Area colleges: Hoops sweeps for Mercer & FVSU, GC baseball rolls; milestone for Rutland grad; roundup
Dominant second quarter leads Mercer women win 19th straight, and by 41 points
Wofford was teased, trailing only 17-12 at halftime.
The Terriers scored 5 in the second, the Bears 23 en route to an 80-39 win Saturday at Hawkins Arena.
Cummings gets Bears buzzing with shooting day in Mercer streak-breaking win
Ross Cummings’s career high of 22 points sparked Mercer to a 73-65 win over Wofford and break the Bears’ four-game losing streak.
Cummings, a 6-3 sophomore from Tennessee, scored 17 of Mercer’s 49 second-half points and will be heretofore referred to from teammates and fans as “Mamba”
Georgia College men in early hole, can’t dig out
Peach Belt leader UNC Pembroke got off to the good start and made sure Georgia College didn’t in dumping the Bobcats 75-58 Saturday.
UNCP improved to 17-4 and 13-2 while Georgia College fell to 10-11 and 6-9.
TyAsia Grayer
Drynan has monster day for Georgia College women in comeback win
Erin Drynan had 19 points and 14 rebounds as Georgia College scored 27 in the fourth quarter for a 75-70 win Saturday over visiting UNC Pembroke.
The Bobcats improved to 14-7 and 11-4.
No. 22 Georgia College baseball bats working very well
A six-run third got Georgia College going to a 7-0 win Saturday over North Greenville.
Fort Valley State women get overtime win at home, men make it a sweep
FVSU’s women gave up the lead in the fourth quarter, but ended up edging Paine 78-73 in overtime, Alicia Franklin pouring in 31 points for the Wildcats.
The men led by six at halftime and maintained the lead for a 66-58 win behind 17 points from Babe Murphy.
Middle Georgia State men win, women lose, baseball splits
The Knights men’s basketball team pulled off an 86-81 overtime win over Loyola, while the women lost 82-65.
TyAsia Grayer, a Rutland grad, snagged her 900th rebound, and is fifth in the NAIA and first in the SSAC with 11.1 a game.
The baseball team finished a series win over Tennessee Wesleyan.