This week’s sports highlights in Central Georgia and throughout the state:
Tuesday
NBA: Pacers at Hawks, 7:30 p.m. (Bally Sports)
Wednesday
College basketball:
Mercer women vs. Bowling Green, Noon
Georgia Tech at Cincinnati, 7 p.m. (ESPN-plus)
NBA: Nets at Hawks, 7:30 p.m. (Bally Sports)
Hockey: Macon Mayhem at Fayetteville, 7 p.m.
Thursday
College basketball: Mercer women vs. Marist, 11:30 a.m.
Friday
GHSA Football Playoffs:
Class 5A: Creekside at Warner Robins
Class 4A: Perry at Stephenson
Class 3A: Cedar Grove at Mary Persons
Class 1A-Division II:
Macon County at Telfair County
Dooly County vs. Bowdon
GIAA Football Playoffs:
Class 4A: Tattnall Square at FPD
Class 3A: Pinewood Christian at John Milledge
College basketball:
Mercer vs. Tennessee State, Noon
Winthrop at Georgia, 5 p.m. (ESPN-plus)
Hockey: Macon Mayhem at Knoxville, 6 p.m.
Saturday
College football:
Georgia State at Old Dominion, 2 p.m. (ESPN-plus)
Gardner-Webb at Mercer, 3 p.m. (100.9-FM)
Georgia Southern at Appalachian State, 3:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Georgia at Georgia Tech, 7:30 p.m. (ABC)
College basketball: Mercer women at Charleston Southern, 2 p.m.
NBA: Hawks at Wizards, 7:30 p.m. (Bally Sports)
Hockey: Knoxville at Macon Mayhem, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday
NFL: Saints at Falcons, 1 p.m. (Fox)
NBA: Hawks at Celtics, 6 p.m. (Bally Sports)
Hockey: Pensacola at Macon Mayhem, 4 p.m.