Monday, March 5, 2012
Green, a 5-foot-10 sophomore from Riverdale, added another honor to a fantastic season in which she finished second in the GCAA in scoring at 18.7 points per game.
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Monday, March 5, 2012
Chattahoochee Tech small forward Tiayra Green was named GCAA women’s All-Second Team over the weekend, earning the honor after a season in which she led the Lady Golden Eagles to a conference tournament berth in the program’s first NJCAA season. Green, a 5-foot-10 sophomore from Riverdale, added another honor to a fantastic season in which she finished second in the GCAA—and 16th nationally —in scoring at 18.7 points per game. She also averaged 5.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.9 steals per game while shooting 42 percent from the field and 71 percent from the free-throw line. Green was recognized by the conference during the regular season when she was named Player of the Week in early February. Green joins men’s players Asauhn Dixon-Tatum (…
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.
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Monday, March 5, 2012
Asauhn Dixon-Tatum, Chattahoochee Technical College’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. Each player earned GCAA …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The men’s team elevated its record to 18-11, 8-10 in conference, while the women improved to 13-15 and 6-12.
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The Golden Eagles capped off their regular-season GCAA schedule with wins over Central Georgia Tech on Sunday night at the Smyrna Community Center, as the women won a 76-73 thriller and the men cruised to an 86-63 win. The men’s team elevated its record to 18-11, 8-10 in conference, while the women improved to 13-15 and 6-12. The women’s team has clinched a spot in the upcoming eight-team conference tournament; the men’s team is currently in line for a GCAA tourney spot with the seventh seed but must wait until other contenders finish their conference schedules. The Lady Golden Eagles trailed 46-41 at the half in a fast-paced ball game, but overtook the Lady Cougars late in the second half on the strength of the overall play of center …
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Coming into Tuesday’s game in eighth place in the GCAA, the Golden Eagles moved up to seventh place with the win and are just 2.5 games out of second in the conference.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The Chattahoochee Tech men’s basketball team picked up a crucial road win at conference-leading Georgia Perimeter on Tuesday, defeating the Jaguars in overtime, 79-73. Thanks to a last-minute comeback in regulation from a 65-58 deficit, the Golden Eagles forced overtime after scoring the next seven points. In overtime, point guard Brannon Hopkins hit a corner 3-pointer with under a minute left to break a 73-73 tie and help Chatt Tech (17-10, 7-9 GCAA) to a victory. “I set up, and I knew it was going in right when it left my hand,” Hopkins said in a news release. “I was already at the half-court line when it went in.” A Sean Tate free throw and an Asauhn Dixon-Tatum dunk off a Tate lob at the buzzer sealed the game for CTC. The Golden …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
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.
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Thursday, February 2, 2012
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 …
Monday, January 30, 2012
The Lady Golden Eagles defeated Andrew College, 78-58, and the men took down Waycross College, 64-52.
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Monday, January 30, 2012
By Chattahoochee Technical College The Chattahoochee Tech basketball squads picked up crucial GCAA wins at home on Sunday as the women defeated Andrew College, 78-58, and the men took down Waycross College, 64-52. The wins gave the Golden Eagles regular-season sweeps over the two opponents and kept each team squarely in the middle of the conference race. The Lady Golden Eagles (11-10, 4-7 GCAA) used several big runs to take a 34-29 advantage into halftime. Tiayra Green’s 20 second-half points helped CTC pull away in the second half to earn their most lopsided conference win this season. Green finished with 32 to lead all scorers, a season-high. CTC used relentless man-to-man defensive pressure to force Andrew College into numerous …
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Friday, January 27, 2012
The Lady Golden Eagles, winners of two of their last three heading into the game, dropped a 77-66 decision to the Lady Cougars and the men followed with a 64-58 defeat.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Chattahoochee Technical College On the last game of a three-game road swing, both Chattahoochee Tech basketball teams dropped contests at GCAA opponent Central Georgia Tech on Wednesday. The Lady Golden Eagles, winners of two of their last three heading into the game, dropped a 77-66 decision to the Lady Cougars and the men followed with a 64-58 defeat. The CTC women (10-10, 3-7 GCAA) led big early on, running out to a 22-7 advantage, the biggest lead for either team in the game. The Lady Golden Eagles led at halftime by a 38-33 score but were outscored by 16 in the second half. Four players scored in double figures for CTC, led by center Tequilla Vaughns’ 15. Vaughns also had a double-double with 10 rebounds, as did Tiayra Green with 14 …
Monday, January 23, 2012
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.
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Monday, January 23, 2012
The Chattahoochee Tech 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…
