College Sports

For the second straight game against visiting Centre College, the Lions fell behind 3-0 after the first half-inning, but rallied for a 12-5 win Monday night at Loudermilk Field.

Famed Georgia sportswriter Furman Bisher, who covered everything from major golf tournaments to the Triple Crown during a career that spanned six decades, died Sunday of a massive heart attack outside Atlanta. He was 93.

Georgia coach Andy Landers had to make a tough decision Sunday. This time, his hunch cost the fourth-seeded Bulldogs.

After missing two crucial free throws with 8.7 seconds left, Josh Jones blocked a 3-point attempt by Trevor Releford on the other end of the floor to help Creighton end its 10-year NCAA tournament drought with a 58-57 victory over Alabama on Friday.

Casey Prather scored a career-high 14 points on a rare day Florida's 3-point shooters went cold, and the Gators had no trouble beating the Cavaliers 71-45 Friday in the NCAA West Regional.

Kyle O'Quinn had 26 points and 14 rebounds, making several key plays in the closing minutes, and the gritty No. 15 seed Spartans held on through a tense final minute to topple second-seeded Missouri 86-84 on Friday in the West Regional.

The North Georgia softball team split with Armstrong in their second PBC doubleheader action of the season, finishing with a 3-2 win and a 5-3 defeat.

The North Georgia softball team jumped to No. 1 in the country in the latest NFCA Division II poll released Wednesday.

The North Georgia men's golf team held off a late charge from the Montevallo Falcons on Tuesday afternoon to capture the 2012 North Georgia Spring Invitational contested at the par-72 Achasta by Reynolds.

For the third time this spring the North Georgia women's golf team improved on the first round score as they dropped 14 strokes. shooting a team total of 313 on day two en route to winning the 2012 North Georgia Spring Invitational contested at Achasta by Reynolds.