Already owning a berth in the NAIA Division II national tournament as the regular-season champion, the Tennessee Wesleyan College women’s basketball team added the Appalachian Athletic Conference tournament title Saturday with a 69-43 whipping of Milligan at Kingsport, Tenn.
Seventh-seeded Milligan (14-18) had beat the second- and third-seeded teams to reach the final but was no match for the nationally 10th-ranked top seeds. AAC player of the year Jenna Adams had 31 points and nine rebounds for the Lady Bulldogs (28-3) and was the tournament MVP, while fellow All-AAC first-teamers Armeka Booker and Shira Buley also starred Saturday. Booker had 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Buley had 11 assists with 10 points.
Adams made seven of 14 3-point shots. TWC shot 49.1 percent as a team; the Lady Buffs shot 30 percent.
* At Dalton, Ga., the NAIA’s sixth-ranked Dalton State Roadrunners sewed up the Southern States regular-season championship with a 64-43 win over Brewton-Parker, after leading 35-15 at halftime.
Jamaine Burrey scored 14 points in 15:27 of playing time and Dylan Smith had 12 points in a little more than 20 minutes. Dalton State will play Thursday in the quarterfinals of the SSAC tournament in Montgomery, Ala.
* At Cleveland, Tenn., Shelby Brown’s 3-point shot with 4.7 seconds to go gave the Lee University Lady Flames a 64-61 Gulf South victory over visiting Shorter as the regular season ended. Lee then won the men’s game 98-92 in overtime, as Chase Cullen and Cory Billingsley scored 19 points apiece, Cullen with 10 rebounds, and Elgrin Wilson and Jervon Johnson added 14 points each. Johnson was 4-of-6 on 3s.
Erin Walsh scored 22 points and Brown added 15, each with three 3s, for the Lady Flames (18-8, 14-8), and Brown also grabbed 10 rebounds. Ieshia Alexander scored 25 points for Shoter.
Area College Summaries
Women’s Games
TENN. WESLEYAN 69, MILLIGAN 43
Milligan (14-18)
Wyrick, Jones 10, Weddle 3, Cox 8, Price 10, Barnett 6, Wilson 4, Cain 2, Radeck, Carter, Russell, Jewett.
Tennessee Wesleyan (28-3)
Buley 10, Adams 31, Gasper 3, Booker 18, Barker 3, Young 2, Moreland, Smith, McKinnon, McWilliams, Walkup 2, McAfee, Frederick.
Halftime: Tennessee Wesleyan, 33-23.
LEE 64, SHORTER 61
Shorter (12-16, 8-14 GSC)
Pitt 7, Rice 3, Williams 10, Alexander 25, Rogers, Hudson 10, Allen 4, Mann 2, Peeples, Greene.
Lee (18-8, 14-8)
Johnson, Walsh 22, Swope 4, Lee 2, Swafford, Neuharth, Beavers 8, Brown 15, Cheeks 10, Smith 3, Jameson.
Halftime: Shorter, 35-27.
Friday games
AAC tournament, Kingsport, Tenn.
TENN. WESLEYAN 68, POINT 45
Point (18-13)
McKenzie 2, Wimberly, Owens 10, Blakely 9, Brown 5, Rhodes, Weatherspoon 16, Avant, Miller 3, Denby-Bland.
Tennessee Wesleyan (27-3)
Buley 1, Adams 18, Gasper 6, Booker 10, Barker 5, Moreland 15, Young 2, McAfee 2, McKinnon 2, Smith, Frederick 5, Walkup 2, McWilliams.
Halftime: Tennessee Wesleyan, 25-15.
SAA tournament, Jackson, Miss.
BERRY 67, SEWANEE 64
Sewanee (12-13)
Sewell 12, Hassett 17, McCormack 12, Rose 6, Chauvin 10, Faulkner 7, Lyerly, Myers, Jones.
Berry (18-8)
McLure 20, Cook 4, Pierce 19, McLean, Segarra 14, Smith 3, Casey 1, Morkem, Cerezola 3, Hammon 3, Lynch.
Halftime: Berry, 27-21.
Men’s Games
DALTON STATE 64, BREWTON-PARKER 43
Brewton-Parker
Miller 10, Conerly 7, Quarterman 7, Mannings 2, Mitchell 2, Bokenham 7, Samuels 4, Bernard 4, Cunningham, Sciberras, Voiley, Perry.
Dalton State (26-3, 16-2 SSAC)
Smith 12, Hilliard 8, Earle 6, Tate 4, Mosley 4, Burrey 14, Bowling 7, Green 4, Ruffin 3, Williams 2, Terry, Bell.
Halftime: Dalton State, 35-15.
LEE 98, SHORTER 92 (OT)
Shorter (18-10, 13-9 GSC)
Fleming 14, Jacks 18, Alderman 9, Ware 27, Birchfield 6, Daniels 14, McDade 4, Bobbitt.
Lee (16-12, 10-12)
Wilson 14, Lee 3, Cullen 19, Billingsley 19, Ford 8, Johnson 14, Burrows 9, Farley 4, Merian 8, Copeland.
Halftime: Shorter, 41-40. Regulation: 82-82.
Friday games
SAA tournament at Memphis
HENDRIX 73, SEWANEE 71
Hendrix (10-16)
Vance 18, Gumm 16, Aldous 15, Nikolovski 5, Ogle 14, Steele, Littlefield 2, Garrett 3.
Sewanee (16-10)
Carter 10, Stone 8, Williams 29, Caldwell 14, L. Born, McCullough 8, Brown 2, Tome, C. Born, Veal.
Halftime: Hendrix, 33-24.
AAC tournament, Kingsport, Tenn.
MILLIGAN 79, TENN. WESLEYAN 64
Tennessee Wesleyan (16-14)
White 8, Kite 26, Jenkins 11, Robinson 1, Turnipseed 13, Simmons 3, Bass, Whitman, Davison 2, Triplett, Mosley, Russell, Beeler, Richey.
Milligan (20-9)
Brooks 12, Mic. Woods 14, Ellis 6, Mik. Woods 3, McLeod 16, Songster 4, Bailey 17, Logan 5, Petrovic 2, Robinson, Kalu.
Halftime: Milligan, 42-25.