In its first year in the USA South conference, Covenant College was picked to win the league championship in baseball. Coach Doug Simons’ Scots got three of nine possible first-place votes in the 10-team league and 67 total points in the coaches’ poll. North Carolina Wesleyan was second with two firsts and 63 points, followed by Methodist with 60 and Piedmont with 58. Covenant’s Scots return seven position starters from last year’s 28-19 team that went to the National Christian college national tournament, including leading hitters Scott Gillespie, David Lockwood and Will Cleland, and top starting pitchers Micah Mabe, Garrett Kriston and Alhanon Miller. The Scots’ season starts Feb. 18 in Rome, Ga., against Bates College from Maine.
Track & Field
• University of Tennessee at Chattanooga sophomore Teghan Henderson was the Southern Conference women’s indoor track athlete of the week for her 36-second victory and personal-best indoor time of 9:35.19 in the top 3000-meter race last weekend at the Niswonger Invitational meet in Johnson City.
Basketball
• Madison Lee made all four of her 3-point shots and scored 14 points to lead the Lee University women’s basketball team to a 66-39 Gulf South Conference win Thursday night at home against West Georgia. Lee also won the subsequent men’s game, 83-80, on Corey Billingsley’s 3-pointer with 0.7 second to go. Billingsley had 22 points and James Worthington added 17 points and 10 rebounds as the Flames ended a six-game losing streak, and Tyquan Roberts had 14 points and eight reobunds. Hollie German added 13 points with three 3s for the Lady Flames (11-4, 7-2), while Jenna Adams had 12 rebounds with 11 points and Rachel Lockhart had nine assists. Angela Davis led West Georgia (4-12, 2-8) with 14 points.