Wednesday's Daily News 'n Notes, and Scoreboard
Wednesday's Central Georgia - and of interest to Central Georgia - news and notes, compiled from staff reports, email reports, the web, and social media.
The postseason basketball headquarters is posted with action through Wednesday
Georgia pulls off upset
The roller coaster ride that is the Bulldogs was more up than down with the 65-55 win over No. 13 Auburn at Stegeman Coliseum.
The Bulldogs broke a four-game losing streak, and avoided blowing a lead, like they had against other good teams.
And Tech is impressive on the road
Georgia Tech was without big men Moses Wright and James Banks, but held on down the stretch to edge Wake Forest 86-79 in Winston-Salem.
Tech won consecutive conference games for the first time this season, improving to 13-13 and 7-8.
Mercer was in control at home
The Bears cracked 100 against an NCAA opponent for the first time under new head coach Greg Gary, sparked by Jeff Gary’s 32 points and a 61.1-percent night from the floor.
Braves Report
SCOREBOARD
State tournaments are separate in The Sports Report, the only source in the area listing GHSA, GISA, and GAPPS postseason action (as well as the only place around doing anything with spring sports)
All coaches/teams need to send game info – all relevant stats, score by quarter, etc. – to centralgasports@gmail.com after their game. Game information should be sent to centralgasports@gmail.com within 30 minutes after completion
High School
Baseball
Mary Persons 10, Eagle’s Landing 4
The Bulldogs scored in five straight innings to pull away. Conner Watson went 4-for-4 with two runs and two RBI, Eric Snow adding two hits and two RBI.
Soccer
G-Houston County 10, Dodge County 0
College
Baseball
Basketball
M-CGTC 71, East Georgia State 66
W-East Georgia State 68, CGTC 66
W-Francis Marion 62, Georgia College 51
M-Georgia College 90, Francis Marion 79
M-Georgia Tech 86, Wake Forest 79
Softball