DAYTON, TN - The Bryan College Women's Basketball Team has won their 7th straight Appalachian Athletic Conference regular season title and an automatic birth into the NAIA National tournament. The Lady Lions finished the season with a 21-1 conference record and 23-5 overall. 
After the Lady Lions defeated Reinhardt last Wednesday inside Summers Gym, for their final game of the season. That win would put Bryan and Reinhardt in a tie for place in the conference. Saturday, in Reinhardt's final game of the regular season, they fell in a shocking upset to Tennessee Wesleyan to give Bryan the regular season title and the #1 seed in the AAC tournament next weekend. 

1. Bryan (23-5 overall, 21-1 AAC)
2. Reinhardt (24-2 overall, 20-2 AAC)
3. Milligan (26-6 overall, 19-3 AAC)
4. Pikeville (21-7 overall, 17-5 AAC)
5. Johnson (17-11 overall, 15-7 AAC)
6. Montreat (16-12 overall, 13-9 AAC)
7. Tennessee Wesleyan (12-12 overall, 10-12 AAC)*
8. Truett McConnell (11-17 overall, 10-12 AAC)*
9. Columbia (12-16, 9-13 AAC)
10. Union (8-20 overall, 8-14 AAC)**

The Lions head to Kingsport, TN next weekend to begin the conference tournament where they will play their first game Thursday at 12:00 PM. 

Via the AAC:
Tournament Schedule
Wednesday, Feb. 29
Game 1 - No. 8 Truett McConnell (11-17) vs. No. 9 Columbia (12-16), 2:30 p.m.
Game 2 - No. 7 Tennessee Wesleyan (12-12) vs. No. 10 Union (8-20), 4:15 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 29
Game 3 - No. 1 Bryan (23-5) vs. Game 1 winner, 12 p.m.
Game 4 - No. 4 Pikeville (21-7) vs. No. 5 Johnson (17-11), 1:45 p.m.
Game 5 - No. 2 Reinhardt (24-2) vs. Game 2 winner, 7:30 p.m.
Game 6 - No. 3 Milligan (26-6) vs. No. 6 Montreat (16-12), 9:15 p.m.
Friday, March 1
Game 7 - Game 3 winner vs. Game 4 winner, 6 p.m.
Game 8 - Game 5 winner vs. Game 6 winner, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 2
Game 9 - Championship Game - Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 3 p.m.


The Lions look to rebound in the conference tournament after falling to Point University in the tournament finals last season and to Reinhardt in the 2022 conference semi-finals. 


Key Accomplishments
5th year senior guard, Kaitlynn Hennessee:

• Eclipsed 1800 career points this season, along with 800 rebounds, and 500 assists. 
• Hennessee finished #1 in the nation with 7.1 assists per game
• Tied for 7th in the nation with 3.0 steals per game 
• 19th in the country in blocks per game at 1.8 bpg.

 
Senior Forward, Samantha Russell

• Surpassed 1500 Points, 600 rebounds, 100 Assists in her 3 years at Bryan
• Led the Conference in scoring with 21.0 Points Per game, which was good enough for 12th in the nation
• 9th in the AAC in rebounding with 7.4 RPG.
• 1st in the Nation in 3 point field goals made at 98

Junior Guard, Torie Brooks

• 2nd in the Nation in made 3 point field goals finishing with 94
• 12th in the conference in scoring with 16.7 Points per game
• Tied for 17th in the conference with 1.4 steals per game. 

You will be able to catch all of the Lady Lions games on the AAC Digital Network:
https://portal.stretchinternet.com/aac/