college basketball
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Release from South Carolina Athletics: South Carolina head women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley announced that Kaela Davis (Suwanee, Ga./Buford HS) has signed a financial aid agreement to attend the University and play for the Gamecocks. Davis, who was a two-time All-ACC selection at Georgia Tech, will have two years of eligibility beginning in 2016-17. “We
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Release from the SEC: The Southeastern Conference has announced a men’s basketball scheduling model beginning in 2015-16 that features three permanent opponents. Each SEC team will play the other 13 teams at least one time during league play. They will then play their three permanent opponents a second time and the remaining two games will
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Release from Georgia Tech Athletics: Adam Smith, the leading scorer and three-point shooter at Virginia Tech last season, has signed grant-in-aid papers and will play his final season of eligibility at Georgia Tech, head coach Brian Gregory announced. The 6-1, 170-pound guard led the Hokies in scoring (13.4 points per game) and shot an Atlantic
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Release from Georgia State Athletics: Charlotte forward Willie Clayton, who played at Thomasville (Ga.) High School, has announced that he will transfer to Georgia State after three seasons playing for the 49’ers. After sitting the 2015-16 season, he will have one year of eligibility remaining. His paperwork has been accepted and he will start classes
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Release from Georgia State Athletics: Georgia State freshman Makeba Ponder has been named a Third-Team Division I Mid-Major Freshman All-American by FullCourt.com. Ponder, who led Georgia State in scoring and the Sun Belt Conference in 3-point baskets made per game, is one of the 15 freshmen honored by FullCourt.com-Inside Women’s Basketball, the longest running provider
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Release from Georgia State Athletics: Georgia State head coach Ron Hunter, who led the Panthers to the third round of the NCAA tournament and second-straight Sun Belt Conference title, has been named the winner of the fifth annual Clarence ‘Big House’ Gaines College Basketball Coach of the Year. The awards are presented annually to the
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