Friday, December 1
Columbia, SC
7 p.m.
George Washington University
at
South Carolina
Men's Basketball Renews Acquaintances with South Carolina Friday
11/30/2023 2:01:00 PM | Men's Basketball
WASHINGTON - GW men's basketball plays its lone non-conference road game of the season on Friday night at South Carolina. Tip is scheduled for 7 p.m. with coverage live on ESPN+.
BISHOP IV, BUCHANAN JR. WIN A-10 WEEKLY AWARDS
James Bishop IV and Darren Buchanan Jr. swept the A-10's weekly honors on Monday, winning Player and Rookie of the Week, respectively. GW has now won four of the A-10's six weekly awards through the season's first three weeks with Garrett Johnson having been named the A-10 Rookie of the Week each of the first two weeks.BISHOP IV, BUCHANAN JR. WIN A-10 WEEKLY AWARDS
Bishop tied the Baha Mar Hoops Nassau Championship scoring record with 78 points in three games (26.0 ppg), tallying at least 22 points in all three games. Bishop scored 28 points twice vs. Ohio and Delaware and shot 51% (28-of-55) from the floor and 35% (6-of-17) from beyond the arc while also dishing out five assists per game.
Buchanan averaged 17.3 ppg, 6.3 rpg and shot 66.7% (18-of-27) from the floor during the Bahamas trip and has now reached double figures in six-straight games. He willed GW to a double overtime victory on Friday night with a career-best 25-point performance and added 14 points vs. UIC and 13 more with eight boards on Sunday vs. Delaware.
OL' RELIABLE
James Bishop IV has lived up to the billing as an A-10 Player of the Year candidate, leading the loop with 20.9 ppg and ranking second with 5.1 apg after winning the A-10 scoring title last year.
Bishop has scored 20 or more points four times this season, including all three games in the Bahamas, and is the nation's leader with four games of 20+ points and 4+ assists after ranking second last year with 16 such games. He is one of just two players nationally (Malik Mack, Harvard) averaging 20.0 ppg and 5.0 apg this season.
Bishop sits in seventh place all-time at GW with 1,636 career points. He needs 37 points to move past Shawnta Rogers for sixth place on the scoring list.
A LOOK AT THE GAMECOCKS
South Carolina is 6-0 on the season following a 65-53 victory over Notre Dame on Tuesday in the inaugural ACC/SEC Challenge. USC is off to its best start since the 2017-18 season when it opened with eight-straight wins en route to reaching the Final Four.
Meechie Johnson leads the Gamecocks with 16.8 points per game, shooting 47% from the floor and 32% from deep. Wofford grad transfer B.J. Mack puts up 16.2 ppg and a team-high 5.0 rpg for South Carolina, shooting 49% overall and 36% from 3.
South Carolina rebuilt its team after last year's 11-21 campaign, bringing in four transfers who have combined for 430 D-I games. The Gamecocks rank 13th in the country in D-I experience.
Meechie Johnson leads the Gamecocks with 16.8 points per game, shooting 47% from the floor and 32% from deep. Wofford grad transfer B.J. Mack puts up 16.2 ppg and a team-high 5.0 rpg for South Carolina, shooting 49% overall and 36% from 3.
South Carolina rebuilt its team after last year's 11-21 campaign, bringing in four transfers who have combined for 430 D-I games. The Gamecocks rank 13th in the country in D-I experience.
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