The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets traveled to Meridian, MS, and Tullahoma, TN, to open the 2026 – 2027 women’s basketball season with back-to-back losses against Meridian College and Motlow State.
The Lady Jets dropped a 71 – 56 decision to Meridian College in their season opener on the road and then traveled from Mississippi to Tennessee to come up short again in in 63 – 50 decision to Motlow State.
South Georgia Tech jumped out to an impressive 20 – 14 lead at the end of the first quarter against Meridian College but only managed to score 10 points in the second quarter while Meridian posted 22 to go ahead 36 – 30 at the end of the first half. Meridian held the Lady Jets to only nine points in the third quarter and despite a slight rally in the fourth quarter, the Lady Jets dropped to 0- 1 in the 71 – 56 decision.
Four Lady Jets did post double-figures with freshman guard Diamond Polk from St. Louis, MO, coming off the bench to lead SGTC with 15 points. Starting freshman guard Zoey Little from Birmingham, AL, was close behind with 14 points and then starters Makenzie Grant, a freshman guard from Pittsburgh, PA, and Lily Fotu, a freshman guard from Auckland, New Zealand adding 12 and 11 points respectively.
Only two other Lady Jets scored in that match-up. Starting freshman guard Eloise Odin from Montpellier, France, came away with five points and sophomore forward Nyla Buyck from Prince George, MD, added one point.
Scoring continued to be a problem in the second game of the road trip when the Lady Jets fell to Motlow State, 63 – 50. Motlow State pulled ahead 26 – 12 at the end of the first quarter and that hurdle was too high for the Lady Jets to bounce back from.
Three Lady Jets scored in double-digits in that loss and freshman point guard Nancy Hong came off the bench to lead her team in scoring with 12 points. She was followed in scoring by freshman guard Eloise Odin with 11 points and freshman guard Makenzie Grant who added 10 points.
Zoey Little had a total of six points, Diamond Polk accounted for four points, and Sephora Benth, a sophomore guard from Cayenne, French Guiana, scored three points. Rounding out the scoring with two points each were: Diamond Polk and Lily Fotu.
The Lady Jets will be looking for their first win of the young season on Tuesday, November 10th at home against Daytona State College at 6 p.m. in the Hangar.