Thursday's Daily News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mercer women; Mercer football; Alumni Update; Tech, Falcons, Braves; colleges; NFL playoffs, moves

January 21, 2021 Central Georgia Sports Report

Thursday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media. Updates will be noted, so check back.

Scoreboard

High School

Basketball

G-Gatewood 31, Pinewood 22

B-Gatewood 74, Monsignor Donovan 55

G-John Milledge 58, Windsor 12

B-John Milledge 56, Windsor 45

G-Thomas Jefferson 59, Twiggs 25

B-Thomas Jefferson, Twiggs 57

College

Basketball

W-Georgia Tech 73, Wake Forest 44

W-Mercer 69, Furman 66

M-Middle Georgia State 70, Dalton State 68

Jordan Willis hit a jumper with two seconds left to lift the Knights.

W-South Carolina 62, Georgia 50

Alumni Update/Honor Roll

Nearly 375 Georgia athletes made the honor roll with a 3.00 GPA or better for the fall, some from Central Georgia.

3.50 or higher, 14 or more hours (Dean’s List): Darius Jackson, football, Washington County.

3.5-3.99: Tripp Moore, baseball, Mary Persons.

3.0-3.49: Jehlen Cannady, football, Westside; Weston Wallace, football, Gatewood; Mary Wilson Avant, softball, Stratford.

Around/About Central Georgia

Titus closes in on 1,000 in Mercer women win over Furman

Shannon Titus got closer to the 1,000-point mark for her career en route to 11 points for the night to help Mercer get past Furman 69-66 in overtime at Hawkins Arena.

Jaron Dougherty led Mercer with 25 points on 9-of-11 free-throw shooting, while Amoria Neal-Tysor added 19. Titus, now with 992 points, had a double-double, grabbing 13 rebounds.

Mercer led 33-28 at halftime, but the Paladins won the second half 30-25, forcing overtime with a layup with eight seconds left. Mercer went up 58-56 with 2:43 left on two Dougherty free throws, but missed five shots the rest of the way to open the door for the Paladins to tie.

Dougherty made one of two with 2:16 left in overtime to put the Bears up for good, Neal-Tysor adding a jumper 40 seconds later for a five-point lead. The Paladins cut it to three with a buzzer-beater.

Mercer improved to 9-4 overall and 3-1 in the conference, Furman falling to 5-8 and 1-3. The Bears go for their fourth straight win on Saturday against Furman again.

Mercer picked tied for sixth in SoCon football

Around/About Georgia/Southeast

Tech picks up Big Ten transfers

One is a Dalton grad

Second quarter dooms Georgia women

Falcons add coordinators, retain Brock

Raheem Morris the new DC with the Rams

And Jets snag Falcons’ Ulbrich

Are the Braves eyeing Realmuto?

Saban’s latest reclamation project: Bill O’Brien

Tennessee already has its new AD

But the roster keeps dwindling