Georgia Underdogs

Georgia had tremendous heart going into today's game against Xavier. The underdogs got out to an early lead with Gaines and Woodbury. Soon, Xavier began battling cutting the lead to two. Surged, Woodbury hit a floater in the after 3 straight misses by the Underdogs. Hard defense by both teams makes it hard for anyone to score. Bliss got into foul trouble early with 2 foul midway through the 1st half. Gaines leads his team giving the a 7 point lead. At the break Georgia leads 36-26.
The 2ND half started out with a Georgia bucket by Bliss. The Underdogs showed great confidence and that the SEC is still a tough conference. The Under Dogs were having fun and relaxed. A steal by Lavender gives Xavier a serge. Still Georgia finds a way to score. Gaines ,playing like a pro, gets yet another steal and dunks on the other end. Now forced to call a time out 41- 30.Woodbury played like a pro with stop an pops when his team needed them. # 31 answers with the three. High intensity and sloppy play keeps the game close with a 10 point lead for Georgia. Xavier cuts it to 6 with aggression by Duncan. Fouls hurt Georgia . Humphrey picked up two in 10 seconds. Wow, turnovers and sloppy play allowed Xavier to come back. Rebounds and steals by Gaines keep hoop alive for Georgia. Stop and pop for three by Humphry. On defense, Georgia uses a 1-3-1. This zone defense is very effective for the underdogs. Turnovers hurt Georgia late. Woodbury tries to carry some of the load from Gaines. Gaines gets two the hard way but no foul. Still carrying the team, Gaines picks up #4. Gaines and Bliss use the pick and roll to keep the game close. The game starts to slip away under th minuete mark.

Clemson vs. Duke :Tigers roars, Blue Devils defeated

Going into the game on Sat. Match 15,2008, Duke seemed to be the favorites over Clemson. Clemsen's last win over Duke was in 1997. Some say that this was Clemson's best team in years.

Liberty Tech: One Month Later

The Liberty Tech Crusaders and Lady Crusaders made an early exit in the first round of the region tournament on Feb.22 and Feb. 23. The Lady Crusaders took on Jasmine James and Bartlett on Friday. Jasmine James is arguably one of the best guards in Tennessee. The Lady Crusaders stayed with Bartlett and quickly realized teamwork and hard defense can over play a one woman show. Unseemly in the end Bartlett pulled away and sent the Liberty Lady Crusaders home. The next day, the Liberty Crusaders went off against Millington. This time the Crusaders were the favorites to win. The game was close upon exiting the first half. The Crusaders ,at the beginning of the second half, began doing what they did all year, the pulled away to a 10 point lead. Close to the end, Millington began fighting back with Steve Kerr,who finished with 19 points, on the attack. To accommodate the sharp shooter, Millington began pressuring. The press left a 3-point bucket open ever time down the floor and it seemed that almost ever time the Crusaders missed it. To Liberty Tech's displeasure, Tarius Johnson and Marlin Dotson both fouled out in the last minutes of the 4Th quarter. Johnson and Dotson are two key rebouders and scorers.The Trojans continued to pressure and rebound after a chronic 3-point miss by Liberty. Upon entering the game, many fans were displeased with decision to put the 6'8 center in after Dotson fouled out. However, to their surprise, Kirby Tritt drew an charge, offensive foul, at the late stages of the game. The play for Liberty was a missed 3-pointer by C.Williams, a missed 3 by C. Holt, rebound by Kirby Tritt, and a missed 3 by R. Williams. All of this in the last 20 seconds.+
Liberty Tech Crusaders
Today, the Crusaders must find ways to improve. This year the Crusaders will loose Charles Holt(SG),(Cordarius)Jay Greer(SG), and Kirby Tritt(C). This will leave it up to Ricky Williams(PG), (Tarius) TJ Johnson(SF/SG), and Cordaro (Cord) Williams(PG/SG) to assume role as the team leaders. Kendall Anthony(PG) did not see much of the court in his last game on Feb. 23 vs. Millington, but he will have to play a large amount of minutes for Liberty next season. Jauwon Cain(SG), Joevontae Arnold(SF/SG), and Ricky Parks(F) must step up as scorers and as defenders. Chris Johnson must improve his scoring in order to assume a position as a one of three senior leaders.