Ranked 23rd in NAIA Division II, the Tennessee Wesleyan women won 64-63 in Appalachian Athletic Conference basketball Saturday at Milligan, but the Milligan men salvaged a doubleheader split with a 95-83 win that left the visiting Bulldogs 12-9 overall and 8-4 in the AAC.
The Lady Bulldogs (14-3, 11-2) scored the last seven points of the game, Milligan’s Kayla Kelly from Chattanooga missing a 3-point try at the buzzer. She had 14 points and 10 rebounds in defeat while Hayley Wyrick scored 24 points. Armeka Booker had 26 points and 15 rebounds and Cody Houck scored 15 points for TWC.
Andrew Scofield and Shannon Smith scored 21 and 19 points for the TWC men, and Dante Turnipseed had 16 points while Devante’ Jenkins had 13 points and nine rebounds. Smith made seven assists.
• At Cleveland, Hollie German was 5-of-7 on 3-point shots in scoring 26 points in the Lee University women’s 53-49 Gulf South Conference win over Shorter, and Jenna Adams had 14 points while Karley Miller made three steals.
Shorter won the men’s game in overtime, 93-85, as Travis Jones and Jordan Jacks had 25 and 23 points with eight and 15 rebounds and Dedric Ware added 21 points. Jamal Worthington scored 19 and Chad Lee had 16 points and 12 rebounds for the Flames, and Cory Billingsley had 14 points and four assists.