The Lee University basketball teams opened their Southern States Athletic Conference schedule Friday with two wins over visiting Auburn-Montgomery, 51-41 in the women’s game and 61-49 in the men’s.
Hollie German’s 10 points and Karley Miller’s nine led the scoring for the nationally 15th-ranked Lady Flames (5-0), while Brooke Hamby had five steals and Jenna Adams had eight rebounds and matched German with three blocked shots. Keisha Moore and Courtney Thacker scored 16 and 14 points for AUM.
Former Cleveland State standout Ryan Westbrooks hit five of eight 3-point shots and scored 23 points for the Flames (2-0).
His old community college rose to 5-1 with an 86-80 win over Columbia State as Nick Ross and Keith Johnson scored 22 and 20 points, Jamarcus Comage scored 15 and Barry Griffin had 14 plus eight rebounds. Gerard Gore grabbed nine rebounds and Dominique Macon also had eight for the Cougars, and Johnson had five assists.
Kelva Atkins scored 23 points in the Columbia women’s 70-61 win. For the Lady Cougars, Brittany Ramsey had 16 points and 11 rebounds and Robyn Anthony had 11 points and five steals.
Chattanooga State swept Jackson State, 84-51 in the women’s game and 88-72 in the men’s. April Woodard and Jasmain Carey scored 14 points each and Hiydaayah Williams added 13 for the Lady Tigers, while Khamiyah Crawford and Olivia James each scored 10.
Byron Trench scored 17 points while Telvin James had 15 plus eight assists for the Tigers (4-1) against the previously 5-0 Generals. Tre’ Webb grabbed 18 rebounds and Andrew Houts scored 12 points in the win.
After the Sewanee men beat Boyce College 84-54 in Sewanee’s Lon Varnell Classic, Covenant topped Free Will Baptist Bible 80-68 as Callum Sears scored 27 points and Joey Danek grabbed 13 rebounds. The Sewanee women lost 65-59 to LeTourneau in the Birmingham-Southern Classic.
Lewis Affronti scored 25 points and Tyler Brown had 17 points and nine rebounds in Sewanee’s win, and Valentino Bryant had six assists.
In Asbury’s tournament in Kentucky, Tennessee Wesleyan’s Lady Bulldogs beat the host team 78-58 with a 42-27 edge in rebounds. That made the Lady Bulldogs 4-2 for the season.