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CTC Hoops Continue Hot Streaks

The Golden Eagle women (10-9, 3-6 GCAA) won at Andrew College 69-64, while the men (14-6, 4-5) won their third game in a row at Waycross College, 64-61.

The basketball teams continued to surge on Saturday night with two road wins. The Golden Eagle women (10-9, 3-6 GCAA) won at Andrew College 69-64, while the men (14-6, 4-5) won their third game in a row at Waycross College, 64-61.

For the men, it was a chance to knock off the Swamp Foxes, the 2011 conference champion, who were 3-1 in the GCAA heading into the game. The Golden Eagles took a 28-23 lead into the locker room after a last-second Coleco Kidd 3-pointer but lost the lead in the second half and trailed 61-58 with under a minute left to play.

The Golden Eagles clawed back with an Asauhn Dixon-Tatum lay-up off a pass from Jacoby Patton, then took a 63-61 lead after a Darius Davis 3-pointer. Dixon-Tatum split a pair of free throws after a possession change, and Waycross’ Adam McLeod missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer to give the Swamp Foxes just their second home loss in the past two seasons.

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The women’s team stayed locked in a back-and-forth contest with Andrew in the second half after holding a two-point lead at halftime, but 24 points from team leading scorer Tiayra Green helped keep the Lady Tigers at bay and preserve the Golden Eagles’ second win in three games. Center Tequilla Vaughs finished with 14 points, and guard Tasia Holdorf added nine. Both Kimbra Warr and Tyresha Williams contributed eight points, and Lindsey Irvine scored seven.

The teams split contests at East Georgia last Thursday in the first game of a three-game road swing; the women dropped a 68-56 game in Swainsboro, but the men took a 77-72 win. Both teams have recovered from 1-5 conference starts to move into the middle of the GCAA race with nine league games remaining in the regular season.

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The Golden Eagles complete the road stretch with a trip to Macon as they take on Central Georgia on Wednesday and return home on Sunday, Jan. 29, for rematches with Waycross and Andrew.


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