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Shown above are the four Jets who were named to the GCAA All-Region teams for the 2021-2022 season. They are Marvin McGhee, 10, GCAA Player of the Year; Will Johnston, 4, and Malik Battle, 1, GACC All-Region second team and Jalen Reynolds, 3, All-Defensive team.   Four members of the South Georgia Technical College Jets earned top honors as members of the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) Division I men’s basketball All-Region teams for the 2021 – 2022 season and helped...

Marvin McGhee (10) scored 27 points for the Jets against East Georgia State College.Swainsboro, GA - The South Georgia Technical College Jets were only six points away from winning their first Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association regular season title since 2013 – 2014, but former Jets head coach Travis Garrett and the East Georgia State College Bobcats were able to take an 86 – 81 victory over the Jets in the final regular season game of the year and force the Jets into second place...

The SGTC Lady Jets finish the GCAA conference in second place and finished second in the NJCAA Region XVII tournament finals behind the Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers.Rome, GA – The 3rd nationally ranked Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers simply overpowered the 8th ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets 67 – 56 in a battle between two nationally ranked women’s basketball powerhouses in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII tournament finals in...

SGTC’s Alexia Dizeko, 5, led the Lady Jets in scoring with 17 points in the win over Andrew College.Rome, GA – The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII tournament finals will be a battle between two nationally ranked teams.  The 3rd ranked Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers will match-up against the 8th ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets on Saturday, February 26th at 2 p.m. in Rome on Georgia Highlands home court.  This will be the seventh time in...

Former SGTC Lady Jets assistant women’s basketball coach Tomekia Reed is the only black head coach in men’s and women’s NCAA Division 1 Basketball that is undefeated in conference. She is the women’s head basketball coach at Jackson State University.Jackson, Miss.– Former South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach Tomkia Reed became the Jackson State University Head Women’s Basketball Coach in April of 2018.  She was recently highlighted by...

South Georgia Technical College 2021 – 2022 Lady Jets move into semi-finals of the NJCAA Region XVII tournament.Rome, GA – The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets will travel to Rome, GA to take on Andrew College in the National Junior College Athletic Association Region XVII Tournament at Georgia Highlands College on Friday, February 25th.  Game time is 8 p.m.    The nationally ranked Lady Jets finished second in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) regular season...

SGTC’s Marvin McGhee, III led the Jets in scoring with 23 points against Andrew College.   The South Georgia Technical College Jets captured their sixth consecutive win with an 88 – 59 victory over Andrew College in their last regular season home game Wednesday.  The Jets are in second place in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA), one game behind top-ranked Georgia Highlands with an 11 – 4 GCAA record and 19 – 10 overall.  Georgia Highlands is 12 – 3 and 19 –...

Shown above are the SGTC Jets and Lady Jets 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), and Fanta Gassama (23) are shown on the bottom row (l to r).   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets climbed up one spot into 8th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I women’s...

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...