Jeff Hart

Paul Millsap scored 26 points and took over for Atlanta in the fourth quarter to help hold off a Cleveland comeback and the Hawks beat the short-handed Cavaliers 109-101 on Tuesday night.

The Banks County girls basketball team won the Commerce Holiday Tournament with a 60-52 win over Madison County Tuesday.

The Buford girls held off a scrappy Effingham County team Tuesday night in the third-place game of the Farm Bureau Classic.

The Banks County boys made it a sweep in the Commerce Holiday Tournament after a 67-51 win over Madison County Tuesday.

No. 10 Georgia Tech has the nation's second-ranked rushing offense. No. 8 Mississippi State has held seven of its 12 opponents under 125 yards on the ground.

Mississippi and TCU were part of the playoffs story in 2014. Each team was part of the chase. Each team fell short of the coveted semifinals.

Both Gainesville and Johnson powered their way into the Lanierland Tournament finals on Monday. The two undefeated teams will meet Tuesday for the title at 8:30 p.m. at Chestatee.

Flowery Branch and Gainesville each took impressive wins Monday to advance to the Lanierland Tournament finals...

The Dawson County girls basketball advanced to the finals of the Pickens Holiday Classic after an 81-54 win over Riverwood Monday.

Lane Kiffin was modest in his goals and complimentary about the team he'll be facing in the Sugar Bowl. He went on and on about how much he's learned from Nick Saban, while insisting it's no big deal when his boss yells at him. Very un-Kiffin-like, you might say.