Sunday, October 27
Washington, DC
1 p.m.
George Washington University
vs
Mercyhurst (exh.)
Women's Basketball Welcomes Mercyhurst for Exhibition
10/25/2019 10:31:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Colonials and Lakers tip-off at 1 p.m. on Sunday
WASHINGTON - GW women's basketball will host its lone exhibition prior to the 2019-20 season on Sunday afternoon, hosting Mercyhurst at 1 p.m. at the Smith Center. Admission is free to all fans wishing to attend.
A NEW CREW: GW enters the 2019-20 season with more than half of its roster featuring new faces to the program. The Colonials have seven new players, although only two are fresh to the college game: Faith Blethen and Essence Brown. The Buff & Blue feature a pair of redshirt freshmen, Tori Hyduke and Mayowa Taiwo, who sat out 2018-19 after preseason injuries, and a redshirt junior, Sydney Zambrotta, who took her NCAA year in residence last year after transferring from Louisville.
Two graduate students, Alexandra Maund and Ariel Stephenson, who hail from Yale and Wake Forest, respectively, join the fray. The Colonials are one of two programs in the A-10 without a scholarship senior and have just seven upperclassmen, tied for fourth-fewest in the loop.
TRANSFERS OF POWER: Maund, Stephenson and Zambrotta are three of five players on this year's roster who have transferred to GW after starting their career elsewhere. Stephenson and Zambrotta both cut their teeth in the rugged ACC, with Stephenson scoring over 1,000 points for the Demon Deacons and Zambrotta carving out a role on a 2017-18 Louisville team that reached the Final Four. Maund comes with a respected pedigree at Yale, having appeared in 85 games.
IN THE PAINT: The strength of the Colonial returners lies in its frontcourt with junior Neila Luma and sophomore Kayla Mokwuah. Luma is the team's top returning scorer and rebounder after starting 28 of 30 games a year ago, increasing her ppg average from 7.1 as a first-year to 10.4 last year. She reached new heights in league play, averaging 11.6 ppg and 6.1 rpg with five double-digit efforts in her last six games, including two double-doubles.
Mokwuah found her stride against A-10 foes as well, increasing her production to 7.7 ppg and 4.1 rpg, second-best among returners. She scored 9+ points in six of the final nine games last year, averaging 10.8 ppg and 5.4 rpg. The duo accounts for 57 percent of the team's returning scoring and 43 percent of the returning rebounding.
ABOUT THE LAKERS: Mercyhurst competes in the Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and is under the direction of first-year head coach Brooklyn Kohlheim. The Lakers were 10-18 a year ago, going 7-14 in league play and return five players that started over half of the games last season. Senior Nicolete Newman is the team's top returning scorer at 11.6 ppg.
A NEW CREW: GW enters the 2019-20 season with more than half of its roster featuring new faces to the program. The Colonials have seven new players, although only two are fresh to the college game: Faith Blethen and Essence Brown. The Buff & Blue feature a pair of redshirt freshmen, Tori Hyduke and Mayowa Taiwo, who sat out 2018-19 after preseason injuries, and a redshirt junior, Sydney Zambrotta, who took her NCAA year in residence last year after transferring from Louisville.
Two graduate students, Alexandra Maund and Ariel Stephenson, who hail from Yale and Wake Forest, respectively, join the fray. The Colonials are one of two programs in the A-10 without a scholarship senior and have just seven upperclassmen, tied for fourth-fewest in the loop.
TRANSFERS OF POWER: Maund, Stephenson and Zambrotta are three of five players on this year's roster who have transferred to GW after starting their career elsewhere. Stephenson and Zambrotta both cut their teeth in the rugged ACC, with Stephenson scoring over 1,000 points for the Demon Deacons and Zambrotta carving out a role on a 2017-18 Louisville team that reached the Final Four. Maund comes with a respected pedigree at Yale, having appeared in 85 games.
IN THE PAINT: The strength of the Colonial returners lies in its frontcourt with junior Neila Luma and sophomore Kayla Mokwuah. Luma is the team's top returning scorer and rebounder after starting 28 of 30 games a year ago, increasing her ppg average from 7.1 as a first-year to 10.4 last year. She reached new heights in league play, averaging 11.6 ppg and 6.1 rpg with five double-digit efforts in her last six games, including two double-doubles.
Mokwuah found her stride against A-10 foes as well, increasing her production to 7.7 ppg and 4.1 rpg, second-best among returners. She scored 9+ points in six of the final nine games last year, averaging 10.8 ppg and 5.4 rpg. The duo accounts for 57 percent of the team's returning scoring and 43 percent of the returning rebounding.
ABOUT THE LAKERS: Mercyhurst competes in the Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference and is under the direction of first-year head coach Brooklyn Kohlheim. The Lakers were 10-18 a year ago, going 7-14 in league play and return five players that started over half of the games last season. Senior Nicolete Newman is the team's top returning scorer at 11.6 ppg.
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