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Yasriyya Nazeerud-Din, 13, goes up for a basket. She led the Lady Jets with 29 points against Andrew College in a GCAA matchup.Cuthbert, GA – The South Georgia Technical College Jets overcame a seven-point deficit in the final nine minutes of play against Andrew College to pull ahead 74 – 73 with 22 seconds left in the game.  But the Fighting Tigers roared back in the final seconds to take a 77 – 74 win over the Jets in a Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) contest.   The...

Four Lady Jets ranked in the NJCAA national statistics for rebounds, field goal percentage shooting, free throw percentage shooting, assists, blocked shots, and steals. Shown (l to r) are Femme Sikuzani (34), Shamari Tyson (1), Anna McKendree (14) and Yasriyyah Wazeerund-Din (13). The Lady Jets are currently ranked 17th in the nation.   The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets only fell one spot into 17th place in this week’s National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)...

Anna McKendree,14, led the Lady Jets with 25 points against Central Georgia Tech.      The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets posted an 81 – 64 victory over Central Georgia Technical College after outscoring the Lady Titans 31 – 18 in the fourth quarter to capture their seventh consecutive Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) victory and move to 17 – 2 overall this season.  The Jets missed a last second three-point shot attempt to come up three points shy in their...

Austin Hadden, 12, came off the bench to lead the Jets in a 101 – 62 rout of East Georgia State College.Swainsboro, GA - South Georgia Technical College Jets head coach Travis Garrett and the 2019-2020 Jets coasted to a 101 – 62 victory over Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference opponent East Georgia on the road in their first contest of the new year and are currently tied with two other GCAA teams for first place in the conference.    The Jets had six players to...

Niya Goudelock, 3, wound up with 11 points on her 20th birthday in the Lady Jets narrow loss to Shelton State.    Sophomore guard Niya Goudelock turned 20-years old on New Year’s Eve.  Her birthday wish was for the 16th ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets to upset the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) 11th seeded Shelton State Lady Buccaneers in the final game of the South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets Holiday Classic.     Despite trailing Shelton...

By Chase Bachman, Reporter - BG Falcon Media Inside the Stroh Center, the lights are dimmed as the BGSU player introductions are underway. Making her start for the Falcons, wearing number 11: point guard Mari Hill. Hill is a graduate of South Georgia Technical College in Americus, GA and helped lead the nationally ranked Lady Jets to the NJCAA tournament in 2019. The dark-haired, 5-foot-6-inch athlete is the shortest girl on the court. Many would consider that a disadvantage but not...

Shamari Tyson, 1, led the Lady Jets in scoring against Cape Fear with 20 points.    The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets rolled to a rousing 104 – 47 win over the Cape Fear Sea Devils in the second day of action in the Lady Jets Holiday Classic that featured four of the top 25 ranked women’s basketball teams in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA).  This was the Lady Jets 14th consecutive win this season and lifted them to 16 – 1 overall.    The Gulf Coast...

Amara Edeh, 5, is shown above driving to the basket. She led the Lady Jets in scoring with 15 points in a big win over Eastern Florida State in the Lady Jets Holiday Classic.    In a battle between two nationally ranked National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) women’s basketball teams, the 16th ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets came away with a 73 – 66 win over the 25th seeded Lady Titans from Florida.    “It was a good win,” said South Georgia Technical...

Justin Johnson, 5, took the ball the length of the court and scored the game winning layup to lift the Jets to a 73 -72 come from behind win over Middle Georgia Prep in the Jets Holiday Classic Tournament.    South Georgia Technical College sophomore guard Justin Johnson took the ball the length of the court and sank a crucial layup to secure a hard fought 73 – 72 victory over the Middle Georgia Prep Lions in the final day action of the South Georgia Technical College Jets Holiday Classic....

Freshman Austin Hadden, 12, was four of six from the three-point line in the second half for the Jets against Summer Hill Prep to lead the team in scoring with 23 points.    The opening day action of the South Georgia Technical College Jets Holiday Classic was not kind to the home team.  The Jets faced Summer Hill Prep in the last game on the opening day of the tournament and suffered an 85 – 71 loss to the Blue Devils.      Central Georgia Technical College also came up short in a 62...

Austin Hadden (12) dunks against Florida Gateway College in the SGTC Jets 86-76 victory. Hadden led the Jets with 21 points.The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Jets improved their record to 6-6 on the season with a hard-fought victory December 17 over Florida Gateway College in the Hangar on the SGTC campus. In a back-and-forth game that featured seven lead changes, the Jets pulled away in the final minutes to win by a final score of 86-76. Austin Hadden led the way for the Jets with...

The South Georgia Technical College (SGTC) Lady Jets basketball team continued to roll with a solid win over Lackawanna College on December 17 in the Cape Fear Classic in Wilmington, NC. The Lady Jets won by a final score of 70-60 to push their winning streak to 12 consecutive games. With the victory, the 16th ranked Lady Jets improved their record to 14-1 on the season. Yasriyyah Wazeerud-Din led the way for SGTC with 16 points for the game followed by Niya Goudelock and Femme Sikuzani...