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Razorbacks Commit Costly Foul Against Georgia They Can’t Overcome
ATHENS, Ga. — A foul by Arkansas with 1.3 seconds left in a tie game was all Georgia needed. Asia Aventer made the first free throw, missed the second on purpose and and the Razorbacks’ problems continued.
The game was tied at 61-61 in the final seconds, but Karley Johnson fouled Asia Avenger with 1.3 seconds left on the clock. Avenger made the first then Hogs guard Phoenix Stotijn got the rebound on an intentional miss, but time ran out before they could get a shot off.
The loss dropped Arkansas to 2-9 in SEC play. Georgia was a shot at a win for Mike Neighbors’ struggling team this season.
The Razorbacks (9-17) trailed by as many as nine for most of the second half until they pulled back into the game with back-to-back-to-back threes from Johnson, Cristina Sanchez and Vera Ojenuwa before the fourth quarter media timeout.
Izzy Higginbottom, the SEC’s leading scorer, took over in the final minutes and tied the game twice with a three pointer with 48.5 seconds left and a layup with 8.8 seconds left.
Arkansas got out to a 10-2 lead to start the game and finished the first quarter ahead 14-10. The Bulldogs started the second with four straight points and both teams traded the lead four times until Georgia went on a 8-0 run and forced the Razorbacks to call a timeout.
The home team finished the half making seven of their last nine field goals and outscored Arkansas 24-11 in the second quarter. The Bulldogs had their largest lead of the game, 9 points, at halftime.
Both offenses stalled in the third quarter, with the Hogs shooting just 17.4 percent and scoring 12 points. Despite the slow pace, Arkansas cut Georgia’s lead to five points with 10 minutes to play.
Higginbottom led all scorers with 24 points and entered double figures for the 23rd time this season.
Georgia outshot Arkansas 40.7 percent (24-59) to 32.3 percent (21-65). Both teams had 20 attempts at the free throw line, with the Hogs winning that battle, 14-11.
Arkansas will play one game next week, against Ole Miss on Feb. 13 in Bud Walton Arena. That game will tip off at 6:30 p.m. and be streamed on SEC Network+
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A Griffin, Georgia man is now under arrest, charged in connection with a cold case homicide investigation in New Jersey, prosecutors say.
It’s been nearly 37 years since 42-year-old Mauricio Cuadra was shot during an apparent home invasion; now, authorities say 62-year-old Joseph Quiros-Soto is charged with his murder.
Officials say on Aug. 9, 1989, the officers with the Bayonne Police Department responded to reports of a home invasion and shooting at an apartment on the 400 block of Avenue C. Inside the home, they found Cuadra suffering from a gunshot wound. Cuadra died shortly after.
The case remained a mystery until 2024, when Quiros-Soto confessed to the murder to police in Locust Grove, Georgia, saying that he had become a born-again Christian, NJ.com reports.
Police told the outlet that he gave the detectives details of the crime and allowed visiting Hudson County authorities to take a DNA sample, which matched a stain on the victim.
Authorities were eventually able to obtain a warrant for the Georgia man’s arrest. On May 27, 2026, deputies with the Spalding County Sheriff’s Office arrested Quiros-Soto at his home in Griffin, charging him with murder and murder during the commission of a burglary.
Quiros-Soto is being detained in Georgia, awaiting extradition to New Jersey.
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State baseball has made the super regionals in the NCAA Tournament and will face a team its already played four times.
The No. 14 national seed Bulldogs (43-17) are matched up with No. 3 Georgia (49-12). The best-of-three series will take place in Athens, Georgia, because Georgia is the higher seed.
The super regionals run from June 5-8, and the winner will make the College World Series.
MSU is 0-4 against Georgia this season, getting swept at Dudy Noble Field and then losing a fourth time in the SEC Tournament quarterfinals. Georgia won the SEC regular season and tournament championships.
Both teams made it through their regionals without a loss. Mississippi State blew out Louisiana 19-5 on May 31, while Georgia defeated Liberty.
MSU has played Georgia only once in postseason history, losing in the 1990 College World Series.
Mississippi State baseball history in super regionals
Mississippi State has played in 10 super regionals and won five of them. It has won three straight super regionals. MSU is 2-4 as the visiting team in super regionals.
New Mississippi State coach Brian O’Connor is 7-2 in super regionals.
NCAA baseball tournament schedule
- Super regionals: June 5-8
- College World Series: June 12-22
Sam Sklar is the Mississippi State beat reporter for The Clarion Ledger. Email him at ssklar@usatodayco.com and follow him on X @sklarsam_.
Georgia football landed a pair of commitments Sunday for its 2027 recruiting class.
Wide receiver Taurean Rawlins from Mount Vernon School in Atlanta posted on his X account on May 31 that he’s pledged to the Bulldogs.
Georgia also picked up a commitment from offensive tackle DJ Dotson from Hattiesburg, Miss., he posted on his Instagram account.
Both are rated 3-star prospects.
“I loved the support and love they showed towards me and my family,” Dotson said in a text message to the Athens Banner-Herald.
The 6-foot, 175-pound Rawlins is rated the No. 58 wide receiver in the 2027 class and the No. 478 overall prospect.
Rawlins had 67 catches for 1,395 yards and 17 touchdowns last season, according to MaxPreps.
Rawlins and Dotson give Georgia 10 commitments for this cycle.
Rawlins is the first wide receiver commitment. He also had offers from Ohio State, Florida and Michigan.
Georgia signed four wide receivers in its 2026 class: Craig Dandridge, Ryan Mosley, Dallas Dickerson and late addition Tre Shields.
Rawlins’ coach at Mount Vernon is former Georgia star wide receiver Terrence Edwards.
The 6-foot-7, 330-pound Dotson is rated as the nation’s No. 85 offensive tackle prospect and the No. 851 overall prospect.
He picked Georgia over Ole Miss, LSU and Georgia Tech, according to 247Sports.
Georgia also has offensive line commitments in its 2027 class from Kelsey Adams from Langston Hughes, Abram Eisenhower from Lowndes and Ty Johnson from Mount Pleasant, S.C.
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