Tennessee Temple edged third-seeded Victory 73-70 in overtime as the USCAA Division I men’s national basketball tournament began Wednesday in Uniontown, Pa. Honorable mention All-American Elliot Johnson sparked an 11-0 Temple spurt from a 53-43 deficit and totaled 31 points and 10 rebounds, and Travaris Clarke added 12 points. Second-team All-American Jarrett Smith had 11 reobunds, six assists and five steals for the Crusaders (20-11), who play a semifinal at 10 tonight. Temple’s Amanda Rector was a second-team women’s All-American; Angel Foster received honorable mention.
• The Chattanooga State and Cleveland State men’s basketball teams lost Wednesday in the TCCAA/Region VII tournament hosted by Roane State. Top-seeded Columbia State beat Chattanooga State 89-76 behind 31 points from T.J. Dunans, 17 points and three blocks from Matt Smith and 15 points, eight rebounds and six assists from Justin Pride. Dajion Williams and Demetrius Kitchens led the Tigers (13-14) with 12 points each, while Orlandis Jackson had 10 points and 10 rebounds and Lindsey Hunter also scored 10. Fourth seed Motlow beat Cleveland State 78-68 with Dequon Miller and Tre’Von James teaming for 47 points. The Cougars’ leader was Keevin Tyus with 26 points and 12 rebounds. Robert Brandon scored 12 and Travis Wildgoose had 11.
• Sewanee freshman Jorden Williams from McCallie School was voted to the All-Southern Athletic Association men’s basketball second team, and Tigers sophomore Keshonn Carter received honorable mention. Williams finished third in the SAA with 16.1 points a game and first in free-throw percentage at .886, while Carter averaged 12.6 points and 6.7 rebounds a game. Sewanee’s Jamie Chauvin and Paige Lowe earned All-SAA women’s honorable mention after averaging 12.3 and 10.4 points. Lowe also had the league’s best free-throw percentage, .860.
Baseball
• The Lee University baseball team lost 9-5 to visiting Campbellsville on Wednesday, but Josh Silver was 3-for-5 and Andres Nelo was 2-for-3 in defeat, each with an RBI. Silver doubled twice for the Flames (12-6).