Lady Bobcats Capture 1st GCAA Title; Next Stop Casper WY.
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Tech | 15 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 59 |
| E. Georgia | 23 | 13 | 25 | 19 | 80 |
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Georgia Tech | 4 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 44 |
| E. Georgia | 25 | 19 | 23 | 9 | 76 |
Team Stats
| Game Statistics | Albany Tech | E. Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (21-47) | (32-94) |
| Field Goal % | 44.7% | 34.0% |
| Rebounds | 19 | 43 |
| Assists | 0 | 11 |
| Turnovers | 18 | 0 |
| Game Statistics | C. Georgia Tech | E. Georgia |
|---|---|---|
| Field Goals | (13-56) | (30-86) |
| Field Goal % | 23.2% | 34.9% |
| Rebounds | 17 | 55 |
| Assists | 1 | 14 |
| Turnovers | 23 | 15 |
Lady Bobcats capture 1st GCAA Championship; Next stop Casper Wy.
Twenty second nationally ranked East Georgia State Lady Bobcats faced the GCAA third seeded Lady Titans of Central Georgia Tech in the GCAA Women's Basketball Championship. The top ranked Lady Bobcats proved to be too much in defeating the Titans and capturing the title 76-44. This was the first time since the 2012/2013 season that a team other than South Georgia Tech or Georgia Highlands had won the GCAA title.
East Georgia State came into the tournament as the number one seed going undefeated in conference play with the Lady Bobcats three losses coming in the first two weeks of the season. In the first semifinal game, EGSC ended the season for Albany Tech 90-59 moving the Lady Bobcats to the title game. The second game, the Lady Titans eliminated the Lady Jets of Albany Tech 73-67 setting up Saturday's title game.
EGSC started strong ending the first quarter with a 21-4 lead. CGTC turned things around in quarter two holding the Bobcats to only a 5 point advantage while posting 14 points, cutting the lead going into half trailing a 44-18 lead.
The Lady Bobcats expanded their lead in third quarter taking a 38 point lead into the final quarter. EGSC took their foot of the gas in the fourth and the Bobcats coasted to a 76-44 championship win.
EGSC's Aniyah Jones came off the bench and led all scorers with 23 points and GCAA Player of the Year D'Mya Griffin added 17. Camryn James came off the bench contributing 13 points. Haley Johnson led the Titans with 10 points.
D'Mya Griffin was named the tournament MVP. Aniyah Jones was also named to the All-Tournament team from EGSC. Haley Johnson and Jala Hutchins from CGTC, Mio Sakano from SGTC and Ja'Kia Little from Albany Tech were the other members selected.
Next step for the Lady Bobcats will be Casper Wyoming as the NJCAA Southeast District representative to the NJCAA National Tournament. The Bobcats will be the #15 seed and face #18 seed Dodge City Community College on Tues March 26 @ 4:30 pm.