CONWAY, Ark. — The Sewanee basketball teams split their Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference basketball road games Friday evening, losing 59-56 to the Hendrix College women but defeating the male Warriors 71-57. Bouncing back from a 56-54 overtime loss Tuesday night at Free Will Baptist in Nashville, Sewanee’s men improved to 8-5 overall, 3-3 in the SCAC, in dropping Hendrix to 3-11, 2-4. Valentino Bryant scored 14 points and Tyler Brown and Lewis Affronti tallied 13 each for Sewanee, while Brett Bouldin added 11 on 4-of-5 shooting from the field. The women’s teams stayed close throughout, neither team leading by more than eight points. Sewanee (8-6, 2-4) edged ahead 51-50 on a Kayla Sewell free throw with two minutes remaining, but the Warriors went up 53-51 and never let the Tigers catch them again. Anna Roane scored 21 points and hit the last three points, all free throws, for Hendrix, which got 16 rebounds from Jamie Tate. Dana Middleton had 19 points and five assists and Logan Miller added 15 points for Sewanee. Sewell had 12 rebounds with nine points. Sewanee plays another doubleheader Sunday at Colorado College.
Bowling
• The TSSAA Division II East subregional bowling playoffs will be held today at Holiday Bowl Hixson with Baylor’s boys and girls facing Knoxville Webb at 10 a.m. and the winners squaring off against McCallie and GPS. The winners of those second matches today will bowl for region championships Tuesday in Nashville, and the subregional runners-up also will move on, bowling for state tournament seeding. GPS just completed its first undefeated regular season by edging Division I District 6 winner Soddy-Daisy by two pins. The district champion Soddy-Daisy girls and boys will be in the Region 3 tournament Wednesday at AMF Tri State Lanes along with the Sequatchie County boys, the Chattanooga Christian girls and from District 5 the champion Walker Valley girls and Bradley Central boys and runner-up McMinn County girls and Central boys.
General
• The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has an updated fundraising license plate for Tennessee residents. It can be bought through any county clerk’s office for $56.50, with the $35 specialty-plate fee going to the Tennessee Arts Commission and the Highway Fund. The plate can be personalized with five characters for another $35. It features the Mocs’ Power “C” logo and “Chattanooga” workmark, replacing the retired Scrappy logo. “This is a project that has been in the works for a while,” UTC athletic director Rick Hart said in a school release, “and I am excited that the new plate is available for our fans and alumni.” He thanked the Tennessee Taxpayer & Vehicle Services Division for help in updating the plate.