The Chattanooga State and Cleveland State men’s basketball teams beat junior varsity teams from area NAIA schools Tuesday night, but the margins were very different.
Cleveland State’s Cougars beat the Bryan jayvees 117-76 with six players scoring in double figures, led by Phillip Jenkins with 20 points and Terrell Parks and Billy Thompson with 18 apiece. Keith Johnson added 15. Logan Sharpe scored 19 and Carrin Nash tallied 15 for the young Lions.
Chattanooga State held off Shorter’s jayvees 109-104 in Rome with Alex Wells scoring 26 points and former East Ridge teammate Philip Jurick contributing 22 points, 18 rebounds and 13 blocked shots. Richie Wilson and Tyler Burse had 29 and 25 points for Shorter.
* Bryan (w) 67, Toccoa Falls 38: At Dayton, the Lady Lions improved to 5-3 behind 16 points from Anna Thomas and 11 apiece from Sara Barnett and Sarah Newton.
* Agnes Scott 87, Sewanee (w) 80: At Sewanee, the Scotties rallied to win behind 27 points from Katie Durrence and 16 and 15 rebounds from Kimberly Reeves and Genefine Sapateh. They outrebounded the Tigers (1-3) 64-39. Dani Kabbes and Claire Elliott scored 19 and 18 points for Sewanee, and Kabbes had seven rebounds.
* Berry 71, Covenant 62: At Covenant, Sam Bowman had 14 points and eight rebounds and Kacey Chambers scored 12 points for the host Scots, but the Vikings improved to 3-1 with David Holman scoring 20 points.
* Berry (w) 70, Covenant 61: Margaret Cross and Jessie Blankenship from Covenant were the game’s high scorers with 21 and 17 points, Hannah Craft adding 12, but only five Lady Scots scored. Erica Crumley and Danielle Sisk each had 13 points to lead Berry.
Women’s Games
BERRY 70, COVENANT 61
Berry (2-1)
Hammaker 7, Compton 6, Evans 3, Coughlin 8, Hastings 2, Walsh 7, Crumley 13, Davis 11, Sisk 13.
Covenant (0-3)
Cooper 3, Cross 21, Core 8, Blankenship 17, Craft 12.
Halftime: Berry, 37-25.
BRYAN 67, TOCCOA FALLS 38
Toccoa Falls
Colquit, Moore 2, Antoniol, Ferrel 17, Weatherbee 11, Estill 3, Crepse 2, Powell, Little 3, Richards.
Bryan (5-3)
Carlisle 4, Barnett 11, Pippenger 3, Merger 4, A. Thomas 16, Ray 8, Corbett 6, Southern, Newton 11, Kilgore 5.
Men’s Games
CLEVELAND STATE 117, BRYAN JV 76
Cleveland State (6-3)
Parks 18, Orukotan 11, Johnson 15, Jenkins 20, Gore 12, Thompson 18, Ford 4, White 2, King 2, Bell 2, Smith 4, Carpenter 9.
Bryan junior varsity
Nash 15, Martin 2, Ambrosetti, Sharpe 19, Eastwood 4, Roberson 2, Parsons 6, Bumgarner 11, Claddell 1, Logan 11, Kiper 1, Justice, Titlow 4, Lobach.
Halftime: Cleveland State, 47-38.
CHATTANOOGA STATE 109, SHORTER JV 104
Chattanooga State (4-3)
James 1, Mosley 15, Moore 2, Walker 13, Lee 4, Dean 12, Cooper 5, Cook 2, Wells 26, Robinson 7, Jurick 22.
Shorter junior varsity
Smith 2, Scott 17, Maria 3, Burse 25, Hatton 8, Wilson 29, Satterfield 2, Edmunson 19, Schwartz 5.
BERRY 71, COVENANT 62
Berry (3-1)
Abrams 5, Whalen 10, LeBlanc 13, Bracken 4, Miles 11, Gadie 2, Woods 6, Holman 20.
Covenant (0-4)
Chambers 12, Foster 8, Lakey 7, Sears 6, Chaney 8, Bowman 14, DeVries 5, Danek 2.
Halftime: 37-37.