The Tennessee Wesleyan College women’s basketball team got to 20 wins for the season Monday evening at home in Athens, but it was a lot harder probably than it should have been.
The Lady Bulldogs, 20-3 and ranked 19th in NAIA Division, slipped past Young Harris, which left Robb Gymasium with a 7-11 record. The Wesleyan men completed the doubleheader sweep with an 82-67 win over the Georgia school.
Heather Gibson had 15 points and eight rebounds and Amy Jo Castor had 14 points, seven rebounds and four assists for the Lady Bulldogs, who shot 35 percent from the field while Young Harris was shooting 33.3 percent. Lauren Smith had 17 points in defeat.
Matt Towry had 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting and a game-high nine rebounds for the Bulldogs, who got 17 points from Matt Harper, 12 and 10 from Jesse Booher and Sean Bridges and seven assists and three steals from E’Jay Ward. Frank Adams had 29 points and Bryson Robertson scored 16 for Young Harris.
* At Dayton, Bryan’s Lions moved up to 23rd in the NAIA rankings and beat NCAA Division III team Maryville 79-73 as Scott Newton hit 10 of 11 free throws and totaled 31 points and nine rebounds. Astral Guerrier had 14 points and 12 rebounds and Dominique Clements scored 13 points for Bryan (17-6), while Eryk Watson led five double-figure Scots scorers with 19 points.
* At Cleveland, Lee University’s Lady Flames, No. 11 in NAIA Division I, waylaid Columbia 90-42 in a Southern States game. Brooke McKinnon scored 14 points and Kayla Carlisle had 13 points and 13 rebounds for Lee (16-4, 6-1).
* At Waleska, Ga., the Reinhardt women’s team beat Tennessee Temple 82-45 despite a game-high 16 points from Temple’s Jessica Salera.