James Mitchell set a Covenant College record Wednesday night with 10 3-point baskets, and his career-high 30 points led the Scots to an 80-71 USA South home win over Piedmont.
Will Crumly had 15 points and nine rebounds and Chris Barnette contributed 13 points and seven rebounds for Covenant (14-8, 11-4), and Jared Jauch had nine assists. Mitchell’s NCAA-era Scots record came on 16 shots, all from 3-point distance.
The Covenant women lost 98-54 in their USAS game at Maryville (16-7, 9-5) and dropped to 9-15, 6-9. Hannah Monday had 15 points, 13 rebounds (eight offensive) and four steals in defeat, and Margo Koby scored 14 points.
Rodley Adjei had 25 points and five assists and Kevon Tucker scored 22 points with four 3s as Dalton State’s Roadrunners, ranked third in NAIA Division I, stretched their program-record winning streak to 17 games with an 83-75 nonconference victory Wednesday night at Fisk. Also for DSC (24-1), C.J. Perry scored 16 with four 3s and Dauson Womack had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Tucker is the reigning player of the week in the Southern States Athletic Conference.