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Williams stars in Sewanee victory and more regional sports news

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Chattanooga native Jorden Williams hit a jump shot with three seconds remaining in overtime to lead Sewanee’s men’s basketball team to a 68-67 overtime win against Methodist in the Washington & Lee Holiday Classic on Wednesday in Lexington, Va. Williams finished with a career-high 34 points on 10-of-15 shooting and finished the game at 1,018 points for his career. The junior has made 40.9 percent of his career shots and is the 25 player to reach 1,000 points at Sewanee. The Tigers improved to 6-4 with the win, their second straight overtime victory. Brody Stone added 10 points for Sewanee, which led 39-28 at halftime. The game was tied at 61 at the end of regulation time. Methodist fell to 4-7.

* Jamaine Burrey scored 17 points and Jordan Bowling and Jalen Robinson each added 16 as Dalton State College won 89-79 Wednesday at Ave Maria in southwestern Florida. Rudy Winters was also in double figures for the Roadrunners (10-2), who led 42-34 at halftime. Bowling grabbed eight rebounds, Burrey had six and Robinson had five, along with four assists. Ave Maria’s Brandon Dean led all scorers with 26 points, and he also had nine rebounds, three assists and two steals for the Gyrenes (3-10).

* The Tennessee Wesleyan men lost 81-69 Wednesday at Embry-Riddle in Daytona Beach, Fla. Leland Robinson (20 points, six rebounds), Trey Suttles (18 points, 10 rebounds, two assists, two steals) and Justin Simmons (14 points, five rebounds) led the Bulldogs (9-2), while Dalton Barnes had 19 points to pace Embry-Riddle (9-1).

* The Tennessee Wesleyan women lost 70-64 at home Wednesday afternoon against Indiana Wesleyan, with Jara Gasper (26 points, three assists, two steals) and Hunter Simpson (18 points, five rebounds, two assists) the standouts for the Lady Bulldogs (4-4). Kelsey Key had 19 points and four steals to lead Indiana Wesleyan (13-2).

* The Covenant College men lost 76-63 on Wednesday at Emory (7-3), which had five players score in double figures. Z Arima, with 10 points off the bench, was the lone player in double-figure scoring for the Scots (5-5), although Berto Dryden and Will Portlock each had nine.

Golf

* Sean Elliott from Dalton State is tied for 36th and Taylor Davis from Lee shares 48th place entering the final round of the Patriot All-America golf tournament at the Wigwam Resort in Phoenix. Both moved up in the 83-player field after neither were among the top 49 in Tuesday’s opening round. Elliott shot a 3-over-par 74 on Wednesday, while Davis had a 73. The tournament, which features All-Americans from all divisions of college golf, finishes today.