Wednesday's Central Georgia Daily News 'n Notes: Mercer men/women hoops, GHSA finals, ex-UGA DB arrested, Braves Report and more
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
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Mercer’s Cummings makes All-SoCon
Junior guard Ross Cummings is the Mercer men’s basketball rep on the Southern Conference teams.
Cummings made the coaches and media second team, after averaging 17.6 points a game, with a career-high 36 against Western Carolina.
Wofford's Fletcher Magee was picked as player of the year while the Terriers' Mike Young was named coach of the year.
GHSA state championships, day one: two close, one so-so, and a surprising blowout
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Mercer women open SoCon Tournament play … early
Mercer’s women face eighth-seeded Western Carolina at 11 a.m. on Thursday at U.S. Cellular Center in Asheville, N.C., while the sixth-seeded men face third-seeded Furman at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday.
The women are 22-7, and won their 34th straight conference game on Saturday with a 65-59 win over Wofford. The Bears have cracked the 20-win mark in six of the last seven seasons.
Their last regular-season conference loss was Feb. 2, 2016, 70-50 at Chattanooga, which is also the last Southern Conference team to beat Mercer, 61-59 on March 5, 2017 in the conference tournament championship.
Mercer beat Western Carolina 69-67 and 71-55 this season.
The Bears are looking for their fourth straight trip to the tournament championship game.
College hoops recap
Georgia Tech gets the upset, Georgia surprisingly sluggish on senior day, Georgia College women and men ousted from PBC tourney, Rutland alum Ty’lik Evans scores 22 with six steals in No. 16 USC Aiken’s PBC win.
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Georgia Tech has ACC’s top women’s freshman
Elizabeth Balogun of Georgia Tech is the ACC’s women’s basketball rookie of the year after averaging 14.8 points and 5.1 rebounds, starting every game this season and hitting 34 percent of her 3s.
Georgia Southern set for spring game
UGA women face Arkansas in tourney opener
Braves Report: Freeman hits exhibition game grand slam; notes
Falcons Report: Q&A on cap, OL, and more