Senior guard Brooke McKinnon made 16 of 19 shots from the field and scored 41 points as the Lee University women’s basketball team beat Auburn-Montgomery 90-61 Friday in Lee’s Jack Souther Classic.
The 5-foot-6 McKinnon was 15-of-15 from inside the arc and 8-of-9 on free throws and led the Lady Flames (2-0) with nine rebounds and five assists. Kally Eldridge had 17 points and Rachel Lockhart grabbed eight rebounds.
Earlier, Shorter won 87-55 over Tennessee Temple, which got 15 points from Kanetra Gonzalez.
Also in Cleveland, Cleveland State opened its TCCAA schedule by sweeping Dyersburg State, 79-65 in the women’s game behind 25 points, 13 rebounds and five assists from Kierra Johnson, and 96-69 in the men’s game. Takeya Day had 13 points, seven assists and seven steals and UTC transfer Michelle Davis scored 11 points for the Lady Cougars.
Lortavious Smith and Fitzgerald White scored 17 and 14 for the Cougars, and Gerard Gore had 13 points and matched Philip Jenkins’ nine rebounds.
Chattanooga State’s women edged Southwest Tennessee 75-73 on a shot by Hiydaayah Williams with 1.7 second to go. She had 25 points and April Woodard scored 20. The Tigers lost, however, 91-87, despite 17 and 16 points by Alex Wells and Michael Robertson and 12 points, 13 rebounds and 13 blocked shots by Philip Jurick.