Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.

Braves Report

Who looks good so far?

Riley expects better, a lot better

Notebook I

Notebook II

Around/About Central Georgia

Mercer men take SoCon honors

Georgia College breaks PBC tournament streak

GC video

Southern Conference tournament gets going

          Mercer’s women take the court in the third game of the Southern Conference tournament on Thursday in Asheville, N.C.

          The seventh-seeded Bears face second-seeded Chattanooga at 3:30 p.m., following Samford/Western Carolina and Furman/Wofford.

          Mercer beat Chattanooga 55-48 in Macon on Jan. 25, and the Mocs got revenge at home 58-52 almost a month later. The Mocs beat ETSU 69-65 on Saturday to improve to 11-17 and 10-4.

          The Bears fell 60-50 to UNCG to drop to 7-22 and 4-10.

          If the Bears win, they get the UNCG/ETSU winner at 1:15 p.m. on Friday in the semifinals.

          Mercer’s men are the fourth seed and face No. 5 Western Carolina at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, the winner taking on the winner of ETSU and either Samford or VMI.

Peach State College Hoops Report

Senior day blues for Georgia against Florida

Tech seniors have a better evening

UGA women face tough tournament journey

Around/About Georgia

Spring football is about opportunity