CLEVELAND STATE WOMEN 63, CHATTANOOGA STATE 48Cleveland State (8-5, 4-3 TCCAA)Brown, Nunn 2, Anthony 15, Gasper 10, Jones 4, Anderson 17, Owens 3, Martinez 4, Davis 2, Freeman 2, Fetzer 2, Taylor, Bonds.Chattanooga State (6-3, 4-3)Crawford 7, Gordon 6, Reed 9, Sales 12, Honeysucker, Scott 4, Benton 9, Johnson 1, King.Halftime: Cleveland State, 32-24.CHATTANOOGA STATE MEN 85, CLEVELAND STATE 79Cleveland State (10-3, 5-2 TCCAA)Jones 9, Suttles 22, Goncalves 17, Everette 6, Eason 16, Okoro 4, Dando 5.Chattanooga State (7-5, 3-4)Kitchens 11, Williams 24, Robinson 5, Prescott 4, Scott 1, Ross 29, Jackson 3, Dial 1, Warren 2, Smith 5.Halftime: Chattanooga State, 40-36.
By the records going in, the basketball outcomes Saturday afternoon at Chattanooga State could be considered mild upsets. But the Cleveland State women and the host men’s team continued recent surges of coming together in pulling off the TCCAA wins.
The Lady Cougars jumped to a nine-point lead late in the first half and maintained control for a 63-48 victory, and then Jay Price went from losing coach to winning coach as his men’s team knocked off Lee Cigliano’s 10-win Cougars, 85-79.
Nick Ross, who was a Cougar last year, led the Tigers (7-5, 3-4) with 29 points while point guard Dajion Williams scored 24, including four long shots in the first half. Demetrius Kitchens added 11 points to the win.
“Williams was the main difference,” Price said. “Nick has been scoring at the same pace, but Dajion sparked us today.”