Sunday's News 'n Notes: Scoreboard; Mercer; Georgia State loses coach, Braves, Falcons, UGA FB; NCAA Tournaments, college 🏀 , NBA, NASCAR, more
Sunday'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.
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College
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Kentucky 18, Georgia 5
Mercer 11, Utah 5
N.C. State 6, Georgia Tech 1
Golf
W-Liz Murphey Collegiate, final round, Mercer/Georgia/Georgia Southern
🥎 🥎 🥎Softball 🥎 🥎 🥎
Savannah State 11, FVSU 3
Texas A&M 16, Georgia 8
UNCG 19, Mercer 1
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Around/About Central Georgia
BSB:Mercer thumps Utah for series win over Pac-12
Around/About Georgia/Southeast
MBKB: Georgia State loses Lanier to SMU
Olson the center of Braves’ competitiveness, future
Mariota eager for change, expectations as new QB
Does his contract hint at Atlanta plans?
The story of UGA’s Jackson, from the chicken capital of the world?
Monday
Women
7 p.m., ESPN, N.C. State vs. UConn
9 p.m., ESPN, Louisville vs. Michigan
Friday
Women
In Minneapolis
7 p.m., 9 p.m.
South Carolina vs. Louisville/Michigan
Stanford vs. UConn/N.C. State
Saturday
Men
In New Orleans
6:09 p.m., Villanova vs. Kansas
8:49 p.m., TBS, Duke vs. North Carolina
Sunday
Women
Championship
8 p.m.
Monday
Championship
9:20 p.m.
NCAA Tournaments
Men’s scores and boxes and schedules
Women’s scores and boxes and schedules
(Note: annoying video at the start)
M-UNC doesn’t let St. Peter’s get any momentum
M-Second-half surge lifts Kansas over Miami
M-Epic Final Four showdowns in place
W-Stanford holds off Texas for another Final Four trip
W-South Carolina clicks on O and D to dismiss Creighton
M-Villanova’s Moore done for year with Achilles tear
M-Miami, a football school was a surprise Elite Eight team
W-Can NC State break UConn’s run?
More
W-Warren turns to Q-Collar after concussions: ‘Is it worth it?’
College Basketball
Obit: Coached Jacksonville to NCAA title game
Miller back to Xavier is ‘something that I have to do’
College Football/South
Inside Auburn’s first scrimmage
College Sports
Florida Atlantic softball coach legend/player legend was 81
NBA/WNBA/Basketball
Documentary on Luisa Harris wins Academy Award
NFL/Football
Owners’ meetings likely to be fairly calm
Just when the Bucs really started looking, Tom changed his mind
Baseball: MLB/College
Obit: Softball legend who struck out Ted Williams
Golf/Tennis
Scheffler wins Match Play, goes to No. 1
Auto Racing
Chastain bangs Trackhouse Racing into first victory lane
Soccer
US on the brink of World Cup qualifying
Around the nation/world