George Washington University Athletics
Men's Basketball to Face Binghamton Thursday at 7 pm
12/12/2007 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Dec. 12, 2007
Game 8
Date: Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007 • Time: 7:00 pm (EST)
Location: Events Center (5,142) • Vestal, NY
Radio: 3WT 1500 AM, 107.7 FM, 820 AM (Byron Kerr)
Internet: live stats: GameTracker
TV: none
All-Time Series: GW leads 2-0 (first meeting at Events Center)
GW COACH: Karl Hobbs (Connecticut `85)
Record at GW: 117-69 (.629) 7th season
Atlantic 10 Record: 59-37 (.615) 7th season
Career Record: 117-69 (.629) 7th season
Hobbs' Record vs. Binghamton: 2-0
BU COACH: Kevin Broadus (Bowie St. `90)
Record at BU: 1-7 (.125) 1st season
Career Record: 1-7 (.125) 1st season
Broadus' Record vs. GW: 0-0
Tonight's Game: GW (3-4) will aim to snap a three-game road losing streak when it takes on Binghamton (1-7) for only the third meeting in the series tonight. GW won both previous meetings, 69-52, in the 2001 Red Auerbach Colonial Classic on Nov. 23, 2001 at Smith Center and 68-64 on Dec. 30, 2002 at Binghamton's West Gym.
• BU is led by former GW asst. coach Kevin Broadus, in his first season at Binghamton. Broadus was an assistant at GW for three seasons from 2002 through 2004.
• GW is coming off a 68-36 loss to Virginia Tech Sunday in Blacksburg, VA. The Bearcats have been idle for eight days following a 73-55 loss to Colgate at home on Dec. 5.
• Binghamton senior G Richard Forbes paced the Bearcats with 23 points as they shot 33.9 percent while allowing Colgate to shoot 52.1 percent from the field.
• Tonight's game marks GW's first visit to the four-year-old Events Center where Binghamton has a 26-19 (.578) record.
• GW is without starting point guard Travis King, who is sitting out the season with a knee injury.
• GW has won 49 of its last 62 regular-season games and 29 of its last 34 A-10 games.
A Closer Look at Binghamton: Binghamton enters play Thursday with a 1-7 record under first-year head coach Kevin Broadus. Broadus is a former assistant coach at GW under Karl Hobbs. The Bearcats were predicted to place 4th in the 9-team America East in the preseason coaches' poll announced Nov. 6. BU has two players averaging double figure points, led by Richard Forbes' 16.9 ppg. Lazar Trifunovic's 8.6 rebounds leads the team and he's second in scoring with 14.3 points a game. For the season, Binghamton is shooting 41 percent from the field, averages 67.5 points a game and is being outrebounded by its opponents by 7.2 rebounds a game. Opponents are shooting 50 percent from the floor. Binghamton opened the season with a 97-80 loss at St. Bonaventure and also will face A-10 member Fordham, as well as St. Bonaventure again, for a total of four games against A-10 competition this season. The university has an enrollment of 14,373 students and is located near the New York-Pennsylvania border in the central part of New York state.
Next Game: GW will take a 10-day break for final exams before hosting Longwood on Sunday, Dec. 23, at 2:00 p.m. The game will be broadcast live on 3WT Radio 107.7 FM, 1500 AM, 820 AM. Live video streaming of the game will be available on www.GWsports.com.
