WOMEN'S BASKETBALL ADVANCE TO QUARTERFINALS
egion VII
The women's basketball team won their first game of the TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII Tournament by defeating the hosat school Volunteer State 61-43. With the win, the ladies overall record improved to 16-13. The team moves on to play Dyersburg State at 4pm CDT on Sunday.
Cleveland would take advantage and build a solid lead only to see Volunteer crawl back into the game. With score 45-43 in favor of Cleveland at the end of three quarters of play, Cleveland would outscore Volunteer 16-0 in the fourth quarter for the win.
Sloan Pender led a trio of scorersws to reach double figures with 14 points. Macie Collins would follow her with 13, and Kennedy Baker would end the game with ten points. Baker would lead the team with 14 rebounds with Collins adding six as well as Mar'Nazha Houston. Kayla Lopez led the team with five assists with Baker adding three and Pender with two as well. Collins had six steals to lead they way with Baker grabbing five on the day.
