Thursday, March 8, 2012
The Golden Eagles finish the season at 19-12 overall, improving on the team’s 17-14 record last year, its first as an NJCAA member.
Chattahoochee Tech’s men’s basketball team fell in the final seconds of the first round of the GCAA tournament, losing 57-56 to Albany Tech on the road at nearby Darton College. The Golden Eagles, who took a 56-53 lead after an Asauhn Dixon-Tatum put-back dunk with 30 seconds remaining, lost the lead when ATC hit a 3-pointer to tie with 12 seconds to play. A free throw by Jamorris Gaines of Albany Tech with 1.7 seconds gave the Titans the one-point advantage, and a long CTC inbounds pass was intercepted to end the game. Chatt Tech, the No. 5 seed, got 23 points, nine rebounds and three blocks from the 6-foot-11 sophomore Dixon-Tatum, who shot 7-for-8 from the field and a perfect 9-for-9 from the free-throw line in his final game as a …
Monday, March 5, 2012
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 …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The men’s squad lost for the third time in a row with 72-71 and the women's squad fell 59-44 to South Georgia Tech.
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Chattahoochee Tech’s basketball teams lost GCAA home games to South Georgia Tech on Tuesday, Feb. 7 at Southern Polytechnic, dropping both teams’ league records to 5-9. The men’s squad lost for the third time in a row at the final buzzer, as a full-court drive from SGT produced the game-winning lay-up with no time remaining to hand the Golden Eagles a 72-71 loss. The men fell to 15-10 overall. The women’s squad fell 59-44 to the visiting Lady Jets to open the night, as the team dropped to .500 at 12-12 overall. The Lady Golden Eagles’ win last Thursday over Atlanta Metro on the road, however, clinched at least a top-eight GCAA conference finish in the regular season and a guaranteed spot in the conference tournament. The Lady Golden Eagles…
Friday, February 3, 2012
Tate averaged 17 points, eight assists and 3.5 steals in two games last week while shooting 17-of-19 from the free-throw line and 50 percent from beyond the 3-point arc.
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Friday, February 3, 2012
The Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association has named freshman Sean Tate the Player of the Week for Week 4 of the men’s basketball conference season. Tate, a 5-foot-7 point guard from Sequoyah High School in Canton, averaged 17 points, eight assists and 3.5 steals in two games last week while shooting 17-of-19 from the free-throw line and 50 percent from beyond the 3-point arc. His assist-to-turnover ratio was 4-to-1 for the week, and his 16-point, eight-assist and four-steal effort helped CTC pick up a big conference win last Sunday, Jan. 29 against Waycross College. “This is a great honor and it means a lot to me,” Tate said of the award in a news release. “As a freshman coming in, this is a great start to my college career.” Tate came …
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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 …
Angela LaMotte
4:22 pm on Wednesday, February 8, 2012
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