Thursday's Daily News 'n Notes: 'Crash' stops Mayhem game; Hawks, Young roll; Jake Fromm; Tech still recovering from recruit's suicide; Dublin's hall of famer; Braves, Falcons, colleges, Scoreboard
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.
The weekend high school basketball schedule is in The Latest Coverage.
Hawks are the Hawks, but Trae Young is ballin’
The latest from the Atlanta guard?
A career high 18 assists to go with 39 points in Atlanta’s 127-117 win over Philadelphia.
Young had a double-double before the end of the first, and led Atlanta with his fifth straight double-double with at least 13 assists.
The last player with 25 points and more than 10 assists in any half was Kobe Bryant on March 6, 2013.
It was a nice present for Pauline Beasley, who celebrated her 102nd birthday at the game.
Fromm left UGA for the NFL because …
The Houston County grad is at the Super Bowl, and chatted with a selection of radio shows.
Bryce Gowdy suicide is still around Georgia Tech: ‘We’re still trying to recover’
The Mayhem and Pensacola tried to play, and then: crash
Alumni Update
Jermaine Hall joined the Wagner College hall of fame in 2018.
Now, the Dublin grad has been added to the Northeast Conference Hall of Fame.
Hall graduated from Wagner in 2003, after being the NEC rookie of the year. The 1999 Dublin grad is second in scoring at Wagner, and had played nearly two decades abroad, mostly in Israel.
Around/About Georgia
Tech grad Curry a Super Bowl pioneer
May not be room cap-wise for Hooper
$EC=Cha-ching: revenue, payouts up
Tech alum Butker has a Super Bowl dream
State College Basketball Report
Warner Robins’ Nelson helps Georgia State to 15th straight home win
Scoreboard
High school coaches should send box scores and/or game information to centralgasports@gmail.com within 30 minutes of completion for expanded coverage. The more info provided, the more info to give people.
High School
Basketball
B-Gatewood 70, Nat Greene 54
G-Flint River 54, Twiggs 24
B-Flint River 70, Twiggs 42
College
Basketball
W-App State 65, Georgia State 37
W-Coastal Carolina 66, Georgia Southern 59
W-Middle Georgia State 74, Blue Mountain 57
Jessica Belcher and Destiny Kincaide teamed for 34 points, Belcher with four rebounds and Kincaide five assists.
M-Middle Georgia State 75, Blue Mountain 69
Michael Graham led MGSU with 17 points and eight rebounds, with Ijon Owens adding 15 points and four rebounds.
M-Georgia Southern 86, Troy 57
M-Georgia State 76, South Alabama 73
W-Miami 54, Georgia Tech 49, OT
M-Liberty 83, Kennesaw State 45
W-UNC Greensboro 67, Mercer 51
Pro
SPHL
Pensacola at Macon, ppd
NBA