George Washington University Athletics
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Colonials Fall to Retrievers, 89-79
11/24/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Nov. 24, 2007
CATONSVILLE, Md. (AP) -- Brian Hodges scored 22 of his 27 points in the second half, Darryl Proctor added 17 points and 13 rebounds and Maryland-Baltimore County surprised George Washington 89-79 on Saturday.
Wynton Witherspoon led GW (2-1) with 21 points and Rob Diggs had 19. Damian Hollis and Xavier Alexander scored 10 points each.
Ray Barbosa scored 21 points, Cavell Johnson had 17 points and Jay Greene contributed 10 assists for the Retrievers (4-1), who snapped a two-game losing streak to the Colonials.
UMBC took control with a 55-15 burst that began with 6:26 remaining in the first half and the Colonials ahead 28-16. Hodges and Barbosa nailed consecutive 3-pointers -- the Retrievers' first back-to-back baskets of the game -- to begin the comeback and the Retrievers finished 12-for-25 from beyond the arc.
A baseline jumper by Proctor gave UMBC its first lead, 33-32, with 1:15 remaining in the first half.
Hodges was 6-for-7 from 3-point range in the second half as UMBC went up by 18 points on his 3 from the right corner with 9:55 left. GW responded with a 13-3 run, but Hodges ended the burst with a right-wing 3-pointer.
Proctor scored 13 first-half points and UMBC closed the opening 20 minutes on a 19-6 run for a 35-34 lead at halftime.
George Washington dominated early, hitting 10 of its first 12 shots from the field for a quick 24-13 lead. But the Colonials followed with a 4-for-19 drought from the floor, while 3-pointers from Hodges and Barbosa ignited the Retrievers' comeback.
