Saturday, February 22
Washington, DC
4:00 PM
George Washington University
12-15,6-8Atlantic 10
62
vs
72
La Salle
13-13,4-10Atlantic 10
1
2
F
La Salle
39
33
72
George Washington
25
37
62
Photo by: William Atkins / The George Wash
Men's Basketball Missteps vs. La Salle, 72-62
2/22/2020 7:48:00 PM | Men's Basketball
WASHINGTON — On George Washington's birthday, the GW men's basketball team hosted a birthday bash at the Smith Center and packed the house for the celebration. In front of a season-high attendance, the Colonials also hosted La Salle in search of their third-straight win, a feat that has alluded the young squad so far this season. It wasn't to be though as an off-shooting night for the Buff and Blue coupled with a hot Explorers team was too much to overcome in a just-shy comeback bid.
GW found itself down by as many as 18 points late in the first half before roaring back to nearly take the lead. Trailing by just two, 57-55, with 5:38 to play, the Colonials had the ball and two shots in the paint with a chance to tie it up, but erred on both tries. Later, with 2:03 to go again trailing by a pair, a would-be go-ahead three-pointer just missed its mark before La Salle answered on the other end to push the lead back to four. GDUB cut the deficit to a single bucket once more on an Armel Potter layup at the 1:25 mark, but couldn't get closer as the visitors put the game away at the line and finished with a ten-point win, 72-62, that belied how close the game was.
Despite the shooting disparity (GW: .378, La Salle: .500) and three-point difference (GW: .300 on 6-of-20 shooting, La Salle: .533 on 8-of-15), with three first-year starters in the line-up the home team battled back all game and kept punching. Both team's enjoyed a baker's dozen of a scoring run with the Explorers going on a 13-0 spurt in the first half to build their lead, and the Colonials answering with a 13-point run of its own in the second to erase it. Down the stretch, though, the fresher visitors enjoyed the edge. The La Salle bench gave its club 37 points in reserve, compared to six for GW. Nine Explorers played at least 18 minutes with nobody playing more than 29.
As happens when a team uses freshmen for heavy minutes, some nights, the ball just doesn't bounce the right way. GW needed a game-high apiece from senior Armel Potter and junior Maceo Jack to do its damage, as the upperclassmen pair combined to can 16-of-18 free throws between them. Jack also buried four of his team's six triples, while Potter never came off the floor in the full 40 minutes of play.
La Salle was led by reserve Sherif Kenney who put in 13 points in his 22:15 of play. Fellow benchmate David Beaty netted 10 to back Ed Croswell's dozen in a starting role.
With four games remaining in the conference slate, GW will have a short memory of this one in preparing for Richmond on Wednesday. Tip time from the Smith Center is 7 p.m. on ESPN+ as GW looks to avenge a road loss to the Spiders earlier this season.
GW found itself down by as many as 18 points late in the first half before roaring back to nearly take the lead. Trailing by just two, 57-55, with 5:38 to play, the Colonials had the ball and two shots in the paint with a chance to tie it up, but erred on both tries. Later, with 2:03 to go again trailing by a pair, a would-be go-ahead three-pointer just missed its mark before La Salle answered on the other end to push the lead back to four. GDUB cut the deficit to a single bucket once more on an Armel Potter layup at the 1:25 mark, but couldn't get closer as the visitors put the game away at the line and finished with a ten-point win, 72-62, that belied how close the game was.
Despite the shooting disparity (GW: .378, La Salle: .500) and three-point difference (GW: .300 on 6-of-20 shooting, La Salle: .533 on 8-of-15), with three first-year starters in the line-up the home team battled back all game and kept punching. Both team's enjoyed a baker's dozen of a scoring run with the Explorers going on a 13-0 spurt in the first half to build their lead, and the Colonials answering with a 13-point run of its own in the second to erase it. Down the stretch, though, the fresher visitors enjoyed the edge. The La Salle bench gave its club 37 points in reserve, compared to six for GW. Nine Explorers played at least 18 minutes with nobody playing more than 29.
As happens when a team uses freshmen for heavy minutes, some nights, the ball just doesn't bounce the right way. GW needed a game-high apiece from senior Armel Potter and junior Maceo Jack to do its damage, as the upperclassmen pair combined to can 16-of-18 free throws between them. Jack also buried four of his team's six triples, while Potter never came off the floor in the full 40 minutes of play.
La Salle was led by reserve Sherif Kenney who put in 13 points in his 22:15 of play. Fellow benchmate David Beaty netted 10 to back Ed Croswell's dozen in a starting role.
With four games remaining in the conference slate, GW will have a short memory of this one in preparing for Richmond on Wednesday. Tip time from the Smith Center is 7 p.m. on ESPN+ as GW looks to avenge a road loss to the Spiders earlier this season.
Team Stats
LaS
GWU
FG%
.500
.378
3FG%
.533
.300
FT%
.783
.688
RB
28
30
TO
12
11
STL
7
8
Game Leaders
Scoring
Pts
19
FGM
5
3FGM
0
FTM
9
Pts
19
FGM
4
3FGM
4
FTM
7
Pts
8
FGM
3
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
1
Players Mentioned
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