13, Teemer 5, Bacon 13, Arnold 3, Orr 26, Alexander 7, Figueroa 5.
Covenant (3-19)
Soles 12, Price, Nielsen 3, Woodward 15, Williams 15, Dougherty 8, Bell 21, Bailey 6, Quimby 2, Dirkse.
Halftime: Agnes Scott, 30-29. Regulation: 66-66.
TENNESSEE WESLEYAN 70, ST. ANDREWS (N.C. ) 47
Tennessee Wesleyan (23-2, 15-2 AAC)
Adams 16, Buley 9, Gasper 7, Moreland 6, Booker 18, Smith 2, McWilliams, Young 1, Walkup 2, Barker 4, McKinnon 1, McAfee, Frederick 4.
St. Andrews (12-12, 5-11)
Artis 5, Jacobs 4, Redd 7, McLean 6, Johnson 3, Shem-Crowley 5, Sidberry, Davis 6, Griggs 9, Surgick, Love, Jennings 2.
Halftime: Tennessee Wesleyan, 31-12.
MILLLIGAN 68, BRYAN 67
Milligan (10-15, 9-8 AAC)
Cox 7, Jones 12, Price 6, Weddle 26, Wyrick 15, Barnett, Cain, Radeck, Wilson 2.
Bryan (17-7, 11-5)
Billingsby 10, Brooks 6, Formont 7, Griffin, Lane 25, Cox 2, Neuharth 15, Rau 2.
Halftime: Milligan, 41-39.
NORTH ALABAMA 72, LEE 60
Lee (13-6, 10-6 GSC)
Johnson 15, Brown 10, Walsh 7, Swope 2, Swafford 4, Neuharth 5, Beavers 10, Smith 3, Allen, Hill, Jameson 4, Martinez.
North Alabama (11-9, 8-8)
Randle 14, White 6, Lyde 22, Towne 3, Madry 6, Pester, Gunter 2, Trent 9, Brown 6, Ashbourne 4.
Halftime: North Alabama, 37-24.
Men’s Games
CLEVELAND STATE 75, CHATTANOOGA STATE 71
Chattanooga State (11-7, 9-5 TCCAA)
Jones 9, Mmonu 10, Walton 2, Moore 15, Williams 3, C. Davis, Watkins 11, W. Davis 8, Goncalves 2, Bell 11, Shingles.
Cleveland State (7-15, 4-10)
Cox 4, Overall 29, Landrith 5, Leslie 12, Watkins 7, Smith 6, Harwood, Bentley 4, Gooch 4, Rolls-Tyson 4.
Halftime: Cleveland State, 43-29.
DALTON STATE 91, COASTAL GEORGIA 78
Dalton State (19-3, 10-2 SSAC)
Bowling 20, Hilliard 20, Earle 17, Tate 12, Green 7, Burrey 8, Terry 7, Ruffin 4, Smith, Bell, Williams.
Coastal Georgia (4-19, 2-10)
Matta 24, Burke 18, Harris 10, Reid 9, Wyatt 3, Rhodes 9, Geddes 2, Foreman, DeRuiter 2, Channer, Tomic 1.
Halftime: Dalton State, 48-46.
NORTH ALABAMA 77, LEE 67
Lee (11-11, 6-11 GSC)
Wilson 6, Lee, Cullen 12, Billingsley 20, Ford 12, Roberts 10, Johnson 3, Burrows 4, Merian, Woods, Copeland.
North Alabama (11-12, 8-9)
Vucica 8, Landry 8, Dade 24, Spehr 21, Herman 5, Hodge 5, Fletcher 6, Corkery.
Halftime: North Alabama, 48-37.
TENNESSEE WESLEYAN 72, ST. ANDREWS (N.C.) 64
Tennessee Wesleyan (12-12, 7-9 AAC)
Jenkins 14, Robinson 10, Kite 16, White 10, Turnipseed 13, Whitman, Bass, Beeler, Simmons 2, Triplett 7.
St. Andrews (8-11, 5-10)
Gulley 12, Banner 1, Gary 10, Humphrey 6, Sackey, Smith 17, Dutcosky, Daniels, Scott, Foushee 13, McCaskell 2, Smith 3.
Halftime: Tennessee Wesleyan, 34-23.
BRYAN 70, MILLIGAN 52
Milligan (17-7, 11-4 AAC)
Brooks 9, Ellis 2, McLeod 6, Woods 20, Woods Jr. 6, Bailey 2, Songster, Petrovic 2, Logan 4, Robinson 1, Kalu.
Bryan (13-10, 7-7)
Cole 27, Holt 3, Lee 11, Spears, Yoder 5, Long 17, Cusick 2, Chastain 5, Parsons, Tomlin, Troino.
Halftime: Bryan, 38-33.