Lady Jets fall to Broward College in Holiday Classic

The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets came out very sluggish after the holiday break and were defeated in a narrow 63 – 61 decision by the Broward College Lady Seahawks. The Lady Jets are now 12 – 3 overall and 1 – 0 in the conference. Georgia Highlands defeated St. Petersburg College 75 – 69 in the opening game of the Holiday Classic. “We just didn’t show up until the fourth quarter,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey. “We didn’t play with intensity for the first 30 minutes and this is what happens when you play good teams. Despite that, we still had a chance to win at the buzzer and just didn’t pull it off.” The Lady Jets did not even score in the first six minutes of the game and were down 12 – 0 before they came back and cut the deficit to 14 – 5 at the end of the first quarter. The Lady Jets managed to cut Broward’s lead to 24 – 19 at the half but still looked sluggish. A strong effort by the bench in the third quarter allowed the Lady Jets to close the gap to within four points but then Broward came back to pull ahead 44 – 33 going into the four quarter. The Lady Jets finally came alive in the fourth quarter and outscored Broward College 28 – 19 before falling 63 – 61. “We were in the game and had a chance to win even after Broward went up by two points with 1.4 seconds remaining,” said Frey. “Now we have to regroup and get ready for St. Petersburg College and our conference games.” Sophomore La’Deja James was the top scorer for the Lady Jets with 15 points and sophomore transfer forward Desiree Corbin was the only other Lady Jet in double figures with 14 points. James had nine rebounds and two assists and Corbin had 10 rebounds and one blocked shot. Esther Adenike and Shaineequah Fluellyn both came off the bench for the Lady Jets and added seven points each. Adenike also had 13 rebounds. Madison Cameron, a sophomore transfer from Canada, came off the bench and hit two three point shots to wind up with six points on the night. Another reserve, Trakyra Kidd added five points and four rebounds. Georgia Highlands will take on Broward College at 2 p.m. Friday and the Lady Jets will take on St. Petersburg College at 4 p.m. in the second half of the Holiday Classic.