The University of North Georgia women s basketball team has been voted to finish fifth out of the 14 league teams in the annual Peach Belt Conference preseason coaches poll announced on Thursday from the league office. The Nighthawks received 122 points including one first place vote as seven different teams were voted to finish atop the league standings. br br
Columbus State received a total of five out of a possible 13 first place votes to finish with 146 points as the Cougars are the league s preseason favorite. Not far behind was Georgia College in second place with 139 points and Clayton State finished third with 132 points. Armstrong was fourth in the voting with 124 points, followed by North Georgia and USC Aiken in fifth and sixth. Lander, Young Harris, Georgia Regents, Flagler, UNC Pembroke, Francis Marion, Georgia Southwestern, and Montevallo rounded out the rest of the voting. br
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Last-second win gives Cougars big boost
WTVM M-F 11 - 11:30p - VOD - clipped version By Dave Platta | January 29, 2021 at 12:18 AM EST - Updated January 29 at 4:09 PM
COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - The Columbus State Cougars got a big shot in the arm on Wednesday night with their dramatic come-from-behind 72-70 road win over Georgia Southwestern.
It came down to a clutch play in the final seconds. The Cougars trailed the Hurricanes by two with 10 seconds remaining. Point guard Lorenzo Anderson missed a contested layup, chased down the rebound and had his second shot blocked. The good news for the Cougars was that the carom wound up in the hands of Kalen Clifton. The even better news was that he buried the three-pointer in nothing-but-net style with 5.9 seconds to provide the margin of victory.
AUGUSTA The No. 2 University of North Georgia softball team was picked to win the Peach Belt Conference, the league office announced Wednesday in the softball preseason coaches poll. Additionally, seniors Kaylyn Anthony and Kylee Smith were honorees on the Preseason All-Conference Team.
The Nighthawks were named as the No. 2 team in the nation Wednesday in the NFCA Preseason Top 25, up one spot from their 2020 finish. Southern Arkansas was named the unanimous No. 1 team in the poll.
North Georgia is the preseason favorite for the sixth straight year and for the 11th time since 2009. UNG received nine first-place votes and 99 total points. Young Harris was second in the poll with a pair of first-place votes while Columbus State was third and Flagler fourth. Francis Marion was fifth, one point ahead of Georgia Southwestern in sixth with Lander and Georgia College tied for seventh. UNC Pembroke, USC Aiken and Augusta rounded out the voting.