SWAINSBORO, Ga. (Interstat) — The South Georgia Tech Jets defeated the East Georgia State Bobcats 77-69 in a men’s junior college basketball game Saturday.

The game was tied 28-28 after a competitive first half, but the Jets outscored the Bobcats 49-41 after halftime to secure the road victory. The outcome improved both teams to identical 5-12 season records. Interstat’s game simulator had projected a high-scoring tie, and its ELO system gave the Bobcats a 71.2 percent probability to win, but the Jets outperformed those expectations. Key individual performances included notable efforts from East Georgia State’s Jaedon McClendon and Myles Squirewell, and South Georgia Tech’s Matt Mbole and Marcellus Myles.