“This game was everything that a championship game should be,” said Lady Jets head coach James Frey. Last season Georgia Highlands upset the Lady Jets in a 65 – 63 decision at the buzzer to snatch the championship title from the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association regular season champion Lady Jets.
“I can’t tell you how proud I am of this team,” said South Georgia Technical College Athletic Director and Lady Jets head coach James Frey after his team battled a very strong Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers team to capture their second NJCAA Region XVII title in three years. They beat Spartanburg Methodist 63 – 44 to win the Region X conference tournament and advance to the District J tournament. The South Georgia Tech Lady Jets are now 28 – 4 and Denmark Tech is 11 – 9. Each District champion earns an automatic bid and eight at-large teams from around the nation will receive bids.ĭenmark Tech was the top team from Region X which includes North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and South West Virginia. The winner will advance to the Division I women’s NJCAA national tournament in Lubbock, Texas, March 20th – 25th. in the Hangar for the NJCAA District J title. The Lady Jets will now host the NJCAA Region X champion Denmark Tech team from Denmark, South Carolina, on Saturday, March 11th at 2 p.m. The win allowed the Georgia Collegiate Athletic Association (GCAA) regular season champion Lady Jets to advance one step closer to reaching the NJCAA Division I Women’s national tournament. Coach Frey’s Lady Jets defeated Coach Harrell and Georgia Highlands in 2013 – 2014, upset Darton College in 2014 – 2015, lost to Georgia Highlands in 2015 – 2016, and came back and defeated Georgia Highlands in the championship this season. It is also the third time in four years that the Lady Jets have clinched the title. This is the fourth consecutive time that the Lady Jets have been in the championship game under head coach James Frey in his five years at South Georgia Tech. Americus, GA – Sophomore guard Shaineequah Fluellyn scored 32 points to lead the nationally ranked South Georgia Technical College Lady Jets to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region XVII Championship Saturday in a narrow 65 – 63 victory over former Lady Jets head coach Brandon Harrell and his Georgia Highlands Lady Chargers from Rome, GA.