College conference tourney hoops Central: Georgia win two, ousted by Kentucky; CGTC in finale

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS

GCAA

Tournament information

          Central Georgia Tech's men beat South Georgia State 91-85 on Friday to advance to Saturday's 3 p.m. championship game against South Georgia Tech.

        Previous: Central Georgia Tech’s women beat Georgia Highlands 78-74, but, according to a CGTC Tweet, "Due to player disqualifications during the CGTC/Georgia Highlands semifinal, the Lady Titans have been disqualified from the GCAA Region XVII Championship game.

          The men nipped Albany Tech 76-74 on Tuesday and will face the winner of South Georgia State and Gordon State on Friday.

SEC

Men's info

           Kentucky got going late in the first half and beat Georgia 62-49 Friday to end the Bulldogs' season.

          (Previous) Georgia found a way to hold on against a quality opponent, nipping Missouri 62-60 on Thursday.

         SEC player of the year Yante Maten played like his honor, and Georgia rolled past Vanderbilt 78-62 Wednesday in a game not quite that close. The Bulldogs get No. 5 Missouri at around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. The tournament is in St. Louis.

Women's info

Georgia thumped by South Carolina, Wilson in semi

          Player of the Year A'ja Wilson wasn't 100 percent, but still had 21 points and 11 rebounds while Georgia struggled in a 71-49 loss to South Carolina in an SEC semifinal. USC went on to beat Mississippi State in the championship game..

ACC

Women's info

Men's info

        Georgia Tech lost 87-77 to Boston College Tuesday in the tournament opener. 

COMPLETED

Southern Conference

At Asheville, N.C.

Women

1/Mercer 75, 8/Western Carolina 44

          Not a lot of suspense was expected. Not a lot of suspense happened.

          Mercer never trailed, stymied a brief early rally, and rolled to a 75-44 win Thursday over Western Carolina.

          Kahlia Lawrence led Mercer with 23 points in 27 minutes and KeKe Calloway added 18 in 29 as 11 Bears scored and 12 got a rebound.

          The Bears led by 15 at halftime and ended up doubling the margin.

5/Samford 59, 4/Furman 58

2/ETSU 78, 7/Wofford 64

 6/UNCG 70, 3/Chattanooga 66, 2 OT

Mercer 81, Samford 44

ETSU 54, UNCG 52

Championship: 

Mercer head coach Susie Gardner hugs long-time Mercer athletics department mainstay Myra Cameron.

Mercer 68, ETSU 53

       Game information in This Week's Coverage.

Men

8/The Citadel 78, 9/VMI 70

10/Chattanooga 89, 7/Samford 79

1/UNCG 72, The Citadel 58

5/Wofford 73, 4/Mercer 53

2/ETSU 77, Chattanooga 59

3/Furman 97, 6/Western Carolina 73

UNCG 56, Wofford 55

ETSU 63, Furman 52

Championship: UNCG 62, ETSU 47

PEACH BELT CONFERENCE

Women

          Georgia College earned a spot in the semifinals with a 62-53 win over Flagler on the road Wednesday. The Bobcats lost 69-66 to North Georgia on Saturday. 

          North Georgia beat Lander 76-60 to win the women's tournament, and is joined by Lander and Columbus State in the NCAA Division II Tournament.

         UNC Pembroke's men won the men's side, and advances, along with Clayton State and Francis Marion.

SIAC

Tournament info

SOUTHERN STATES ATHLETIC CONFERENCE

Men’s information

Women’s information

          Middle Georgia State’s men lost 81-70 to Loyola in the first round Thursday morning, ending the Knights’ season at 15-13.

          TyAsia Grayer, a senior from Rutland, finished her career with 1,004 rebounds, but the MGS women lost 62-53 to Martin Methodist, to end the season.