Carrie Cheeks had 16 points, 14 rebounds and four steals Wednesday as the Lee University women’s basketball team trounced Life 96-38 in Cleveland. The Lee men then topped Tusculum, 83-67.
Abby Bertram had 12 points and six assists, Erin Walsh scored 11 points and Shelby Brown and Maddie Long added 10 apiece for the Lady Flames (3-0). Lindsey Roddy made three steals.
For the Flames (3-0) against Tusculum, Ryan Montgomery scored 16 points, Cody Jones and Keaton Dotson scored 14 each and Levi Woods collected nine rebounds. Colton Blevins added 10 points on 5-of-6 shooting.
» In Division III games, the Covenant women beat visiting Sewanee 59-50 in a season opener while the Covenant men lost 79-78 in overtime at Oglethorpe and the Sewanee men fell 80-70 at home to Emory & Henry.
Bekah Walter scored 18 points and Jessica Bell and Joanna Smith added 15 and 10 with eight and seven rebounds for Covenant’s Lady Scots. Emma Grimes also had eight rebounds. For Sewanee, Hannah McCormack and Bella Taylor scored 17 points each, Allison Hitchcock had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Sue Kim had six assists.