Men’s Basketball Tangles with Towson on Wednesday

Wednesday, December 5

Washington, D.C.

7:00 p.m.

George Washington University

Towson

12/4/2018 11:10:00 AM | Men's Basketball

The Colonials and Tigers are set for a 7 p.m. tip in Smith Center

TIPPING OFF: The GW men's basketball team plays the first of three consecutive games in the Charles E. Smith Center when the Towson Tigers make the short trip down to Washington for a 7 p.m. tip-off on Wednesday.

LAST TIME OUT: DJ Williams matched his career high with 17 points and Terry Nolan Jr. joined him in double figures with 11, but the Colonials fell at Princeton 73-52 on Saturday. First-year Shandon Brown and junior Justin Williams drew their first career starts as the Colonials were without the services of starters Armel Potter and Arnaldo Toro. Nolan helped pull GW within a possession of tying the game when his three-point play capped a 7-0 run to make it 48-45 with 8:34 to play, but Princeton went on a 13-0 run to pull away.

ABOUT TOWSON: The Tigers come in with a 2-5 record after falling to Vermont at home last Friday, 70-64. They have another common opponent with GW, having also played at Virginia to open the season and falling 73-42. A pair of junior guards in Brian Fobbs and Tobias Howard are pacing the squad in scoring with 14.1 points per game and 11.3 ppg, respectively.

SERIES HISTORY: GW has won nine of 10 all-time meetings in a series that dates back to 1978. The teams last played on Dec. 8, 2010, when the Colonials took a 73-67 win in Smith Center behind 18 points from Dwayne Smith. Towson's picked up its lone win over GW with a 57-56 triumph on Feb. 23, 1981.

ON GUARD: The Colonials went with a five-guard lineup in Saturday's game at Princeton, with 6-foot-7 DJ Williams standing as the tallest GW player to open the game. He was joined by Brown, Justin Williams, Justin Mazzulla and Maceo Jack to make the average height of GW's lineup just a shade over 6-foot-3. This season, the Colonials have started at least four guards in seven of eight games.

TIP-INS: DJ Williams continues to pace the team in scoring with 13.4 points per game and ranks second on the team in rebounding with 5.0 per game … Terry Nolan Jr. has been GW's most accurate shooter from three-point range, hitting at a .395 clip … he's made at least one three in seven of eight games … nine Colonials have drawn a start this season and GW has used five different starting lineups.