The Tennessee Wesleyan College basketball teams both are ranked a couple of notches ahead of Bryan College in the Appalachian Athletic Conference standings, and Saturday afternoon at home in Athens the TWC teams kept that status quo.
The first-place Lady Bulldogs, ranked 19th in NAIA Division II, improved to 21-3 overall and 16-2 in the AAC with a 58-42 win. Then the third-place Bulldogs won 82-75 despite 34 points, 11 rebounds and five steals by Bryan’s Brandon Cole.
Tyler Burse had 22 points and eight rebounds and Shannon Smith had 20 points and four steals for the TWC men (15-11, 11-5), who also got 14 points and 13 rebounds from Devante’ Jenkins, 12 points from Andrew Scofield and nine assists from Derek Hosey. Derrick Walker had 16 points and eight reobunds and Robert Troino scored 12 points for Bryan (14-12, 9-6).
Armeka Booker led the Lady Bulldogs with 17 points and 14 rebounds, while Alli Moreland added 15 points, Shira Buley provided 10 points, eight assists and nine rebounds and Cody Houck had 10 rebounds and four blocked shots. Bailey Lyness made three steals. For the Lady Lions (17-9, 12-5), Victoria Griffin and Kristin Lane scored 14 and 13 points, Lane with five assists, and Keila Formont grabbed eight rebounds.
• Lee (w) 67, Christian Brothers 58: At Memphis, Hollie German shot only 4-of-13 from the field but made all 12 of her free throws in scoring 21 points in the Lady Flames’ 10th straight win, and Jenna Adams had 18 points and matched Rachel Lockhart with a game-high seven rebounds. Lee is 17-4 overall and leads the Gulf South Conference at 13-2.