Golden Eagles Lose at Home to Albany Tech

By Chattahoochee Technical College

The basketball squads dropped heartbreakers to Albany Tech on Tuesday at the Smyrna Community Center. The women’s team kept it close in the second half, drawing to within three points late in the game but fell 55-49 to the Lady Titans, and the men lost 57-56 on a buzzer-beating, half-court 3-pointer.

The losses dropped the Lady Golden Eagles to 11-11 and 4-8 in GCAA play, and the men fell to 15-8 and 5-7.

The men’s team overcame a 23-15 first-half deficit to take a 25-24 halftime lead, and the teams traded leads throughout the second half. With five seconds left in the game, Devarick Houston split a pair of free throws, missing the second to keep the score 56-54 in favor of the Golden Eagles. After the miss, Terrance Noel of ATC dribbled just past half court and launched a shot at the buzzer, banking in the game-winner.

Freshman forward Chevelan Pearson came off the bench to lead the team in scoring and rebounding, as he dropped in 16 points and grabbed 11 boards, eight of them on the offensive end, for a double-double. Pearson also had three steals and a blocked shot, and was 6-of-7 from the floor. Sean Tate and Asauhn Dixon-Tatum had 10 apiece.

In the first game of the night, Tiayra Green led the women’s squad with 19 points, the team’s only scorer in double figures. She also added seven rebounds, three assists and two steals. Tequilla Vaughns finished with 13 rebounds and two blocks, while point guard Kimbra Warr dished out eight assists and had three steals.

Both teams have recovered nicely in conference play after respective 1-5 starts. The women have gone 3-3 and the men have gone 4-2 since both lost GCAA contests on Jan. 14 at home. The Golden Eagles go on the road on Thursday against Atlanta Metro, then return home next Tuesday, Feb. 7 against South Georgia Tech. The teams will be looking to complete a regular-season sweep of Atlanta Metro, as they took two wins at home against AMC back on Jan. 17.