Monday's Report: Warner Robins' Owens=1,000, Mayhem; UGA, Falcons, Braves, Kennesaw State; colleges, NFL playoffs, Australian Open, NBA, MLB, golf, UFC
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Alumni Update
Warner Robins grad Owens cracks 1,000 at Valdosta State
Jacolbey Owens knows how to do things in style.
Back on March 8, 2018, Owens hit the buzzer-beating game-winner to give Warner Robins the GHSA Class 5A state title, 67-64 over Miller Grove.
Saturday, he went over the 1,000-point mark in his third season at Valdosta State, and did so with a tough off-balance runner in the lane in the Blazers 93-44 Gulf South win over visiting Delta State.
His shot with 4:48 left in the game put VSU up 79-30, and led to an ovation and game stoppage, and then the emptying of the bench.
Owens scored 661 points in two seasons at Gulf Coast State College, and is the second Central Georgia product from that school to crack 1,000 NCAA points this season, joining Mary Persons’ Cam Holden at Towson earlier this month.
The two played together in x and helped the Commodores to a 38-22 record in two seasons, including 24-7 in 2019-20, the program’s best mark since the mid 1970s.
Owens isn’t the only Central Georgian helping the Blazers to a 14-8/10-6 record. FPD grad Maurice Gordon is fourth on the team in minutes and rebounds (4.6 rpg), and sixth with 9.4 points a game.
Gordon also played at Gulf Coast with Owens and Holden.
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College Sports
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Record crowd watches No. 2 Iowa-Wisconsin wrestling
College Football
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Beamer’s success opens door for position coaches to get chances
Football/NFL/USFL
Bengals get control early, romp over Bills
49ers D hold up, O converts turnovers in win
Column-Dungy echoes conspiracy theory, puts kids at risk with tweet
Dungy apologizes after pushing debunked conspiracy theory
Jacksonville rues missed chances
Giants were never a factor in third loss to Philly
Henne delivers for Chiefs with hobbled Mahomes
College Basketball
M-NC State’s Smith now day to day after scary fall
W-Boston’s record double-double lifts South Carolina
M-Pegues’ 24 lifts Furman past Wofford
W-Tennessee avoids first SEC loss
NBA/WNBA
Warriors’ Kerr favors shorter season fix ‘rest’ issue
Grizzlies not sure why Sharpe was allow to stay at game
Tennis
(FYI: Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of Macon)
Two-time champ Azarenka back in quarters
Sabalenka tops Bencic for first quarterfinal
Going nanners: Player shares fruit with foe
Golf
Rahm outlasts rookie Thompson in AmEx
Henderson goes wire to wire in LPGA opener
MLB
Obit-Bando won three World Series with Oakland
Minnesota trades batting champ Arraez
Trout and back are pain-free ahead of spring training
McCutchen’s return to Pittsburgh isn’t farewell tour
Arizona affiliate names woman as manager
Soccer
Ex-manager of English team suspended for racist behavior toward players
UFC/MMA/Boxing
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