COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne splits, sits 2-2 headed into Sunday’s game

HobbsDailyReport.com GULF SHORES, Ala. – Lenoir-Rhyne University again went 1-1 at the Gulf Coast Invitational on Saturday, beating Shorter 7-2 and falling 5-2 to seventh-ranked North Georgia. The Bears (2-2) close the tournament on Sunday with a 12:15 p.m. game against Alabama-Huntsville. LRU 7, Shorter 2 LRU junior outfielder Erin Boone hit a two-run home run while junior Emily Kenley …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Carson-Newman’s rides defense to win over Bears

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Carson-Newman rolled to a South Atlantic Conference (SAC) women’s basketball victory on Saturday, beating host Lenoir-Rhyne University 73-48. The Eagles (22-1, 14-1) held the Bears (12-11, 6-9) to 18 points in the second half, when LRU shot 28 percent. For a game boxscore, click on the link below to Carson Newman’s athletic page: http://www.cneagles.com/sports/w-baskbl/2017-18/boxscores/20180203_7baw.xml?view=boxscore LRU’s next game …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Carson-Newman topples Lenoir-Rhyne in OT

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Carson-Newman doubled Lenoir-Rhyne University in scoring in overtime on Saturday to beat the Bears 89-79 in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men’s basketball. Click the link for a complete box at Carson-Newman’s athletic page, plus complete play-by-play: http://www.cneagles.com/sports/m-baskbl/2017-18/files/0203CNMB-Lenoir-Rhyne.pdf LRU fell to 9-12 overall and 7-8 in the SAC and next plays on Wednesday at 8 p.m., facing Catawba …

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Brown-led Red Hawks roll past Clinton JC, 100-56

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Freshman Zharia Brown set a new career-high in scoring and Shaniya Lester had another 20-point game as Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) picked up a 100-56 women’s basketball victory Saturday over Clinton Junior College. Brown scored 19 points and Lester had 21 — her fourth straight game with 20 or more – as the 18th-ranked Red Hawks …

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Bryant & Stratton scores 100, beats Red Hawks

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Paced by three players with 19 points each, visiting Bryant & Stratton rolled past Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC) 100-78 in men’s basketball on Saturday. Gerald Simpkins, Daryus Evans and Caleb Miles each approached 20 points in a win by the Bobcats (15-6, 11-3 Region X) at the Tarlton Complex. Sophomore Myles Williams paced the Red Hawks …