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ATHENS, Ga. -- On a night when his veteran superstars were not performing to their potential, Georgia basketball coach Mark Fox found offensive firepower elsewhere.Freshman Tyree Crump and senior Kenny Paul Geno both came off the bench to score career highs in leading Georgia to an 86-72 win over Morehouse Wednesday night.Crump scored 16 points, hitting every shot he took, and Geno scored 15. He came into the game with three points in the first six games for the Bulldogs.Early in the first half, Fox substituted for leading scorers Yante Maten and J.J. Frazier, but it was not to give his freshmen minutes.That was a conscious move to get my superstars to play better basketball, he explained. To whom much is given, much is expected. As the two lead dogs, they need to play like the lead dogs when the ball goes up.Maten scored a season-low 14 points, but it was still his 23rd straight game in double figures. Frazier missed all five three-pointers he attempted and nine of 12 shots overall to finish with six points. Another Georgia freshman also had a career high: Jordan Harris with 11.Tyrius Walker led Morehouse (4-3) with 24 points. Jordan Wallace scored 13 and Martravious Little had 12.Geno said he was not concerned about his low offensive production so far this year.All I care about is representing this G, he said, pointing to his jersey. All I care about is winning. I do what coach asks me to do. I got in a good rhythm and my shot felt good. They found me and I was open.Geno played a really good game, Maten said. He took a charge and was taking the right shots and helping us on defense.Geno scored nine points in nine minutes in the first half and Georgia (5-2) led 36-30 at halftime.The Maroon Tigers, members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, made just one of eight 3-point attempts before intermission.Georgia led 56-46 with 11:17 left in the game on a 3-pointer by Crump, who shot 4 of 4 from the floor, 2 of 2 from long distance and made all six of his free throws.RED CROSSGeorgia junior Juwan Parker sat out the Morehouse game with soreness in his Achilles. Parker missed last year with an Achilles injury. Junior college transfer Pape Diatta of Dakar, Senegal, got his first career start in Parkers place.DOUBLE DUTYMorehouse Athletic Director Andre Patillo was on site doing his duties as an evaluator of officials for the Southeastern Conference.UP NEXTGeorgia: hosts Marquette Sunday afternoon. It will be Marquettes first trip to Stegeman Coliseum in Athens since the 1971 Mideast Regionals, when Al McGuires undefeated Warriors lost in the regional semifinals to Ohio State. Dean Meminger fouled out for the only time in his career.Morehouse: hosts Tuskegee Saturday in its first Southern Intercollegate Athletic Conference game. Weston Richburg Super Bowl Jersey . The lawyers filed a 33-page amended complaint Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan, expanding on the suit originally filed Oct. 3 in New York Supreme Court. Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz last week refused to compel Selig to testify in the grievance, and Rodriguez then walked out of the hearing without testifying. Fred Warner Super Bowl Jersey . Ibaka equaled a career high with 20 rebounds, adding four blocked shots and 15 points as the Thunder smothered the Milwaukee Bucks offence in a 92-79 victory Saturday night. http://www.authenticsf49erspro.com/Dee-ford-49ers-jersey/ . The Nashville Predators were glad their captain was still on their side. Weber had a goal and two assists, and Roman Josi scored the shootout winner to lift the Predators to a 4-3 win over the Flyers on Thursday night. Garrett Celek Super Bowl Jersey .C. -- Glenn Howard needed an extra end to move into the Masters Grand Slam of Curling final. Deebo Samuel Super Bowl Jersey . You can watch the game live on TSN at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The Flyers had won seven of eight before dropping their last two outings on consecutive days over the weekend. Philadelphia was handed a 6-3 loss by the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday afternoon before dropping a 4-1 decision to the Rangers the following night in New York City. Its taken 18 rounds, but Hawthorn has finally climbed its way to the top of the ESPN AFL Power Rankings. The Hawks took advantage of Adelaides costly loss to Geelong to soar to the top of our form ladder with just a handful of matches to play.Hawthorn will need to maintain its recent form, however, as each of the four top-ranked teams have a dream next three weeks of football.This week, punters might want to keep an eye on West Coast who have been notoriously poor away from home this year. The Eagles next three matches (one being a Derby) are all away games, including a trip to the dreaded MCG and Spotless Stadium to play the in-form Giants.If theyre to do any damage in September, the Eagles will need the help of a home-ground advantage, and be able to snag some points away from home, to stay in the hunt.Meanwhile St Kilda continues its late march towards the top eight with a stirring win over the Bulldogs on Saturday night. The Saints find themselves in the rankings top eight for the first time thiss year, but it might be for nothing - they could be the unlucky team to miss finals while still being considered one of ESPNs form sides in the AFL come the end of the year.ddddddddddddLower down the rankings, Carlton hasnt lost any fans over its last two outings, losing to two recent Grand Finalists by seven and six points, while Brisbane jumped off the bottom with a strong win over Essendon.LegendForm: The higher the number, the better a teams recent form.Draw: The higher the number, the easier a teams upcoming draw.Fitness: Determined by the number and quality of fit players available. A list in good shape is ranked around a 7; a list missing three or four best-22 players might be considered a 3 or 4.X-Factor: The number and quality of genuine match-winning players.Attack: Potency of the teams offence.Defence: Ability of the team to prevent the opposition from scoring. ' ' '