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Dixon-Tatum, Tate Earn All-Conference Honors
The Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association released its All-Region men's basketball teams, and two Golden Eagles players received recognition for outstanding play during the regular season.
Asauhn Dixon-Tatum, ’s 6-foot-11 sophomore center, earned second-team All-GCAA honors as well as Defensive Player of the Year honors, and freshman point guard Sean Tate was an honorable mention all-region selection.
Dixon-Tatum, from Highland, Ind., leads NJCAA Division I with 5.4 blocks per game, 152 total this season, and is fifth in the country in rebounding with 11.8 per game. He is also averaging 10.9 points per contest.
Tate, a 5-8 guard from Sequoyah High School in Canton, Ga., is the conference leader in assists per game with 6.6, third in 3-point percentage at 41 percent, third in free-throw percentage at 83 percent, and 13th in the GCAA in scoring with 13.6 points per game.
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Each player earned GCAA Player of the Week recognition this season, with Tate getting the honors for Week 4 of the regular season and Dixon-Tatum winning for Week 7.
The Golden Eagles finished the regular season as the No. 5 seed for the eight-team GCAA tournament beginning this week.
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CTC will travel to play No. 4 seed Albany Tech on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. CTC is currently 19-11 overall.
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