SummariesWomen’s GamesBRYAN 63, ST. ANDREWS 53Bryan (16-10, 10-6 AAC)Ray 18, Pippenger 6, Formont 8, Brooks 7, Burnette 19, Neuharth 3, Kilgore 2, Kaler.St. Andrews (3-22, 1-15)Davis 4, Fulcher 9, Smith 6, Norton 27, Hewitt 3, Lee 2, Childress, Staton 2, Snipes, Knight.Halftime: Bryan, 27-26.MILLIGAN 68, TENNESSEE WESLEYAN 52Milligan (21-8, 14-2 AAC)Freeman 3, Good 23, Hill 9, Hardiman 9, Kelly 11, Jones 10, Weddle 3, Cox.Tennessee Wesleyan (16-9, 13-3)J. Davis, Murr, Gibson 11, Houck 19, M. Davis 10, Gobble 10, Moreland, McKinnon 2, Lumbasio.Halftime: Milligan, 28-18.HUNTINGDON 76, COVENANT 62Covenant (10-10, 3-6 GSAC)Blankenship 20, Chittenden 13, Cooper 13, Soles 5, Gibson 5, Dougherty, Storteboom 4, Hooper 2, Kreisel.Huntingdon (13-9, 6-2)Prater 11, Pickens 13, Crawford 9, Munford 2, Thomas 9, Burke 5, Douglas 15, Martin 7, Mays 5, Roberts.Halftime: Huntingdon, 37-26.LEE 67, EMMANUEL 41Emmanuel (14-9, 8-7 SSAC)Keeble 5, Young 10, Martin 2, Easton 3, Davis 9, Harris 2, Skelton 5, Rogers 5, Alford, Wynn, Foster, Fagin.Lee (22-2, 12-2)Adams 16, Iles 8, Hamby 6, Lockhart 5, German 13, Jackson 4, Zimmerman 12, Barker, Johnson 2, Beaves, Browning, Charpentier 1, Hawthorne.Halftime: Lee, 36-17.Men’s GamesBRYAN 79, ST. ANDREWS 68Bryan (13-13, 9-5 AAC)Fortenberry 8, Cole 6, Riley 23, Tyler 7, Walker 12, Nash 10, Troino 10, Parsons 3.St. Andrews (1-22, 1-14)Smith 3, Carnegie 19, Clay 3, Chinn 3, McCorkle 8, Peljto 3, Brown 2, Orr 8, Edwards 17, Monroe 2, Tucker.Halftime: Bryan, 44-41.TENNESSEE WESLEYAN 114, MILLIGAN 84Milligan (17-11, 9-6 AAC)Ellis, DeVault 28, Pettis 21, Woods 5, Sitton 16, Brooks, Hendren 6, McLeod 8, Carpenter, Larsen, Crowe.Tennessee Wesleyan (20-7, 13-1)Ward 14, Nicolo 9, Harper 2, Crisp 19, McClendon 18, Smith 18, Burse 20, Turnipseed 7, Triplett, Williams 4, Whitman 3, Beeler.Halftime: Tennessee Wesleyan, 54-36.LEE 78, EMMANUEL 66Emmanuel (23-3, 12-2 SSAC)Justice 31, McCrary 2, Miller 13, Tyus 3, Stanley 8, Burgess 2, Tew 5, Sampson 2, Heard, Pennerat, Callaway.Lee (24-1, 13-1)Shaughnessy 4, Lee, Dunn 10, Blue 12, Barnes 19, Gaines 10, Bennett 16, Billingsley 7, Bawa, Woods.Halftime: Lee, 35-23.
The Tennessee Wesleyan women’s basketball team yielded first place in the Appalachian Athletic Conference with a 68-52 home loss Saturday to Milligan, but the Wesleyan men’s locomotive just keeps picking up speed.
The Bulldogs, ranked No. 23 in NAIA Division II, have only two regular-season games left and a four-game lead over second-place Bryan and Point after whipping fourth-place Milligan 114-84 for their 13th win in a row. Tyler Burse scored 20 points, Desmond Crisp had 19 and Zamarius McClendon and Shannon Smith added 18 apiece for TWC (20-7, 13-1), while E’Jay Ward had 14 points, eight assists and six steals. Tyler DeVault had 28 points and 13 rebounds for the Buffaloes (17-11, 9-6).
Johneshia Good scored 23 points for the Lady Buffs (21-8, 14-2), and Kayla Kelly from Chattanooga had 11 points and two blocked shots. Cody Houck had 19 points and nine rebounds and Heather Gibson had 11 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for TWC (16-9, 13-3), which shot 29.2 percent from the field.
Bryan swept its AAC doubleheader at St. Andrews, 63-53 in the women’s game and 79-68 in the men’s behind 23 points and 15 rebounds from reigning league player of the week Robert Riley. Derrick Walker added 12 points and nine rebounds for the Lions (13-13, 9-5), and Tim Fortenberry had five of their 23 assists.