George Washington University Athletics
Monday, November 6
Washington, DC
8 p.m.
George Washington University
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Stonehill
Men's Basketball Opens 2023-24 Campaign vs. Stonehill Monday
11/3/2023 3:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball
WASHINGTON - GW men's basketball opens the 2023-24 campaign with a four-game homestand, beginning on Monday night vs. Stonehill. Tip is scheduled for 8 p.m. with coverage on ESPN+.
NEW CREW IN YEAR TWO
NEW CREW IN YEAR TWO
GW welcomes 11 newcomers, including four scholarship first-years and five transfers, in year two under head coach Chris Caputo. Babatunde Akingbola (Auburn), Benny Schröder (Oklahoma) and Antoine Smith (Evansville) are three of the transfers who come to GW with prior Division I experience under their belt.
GW returns just three scholarship players from a year ago. Included in the group, though, is First Team All-Conference performer and A-10 Player of the Year candidate, James Bishop IV, and reigning A-10 Rookie of the Year Maximus Edwards. Bishop was named to the Preseason All-Conference First Team and Edwards earned Preseason All-Conference Second Team honors.
IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENT UNDER CAPUTO
In year one under Caputo, the Buff & Blue posted their best regular season in six years, going 16-16 (10-8 in A-10 play). GW enjoyed its most overall wins (16), most Atlantic 10 conference wins (10) and first A-10 winning record since the 2016-17 season when it advanced to the CBI.
The Buff & Blue's offense paced the league in scoring at 76.3 points per game and ranked fourth in program history with 2,441 points. GW's 76.3 ppg were an improvement of 7.9 ppg over the prior year, and the best since the 2005-06 A-10 Champions scored 78.9 ppg.
YEAR FOUR FOR JBIV
GW returns just three scholarship players from a year ago. Included in the group, though, is First Team All-Conference performer and A-10 Player of the Year candidate, James Bishop IV, and reigning A-10 Rookie of the Year Maximus Edwards. Bishop was named to the Preseason All-Conference First Team and Edwards earned Preseason All-Conference Second Team honors.
IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENT UNDER CAPUTO
In year one under Caputo, the Buff & Blue posted their best regular season in six years, going 16-16 (10-8 in A-10 play). GW enjoyed its most overall wins (16), most Atlantic 10 conference wins (10) and first A-10 winning record since the 2016-17 season when it advanced to the CBI.
The Buff & Blue's offense paced the league in scoring at 76.3 points per game and ranked fourth in program history with 2,441 points. GW's 76.3 ppg were an improvement of 7.9 ppg over the prior year, and the best since the 2005-06 A-10 Champions scored 78.9 ppg.
YEAR FOUR FOR JBIV
Last season, James Bishop IV became the first member of the Buff & Blue to win the A-10 scoring title since SirValiant Brown in 1999-00 and was GW's first representative on the All-Conference First Team since 2005-06 (Pops Mensah-Bonsu). Bishop finished 12th in the country at 21.6 ppg and led the NCAA with 10 games of at least 25 points and eight assists.
The Baltimore native was the first A-10 player to average 21.0 ppg and 5.0 apg since St. Bonaventure's Marques Green in 2002-03. Bishop sits in 12th on the GW all-time scoring list at 1,518 points in 79 games, needing 731 points to become the program's all-time leading scorer. His 19.2 points per game rank sixth in the Buff & Blue's annals.
After Bishop was honored by the A-10 on the Preseason All-Conference First Team this season, he is aiming to become the first three-time All-Conference performer at GW since Chris Monroe from 2001-03.
A LOOK AT THE SKYHAWKS
Stonehill enters the second year of its transition to Division I projected sixth in the NEC. The Skyhawks finished their first D-I campaign last year at 14-17 overall, including a 10-6 mark in the NEC that was good enough for a tie for second in the league despite not being eligible for the conference tournament.
Head Coach Chris Kraus enters his 10th season at the helm of the program after being named the Jim Phelan NEC Coach of the Year last season. The Skyhawks feature Preseason All-NEC selection Max Zegarowski, who earned third team all-conference honors last season. Zegarowski averaged 12.6 ppg last season and shot 41.9% from deep, the second-best clip in the league.
The Baltimore native was the first A-10 player to average 21.0 ppg and 5.0 apg since St. Bonaventure's Marques Green in 2002-03. Bishop sits in 12th on the GW all-time scoring list at 1,518 points in 79 games, needing 731 points to become the program's all-time leading scorer. His 19.2 points per game rank sixth in the Buff & Blue's annals.
After Bishop was honored by the A-10 on the Preseason All-Conference First Team this season, he is aiming to become the first three-time All-Conference performer at GW since Chris Monroe from 2001-03.
A LOOK AT THE SKYHAWKS
Stonehill enters the second year of its transition to Division I projected sixth in the NEC. The Skyhawks finished their first D-I campaign last year at 14-17 overall, including a 10-6 mark in the NEC that was good enough for a tie for second in the league despite not being eligible for the conference tournament.
Head Coach Chris Kraus enters his 10th season at the helm of the program after being named the Jim Phelan NEC Coach of the Year last season. The Skyhawks feature Preseason All-NEC selection Max Zegarowski, who earned third team all-conference honors last season. Zegarowski averaged 12.6 ppg last season and shot 41.9% from deep, the second-best clip in the league.
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