Sewanee sophomore forward Adrian Thomas from Chattanooga and McCallie School followed his selection as Southern Athletic Association men’s basketball player of the week with inclusion Tuesday on the five-man D3hoops.com national team of the week presented by Scoutware. Thomas had 32 points and 13 rebounds in an SAA win over Rhodes and 19 points and 17 rebounds in a victory over Hendrix, and he is second in both scoring and rebounding in the league with 19.6 points and 8.9 rebounds a game. He’s had double-doubles in six of his last eight games.
» Tennessee Wesleyan junior Hunter Simpson from Madisonville is the Appalachian Athletic Conference women’s basketball player of the week for the third time in a row and the fourth time this season, and Tuesday she had 30 points, eight rebounds and three steals. but the second-place Lady Bulldogs (15-6, 15-3) lost 78-74 at Milligan (13-11, 9-9). Milligan won the men’s game 88-76, but Kenny Dean had 27 points, 12 rebounds and three blocked shots, Andre AppleWhite 20 points and seven rebounds and Jalen Oliver 10 points and five assists in defeat. Simpson averaged 20 points, 12 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.5 steals in two wins last week. Tuesday, Madison Walkup supported her with four 3-point baskets and 20 points, and Summer Morris had 12 points and three steals. Sarah Robinson had 26 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for Milligan.
» Freshman Shayla Ludy was 7-of-10 on 3-pointers in leading the first-place Bryan Lady Lions to a 69-41 AAC home rout of Point University on Tuesday. Ludy scored 23 pints, Karli Combs scored 11, Deandra Luna and Amber Levi had eight and six assists and Keneisha Love had 10 points, 13 rebounds and four assists for Bryan (18-5, 15-2), which is ranked 24th in NAIA Division II. Point is 16-7, 13-5 and in fourth place but shot 25 percent from the field compared to the hosts’ 45.8 percent. Bryan also won the men’s game in a runaway, 99-63, as Brice Cusick led six double-figure scorers with 18 points and 10 rebounds. He hit four 3s. Terrance Scales and Isaiah McClain each scored 12 points, Reagan Johnson had 11 and Oteriah Lee and Tyler Yoder had 10 apiece. Lee also had six assists and seven rebounds for the Lions (14-9, 8-6), who are tied for fourth.
» Dalton State moved up to No. 11 in the NAIA Division I men’s coaches’ poll Tuesday and played that night at Voorhees in South Carolina, but no information was available on the outcome. DSC (17-4) was tied for 13th in the most recent poll two weeks earlier.
» Covenant College overwhelmed Wesleyan (Ga.) 72-46 in USA South women’s basketball Tuesday as Joanna Smith had 15 points and 12 rebounds and Morgan Douglass and Emma Grimes scored 10 and nine points. Grimes hit three 3s, and Smith was 6-of-6 from the field with one 3 for the Lady Scots (9-11, 5-6).
» Georgia Northwestern’s men lost to the visiting Covenant College junior varsity Tuesday, 76-64, despite 15 points apiece by Tyler Phillips and Jay Wideman and 12 points and five assists by Daniel Parrish. Phillips also pulled down 14 rebounds for the Bobcats (3-15). Tony Pulice scored 18 points and Amos Corbett added 16 for the JV Scots (5-4).