Timmy Bowers scored a career-high 25 points on 9-of-13 shooting as No. 19 Mississippi State took over the SEC Western Division lead with a 63-46 victory over Auburn on Wednesday night.
Nate Williams scored 20 points and Cedric Patton had 18 off the bench as Georgia State edged Jacksonville 71-69 Tuesday night to end a four-game losing streak.
The Atlanta Thrashers placed goatenders Byron Dafoe and Pasi Nurminen on injured reserve Tuesday and recalled Milan Hnilicka from the Chicago Wolves of the AHL.
City officials have announced that Macon will get a new minor league baseball team this summer to replace the Atlanta Braves farm club that moved to Rome.