Sewanee’s basketball teams split their Southern Athletic Association doubleheader Sunday against visiting Rhodes, with the men running their winning streak to six games with a 69-54 victory but the women losing 64-57.
For the Sewanee men (13-1, 2-1), Luke Smith scored 21 points with a team-leading four assists, Cam Caldwell added 12 points with seven rebounds and Adrian Thomas topped the Tigers with nine rebounds. The Tigers were up 37-21 at halftime against Rhodes (3-11, 0-3), which was led by Kevin Shen’s nine points.
In the women’s game, Lakeisha Phillips scored 12 points and Katie Roth 11 for Sewanee (6-7, 0-3), which got nine points and eight rebounds from Abby Young plus six assists and four steals from Sue Kim. For Rhodes (9-5, 2-1), Allie Young led with 18 points, 13 rebounds, six blocks and four assists, while Kiera Downey and Lindsey Whiteside added 12 points apiece and Alyssa Owens scored 11. Sewanee led 21-16 after the first quarter, but Rhodes was up 31-27 at halftime. The game was tied at 40 entering the final period.