Tennessee Wesleyan’s basketball teams both won quarterfinal games Thursday in the Appalachian Athletic Conference tournament in Kingsport, Tenn., and the sixth-seeded Bryan women beat third seed Point 63-50, but the 10th-seeded Bryan men could not add another upset. The Lions fell 78-71 to No. 2 seed Reinhardt.
Wesleyan’s fifth-seeded women beat fourth seed Bluefield 65-56, and Wesleyan’s men also defeated Bluefield, 95-90, with the seeds reversed.
Jordan Hall made four of six 3-point shots and scored 19 points for TWU’s Bulldogs (18-12), who got 18 points and four steals from Tre Tiller, 17 points from Johnson Decembre and 13 points from Kobe Foster. TWU hit 28 of 37 free throws, compared to 10 of 16 for Bluefield. That game had 19 lead changes and nine ties.
Hunter Simpson had 18 points and five assists and Kenzie Conn scored 17 in the win for the Lady Bulldogs (17-13), while Madison Walkup had 14 points with four 3s and nine rebounds. They play today at 2 p.m. against top seed Milligan (23-8), and the TWU men face Union College (28-3) at 6.
Bryan’s women (16-14) take on second-seeded Reinhardt (27-4) at 4 after ousting Point (23-6) with 22 points from Amber Levi and 14 points and nine rebounds from Megan Billingsby. Reinhardt’s Lady Eagles beat Montreat 78-52 with 16 points from Heritage High School graduate Jada Hubbard, 14 plus nine rebounds and three steals from Rebecca Cheeks of Sonoraville and eight points from Dade County’s Erika Woodfin.