College Sports

Georgia took a big lead with sharp 3-point shooting in the first half, Travis Leslie and Gerald Robinson each scored 17 points and the Bulldogs beat Mississippi State 86-64 on Saturday.

Mustapha Farrakhan scored 23 points and K.T. Harrell added 17 on Saturday as Virginia beat Georgia Tech 72-64 to end its three-game losing streak.

Krystal Thomas scored 11 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to help No. 3 Duke beat Georgia Tech 69-32 on Friday night.

The North Georgia College & State University baseball team has been picked to finish 5th according to the Peach Belt Conference preseason poll of the league's head coaches released on Friday afternoon.

For the third straight season, the North Georgia softball team has been picked to win the 2011 Peach Belt Conference Championship the league announced Wednesday afternoon, unanimously receiving the honor from a poll of the league's head coaches.

Stacy Searels is leaving Georgia to become the offensive line coach at Texas.

A person familiar with the hiring says former Louisville and Tulsa head coach Steve Kragthorpe will be named the offensive coordinator at LSU.

Behind a game-high 22 points from Janyce Ealey, the North Georgia women's basketball team rallied from a 12-point first-half deficit to take down Georgia Southwestern 74-60 on Wednesday evening in Peach Belt Conference action at the Storm Dome.

Glen Rice Jr. scored 21 points, Iman Shumpert had 20 and Georgia Tech cruised to its biggest win ever in the Atlantic Coast Conference, beating woeful Wake Forest 74-39 Wednesday night.

Brian Williams somehow managed to put back a buzzer-beater as he was falling down, giving Tennessee a 59-57 victory over Georgia on Tuesday night.