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In a battle for first place in Region 8-5A, Jackson County took a huge 57-51 road win over Alcovy on Tuesday night.

Trae Young hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from beyond the halfcourt line to give the Atlanta Hawks a 124-121 victory over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday night.

Freshman forward Asa Newell scored 12 of his 17 points after halftime and Georgia led the entire second half in beating No. 6 Kentucky 82-69 on Tuesday night for its first win over a top-10 team in five years.

North Hall rebounded from a rough loss to GAC last week with a big win over Dawson County in Region 6-3A play on Tuesday.

How appropriate it was that Chestatee girls coach Sutton Shirley talked about finding gold on Tuesday night in a big Region 6-3A showdown with Lumpkin County in the Gold City.

J.J. Starling scored 21 points, Eddie Lampkin Jr. added a double-double and Syracuse beat Georgia Tech 62-55 on Tuesday night for its first Atlantic Coast Conference victory.

Georgia will try to rebound from a road loss to Ole Miss to open SEC play, taking on No. 10 Kentucky on Tuesday at Stegeman Coliseum.

It’s just the first of what Gainesville boys coach Charlemagne Gibbons hopes is “three or four meetings” on the season. But when the Class 5A eighth-ranked Red Elephants travel to take on No. 1 Milton on Tuesday in a showdown of Region 7-5A unbeatens, it could be a turning point for a program that has not won a playoff game since 2019. Or not.

Georgia Tech, fresh off a win over Boston College, travels to Syracuse on Tuesday for the first time in ACC play this season.

With schools back in full time session following the holidays, basketball teams will go on a five-week sprint to the region playoffs and possible state playoff bids beginning this week.