The Tennessee Wesleyan College men’s basketball team improved to 20-1 for the season with a 96-88 nonconference home win Monday night against Voorhees. Charles White had 21 points, seven rebounds, six assists and four steals and Leland Robinson and Trey Suttles had 19 and 18 points and five assists apice, Robinson also with seven rebounds, for Wesleyan, ranked 17th in NAIA Division II. Earlier in the day, Robinson was named for the third time this season the Appalachian Athletic Conference men’s player of the week. That was the fifth TWC men’s honor in the last seven selection periods. The senior post averaged 25 points and seven rebounds in three wins last week, with 29 points plus five assists against Bryan. The Lady Bulldogs’ game against Voorhees was canceled.
* Megan Billingsby had 14 points, 12 rebounds and three steals to lead Bryan College to a 63-50 AAC women’s basketball victory Monday in Barbourville, Ky. Taylor Neuharth scored 11 points and Keila Formont had five assists and four steals as the Lady Lions rose to 19-3 overall, 11-2 in the league. Nationally sixth-ranked Union (19-4, 11-1) won the men’s game 84-67 with 21 points and nine assists from Nick Riley and 17 points and 14 rebounds from J.D. Tucker. Bryan’s Brandon Cole had 30 points, 16 rebounds and three steals, while Robert Troino and Jeff Long added 12 and 11 points and Oteriah Lee passed for seven assists. Troino and Billingsby each surpassed 1,000 career points last week.
* Sewanee freshman Cody Jones was voted the Southern Athletic Association men’s basketball player of the week for his contributions to two road wins this past weekend. The Tigers are in second place with a 6-2 league record thanks in part to Jones’ 21 points at Oglethorpe and 18 at Berry. He shot 48 percent from the field in the two games, including 47.4 percent on 3-pointers, and averaged 2.5 assists.