Georgetown women’s basketball lost its head coach, Tasha Butts, to cancer at the age of 41 in October. This team has played for her all year. They were picked 10th in the Big East.

The Hoyas are going to the conference title game for the first time ever. pic.twitter.com/1mK5j5YAtT
— John Fanta (@John_Fanta) March 10, 2024

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On Tasha Butts’ 42nd birthday, Georgetown makes program history

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Henley gets second top-5 finish

Much of the field stayed together, but Scottie Scheffler pulled away at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Most players fairly muddled through with nice but unimpressive scores, and Russell Henley was in that group, his even round on Sunday good enough for a tie for fourth.

Henley was 7 under for the tournament, and watched chances to seriously contend fall away early Sunday with three bogeys in the first eight holes.

The Stratford grad has finished all six tournaments this season under par.

Bay Hill was tough on almost everybody. Henley was 7 under to tie for fourth, the same position he had at the Sony Open when he was 16 under.

Henley missed par putts of 11 feet, 7.5 feet, and 18 feet on the bogeys, but turned out some quality efforts on other holes. He was an inch from an eagle on 16.

Up next for Henley, who took home more than $900,000, is the Player Championship this week at Ponta Vedra and TPC Sawgrass. He finished tied for 19th last year with a 6-under 282, surviving a 146 in the first two rounds.

BSB-Late comeback lifts OSU over Mercer

BSB-Georgia College finishes off USCB with sweep

State College Basketball Update
Women
(Net rating – only Division I - through games of March 9)
No. 199 Mercer: 15-16, lost 66-55 second round to Chattanooga in Southern, season over
Georgia College: 12-17, lost 68-63 to Augusta in Peach Belt, season over
Fort Valley State: 15-11, lost 63-52 to Kentucky State in SIAC semifinal
Middle Georgia State: 7-17, didn’t make SSAC tournament, season over
Wesleyan: 2-17, didn’t make Collegiate Conference of the South tournament, season over
No. 96 Georgia: 12-18, lost 64-50 to Kentucky in SEC, season over
No. 69 Georgia Tech: 17-15, lost 70-58 to Pitt in ACC
No. 218 Georgia Southern: 13-18, lost 78-57 to ULM in Sun Belt, season over
No. 205 Georgia State: 13-15, lost 73-68 to App State in Sun Belt, season over
No. 258 Kennesaw State: 11-19, lost 73-60 to Austin Peay in Atlantic Sun, season over
Men
Mercer: 16-17, lost 70-57 in second round to Samford in Southern, season over
Georgia College: 15-15, lost 76-64 to Flagler in Peach Belt, season over
Fort Valley State: 7-12, didn’t make SIAC tournament, season over
Middle Georgia State: 11-16, lost 67-58 to Loyola in SSAC, season over
Georgia: 16-15, vs. Missouri, Wednesday, SEC
Georgia Tech: 14-17,, vs. Notre Dame, Tuesday, ACC
Georgia Southern: 9-24, lost 85-80 to App State, Sun Belt, season over
Georgia State: 14-17, lost 86-74 to Marshall in Sun Belt, season over
Kennesaw State: 15-16, lost 92-86 to Jacksonville in Atlantic Sun, season over