Tuesday's Daily News 'n notes: Scoreboard; Mercer men, women open at home; Braves/Morton; Georgia Southern suspensions; UGA; Pro FB Hall of Fame; and more
Tuesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
Mercer basketball opens up with DH at Hawkins
The men play North Georgia at 1 p.m., the women welcome Georgia at 6. In Coverage.
Scoreboard
High School
Basketball
G-Brentwood 45, Tattnall 36
G-Lamar County 61, Hampton 18
G-Mary Persons 41, FPD 34
B-Northside 58, Upson-Lee 33
Tre Grane topped the Eagles with 16p oints and 10 rebounds, Jordan Brown putting up 10 points to go with nine rebounds and nine blocks. Calvin Bowers chipped in 12 points and Kayleb Jackson eight rebounds.
G-Stratford 43, Central 33
B-Warner Robins 62, Rutland 44
A 22-12 third quarter put the Demons in control. Greg Jones led Warner Robins with 20 points, with Rashaun Tomlin adding 16 and Jordyan Keith 10.
G-Warner Robins 42, Rutland 15
G-West Laurens 45, Jenkins County 43
Around/About Central Georgia
Around/About Georgia
Braves pick up P Charlie Morton
Four Georgia Southern players suspended after arrests
Passing game, good; run game and D, meh
UGA ninth in first CFB Playoff poll
Georgia men pick up new opponent for Sunday
Bulldogs hosting Columbus State
Upson-Lee grad Tye Fagan talks
Megatron among Pro FB HOF semifinalists
Tech and Georgia State hoops to open up
Georgia Southern names new women’s soccer coach
College Football
First College Football Playoff poll saaays …
Dabo keeps on poking the FSU fire
Wisconsin CB has questions about PI call against Northwestern
NFL
Pro FB Hall of Fame releases modern-era semifinalists
Overlooked Browns have momentum, confidence
Alex Smith proves he’s still a starting QB
College Basketball
The quieting of great traditions
One set of men’s All-Americans
Conference combine for consistent testing for refs
Around the nation/world
Curry emotional about losing Thompson, again