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SGTC Lady Jets Alexia Dizeko (5), Fanta Gassama (23), and Kamya Hollingshed (30) were selected for All-Region by the GCAA.    Three members of the nationally-ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets earned top honors as members of the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I women’s basketball All-Region teams for the 2021 – 2022 season.     Alexia Dizeko was selected as the Freshman of the Year for the Conference. She and freshman center Fanta Gassama...

Malik Battle, (1) was the top scorer for the Jets with 36 points in an impressive win over Georgia Highlands in Rome, GA. Rome, GA - The second place South Georgia Technical College Jets moved one step closer to upending the top ranked Georgia Highlands Chargers Saturday in Rome when they secured an impressive 102 – 87 Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) victory.  South Georgia Tech (10 – 4 and 18 – 10) is now one game behind Georgia Highlands (11 – 3; 18 – 10) in the...

Fanta Gassama (23) led the Lady Jets in scoring against East Georgia State with 22 points and 16 rebounds.Swainsboro, GA – The nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets finished the 2021 – 2022 regular season with a 64 – 58 victory over East Georgia State College in Soperton Saturday to secure second place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) standings.    “It was good to end the season with a win,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic...

Will Johnston, (4) was the top scorer for the Jets with 16 points in a narrow win over Central Georgia Tech.   Malik Battle hit a three-point shot with 1:24 remaining to allow the South Georgia Technical College Jets to come from behind and take an impressive Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) 66 – 65 last second victory over Central Georgia Technical College.  The Jets are now 9 – 4 and 17 – 10 overall and in second place in the conference. Georgia Highlands leads the...

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), and Malik Battle (1).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 climbed three spots into 9th place in the National Junior College...

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...