The Covenant College men’s basketball team improved to 8-4 for the season with a 55-53 home victory over Rhodes College.
Trailing 52-46 with five minutes left to play, Covenant took the lead at 54-53 with 55 seconds left on a Colton McGriff layup and survived two missed Lynx 3-point shots in the last 20 seconds.
T.J. Cox began the rally with two free throws and led the Scots with 13 points, while McGriff added 11. John Dunavant made five 3s in pacing Rhodes (8-6) with 19.
Bryan College battled two first-place teams close in losing an Appalachian Athletic Conference doubleheader at Milligan, which won the men’s game 78-76 after taking the women’s contest 61-54.
Brandon Cole was 8-of-10 from the field in scoring 19 points for Bryan’s Lions (5-11, 1-3), and Robert Riley and Tim Fortenberry scored 14 each while Robert Troino and Carrin Nash added 13 and 10. Fortenberry also had six assists.