Monday's Report: Warner Robins' Owens=1,000, Mayhem; UGA, Falcons, Braves, Kennesaw State; colleges, NFL playoffs, Australian Open, NBA, MLB, golf, UFC

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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W-North Carolina 70, Georgia Tech 57

W-Texas A&M 75, Georgia 73


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Knoxville 6, Macon 5 

 

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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.

 

Around/About Georgia

Can Stockton turn scout-team stardom into starting?

How London validated Falcons’ faith in him

The Braves’ own Wild Thing-Strider now No. 99, ala Rick Vaughn

WBKB-UNC beats Tech for fifth straight

WBKB-UGA surprise at A&M

MBKB-Kennesaw State sets Division I program win mark

 

College Sports

Column-Keep an eye on California’s revenue-sharing tries

Record crowd watches No. 2 Iowa-Wisconsin wrestling

 

College Football

Column-Anybody wondering what Harbaugh did to get a raise?

Beamer’s success opens door for position coaches to get chances

Football/NFL/USFL

Bengals get control early, romp over Bills

Hamlin attends, waves to fans

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

M-No. 1 Houston goes down

W-Boston’s record double-double lifts South Carolina

M-Pegues’ 24 lifts Furman past Wofford

W-Tennessee avoids first SEC loss

W-Roundup

M-Roundup

NBA/WNBA

Warriors’ Kerr favors shorter season fix ‘rest’ issue

Grizzlies not sure why Sharpe was allow to stay at game

Roundup

Tennis

(FYI: Melbourne is 16 hours ahead of Macon)

Two-time champ Azarenka back in quarters

Sabalenka tops Bencic for first quarterfinal

Monday lookahead

Another lookahead

Sunday’s full results

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

Takeaways from UFC 283

Scoreboards

NFL scores/games

NBA scores/games

Women’s college basketball scores/games

Men’s college basketball scores/games