Basketball

COSBY – In a game of runs the North Greene boys made the last one on Thursday night and picked up a hard-earned 61-51 win at Cosby. “This is a tough place to play against a good team. We weren’t perfect. It seemed like...

COSBY – The North Greene girls brought their defense to Cosby on Thursday night and shut down the Lady Eagles in the second half on the way to earning a 54-34 win. Tight man-to-man defense highlighted by Loren Blevins and Kaydence Marshall on the...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Nick Walker scored 19 points and recorded four steals to lead the Catawba Indians to a 76-68 South Atlantic Conference victory at Tusculum Wednesday night at Pioneer Arena. Catawba (6-4, 4-3 SAC) limited the under-manned Pioneers (3-7, 3-3 SAC) to 39 percent...

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- An 8-0 run midway through the fourth quarter lifted Catawba College to an 88-77 victory over Tusculum University in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball Wednesday evening at Pioneer Arena. Saniya Wilson more than doubled her previous season high with 26 points off...

NEW YORK – Facing a non-conference opponent as the No. 1 men's basketball team in the nation for the first time in program history, the University of Tennessee defeated Miami, 75-62, Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Fifth-year guard Chaz Lanier scored a game-high 22 points for...

West Greene picked up their fourth-straight win of the season after a dominant 61-27 victory over Happy Valley to begin conference play 1-0 in December. “It’s really nice. Last year we started out with a loss in league play and pretty much put ourselves...

The West Greene Lady Buffaloes sprinted out to an early lead and never let go in a wire-to-wire 50-17 victory over visiting Happy Valley to start their conference season 1-0. “It feels good to start on a winning streak against them. They ended our...

HICKORY, N.C. --- Hantz Louis-Jeune scored 19 points to lead five players in double figures as Lenoir-Rhyne defeated visiting Tusculum 95-75 Saturday afternoon in a South Atlantic Conference men's basketball game at Shuford Arena. The Bears (8-2, 6-1 SAC) record its sixth consecutive victory while...

HICKORY, N.C. --- Five players scored in double figures for Lenoir-Rhyne University in a 91-78 victory over Tusculum University in South Atlantic Conference women's basketball Saturday afternoon at Shuford Memorial Arena. Alexandra Merceron scored 23 points, Sofia Mendez added 18 points and Tilda Lindstrom collected...

Defense got the job done for the South Greene girls on Saturday night as they handed North Greene its first loss of the year. At different times it was the full-court press, half-court traps, and throwing double teams Hannah Miller in the paint, but...