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Auburn's Marshall faces former team with UGA visit

Submitted by Jenna Herb, Sports Producer

Tuesday, November 12th, 2013, 5:59pm

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Auburn quarterback Nick Marshall might have become a star in Georgia's secondary.

On Saturday, he and the seventh-ranked Tigers will instead be focusing on the Bulldogs' defensive backs.

Marshall spent one season as Georgia DB before being dismissed from the team - along with two other players - in February 2012 for stealing from a teammate.

Georgia coach Mark Richt says Marshall could have been "an all-conference type guy" in the secondary. Auburn's Gus Malzahn said Tuesday Marshall has excelled at being calm whatever the situation and expects more of the same Saturday.

Marshall has resurrected his career as a dual-threat quarterback after one season running a junior college offense. He's coming off a 214-yard rushing performance against Tennessee.

Marshall calls Georgia "just another opponent that's in our way."

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Tuesday, November 12th, 2013, 10:20am

ATHENS, Ga. -- A Cedar Shoals High School student was arrested Monday for bringing a knife to school.

Karnethia Gaines, 17, was charged with having a weapon on school property.

Resources officers at the Athens high school learned Monday afternoon that Gaines had a knife in her backpack. When they confronted her, she denied having the weapon, according to a police report.

Officers searched the teen's backpack and found a small kitchen knife.

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Submitted by Jenna Herb, Sports Producer

Monday, November 11th, 2013, 7:06pm

ATHENS, Ga. -- The No. 25 Georgia football team began preparations for this week's matchup with seventh-ranked Auburn by holding a one-hour session under the lights on the Woodruff Practice Fields on Monday.

The Bulldogs are 6-3 overall and 4-2 in the SEC, while the Tigers are 9-1 overall and 5-1 in the conference.

Saturday's game at Auburn will kick off at 3:30 p.m. and will be televised by CBS.

Monday's practice was the first for the Bulldogs since their 45-6 victory over Appalachian State last Saturday.

"We know we've got a tremendous challenge in front of us on Saturday," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "The boys know what's at stake and we all have great respect for Auburn and the job they are doing. We will need a great week of practice. We got off on the right foot tonight, and we need to keep it going the next few days."

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Submitted by Jenna Herb, Sports Producer

Monday, November 11th, 2013, 5:55pm

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - The Boston Red Sox trio of Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Napoli and Stephen Drew were among 13 free agents who turned down $14.1 million qualifying offers Monday from their former teams.

Three Yankees also said no thanks: Robinson Cano, Curtis Granderson and Hiroki Kuroda.

The others turning down the offers were Atlanta's Brian McCann, Cincinnati's Shin-Soo Choo, Cleveland's Ubaldo Jimenez, Kansas City's Ervin Santana, St. Louis' Carlos Beltran, Seattle's Kendrys Morales and Texas' Nelson Cruz.

In two years of the new system, all 22 players given qualifying offers have said no.

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Submitted by Jenna Herb, Sports Producer

Sunday, November 10th, 2013, 10:57pm

ATHENS, Ga. -- Georgia sophomore Merritt Hempe led all scorers with 10 points as the No. 24 Lady Bulldogs claimed a 45-30 season-opening victory over Presbyterian on Sunday afternoon at Stegeman Coliseum.

Junior Krista Donald chipped in with eight points for Georgia, while senior Khaalidah Miller added seven points, while tying career high marks with 11 rebounds and six assists. Hempe was the only double-figure scorer in the game.

"Defensively, I didn't think we were very effective on the ball," said Georgia head coach Andy Landers. "Everybody on our team got taken to the rim. We're hugging people away from the ball. So consequently when they use the screen, we're chasing our man. That pretty much sums it up defensively all day long."

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Submitted by Jenna Herb, Sports Producer

Sunday, November 10th, 2013, 10:52pm

ATHENS, Ga. -- The Georgia men's tennis team closed out its fall schedule by going 5-0 on the final day of the Bulldog Scramble Sunday at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex.

Garrett Brasseaux defeated Vanderbilt's Rhys Johnson, 7-6(2), 7-6(5), to win his fourth match of the weekend. The senior from Mandeville, La., was named the tournament champion.

In other action, No. 19 Ben Wagland claimed a 6-2, 6-1 win over Anton Kovirgin of LSU, and No. 72 Hernus Pieters topped Vanderbilt's Pen Binet, 6-2, 6-2.

Georgia won two doubles matches as the No. 2 team of Pieters and Wagland defeated LSU's Chris Simpson and Boris Arias, 6-4, and Eric Diaz and Brasseaux downed LSU's Andrew Korinek and Justin Butsch, 6-1.

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Big homecoming win for UGA

Submitted by The Associated Press on Saturday, November 9th, 7:19 pm

ATHENS, Ga. -- Aaron Murray threw two touchdown passes to set the SEC career record, and Georgia broke open a close game with a dominant second half to beat Appalachian State 45-6 Saturday.

Todd Gurley, J.J. Green and Brendan Douglas ran for touchdowns as Georgia (6-3) outscored the Mountaineers 31-0 in the second half after leading only 14-6 at halftime.

Appalachian State (2-8) reached eight losses for the first time since a 3-8 finish in 1979. The Mountaineers, in their last season as a FCS team, are moving to the Sun Belt Conference in 2014.

Murray completed 19 of 26 passes for 281 yards with touchdown passes to Rantavious Wooten and Michael Bennett. He threw one interception. Hutson Mason took over in the fourth quarter and threw a 3-yard scoring pass to Kenneth Towns.

Murray began the day one touchdown pass behind Danny Wuerffel's Southeastern Conference record of 114 at Florida from 1993-96.

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