Augusta, GA
Crosstown Showdown Round Two: Augusta and USC-Aiken battle on the hardwood
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Saturday was quite the day for the CSRA’s biggest college basketball rivalry between Augusta University and USC-Aiken.
Going into their second matchup of the season, AU’s women’s team sat at third place in the Peach Belt standings, but going back home, Celeste Stewart’s squad sits in second place.
The Jaguars were up eight at the half over the Pacers and then the door was blown off the hinges.
A big game highlighted by four, three-pointers by senior Nyaneit Puok gave AU a comfortable lead in the second half.
Stewart’s team rode that momentum until the final whistle and comfortably handed USC-Aiken its sixteenth loss of the season.
AU Women’s wins over USC-Aiken’s Women’s 69-44, completing the season sweep of the Pacers.
“It’s about our goals,” said Coach Stewart. “Our team set goals at the beginning of the year that we want to win a championship and to do that we have to keep pressing forward.”
AU Men’s will head to St. Augustine on Wednesday night to face the eighth place Flagler Saints.
USC-Aiken Men’s will head to Americus on Wednesday night to face the fourth place Georgia Southwestern Surge.
Following the women’s game, a matchup of two of the Peach Belt’s best men’s teams awaited.
Coach Mark Vanderslice’s team got the best of AU back in January by 35 points, and Saturday night it was almost the same story.
AU came into it holding second place in the conference, while USC-Aiken came in at fourth place.
Jalen McCoy (34) and Rhyjon Blackwell (24) led the Pacers in scoring Saturday night and four players for the Jaguars broke double-digits.
After being tied at the half 38-38, USC-Aiken came out firing in the second half, building as much as a 16-point lead at one point.
Coach Dip Metress’ team didn’t have an answer for the fast paced scoring from McCoy and Blackwell, but AU battled until the end.
USC-Aiken Men’s wins over AU Men’s 85-76, completing the season sweep of the Jaguars.
“We need to continue to make sure that our guys are engaged and don’t get caught up in the moment,” said Coach Vanderslice.
“We take this loss, we own it,” said Coach Metress. “We didn’t play well. Four of our starters didn’t play well, our bench didn’t play well, so with all that in mind we didn’t play well and we deserved to lose.”
AU Men’s will head to St. Augustine on Wednesday night to face the fifth place Flagler Saints.
USC-Aiken Men’s will head to Americus on Wednesday night to face the ninth place Georgia Southwestern Surge.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Augusta University’s Healthy Grandparents program had its Christmas party Sunday.
Santa is continuing his trip across the csra and was at the party to give presents to the kids.
The program was started in 1999 to support grandparents raising their children.
They help with necessary services like food assistance and transportation.
We spoke with one of the grandparents about the program.
“My grandchildren love it. They do a lot of things going on the year, like summer camp and all that stuff, book bag, getaways,” said Carolyn Thompson.
The program has helped more than 660 families, 900 grandparents, and 1,300 grandchildren.
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Augusta, Ga. – In a game that saw 19 lead changes, Georgia College and State prevailed over Augusta 99-91 in overtime Saturday at Christenberry Fieldhouse. The Jaguars fall to 2-2 in Peach Belt Conference play and 6-7 overall. The Bobcats are now 3-0 in conference play and 6-2 overall.
C.J. Jones of GCSU was the star of this one as he poured in 42 points to lead all scorers and also grabbed eight rebounds in the win.
The Jaguars fell behind midway through the second half, but with just one second left in regulation, T.J. Baker hit a three-pointer to send the game into overtime. But in the extra period, GCSU outscored AU 18-10 for the winning margin.
Luis Nonfon, who had another double-double with 16 points and 12 rebounds, started the scoring in overtime and gave the Jags the 83-81 lead. GCSU then rattled off five straight points to take the lead, one they would not surrender.
The Jaguars had five players in double figures led by Elías Pálsson who tallied 22 points while grabbing eight rebounds. T.J. Baker and Tobias Prall each had 18 points while Charlie McBeath scored 13.
Augusta hit on just 35% of their shots from the field while GCSU hit on 52.5%. The Bobcats outscored Augusta 46-22 in the paint and went 8-18 from three-point range while Augusta finished 10 of 29 from deep. From the foul line, both teams went 29-36.
Other than Nonfon grabbing double figures in rebounds, Pálsson eight rebounds and was a perfect 12-12 from the foul line.
Next up for the Jaguars will be a battle with Reinhardt University on Thursday at 11 a.m., part of Columbia County Education Day.
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Richmond County started a search for an armed robbery suspect Saturday evening.
They started the search on the 3700 block of Wheeler Road after an alleged armed robbery at an SRP ATM.
The suspect is described as a 40-year-old black male, wearing all black, a face mask and a camouflage jacket.
The suspect fled the area on foot in an unknown direction.
The sheriff’s office used K9 Units, along with the drone unit, to search.
This investigation is in its early stages, and no further information is available at this time.
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