George Washington University Athletics
Men's Basketball Hosts Xavier Sunday at Noon
1/9/2010 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Jan. 9, 2010
Xavier (9-5, 1-0) at George Washington (11-3, 1-0)
Game 15 • Atlantic 10 Conference Game
Date: Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010 • Time: 12:00 pm (EST)
Location: Smith Center (5,000) • Washington, DC
Radio: 1500 AM, 820 AM, www.FederalNewsRadio.com (Byron Kerr)
Internet: live stats on GameTracker at GWsports.com
TV: CBS College Sports Regional (Jason Knapp, John Griffin)
Series: XU leads, 23-9 (GW 5-8 at Smith Center)
GW COACH: Karl Hobbs (Connecticut `85)
Record at GW: 144-103 (.583) 9th season
Atlantic 10 Record: 69-60 (.535) 9th season
Career Record: 144-103 (.583) 9th season
Hobbs' Record vs. Xavier: 2-13
XAVIER COACH: Chris Mack (Xavier. `92)
Record at XU: 9-5 (.643) 1st season
Atlantic 10 Record: 1-0 (1.000) 1st season
Career Record: 9-5 (.643) 1st season
Mack's Record vs. GW: 0-0
Sunday's Game: GW (11-3, 1-0 A-10) hosts Xavier (9-5, 1-0) in the only regular-season meeting this season.
• The Musketeers return to Smith Center for the first time since Jan. 19, 2008 when they prevailed, 74-66.
• Sunday's game marks the 33rd meeting between the teams in a series that dates back to 1984. Xavier joined the A-10 in 1995-96. Xavier leads the all-time series, 23-9 and is one of only two A-10 teams, along with Temple, that has a winning record against the Colonials at Smith Center at 8-5.
• Xavier has won the last four meetings and 13 of the last 15 overall.
• GW is coming off its sixth road victory of the season, a 78-71 triumph over St. Bonaventure (7-7, 0-1) Wednesday at the Reilly Center. Freshman Lasan Kromah poured in his career-high 23 points on 9-11 FGs and Damian Hollis added 12 points and seven rebounds.
• Sunday's game features the A-10's leading scorer in Xavier's Jordan Crawford (19.4 ppg) and the league's top free throw shooter in Terrell Holloway (.904, 47-of-52).
• Xavier is coming off a 68-62 victory over La Salle (7-7, 0-1) Thursday night in Philadelphia. Crawford led the Musketeers with 22 points and Jason Love grabbed a team-high eight rebounds as Xavier shot 39.3 percent (22-for-56) against the Explorers.
A Closer Look at Xavier... Xavier enters play Sunday with a 9-5 overall record, 1-0 in the A-10. Three Musketeers average double figure points led by Indiana transfer Jordan Crawford with an A-10 best 19.4 ppg and Terrell Holloway's 10.4 ppg. Jason Love leads the team in rebounding with 9.3 rpg while Crawford and Brad Redford have combined for 53 three-pointers. For the season, Xavier is averaging 78.4 points a game while shooting 45.4 percent from the field, 39 percent from long range and 70 percent from the line. XU is outrebounding opponents by 3.4 caroms a game and leads the A-10 in three team categories: scoring margin (+10.1), 3-Pt. FG % (.391) and defensive rebounds (28.5).
Next Game: GW travels to Philadelphia Wednesday to face La Salle (7-7, 0-1). The game is scheduled to tip off at 7 p.m. and will be televised on CBS College Sports Regional and broadcast live on 1050 AM as well as online at www.FederalNewsRadio.com.
