University of Tennessee at Chattanooga sophomore Jasmine Joyner was chosen as the Tennessee Sports Writers Association women’s basketball player of the week after leading the Mocs to the Southern Conference tournament championship. Joyner averaged 17.3 points, 13 rebounds and 3.7 blocked shots for the three games in Asheville, N.C., and was voted the tournament most valuable player. She had 26 points, 20 rebounds and three blocks in the semifinal win over Furman and holds the Southern Conference record for blocks in a season with 129.
Track & Field
* Tennessee Wesleyan’s Avery Hubbard from Red Bank won the men’s 60-meter dash at the NAIA indoor track and field meet last weekend at Geneva, Ohio. His time was 6.75 seconds. The Bulldogs’ Joseph Mullen also was an All-American with a sixth-place finish in the 3000, and the men’s distance medley relay team of Jacob Simmons, Jake Morgensten, Chad Whitehead and Mullen earned All-American status as well with a fifth-place showing after breaking the school record with a 10:06.06 in the semifinals. TWC was 15th in the men’s standings.
Golf
* The UTC men’s golf team again lowered its aggregate score, to 296 on Tuesday, but finished 12th out of 16 teams in Auburn’s Tiger Invitational at Opelika, Ala. The Mocs’ total of 899 was three behind Mercer. Auburn won by 28 strokes with an 839. UTC’s Ewan Scott tied for 33rd individually at 222 with Wes Gosselin at 226, Kory Webb at 229, Liam Johnston at 230 and Andrew Weathers at 232. Gosselin shot a 69 and Johnston had a 71 Tuesday.