Winning 66-47 over Auburn University at Montgomery on Saturday, NCAA Division II’s fourth-ranked Lee University women’s basketball team finished the home portion of its regular season with a 24-1 overall record and a 16-1 worksheet in the Gulf South Conference. The No. 22 Lee men then lost 80-73 to AUM (13-11, 8-8), dropping them to 19-5, 14-3 in GSC games. The Lady Flames’ Abby Bertram had team highs of 16 points, seven rebounds, three blocked shots, three assists and three steals. Taylor Boggess and Haley Schubert scored 13 and 11 points, Schubert also with three thefts. For the Flames, Ryan Montgomery had 22 points with 10 of 10 free throws and nine rebounds and three blocks. Quay Kennedy was 4-of-6 on 3-point shots and had 15 points and seven rebounds, while Beyuan Hendricks and Jayce Willingham scored 13 and 11 points and Parker Suedekum had five assists. Maharrith Jackson led the victorious visitors with 24 points.
* Hannah Monday’s 26 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks led the Covenant College women past visiting LaGrange, 61-57, in USA South play Saturday, and they learned they will play Wednesday at Maryville as the West sixth seed in the league tournament. Also for the Lady Scots (10-15, 7-9), Ruthie Moore had 11 points and 11 rebounds and Cosette Kirsch passed for six assists.
* The Covenant men lost at home for the first time all season, 57-45 to Averett (17-6, 13-2), but are the USAS West Division winners for the second year in a row. Will Crumly had 19 points and 11 rebounds for the Scots (14-9, 11-5).
* The Sewanee teams ended their regular seasons Saturday with a last-second 71-69 Southern Athletic Association men’s loss and a 70-52 women’s loss at Centre. Jordan Warlick scored 14 points, Joey Knox and Sean McDonough added 12 apiece and Adrian Thomas had 10 plus seven rebounds for the Sewanee men (12-13, 6-8). Perry Ayers and Jacob Bates had 21 and 20 points and seven and eight rebounds for Centre (21-4, 11-3), Bates with the winning layup. Ellie Treanton scored 13 points for the Sewanee women (10-15, 5-9), and Lakeisha Phillips led them in rebounds with seven. They are seeded seventh for the SAA tournament.
* Cleveland State’s Lady Cougars romped 70-43 in Tennessee Community College Athletic Association play at Columbia State, but the Cougars lost 83-60 despite 20 points, seven rebounds and five assists from Demonte Person and a school-record seven blocked shots for Jaquez Hicks. Jon Morgan added 15 points. Asjah Harrell had 16 points and five assists for the Lady Cougars, who got 13 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks from Britnay Gore and 11 points off the bench from Kaitlyn Goodman.
Track & Field
* The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women’s indoor team earned two second-place finishes and five other top-seven results Saturday at the Samford Invitational in the Birmingham CrossPlex. UTC’s Nicole Buehrle was second with Ashlynd Broling fourth in the mile run, and Makenzie Jones was second with Mattie Parker seventh in the 3000-meter run. The Mocs’ Abby Bateman finished third in the 800, and Emily Poole, Sophia Neglia and Lesley Green were fourth, sixth and seventh in the 5000.
Baseball
* Covenant won 7-4 and lost 13-4 in its Division III home games Saturday against Emory & Henry (1-5). CJ Edmond was 3-for-3 with two doubles, three RBIs and two runs scored in the win for the Scots (2-1), and Tyler Moore was 3-for-4 with two doubles and two runs of his own. Moore was 2-for-4 in the finale.
* Cleveland State lost 12-5 and 14-2 at Gordon State. Jonathan Hickman was 2-for-4 in the first loss; Blake Bryan was 2-for-3 with an RBI in game two.
Lacrosse
* Preston Cooper and Lilly Farriss each scored four goals and Grace Zechman had six assists with two goals as Sewanee opened its women’s lacrosse season with an 18-7 SAA home victory over Birmingham-Southern. Sarah Strand and Hattie Fogarty netted three goals apiece and Temple Moore had two for the Tigers.
Compiled by Ron Bush. Contact him at rbush@timesfreepress.com or 423-757-6291.