Kayla Beavers’ 3-point shot as time ran out gave the Lee University women’s basketball team a 70-69 victory over visiting West Georgia in Gulf South Conference play Saturday afternoon. West Georgia (9-2, 4-2) romped to a 96-72 win in the men’s game, as Deonta Stocks scored 19 points and seven teammates scored nine to 13. Cory Billingsley had 17 points and Cody Farley and Tyquan Roberts added 14 and 12 for Lee’s Flames (7-3, 4-3), Roberts also grabbing eight rebounds. The Lady Flames (7-3, 4-3) trailed by 18 points with 16:59 left to play and by six with 1:35 to go but shot 47.1 percent from the field after a 28.1 percent first half. Erin Walsh and Beavers scored 15 and 13 points with four and three 3s and Christina Johnson had 15 rebounds with 11 points for Lee, which got eight assists from Alex Swope and 10 points from freshman Shelby Brown, six in the final surge. Taylor Beverly had 19 points, 13 rebounds and three steals for West Georgia (7-5, 2-4).
Sean Tate scored 23 points and Jordan Bowling added 21 as Dalton State beat visiting Belhaven 73-64 in Southern States Athletic Conference men’s basketball Saturday at the Northwest Georgia Trade and Convention Center. Bowling scored 19 of his in the first half, as the Roadrunners (12-2, 4-1) scored the game’s first 11 points and led 40-28 at halftime. Ladaris Green had 10 points and matched Bowling with six rebounds. Belhaven (4-12, 0-4)was led by De’La Mayers with 20 points and nine rebounds.
Averett University swept Covenant College in a USA South basketball doubleheader Saturday in Danville, Va., 72-57 in the men’s game and 72-45 in the women’s. T.J. Cox with 12 points (all on 3s) was the only double-figure scorer for Covenant’s Scots (2-9, 1-1), while Nate Frierson had five assists. Averett (6-5, 1-1) got 21 and 16 points and 12 and 14 rebounds from Carter Jones and Charles Bryant, 15 points from Bradley Robinson and 12 points and eight assists from Trevor West. Morgan Woodward had 15 points and four assists and Abbey Bailey had seven rebounds with nine points for the Lady Scots (0-10, 0-2), who shot 27.5 percent from the field and committed 28 turnovers. For Averett (3-5, 2-1), Brianna Taylor had 15 points, four assists and three steals, Jonna Koski had 11 points and 10 rebounds and Samm Chandler contributed 10 points, 12 rebounds, five steals and five assists.
League-leading Tennessee Wesleyan won 67-46 at Columbia (S.C.) College in Appalachian Athletic Conference women’s basketball Saturday, 67-46, making the Lady Bulldogs 13-1 and 7-1 in the league and dropping the Koalas 7-8 overall and 3-4. Bryan’s Lady Lions (11-3, 6-1) mauled Montreat 87-48 before the Lions (8-5, 5-3) fell 97-92 in an AAC doubleheader in Dayton, Tenn.
Dante Turnipseed was 4-of-7 on 3-pointers and scored 17 points as the Tennessee Wesleyan men’s basketball team won 93-68 over Grace University of Nebraska in the Embry-Riddle tournament consolation game Saturday in Daytona Beach, Fla. Charles White and Devante Jenkins scored 16 points each for TWC (6-6), White with eight assists and three steals and Jenkins with 11 rebounds, and Leland Robinson had 10 points and seven rebounds.
The Sewanee basketball teams resume their seasons today after the holiday break with Southern Athletic Association season openers at home against Centre. The Sewanee women are 7-1 under first-year head coach Tom Campbell, a former Centre assistant, which is the Tigers’ best start since the 2005-06 season, and they lead the SAA in the defensive categories of point allowed, opponents’ field-goal percentage and blocked shots per game. The Sewanee men are 5-4 and have the SAA’s leading scorer in McCallie alumnus Jorden Williams (19.6 ppg), but the Colonels are 9-1 and ranked 13th in NCAA Division III.