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College Golf

Strong showing is turned in by Jags

All five Augusta State Univer¤sity players finished at par-or-better for the tournament as the 12th-ranked Jaguars finished sixth in the Waikoloa Intercollegiate in Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Augusta State fired a final round 14-under 274 at Waikoloa Village Golf Club's Kings' Course and finished at 37-under 827, the second-lowest 54-hole total in school history.

Emmett Turner tied for seventh after carding a final round 4-under-par 68 for 14-under 202. He opened with rounds of 64-70.

Scott Jamieson tied for 19th place at 11-under 205 after a final-round 70. He opened with 66-69. Senior Kalle Edberg closed with 69 for 6-under 210 and Wallace Booth recorded 71 and had 2-under 214.

Major Manning, whose score didn't count in the first two rounds, had a counting 67 on Friday and finished at even-par 216 for the tournament.

Third-ranked Oklahoma State captured the team title with a seven-shot victory over No. 2 Georgia Tech.

Augusta State returns to action Feb. 20-22 in the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship at Sawgrass Country Club in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

College Baseball

Six are suspended by South Carolina

South Carolina has suspended six players for six games after they accepted free rounds of golf last summer.

Five pitchers and one position player will sit out this weekend's season-opening series against Longwood and next weekend's three-game series against Radf¤ord.

The suspended players are third baseman Steve Pearce and pitchers Cliff Donald, Jason Fletcher, Arik Hempy, Andy Lambert and Tim McCarty.

The players were allowed to play golf for free at a Columbia course , which would be a violation of NCAA rules that prohibit athletes from receiving benefits beyond those available to all members of the student body, according to the school.

The Southeastern Conference and the NCAA have agreed to the suspension, the university said.

College Basketball

Georgia's Felton is reprimanded by SEC

Georgia coach Dennis Felton has been publicly reprimanded by Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive for his actions after a Feb. 5 game against South Carolina.

Felton made public comments concerning a student-athlete after the game, violating the SEC's code of ethics.

"SEC bylaw 10.5.1 clearly states that the coaches and administrators shall refrain from directed public criticism of other member institutions, their staff or players," Slive said.

Tennis

Bail increased for stalking suspect

In Miami, a judge increased the bail on a homeless man accused of stalking Anna Kournikova to $250,000, saying she was worried about his mental state.

William Lepeska was arrested Jan. 30 after police said he swam nude across Biscayne Bay in search of Kournikova's $5 million house on Miami Beach's Sunset Island 3. He was arrested naked in a neighbor's pool area.

Circuit Court Judge Diane Ward increased Lepeska's bail from $50,000, saying she was concerned because Lepeska was showing signs of instability and possibly delusional thinking.

"We are trying to protect the community. We consider him a threat," prosecutor Peta Fancy-Jackson said.

Olympics

IOC to limit power of Italian police

Italian police will have powers to raid the Olympic village during the 2006 Winter Games to investigate drug dealing, but won't take criminal action against athletes suspected of doping, IOC president Jacques Rogge said.

"We do not want imprisonment for athletes," Rogge said. "They are not a danger for society, but the drug dealers are."