College Sports

Shacobia Barbee scored 14 points with 11 rebounds and No. 18 Georgia held off Vanderbilt 64-53 on Sunday.

Marcus Thornton and Kenny Gaines scored 16 points apiece and Georgia, which never trailed, beat Florida 73-61 on Saturday to end the Gators' streak of 24 straight wins in the Southeastern Conference.

The Piedmont College women's basketball team held on for an 87-80 win over visiting Greensboro College Friday night.

Penn State's football team is getting back 112 wins wiped out during the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal and the late Joe Paterno has been restored as the winningest coach in major college football history.

Kenny Gaines scored 17 points, and the Bulldogs hit nine of their final 10 free throws Wednesday night in holding off Vanderbilt 70-67 for their first SEC win this season.

Jerian Grant scored 12 points, Steve Vasturia added 11 points and No. 12 Notre Dame beat Georgia Tech 62-59 on Wednesday night.

The North Georgia men's basketball team could never quite rebound from a first half run that put Columbus State up by a double digit margin, with the Cougars going on to win, 78-65. The Nighthawks fall to 11-3 on the season and 5-2 in conference action.

The No. 20 Columbus State women held true to their ranking Wednesday, leading wire-to-wire in their victory over North Georgia, 92-71.

Georgia freshman forward Yante Maten was hit by a car and will miss Wednesday night's game at Vanderbilt because of a concussion.

Georgia coach Mark Richt has given promotions to assistants Tracy Rocker and Bryan McClendon.