College Sports

Jaymee Carnes has been named the 2012 Peach Belt Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Year, as announced by the PBC office earlier today via their Twitter account.

Researchers who analyzed the heat-related deaths of 58 football players nationwide found the numbers dramatically increased in recent years, and that most deaths occurred during morning practices.

After taking two of three from UNC Pembroke in the opening weekend of Peach Belt Conference play, the North Georgia baseball team jumped to No. 13 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Top 30 poll on Monday afternoon.

Georgia Tech

Khaalidah Miller scored 14 points to lead No. 18 Georgia over LSU 62-46 Sunday, taking third place in the Southeastern Conference in the final regular-season game for both teams and also clinching the third seed in the conference tournament.

Sydney Wallace scored 16 points as the lone Yellow Jackets player in double figures, leading No. 17 Georgia Tech past Clemson 62-50 in the regular-season finale for both Sunday.

Freshman Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 18 points, Gerald Robinson Jr. added 15 and Georgia snapped No. 12 Florida's three-game winning streak with a 76-62 victory Saturday.

The College Football Hall of Fame will close its museum in South Bend this year even though plans for its new site in Atlanta are being delayed and scaled back.

Sasha Goodlett's 18 points helped give the 17th-ranked Georgia Tech women a 76-66 victory over Virginia Tech Thursday night.

Meredith Mitchell scored 20 points and 18th-ranked Georgia pulled away in the second half for an 87-52 Southeastern Conference victory over Mississippi on Thursday night.