Adams leads Tennessee Wesleyan women’s win

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By Staff Report January 11, 2015 4 min read

AREA COLLEGE SUMMARIES

Women’s GamesTENNESSEE WESLEYAN 53, CUMBERLAND 48Tennessee Wesleyan (15-1) Adams 20, Buley 6, Gasper 3, Booker 12, Barker 8, Smith, Frederick 4, Young, Moreland, McAfee.Cumberland, Tenn. (9-6) Hall 17, Smith 4, Pryor 5, Lawson 6, Oliver 2, Fason 12, Giles 2, Itiavkase.Halftime: Cumberland, 26-25….DELTA STATE 54, LEE 49Lee (8-4, 5-4 GSC) Cheeks 11, Johnson 5, Walsh 8, Swope 2, Swafford 7, Beavers 2, Brown 12, Jameson 2, Neuharth.Delta State (7-6, 5-4) Ball 9, Walton 10, Rhodes 19, Keller 5, Jackson 1, Collins 2, Davis 2, Ruckes 6, Henry.Halftime: 27-27….UNION COLLEGE 61, BRYAN 54Bryan (11-5, 6-3 AAC) Billingsby 18, Lane 12, Formont 5, Brooks 5, Cox, Griffin 4, Rau 6, Neuharth 4, Duncan. Union, Ky. (10-4, 7-2) Nash 12, Lawrence 13, Mills 5, White 2, Perkins 12, King 11, Clontz 6, Jefferson, Stittums.Halftime: Union, 26-25….GREENSBORO 66, COVENANT 53Covenant (0-12, 0-4 USAS) Soles 19, Price 5, Woodward 6, Bailey 4, Dirkse, Williams 10, Bell 6, Dougherty 3, Quimby.Greensboro (7-2, 2-1) Spires 5, Troutman 4, McNiel 2, Hayes 6, Hampton 18, Burr 8, Stephens 14, Hite 3, Williams 5, Crawford, Stricklan, Richardson, Winston, Gill-Woods, Baughman, Trivette 1, McCoy, Steward.Halftime: Greensboro, 35-22….Men’s GamesST. CATHARINE 88, TENNESSEE WESLEYAN 84Tennessee Wesleyan (6-8) Robinson 16, Simmons, Triplett, Turnipseed 18, White 24, Kite 16, Davison 5, Russell 3, Smith 2, Mosley.St. Catharine (5-9) Jones 16, Hutchinson 4, Lewis 7, Murphy 10, Porter 2, Desberry 9, Vozzola 29, Richardson 2, Bennett 6, Hughes 3.Halftime: 40-40….DELTA STATE 64, LEE 61Lee (9-5, 4-5 GSC) Roberts 9, Lee, Billingsley 13, Johnson 3, Ford 26, Cullen 6, Farley 4, Wilson, Copeland, Burrows.Delta State (9-6, 6-3) Harrick, Cotton 16, Madgen 14, Chisholm 20, Schmidt 9, Davis 5, Hester, Maestranzi.Halftime: Lee, 35-34….UNION COLLEGE 74, BRYAN 58Bryan (9-6, 5-3 AAC) Yoder 4, Cole 10, Tomlin 14, Lee 8, Troino 2, Long 12, Chastain 6, Cusick 2, Holt, Parsons.Union, Ky. (12-4, 6-1) White 18, Nesby 8, Jophnson 9, Tucker 10, Hagana 14, Bueter, Kapings 6, Elias, Wagner 3, Stevens 6, Rueter, Fernandez-Munkhola.Halftime: Union, 41-32….GREENSBORO 82, COVENANT 51Covenant (2-11, 1-3 USAS) Portlock 6, Phelps 4, Cox 4, Boyd 4, Sears 2, Burns 5, Bell 3, Garrett 8, Engbers 5, Frierson, Turner 4, Arima, Brtunjes, den Dulk 6, Zeigler.Greensboro (9-5, 2-1) Gregory 5, Hawkins, Martin 8, Scales 10, Howard 20, Griffin 9, Corgin 2, Gatling 6, Leaman 6, Roberts 9, Pascuci 3, Marry 4, Simmons, Hamlet, Garrison, Anderson, Griffin.Halftime: Greensboro, 52-21.

Jenna Adams had 20 points and 16 rebounds as Tennessee Wesleyan beat Cumberland University 53-48 in a basketball battle of Lady Bulldogs on Saturday in Lebanon, Tenn.

Wesleyan, ranked No. 14 in NAIA Division II, improved to 15-1 as Aremka Booker scored 12 points. Chelsey Hall scored 17 points and Jalita Fason had 12 points and eight rebounds for NAIA Division I member Cumberland (9-6), which got 11 rebounds from Brittany Lawson.

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The Wesleyan men’s team dropped to 6-8 with an 88-84 loss at St. Catharine. Charles White had 24 points, Dante Turnipseed scored 18 and Leland Robinson and Stephen Kite Jr. tallied 16 each for the Bulldogs, while Ben Vozzola had 29 points with 13-for-13 free-throw shooting and seven rebounds for their Kentucky hosts.

Those games were nonconference contests, but in Appalachian Athletic Conference play the Union College women are in a three-way tie for second behind Wesleyan after downing Bryan 61-54. And the Union men (12-4, 6-1) beat Bryan 74-58 as Fitzgerald White scored 18 points.