Lady Cats, West Georgia Take
Region Game To OT
Barnburner Closes Out First Half of NJCAA play for GNTC
For
Immediate Release
(Winthrop-King Center, Rome, GA) – A second
overtime game in 2011 for the Georgia Northwestern
Lady Bobcats saw them head into the extra period 62all with West Georgia Tech Thursday night.
Lady Golden Knight Jasmine Grant only scored eight
on the game, but it was the four-of-four shooting from
the free-throw line in OT which helped give the road
team the win, 72-71.
“Sophomore Jessica Williams forces her way into the lane Thursday night for
two of her 12 points in the NJCAA Region XVII match-up with West Georgia
Tech.”
Freshman Lady Bobcat Joy Hoskins (Rome) led
Georgia Northwestern with 17 points. Sophomore Mia
Morrow (Rome) followed up with 14 in the home loss. Four late trips to the freethrow line late in regulation all came up empty as the Lady Cats went 0-4 from
the charity stripe in the final minutes. An Emily Cole (Adairsville) shot from the
corner would fall short for a chance at a Georgia Northwestern home win.
Georgia Northwestern (1-7, 1-1) is now off until January 5 when Women’s Head
Basketball Coach Jim Williams will take his team to Gallatin, Tennessee to take on
Volunteer State. NJCAA Region XVII play resumes two days later when the Lady
Cats travel to Carrollton, Georgia for a rematch with West Georgia Tech.
For more information on Bobcat Athletics at Georgia Northwestern Technical
College, contact the Office of Sports Information at 706.764.3813 or e-mail to
[email protected].
Georgia Northwestern (71) – Daughtry, Cole 5, Joy Hoskins 17, Mia Morrow 14,
Chastity McPherson 11, Kelsie Philpot 11, Jessica Williams 12, Reed 1.
West Georgia Tech (72) – Cherish Evans 22, Ebonie Harris 26, Grant 8, Dickerson
5, Kemi Ashimi 11,
Halftime Score: 36-24, Georgia Northwestern.
“Freshman Boo McPherson takes a shot in
the lane versus West Georgia Tech on
Thursday night. Last week’s NJCAA Region
XVII Player of the Week dropped in 11 points
in the region match-up.”