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South Georgia Technical College’s Lady Jets moved up five spots this week into 12th place in the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) team defensive poll. The Lady Jets have given up an average of 51.826 points per game, which is the 12th best defensive average in the NJCAA.
Monroe Community College is currently the top defensive team in the nation only allowing 42.650 points per game this season. Darton College in Albany is ranked three spots ahead of South Georgia Tech in defense. They have only given up an average of 49.050 points per game to be ranked ninth in the nation. South Georgia Tech defeated Darton earlier in the season and the two teams will face off again in a match-up at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 13 at Americus. The Jets will play Gordon at 7:30 in the second half of the double-header that night.
In addition to the improved team defensive national ranking, South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets sophomore Shontae McCall remained ranked nationally in four different individual categories including individual scoring, assists, steals, and rebounds and freshman Manon Cherubini earned a national ranking for her three-point percentage shooting.
McCall, a 6’1” sophomore from Haney Technical School in Lynn Haven, Fla., is currently ranked 14th in the nation in assists. She dropped two spots from last week’s poll. She has 134 assists in 23 games for an average of 5.826 per game. She is also ranked 48th in the nation in individual scoring. She is currently averaging 16.826 points per game through 23 games.
The other two areas where she is nationally ranked are in rebounds and steals. She is 31st in the nation in rebounding with 225 total rebounds. She has 71 offensive rebounds and 154 defensive rebounds which gives her a combined average of 9.783 per game.
McCall is currently also ranked 49th in the nation in steals with a total of 67 in 23 games for a 2.913 per game average.
Her teammate, Manon Cherubini, a 6’ 0” freshman guard from St. Chamond, France, also made the national rankings this week. She is ranked 41st in the nation in three-point field goal percentage shooting. She has hit 39 percent of her shots from the three point line this season. She is 35 of 89.
McCall, Cherubini and four of their teammates are also listed in individual categories in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association standings. McCall is the leader in the state in assists with 5.7 per game, ranked third in overall field goal percentage shooting with a 52 percent success rate, the fourth leading scorer in the GCAA, fourth in free throw percentage shooting at 68 percent and seventh in steals.
Manon Cherubini is the leading three-point percentage shooter in the GCAA and Samantha Phillips is close behind in sixth place with a 33 percent success rate behind the three-point line. She is 28 of 86.
Shanique Holston, a 5’ 11” freshman from Taylor County High School in Reynolds, is ranked second in overall field goal percentage shooting with a 53 percent success rate. She is 135 of 256 in field goal shooting. She is also sixth in the GCAA in scoring with an average of 15.7 points per game this season and 14th in the state in rebounding with an average of 7.5 per game.
Kayla Ritchie and Inna Leja are also included in the GCAA individual statistics. Leja is ranked fifth in the state in assists with 4.3 per game and Richie is ranked 8th in the state in assists with 4 per game. Ritchie is also 20th in the state in steals with two per game.
The Lady Jets will return to actionat 5:30 p.m. Feb. 9 in Americus when they host Albany Tech. The Jets will follow at 7:30 p.m. with a rematch against Albany Tech’s Titans.
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Shontae McCall, at left, and Manon Cherubini ranked nationally. The Lady Jets will return to action in Americus at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 9 when they host Albany Tech. The Jets will follow at 7:30 p.m. with a rematch against Albany Tech’s Titans. Submitted Photo
South Georgia Tech Lady Jets ranked 12th in nation in defense
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