Reo Logan and Herman Favors scored 15 points apiece and Georgia State used a 21-0 second-half run to down Anderson College 79-62 in the Panthers' home opener on Saturday.
Elton Nesbitt scored 18 points in 25 minutes and 12 of 14 players cracked the scoring column in Georgia Southern's season-opening 94-55 rout of North Georgia Friday night.
Darius Wade scored 24 points and Ronald Thompson grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Morehouse to a 87-69 win over Shaw in non-conference action Thursday night.
A jury from Lumpkin County has convicted a Paulding County man of murder in the shooting deaths of her pregnant ex-girlfriend and her mother four years ago.
The Flowery Branch girls basketball team, which was the biggest surprise in Region 7-AAA last year in its first year, opened its second season with a 55-50 win over North Hall Tuesday night.
The Lakeview Academy girls basketball team, which won just 11 games all of last season, improved to 4-0 on the young season after a 63-31 blow out of Atlanta International Tuesday night.
