Jordan Howard’s grand slam was part of a six-run fourth inning that helped the Lee University baseball team beat visiting Lincoln Memorial 8-5 Wednesday. Geremy Walton added a two-run home run in the fourth to give the Flames (7-1) an 8-0 lead before Lincoln Memorial (1-7) scored all of its runs in the eighth. Howard finished 2-for-2 with a double, a sacrifice fly and five RBIs. Corbin Lamb (2-0) pitched two scoreless innings in relief, allowing one hit and two walks and hitting a batter. Kit Larson pitched the ninth for his third save this season.
* Jordan Ransom was 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored and Devin Gardner was 1-for-2 with three RBIs as the Cleveland State baseball team beat Bryant & Stratton 10-0 in five innings. Ransom led off the game in Emerson, Ga., with a double and scored on a triple by Sean McDermott, who scored on a Gardner fielder’s choice, and the Cougars (3-1) added eight runs in the third inning. Hagan Kennedy was 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run, and Brandon Thompson pitched three hitless innings with six strikeouts. The Cougars are hitting .439 as a team.
Basketball
* Allen University edged Tennessee Wesleyan’s women’s basketball team 81-79 in an Appalachian Athletic Conference doubleheader Wednesday in Athens. Kenzie Conn scored 12 points and Hunter Simpson, Gina Dick, Madison Walkup and Summer Morris each had 10 for TWU. The TWU men lost 91-87 as Brandon Moore had 21 points and 11 rebounds for Allen. Johnson Decembre scored 22 points in defeat, supported by 13 apiece from Tre Tiller and Justin Simmons, 11 from Kobe Foster and 10 from QD Cox.
* Hayley Wyrick’s 23 points led the second-place Milligan women to an 80-68 AAC home victory over Bryan, which got 27 points from Amber Levi, 14 from Maebry McNeese, 10 plus seven rebounds from Megan Billingsby and four steals from Tonesha Allison. Milligan also won the men’s game, 79-55, behind 20 points with six 3-pointers from Daxton Bostian. Oteriah Lee scored 17 for Bryan, and Reagan Johson and Tyler Yoder pulled down nine and eight rebounds.
* Maleek Taylor and DaV Moore scored 17 and 16 points and Devlyn Williams added 13 for the Chattanooga State men’s basketball team Wednesday, but the Tigers fell 73-71 to visiting Walters State when Williams’ contested last-second shot from the left corner bounced off the rim. Walters jumped to a 21-5 lead but the Tigers kept fighting back, tying the TCCAA game on Williams’ 3-pointer with 24.3 seconds to go. He had made a three-point play to cut the Senators’ lead to 69-68 with 1:20 left. Orlando Moore had eight rebounds in defeat. Walters’ nationally ranked Lady Senators also won.
* Cleveland State’s teams lost their TCCAA doubleheader to visiting Roane State, 73-59 in the women’s game and 61-56 in the men’s. Abby Hubert led the Lady Cougars with 14 points, Leisa Butler and Julia Gaither adding 11 and 10. In the Cougars’ loss, Tevin Olison scored 21 points, Cam Copeland and Jordan Olison added 13 and 10 and Victor Curry had 10 rebounds and three steals.
* A 12-0 run in the second half carried league leader Maryville College to an 83-76 USA South men’s win over Covenant. Emanuelle Garcia scored 23 points for host Maryville (19-5, 9-4). Z Arima had 24 plus fives steals and Will Portlock added 18 points for Covenant (13-11, 6-7); Caleb Haynes had eight rebounds.
Softball
* Bryan College lost 1-0 twice in NAIA softball Wednesday at Brenau University in Gainesville, Ga. Savannah Moore from Soddy-Daisy was 1-for-1 with an RBI double in each game for Brenau (8-1), and Kelsey Payne from East Hamilton was 2-for-3 in the second game.
Tennis
* Sewanee freshman Darby Duval was chosen the Southern Athletic Association women’s tennis player of the week after winning both her singles matches and her one with Clementina Davila at No. 1 doubles as the 13th-ranked Tigers opened their spring season with victories over Piedmont and Centre. Duval lost only one game in her singles wins.