College Sports

A quick team photo around the Southeastern Conference trophy, a wave to the crowd and off to the locker room. No. 3 South Carolina has much bigger mountains left to climb this season.

On Feb. 13, the University of North Georgia (UNG) Department of Athletics honored four alumni with induction into the sixth class of its Athletics Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony was held during a luncheon that recognized the achievements of former student-athletes Anthony Harris, Melissa Johnson, Hugh Mills, Jr. and Casey Smith.

Ebo Smith led the way with 18 points off the bench as the University of North Georgia men's basketball team won a thrilling 69-68 Peach Belt Conference contest against USC Aiken Wednesday night in Memorial Hall.

Cierra Jackson scored her 1,000th career point as the University of North Georgia women's basketball team clinched a spot in the Peach Belt Conference tournament with a 69-56 win over USC Aiken Wednesday night in UNG's Memorial Hall.

For the second straight season, the Piedmont College men's basketball team swept the Scots of Maryville College in the season series thanks to Wednesday night's victory on the road 79-71.

Georgia Tech coach Brian Gregory has seen his share of close losses the past two years. But on Wednesday night the Yellow Jackets were able to get a close win on the road.

In the rematch of the top two teams in the USA South, the Piedmont College women's basketball team could not withstand a second quarter surge by the Scots in a 63-53 loss on the road Wednesday night.

A former Flowery Branch High School football star is trying his hand at politics, ahead of the so-called "SEC Primary" on March 1.

KeVaughn Allen scored 19 points and Florida shook off a dismal shooting performance in the first half to beat Georgia 57-53 on Tuesday night.

Led by a pair of top-10 finishes by the Humphrey brothers, the University of North Georgia men's golf team held its spot to finish second out of 19 teams at the College of Coastal Georgia Winter Invitational on the Retreat Course at Sea Island Golf Club.