College Sports

Brad Feltes broke a tie in the eighth inning with an RBI double to lift Georgia Tech to a 5-3 win over Kennesaw State today.

ATHENS -- Caleb King spent the 2007 watching Knowshon Moreno prove the value of a productive redshirt year. Now it's King's chance. After sitting out the 2007 season as a redshirt, King is working in spring practice as the top backup to Moreno on Georgia's depth chart at tailback.

The Piedmont College women's basketball team secured a second straight automatic bid to the NCAA Division III National Tournament this past weekend by defeating Maryville College and winning the Great South Athletic Conference conference title.

Calvin Baker hit the game-winning 3-pointer with four seconds remaining as Virginia beat Georgia Tech 76-74 Monday night in Atlanta.

ATHENS -- Two-time NCAA all-around gymnastics champion Courtney Kupets won't get a chance to win a third straight title. The Georgia star and 2004 Olympic medalist is out for the rest of the season after surgery Monday to repair a torn right Achilles tendon.

North Carolina is back on top of the weekly Associated Press men's college basketball poll. The Tar Heels, who were on top of the pre-season poll and then hung on for ten weeks, replace Tennessee. The Heels, who are 27-and-2, jump up from the number-three spot in last week's poll.

ATHENS -- After a stellar finish to the 2007 season, The Georgia Bulldogs start work on the 2008 season Monday when they begin spring practice in Athens.

Candace Parker scored 30 points in her final regular-season game and No. 3 Tennessee beat No. 22 Georgia 72-63 on Sunday night.

Zack Von Tersch, Kevin Jacob and Taylor Wood combined on a three-hit shutout and Tony Plagman drove in four runs to lead Georgia Tech to a 6-0 victory over Rutgers in the rubber game of a three-game series on Sunday.

Marcus Thornton scored a career-high 36 points as LSU rallied from a 16-point first-half deficit to defeat Georgia 71-64 in a Southeastern Conference game Sunday.