Jets and Lady Jets sweep Albany Tech in GCAA contests
The South Georgia Technical College Jets and Lady Jets both captured Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association victories recently against the Albany Tech Titans at the Hangar in Americus. The Lady Jets remained undefeated in Division I of the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) conference with an impressive 67 – 33 victory over the Lady Titans and then the Jets came back and beat the Titans, 105 – 78.
The win moved the Lady Jets to 5 – 0 and kept them in first place in the conference. They are 17 – 3 overall this season. The Jets are now 2 – 2 in the conference and 8 – 10 overall. They are in fifth place in the conference behind Georgia Highlands, Central Georgia Tech, South Georgia State College and Chattahoochee Tech.
The Lady Jets started out slow but were still up 15 – 11 at the end of the first quarter. They rallied in the second quarter to outscore Albany Tech 24 – 4 and pull ahead 39 – 15 at the half. They held Albany Tech to eight points in the third quarter and went on to win 67 – 33.
“We did what we set out to do,” said Lady Jets Athletic Director and Head Coach James Frey. “We wanted to hold them to under 40 points tonight and keep them from making more than 30% of their shots. We were able to do both and take the win.”
The Lady Jets were led in scoring by sophomore guard La’Deja James with 15 points. Both Camille Coleman and Kanna Suzuki added 10 points. Desiree Corbin scored nine points and had 14 rebounds and Trakyra Kidd scored eight points.
In the second half of the conference double-header, the Jets pulled ahead 48 – 31 over Albany Tech in the first half and expanded on that lead in the second half to break the scoreboard for the first time this season by scoring 105 points. They captured the win 105 – 78.
Jalen Thomas took top scoring honors with 21 points but Andre Kennedy was close behind with 19 points. Bobby Jackson, Ed Jones and Pat Welch each added 12 points and Derrick Traywick and Marquel Wiggins had nine points each.
“We were pleased with the win,” said Jets head coach Travis Garrett. “I thought we played with intensity and any time you can get a conference win, it is a good night.”
Both the Jets and the Lady Jets will be back in action at home Saturday when the Lady Jets host Chattahoochee Tech at 1 p.m. and the Jets host Gordon at 3 p.m. in the Hangar. Chattahoochee Tech has a 0 – 2 conference record and is in seventh place with a 14 – 3 overall record. Gordon College is 1- 2 in the conference and 11 – 6 overall. They are in sixth place behind the fifth place Jets.
Jalen Thomas (10) set the scoring pace for the Jets in their 105 – 78 victory over Albany Tech.