University of Tennessee at Chattanooga senior 184-pounder Bryce Carr was honored as the Southern Conference wrestler of the week for his third-place finish in UTC’s Southern Scuffle with some of the top competition in the country. Carr began the tournament with two pins and a technical fall. He is ranked 15h at 184 by InterMat/Wrestle.com.
Basketball
» The Lee University men’s basketball team edged 15th-ranked and previously undefeated West Florida 69-68 to complete a Gulf South Conference basketball home doubleheader sweep Thursday for the Cleveland school. The Lady Flames beat UWF 60-51 with a 32-19 second half. Maddie Long scored 14 points off the bench and Erin Walsh and Carrie Cheeks scored 10 each for Lee (11-3, 4-2). Ryan Montgomery had 16 points and nine rebounds and Cody Jones and Parker Suedekum scored 14 and 12 points for the Flames (9-4, 4-2), who got a late seven-point lead and held on. Rashaan Benson had 16 points for the Argonauts (12-1, 4-1) but missed the second of two free throws with two seconds left and got the rebound and missed a rushed follow.
» Huntingdon sophomore Keturah Billen from Arts & Sciences hit the deciding jump shot with two seconds left in a 70-68 USA South women’s win Thursday at Covenant, and another Chattanoogan, Juliette Harp, had 16 points and 10 rebounds to go with T.I. Duncan’s 20 points for the Lady Hawks (10-3, 3-1). It was Harp’s 12th double-double in 13 games. Kaley Hallmark had 16 points and four assists and Joanna Smith and Bekah Walter scored 15 points each for Covenant (5-7, 1-2).
» Amber Levi scored 25 points as the Bryan College won the women’s Appalachian Athletic Conference game Thursday at Union in Barbourville, Ky., 67-58, but the Bryan men lost 75-59 to NAIA Division II’s 15th-ranked Bulldogs. Brice Cusick and Oteriah Lee each scored 11 points in defeat, Cusick with eight rebounds, and Caleb Tuck tallied 10 points. Levi made five 3-point baskets for the Lady Lions (11-5, 8-2), who got four 3s and 12 points from Deandra Luna, another 12 from Shayla Ludy and 13 rebounds from Keneisha Love.