Jeff Hart

Louis Graham scored 17 points and reserve Anthony Marshall added 16 to help Georgia Southern beat Chattanooga 81-61 on Saturday night.

A Butler, Ga., man faces numerous charges resulting from a fatal traffic accident in Forsyth County Friday afternoon.

In the midst of a three-game road swing, Georgia Tech plays its last non-conference game of the regular season Saturday when it visits 19th-ranked Connecticut for a 4 p.m. nationally-televised (ESPN) game at Gampel Pavilion.

Georgia and Florida meet for the first of two regular-season matchups Saturday afternoon. Georgia has lost four straight games while the Gators have dropped two straight SEC games.

Tony Stewart and Kurt Busch were scheduled for a Saturday morning meeting with NASCAR officials. It was a volatile start to Speedweeks and gave NASCAR a chance to show it was actually willing to let drivers be more emotional this season. Stewart and Busch were involved in the second of two wrecks during practice for Saturday night's Budweiser Shootout.

Not since 1991 has an East Hall boys basketball team not won a subregion or region regular season title. That streak is still in tact after the Vikings whipped Chestatee 70-59 Friday night in the regular season finale for both teams. The Lady Vikings also won the subregion with a 45-28 win in the girls game.

Class AAA eighth-ranked Gilmer County played slow down in the final four minutes and hit 9-of-9 free throws in that span to pull away for a 55-45 win over North Hall Friday night in girls basketball action.

Dawson County held Rabun County to no points in the second quarter en route to taking a 45-22 win in Region 8-AA action Tuesday night.

The Flowery Branch boys basketball team moved to within one game of completing a perfect run through the Region 7B-AAA subregion after whipping Gainesville 85-57 at home Tuesday night.

Devaris Finch led 13 Johnson players in scoring as the Knights rolled to a 77-40 win over Pickens in Region 7B-AAA action Tuesday night.