Bo Wilson

Up 7-4 with 5:44 left on the first quarter clock, Ashley Woodroffe and Caroline Wysocki’s defensive play sparked a 30-7 run in the first half to pace Flowery Branch in a 70-43 win over Pickens County Friday night in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs.

With the GHSA state basketball tournament beginning on Friday, the AccessSports Weekly crew takes a look at the brackets. Bo Wilson and Jeff Hart break down some of the key matchups.

Destanni Henderson scored 14 points and No. 11 South Carolina pulled away from Georgia late to take a 65-57 victory on Thursday night.

Dennis Smith Jr. scored 19 points and the New York Knicks snapped a franchise-worst, 18-game losing streak with a 106-91 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night.

The road to Macon begins Friday when 14 area northeast Georgia girls, and one boys, basketball teams take the court in the first round of the Georgia High School Association state playoffs.

Chestatee improved to 3-0 on the young season with a 4-0 shutout win over Dawson County Wednesday...

West Hall knocked off Class 3A's No. 2-ranked East Hall 5-2 Wednesday night at East Hall Stadium...

Ty Outlaw scored 20 points and No. 22 Virginia Tech defeated Georgia Tech 76-68 on Wednesday night.

Former Gainesville standout D'Marcus Simonds had 27 points, seven rebounds and six assists as Georgia State defeated Troy 77-63 on Wednesday night.

The Lakeview girls opened their season on fire en route to a 6-2 win over Cherokee Bluff Wednesday night.