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Will Johnston, 4, was the top scorer for the Jets and he is shown here hitting a three.Albany, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Jets and nationally ranked Lady Jets traveled to Albany Saturday and took impressive Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) victories over the Albany Tech Titans and Lady Titans in the former Darton College gymnasium.  The Lady Jets won 73 – 49 and the Jets walked away with a 78 – 56 decision.    Both the Jets and the Lady Jets are currently in...

Sophomore Kamya Hollingshed (30) led the Lady Jets with 22 points against Denmark Tech.Denmark, SC – The 12th nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets coasted to a 76 – 39 victory over the NJCAA Division I Denmark Technical College Lady Panthers to move to 23 – 5 on the season.  Denmark Tech is one of 36 colleges in Region 10 which covers North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.    South Georgia Technical College is currently ranked second in the...

Marvin McGhee, III, (10) was the top scorer for the Jets with 25 points in the game against Gordon College.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets took an impressive Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) 85 – 59 victory over Gordon College to move into a tie for second place with South Georgia State College.  The Jets are now 7 – 4 in the conference and 15 – 10 overall.  Gordan fell to 2 – 7 and 8 – 13.    The Jets held Gordon to five points in the first 10-minutes...

Shown above on the top row are the SGTC Jets and Lady Jets sophomores who earned individual recognition this week in the NJCAA rankings. Shown (l to r) on the top row are Jalen Reynolds (3), Will Johnston (4), Marvin McGhee, III, (10), Malik Battle (1) and Matija Millivojevic (11). Maikya Simmons (2), Alexia Dizeko (5), Fanta Gassama (23) and Kamya Hollingshed (30) are shown on the bottom row (l to r).   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets dropped three spots to 12th place in the...

Marvin McGhee, III, (10) scored 24 points for the Jets in the come from behind win over Southern Crescent.    The South Georgia Technical College Jets pulled together a 41-point swing in under 30 minutes to take an impressive 86 – 65 victory over Southern Crescent Technical College after trailing by as many 18 points in the first half.  The win cemented an outstanding day as part of the SGTC Alumni/Sophomore Day Celebration and recognition of the 20th anniversary of Jets intercollegiate...

Shown above are the SGTC Jets and Lady Jets players and their families that were honored between the basketball games as part of the SGTC Alumni/Sophomore Day celebration.     South Georgia Technical College gave away over 400 t-shirts to SGTC alumni, retirees, current faculty, friends and supporters at its annual Alumni and Sophomore Day Celebration recently in the James S. Peters gymnasium in conjunction with the Jets and Lady Jets basketball games.    All South Georgia Technical College...

Freshman guard Luana Leite, 1, was the top scorer for the Lady Jets with 22 points.    The showdown between two nationally ranked Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) powerhouse Division I women’s basketball teams ended with the 4th seeded National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers taking an impressive 79 – 63 victory over the 9th place South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets in the James S. Peters gymnasium in Americus.    “When...

Malik Battle, 1, led the Jets in scoring with 18 points in a narrow loss to South Georgia State College.Waycross, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Jets lost a hard fought last second 73 – 71 decision to the second-ranked South Georgia State College Hawks in a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association match-up Wednesday in Waycross.    The Jets jumped out to an early lead against the Hawks and were up 36 – 25 at the end of the first half.  They held on to the lead until the final...

   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets were able to climb two spots in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s intercollegiate basketball polls into 9th place this week.  They will have that ranking tested today when they host the 4th ranked Georgia Highlands team led by former Lady Jets head coach Brandon Harrell in a 4 p.m. matchup in the Hangar on the Americus campus.   The Lady Jets had climbed as high as the fifth-place spot nationally...

Marvin McGhee, 10, led the Jets in scoring against Andrew College and East Georgia College.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets took two impressive wins over Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) opponents recently as they traveled to Cuthbert to take a 99 – 73 win over the Andrew College Tigers and then returned home to capture a 95 – 81 victory over East Georgia State College and former Jets head coach Travis Garrett.       The Jets are currently in a tie for third...

South Georgia Technical College President Dr. John Watford is shown above with five of the GCAA championship rings won by the Jets during his years as President. South Georgia Technical College is recognizing the 20th anniversary of Jets intercollegiate basketball during the SGTC Sophomore and Alumni Day set for February 5th in the Hangar on the SGTC Americus campus. All alumni, students, faculty and staff, and retirees are urged to come out and enjoy the festivities.     South Georgia...

Fanta Gassama, 23, led the Lady Jets in scoring and rebounding with a double-double night against Central Georgia Tech. She had 20 points and 10 rebounds against the Lady Titans.Macon, GA - The 11th place nationally-ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets were able to hang on and take a narrow 65 – 62 victory over the Central Georgia Technical College Lady Titans in a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference match-up Tuesday in Macon.     “We had a really...