Tennessee
Jackson’s 34 points spark Tennessee past Kentucky, 80-71
GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Rickea Jackson set a single-game Southeastern Convention event report with a season-high 34 factors as Tennessee held off Kentucky 80-71 in a quarterfinal spherical sport Friday evening.
Tennessee (22-10) advances to face No. 4 LSU within the semifinals.
Ajae Petty hit two free throws with 21 seconds left within the third quarter to tug Kentucky (12-19) inside three, 51-48, however Jackson hit a jumper to start out a run of 14 straight factors for the Volunteers to push the result in 65-55. Jackson scored 16 of Tennessee’s 27 fourth-quarter factors.
Kentucky had misplaced its last seven video games of the common season and was the 14th seed, however the Wildcats knocked off Eleventh-seed Florida and sixth-seeded Alabama to develop into the lowest-seeded group to ever attain the event’s quarterfinal spherical. However in opposition to Tennessee, Kentucky struggled with attrition. Adebola Adeyeye fouled out and Petty was disqualified within the fourth quarter after pulling Karoline Striplin’s pony tail. Maddie Sherr additionally fouled out within the last minute.
Jackson hit 10 of 15 photographs from the sphere and was an ideal 14-for-14 from the road whereas scoring 20 or extra factors in her seventh straight sport. Jordan Horston scored 21 factors and Tess Darby hit 4 of 5 from 3-point vary and added 12 factors.
Kentucky’s main scorer, Robyn Benton, was in foul hassle early in opposition to Alabama Thursday and didn’t rating. She scored 20 factors to steer the Wildcats in opposition to Tennessee. Scherr scored 13 and Jada Walker had 12. Petty scored 11 factors earlier than being ejected.
West Tennessee Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Enticement of a Minor
Jackson, TN – Garrett Baughman, 19, of Wildersville, Tennessee, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for soliciting sexually explicit images and videos from a thirteen-year-old child. Joseph C. Murphy, Jr., Interim U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, announced the sentence today.
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Baughman was charged with one count of production of child pornography; one count of use of a facility and means of interstate commerce to persuade, induce, entice a minor to engage in sexual criminal acts; and one count of receipt of child pornography. Following his guilty plea to the enticement of a minor charge, United States Senior District Judge J. Daniel Breen sentenced Baughman to 20 years in prison and five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
Additionally, Baughman must comply with the conditions of the Sexual Offender Registry upon his release.
This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse, launched in May 2006 by the Department of Justice. Led by the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state, and local resources to locate, apprehend, and prosecute individuals who exploit children, as well as identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit https://www.justice.gov/psc.
This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Nashville-Jackson Resident Agency Child Exploitation Task Force and the Henry County Sheriff’s Office. Assistant United States Attorney Caroline Parish prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
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PRESS RELEASE FROM THE TENNESSEE LOTTERY:
$760,000 TENNESSEE CASH WINNER IN SNEEDVILLE, $510,000 DAILY TENNESSEE JACKPOT WINNER IN SAVANNAH
SNEEDVILLE/SAVANNAH – What a night! Two popular Tennessee Lottery in-state games saw jackpot winners last night: One player in Sneedville scored a $760,000 Tennessee Cash win, while another player in Savannah won the Daily Tennessee Jackpot top prize of $510,000.
The Tennessee Cash winning $760,000 ticket was sold at Fastop Market, 127 Tazewell Hwy. in Sneedville.
The Daily Tennessee Jackpot winning $510,000 ticket was sold at Pit Stop, 795 Clifton Road in Savannah.
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The Associated Press has released a new batch of college football rankings following week three of the 2025 college football season.
Week three of the 2025 college football season is in the books as teams all across the country turn their attention to week four. With another exciting week of college football now complete, the Associated Press has released another batch of college football rankings.
Multiple exciting games took place over the weekend and resulted in some massive upsets. Multiple teams inside the top-15 were upset, as 12th-ranked Clemson was defeated by Georgia Tech, 11th-ranked South Carolina was handled by Vanderbilt, and eighth-ranked Notre Dame suffered a shocking loss to Texas A&M at home.
The Georgia Bulldogs were another team to play in an exciting matchup, as they won an overtime thriller against the 15th-ranked Tennessee Volunteers on the road. The victory was the Bulldogs’ ninth consecutive win over the Vols and their fifth straight in Neyland Stadium.
The Bulldogs will be off for week four as they partake in their first bye week of the 2025 season. The Dawgs will return to action on Saturday, September 27th, when they host the Alabama Crimson Tide in Athens. It will be the first meeting between these two teams in Sanford Stadium since 2015.
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