The Covenant College men’s basketball team clinched the No. 2 spot in the USA South tournament with a 74-69 home win Saturday over Maryville. Will Portlock scored 15 points and T.J. Cox had 13 for Covenant (15-9, 10-4), which will face William Peace at 3 p.m. Thursday in the quarterfinals in Rocky Mount, N.C. The first-place Maryville women (21-3, 14-1) won 71-52 Saturday. Joanna Smith and Kaley Hallmark led Covenant (10-15, 6-10) with 12 and 11, and Rachel Price had nine rebounds.
‘ The Sewanee basketball teams swept their Southern Athletic Association home doubleheader Sunday against Berry, with the women winning 71-54 and the men winning 61-57, both to complete the regular season. Four of five starters scored in double figures for Sewanee (12-13, 4-10) in the women’s victory: Corey Caulder (16 points), Jamie Chauvin and Bella Taylor (11 each) and Haley McDonough (10). Caulder also had seven rebounds and Taylor had five assists. For the men, Cody Jones scored 27 points and Keshonn Carter added 10 points, 10 rebounds and three steals for Sewanee (18-7, 11-3).
‘ Leland Robinson had 22 points and eight rebounds and Trey Suttles had 19 points, seven rebounds and four steals as Tennessee Wesleyan won 100-84 in Appalachian Athletic Conference men’s basketball Saturday at Montreat and finished the regular season tied for first with Union College. Devante’ Jenkins added 15 points in the win for the Bulldogs (26-2, 16-2), who will face Union in a playoff tonight at Milligan College to determine the No 1 seed for the league tournament. Tennessee Wesleyan also won the women’s game, 78-64, as Jara Gasper and Sarah McKinnon had 18 and 15 points and nine rebounds apiece for the Lady Bulldogs (14-9, 14-6).
‘ Bryan’s women won 69-53 but the men lost 84-75 in AAC basketball Saturday at Truett-McConnell, leaving the Lady Lions 25-4, 17-3 in the league, and the Lions 13-14, 8-10. Bryan tied Milligan for the women’s regular-season championship; the AAC tournament starts Wednesday in Kingsport, Tenn.
‘ Darius Fugh had 19 points and 17 rebounds, and Dominic Powell scored 13 points as Georgia Northwestern ended its men’s basketball season Saturday with a 73-58 loss to top-seeded host Emory-Oxford in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association Division III tournament in Covington. Freshman Fugh averaged 19.7 points a game and was a first-team all-region selection, Tyler Shropshire was a second-team pick and Powell received honorable mention.