Jeff Hart

Basketball is usually an afterthought at Georgia, something to pass the time between football season and spring practice. That might be changing.

Marcus Georges-Hunt scored 24 points and Georgia Tech earned its first Atlantic Coast Conference victory of the season by upsetting No. 23 Miami 70-50 on Wednesday night.

Despite three players in double figures, the North Georgia men's basketball team suffered a 76-62 Peach Belt Conference setback at Montevallo on Wednesday evening in UM's Trustmark Arena.

The Piedmont College women's basketball team picked up its 6th win by 20 points or more this season with an 81-60 win over visiting Covenant College earlier tonight in Cave Arena.

Cierra Jackson led three Nighthawks in double figures as the North Georgia women's basketball team ran away from Montevallo, 77-51, in Peach Belt Conference action on Wednesday evening at UM's Trustmark Arena.

Cuban outfielder Dian Toscano and the Atlanta Braves have agreed to a $6 million, four-year contract.

After beginning the season matching the best start at home in the NCAA era, the Piedmont College men's basketball team was unable to keep pace with Covenant College after giving up 22 turnovers to the Scots in a 69-61 defeat.

Georgia Lady Bulldog Shacobia Barbee underwent successful surgery on Wednesday morning to repair a fracture of her right distal fibula suffered in last Sunday's game at Tennessee.

Both the Flowery Branch girls and Gainesville boys basketball teams showed why they sit atop the Region 8-AAAAA standings after big wins Tuesday night.

Sheyenne Seabolt poured in 29 points to lead Class AAA No. 1 Dawson County to a 72-45 Region 7-AAA win over Franklin County Tuesday night.