Bobcat basketball teams sweep Flagler

The Georgia College basketball teams both emerged victorious in their Jan. 17 Peach Belt Conference matchups at the Centennial Center against Flagler College.

In the women’s contest, the Bobcats (10-3 overall, 2-3 in PBC play) jumped out to a big early lead and never looked back, cruising to a 73-57 win. Senior guard Chimere Jordan was on fire all night, leading the way with 25 points, while adding nine rebounds and a pair of blocks to her impressive evening. Senior Dominique Huffin came in off the bench to add 15 points with eight rebounds and three assists. Junior forward Tammeisha Law had 12 points, while freshman forward Abby Slocumb matched her career high with eight points and had seven rebounds. Senior guard Jessica Baker added seven points.

Georgia College opened up with a 14-2 run and would eventually stretch their massive advantage to 42-18 and led 44-26 at the half. The Saints would eventually cut the lead down to 12 midway through the second half at 64-52, but the Bobcats tightened back up and finished strong with the victory. Senior forward Tierra Ford led Flagler with 19 points and 12 rebounds, while sophomore guard Arianna Roper had 12 points, and sophomore guard Charlsea Owen added 11 points

The men’s game was tight up through the 7:27 mark in the first half, before the Bobcats (9-4, 3-2) went on a 15-5 tear to take a 42-30 lead into halftime.

Georgia College had a well-balanced offensive attack as six players finished with double-digit point totals. Junior guard Jared Holmes led the way with 15 points and four rebounds, junior forward Ryan Aquino had 13 points and 10 rebounds, and senior forward Josh Hurst had 10 points and a career-high 15 rebounds. Sophomore guard Ryan Legates added 13 points, while senior forward Reece Wiedeman had 11, and junior forward Mike Augustine added 10.

The Bobcats outrebounded the Saints 42-30 and outscored them 23-7 off the bench. Flagler was led by senior forward Eddie Fowler with 17 points. Junior guard John Pietkiwicz had 16 points, and senior guard DJ Ferguson dropped in a dozen with six assists.

Both Bobcat teams will be back in action Jan. 19 as they travel to Columbus State for another PBC matchup. The women tip off at 5:30 p.m. with the men following at 7:30.

Posted by Scotty Thompson on Jan 18 2011. Filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.