The South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets took a decisive victory over Georgia Christian University of Cobb County, GA, in a scrimmage as part of the SGTC Jets Booster Club Kick-off and Cook-out in the James S. Peters Hangar recently.
A good crowd of SGTC Booster Club members, prospective members, faculty, staff, and students attended the event that saw the Lady Jets and head coach Jason Carpenter take an impressive 80 – 49 shortened victory over the Georgia Christian University Lady Knights. The game was called with 2:55 remaining in the final quarter.
Three Lady Jets finished the night in double-figures in a game the Lady Jets dominated from the tip-off. The Lady Jets were up 13 – 0 before Georgia Christian ever got on the scoreboard. The Lady Jets continued to dominate and were up 33 – 13 at the end of the first quarter.
The Lady Jets expanded on that lead in the second quarter and were up 46 – 25 at the half. A strong third quarter allowed the Lady Jets to go up 73 – 37 prior to the final quarter of action. The Lady Jets were up by as many as 39 points in the fourth quarter (76-37) before the game was called with 2:55 remaining. The Lady Jets took the victory 80 – 49.
Makenzie Grant, a freshman guard from Pittsburgh, PA, was the leading scorer for the Lady Jets in the scrimmage with a total of 20 points, nine rebounds, and two assists. She was followed in scoring by Eloise Odin, a red-shirt freshman guard from Montpellier, France, and Nevaeh Lawson, a freshman guard from Albany, NY, who both ended up with 10 points each.
Nyla Buyck, a red-shirt sophomore forward from Prince George County, MD, came away with nine points and four rebounds. Zoey Little, a freshman guard from Birmingham, AL, had six points and four rebounds and Efi Foniadaki, a freshman guard from Volos, Greece, and Lily Fotu, a freshman guard from Auckland, New Zealand, both added five points each.
Kamiyah Dabner, a freshman guard from Memphis, TN; and Aaliyah Rogers, a freshman guard from Houston, TX, had four points apiece, followed by Diamond Polk, a freshman guard from St. Louis, MO, who had three points. Closing out the scoring for the Lady Jets were Sephora Benth, a sophomore guard from Cayenne, French Guiana, and Candice Ganga, a sophomore point guard from Paris, France, with two points each. Nancy Hong, a freshman point guard from Hong Kong also played and had four rebounds and one assist.
The Lady Jets will open up the regular season on Monday, November 2nd on the road to Meridan, MS, where they will face Meridian College at 5:30 p.m. (CST). They will travel from Meridan to Tullahoma, TN, to play Motlow State on Wednesday, November 4th at 6 p.m. They will open up at home on Tuesday, November 10 at 6 p.m. in the Hangar against Daytona State College.
The Jets will also open the season on the road as they travel to Marianna, FL to play in the Chipola Classic. They will take on Chipola at 7 p.m. CST on Friday, October 30th and then face Tallahassee State on Saturday, October 31st at 1 p.m. (CST). They travel to Melbourne, FL for the Eastern Florida Classic Tournament where they match up with Eastern Florida State at 5 p.m. on November 6th and Indian River State on November 7th at 2 p.m.
The Jets will travel to Tuscaloosa, AL, on November 11th to face Shelton State at 6 p.m. (CST) before returning home to host the Sparky Reeves Classic on November 20th and 21st. They will have a rematch with Eastern Florida State at 7:30 p.m. on November 20th and then host Florida Southwestern State on November 21st at 3 p.m.