BASKETBALL Reed visiting ASU
Arkansas State could be close to getting a boost to its back court next season, and it’s coming from a familiar name.
Brandon Reed, who was named Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year in 2010 while playing for the Red Wolves before transferring to Georgia Tech, is in Jonesboro this weekend on an official visit to ASU, Coach John Brady confirmed Friday.
Reed, who was given a release by Georgia Tech, has not yet signed an aid agreement with ASU, so Brady is prevented by NCAA rules from commenting further.
But Reed was on ASU’s campus Friday and could be close to finishing his college basketball career where it started.
Reed, from suburban Atlanta, averaged 15.1 points for ASU in 2009-2010, earning second-team All-Sun Belt honors along with the league’s top freshman award.
He transferred to Georgia Tech the following summer, citing at the time a desire to be closer to his hometown of Atlanta, where Georgia Tech is located.
Reed averaged 7.5 points and 25.7 minutes per game as a sophomore in 2011-2012, but his scoring (5.2) and minutes (16.6) dropped as a junior this past season.
He will graduate from Georgia Tech this summer and is eligible to complete his final season immediately.
- Troy Schulte
BASEBALL Hendrix moves on at Jackson
Hendrix College opened the 2013 Southern Athletic Association Tournament with a 6-2 victory over Oglethorpe University at Twenty Field in Jackson, Miss., on Friday afternoon. The fourth-seeded Warriors (20-20) will face top-seeded Millsaps at 10 a.m. today.
Hendrix broke open a scoreless game with a three-run fourth inning and added three more in the seventh.
Sixth-seeded Oglethorpe scored in the eighth and tacked on another in the ninth.
Sophomore shortstop Ryan Ritz led Hendrix with three hits. Charlie St. Clair had two hits and drove in one.
Warrior senior Ted Smoyer (6-3) went the distance, allowing 9 hits, 2 runs and a walk while striking out 6.
SOFTBALL Arkansas upsets No. 2 Tennessee
No. 25 Arkansas knocked off No. 2 Tennessee, 2-1, on Friday at Lee Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn.
Kimmy Beasley pitched a complete game and gave up 1 run on 4 hits and 2 walks, while striking out 4 for her eighth victory of the season. The Razorbacks broke a 19-game Tennessee (43-6, 16-3) winning streak. It was also the ninth victory over a ranked opponent for the Hogs this season.
Arkansas (31-17, 9-10) was led by Jayme Gee and Jennifer Rambo, who both had RBI.
Warriors lose in extra innings
Hendrix College (21-18) lost to Birmingham-Southern College, 2-1 in 13 innings, in the first round of the Southern Athletic Association tournament on Friday.
Hendrix scored its only run in the top of the first inning and kept the lead until the bottom of the fifth.The third-seeded Panthers scored the winning run on a fielder’s choice in the bottom of the 13th.
Hendrix will face seventh-seeded Sewanee at 9 a.m. today in an elimination game.
GOLF Tech, Henderson in Division II field
Arkansas Tech and Henderson State of the Great American Conference are part of the 80-team field that has been selected to play in the NCAA Division II Men’s championship.
GAC members Southwestern Oklahoma State (second seed) and Southeastern Oklahoma State (ninth seed) will join the Wonder Boys (sixth seed) and Reddies (seventh seed) in the Central Region on May 6-8 at The Club at Strawberry Creek in Kenosha, Wis.
Harding’s Lucas Collins received one of the four individual spots to the Central Region. He became the first Bison to compete in an NCAA Regional Tournament since the university joined the NCAA in 1997. Collins, the third-ranked individual from the Central Region, has a team-best 76.2 stroke average (ninth-best in program history) and has finished in the top 10 in three of Harding’s nine events this season.
Sports, Pages 25 on 04/27/2013