Tuesday's Daily News 'n Notes
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
SCOREBOARD
TUESDAY
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TUESDAY
High School
Basketball
Girls
Athens Academy 55, Rutland 41
East Laurens 85, Harlem 40
Jones County 64, Baldwin 42
Lamar County 68, Jackson 37
GMC 57, Tattnall 24
Montgomery County 47, Hawkinsville 39
Putnam County 56, Hancock Central 28
Stratford 55, Prince Avenue Christian 45
Nadia Reese and Emory Sutherland had 13 each for Stratford.
Upson-Lee 67, Lithonia 49
Westside 69, Pike County 34
Jaliyah Spencer’s 17 points and 7 rebounds led Westside, which got 12 points from Naya Graham and 10 from Zyndia Robinson. Kintanela Williams had a team-high 8 rebounds, and Nautica Boone had 8 assists and 3 steals to go with 9 points and 6 rebounds.
Boys
Jones County 57, Baldwin 52
The Greyhounds took the lead in the first quarter and held off the Braves down the stretch. Emmanuel Lewis led Jones County with 14 points with Chuck Pitts adding 10. Chavis Mathis had 8 boards and 2 assists for Jones County, boosted by Pitts’ 6-point and Tre Dean’s 5-point fourth quarter. The Greyhounds were 20 for 32 from the floor and 14 of 18 at the line. Williams Freeman Jeremy Simmons led Baldwin, awaiting some football players, with 22, and Jeremy Simmons added 12
Hancock Central 65, Putnam County 35
Vidalia 71, West Laurens 53
Westside 97, Pike County 52
College
Basketball
M-CGTC 74, CVCC 71
W-Georgia College 62, Albany State 51
M-Georgia College 71, Albany State 65
M-Mercer 80, Maryland-Eastern Shore 42
Mercer head coach Bob Hoffman picked up his 600th career win with the rout.
Mercer puts seven on all-conference teams
Between the coaches and media votes, Mercer had seven players on the Southern Conference postseason teams.
Offensive lineman Austin Sanders was the lone first-teamer, by the media. Running back Tee Mitchell and wideout Marquise Irvin were consensus second-team picks, with LeMarkus Bailey and Malique Fleming making second teams, and David Durdan and Robert Riddle all-freshmen.
https://mercerbears.com/news/2018/11/20/football-seven-bears-recognized-with-all-socon-honors.aspx
Honor Roll
Mercer's KeKe Calloway is the Southern Conference women’s basketball player of the week.
In a 92-82 win over SEC visitor Florida, the Mary Persons grad led Mercer with 30 points and 10 assists for her first double-double of the season. She was 9-of-21 from the floor, 6-of-10 from beyond the arc and 6-of-6 from the free-throw line. She also had four rebounds, all defensive, and two steals in the home win.
Calloway scored eight points and had seven rebounds, five assists, one block and one steal in a loss to UCF. ...
Former Peach County kicker Mitchell Fineran made the Southern Conference's coaches all-freshman team.
He was perfect on 45 PATs and 12 of 16 on field goals, with a long of 46, going 9 for 10 inside 39 yards. ...
Georgia College's Isaac Thornton is the Peach Belt player of the week.
Shorter got its fill of Thomas, who was 18-for-25 in back-to-back victories wins. He had 20 points in the first game at Centennial Center, followed by 22 points in road rematch. He added six steals and four assists in the games, moving up to second in the conference in field goal percentage and fourth in field goals made. ...
Middle Georgia State's Joy Sadler is the Southern States women's basketball player of the week after scoring 28 points with 12 rebounds, two blocks, and two steals in a 78-68 win over Thomas. She's averaging 16.4 points and 8.8 rebounds so far.
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