Basketball

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Hantz Louis-Jeune scored 18 points to lead a balanced offensive attack as the 18th-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne University men's basketball team led wire-to-wire in a 79-72 South Atlantic Conference win over Tusculum Saturday afternoon at Pioneer Arena. With the victory, the Bears (16-3, 13-2...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Alexandra Merceron scored 21 of her game-high 28 points in the second half, including the go-ahead basket with 5.5 seconds left, to help Lenoir-Rhyne University rally from a 17-point deficit and defeat Tusculum University 82-79 in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball Saturday...

The North Greene boys used a strong third quarter to pull out a 62-53 win over Unaka at home on Friday night while staying perfect in District 1-1A play. “They’re a good team. They came out and did some stuff that we hadn’t seen...

The Chuckey-Doak Lady Black Knights welcomed the Hampton Lady Bulldogs to Lower Afton on Friday night with first place in Region 1-2A on the line. After a back-and-forth first half, the Lady Bulldogs were able to pull away from Chuckey-Doak enough to thwart a...

The North Greene girls used a second-half surge mixed with lockdown defense to hold off Unaka for a 50-33 win on Friday night. At many points during the first half, it seemed like the game would come down to the final possessions. North Greene...

WISE, Va. --- UVA Wise's Bradley Dean scored nine of his team's 15 points in overtime as the Highland Cavaliers edged visiting Tusculum University 86-78 Wednesday night at the Prior Convocation Center. Dean converted a three-point play to cap a 5-0 run to start the...

WISE, Va. --- Jenna Kallenberg drilled a tiebreaking three-pointer with 1:11 left and Tusculum University went on to an 85-83 victory over UVA Wise in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball Wednesday night at the Prior Convocation Center. Ni'Kiah Chesterfield scored a game-high 27 points and added eight...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee men's basketball team registered a commanding 68-56 win Tuesday night in a top-15 showdown with No. 14 Mississippi State in front of a sold-out crowd at Food City Center. No. 6/7 Tennessee (17-2, 4-2 SEC) led from start...

The South Greene Rebels came in to Tuesday night’s contest with a full head of steam after knocking off Dobyns-Bennett last week. The Rebels continued their showing of “team ball” in Lower Afton en route to a 63-24 win over the home standing Chuckey-Doak...

For the first time since November 26, 2004 the West Greene Lady Buffaloes defeated the Hampton Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday night, prevailing 45-33 for a key District 1-2A victory. After snapping a lengthy 20-year winless drought against South Greene just seven days prior, the...