College Sports

Coach Maxie Skinner, age 83 of Demorest, passed away on Wednesday...

The Georgia Lady Bulldogs basketball team had its seven-game win streak snapped with a 71-60 defeat to LSU at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center Thursday evening.

Head coach Mike Davenport and the No. 7 University of North Georgia softball team are set to kick off the 2018 season Friday afternoon at the Gulf Coast Invitational.

Friday night will mark the third consecutive year that head coach Tom Cantrell and the No. 23 University of North Georgia baseball team will host the season opener as the Nighthawks play host to Florida Tech at Bob Stein Stadium.

Josh Okogie and his Georgia Tech teammates had fits with Syracuse's zone defense Wednesday, but the Yellow Jackets were even tougher on the Orange in snapping a four-game losing streak with a 55-51 win.

Ebo Smith drained his fourth three pointer of the night with 1.5 seconds left to give the University of North Georgia men's basketball team an 85-83 win over Columbus State Wednesday night in Memorial Hall.

Despite leading by nine with 2:38 left, the University of North Georgia women's basketball team fell in an aggressive and heartbreaking match-up against Columbus State, dropping a game that ended an 11-game winning streak

Yante Maten scored 20 points and Georgia recovered after blowing a halftime lead to beat No. 23 Florida 72-60 on Tuesday night.

Trailing by 13 early, the No. 21 University of North Georgia women's basketball team fought all the way back and hung on late for a 70-65 win over Clayton State Monday night at The Loch.

Shaquan Cantrell led the University of North Georgia men's basketball team with 14 points, but Clayton State led wire-to-wire, defeating the Nighthawks, 96-79, Monday night.