AMERICUS —
The South Georgia Tech men’s basketball team played host to the Central Georgia Technical College Jaguars on Thursday night in Americus. The Jets got behind early and had to fight to pull within three points of Central Georgia Tech in the final minutes of the conference contest. Central Georgia Tech shot 54 percent from the two point range, hit 50 percent of their three point shots and were 87.5 percent from the foul line. They also outrebounded the Jets 46 to 28 in the contest.
The Jets were 34.3 percent successful from the two-point range and shot less than 30 percent from the three point line despite six three pointers from BJ Davis. The Jets made 78 percent of their free throws.
Central Georgia led 40 – 30 at the end of the first half and then managed to hang on and capture the 79 – 74 win. Central Georgia is 4 – 8 in the conference and 9 – 13 on the season. The Jets are now 3 – 7 in the conference and 10 – 12 overall.
BJ Davis was the leading scorer for the Jets with 21 points. Khiry White contributed 17 points and six assists. Kentavious Clowers was the only other Jet in double figures with 16 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 steals.
The Jets will face the Georgia Perimeter College Jaguars, who are ranked first in the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association, at 4:00 P.M. on Feb. 4 in Decatur, Georgia following the ladies game at 2:00 P.M. Head coach Steven Wright summed up the matchup by saying, “It’s the last place team against the first place team. It is what it is, so either we’re going to stick our head in the ground or we’ll continue to try to come out and scrap and claw. I hope that we’ll see a team that scraps and claws.”
The Jets and the Lady Jets will return home on Thursday, February 9th for a double-header against Albany Tech. The Lady Jets open up at 5:30 and the Jets follow at 7:30 p.m.
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