Wednesday, January 8
New York, NY
11:00 a.m.
George Washington University
at
Fordham
Women’s Basketball Heads to the Big Apple for Matinee at Fordham
1/7/2025 12:59:00 PM | Women's Basketball
WASHINGTON – The George Washington women's basketball team looks to move to 2-0 in road Atlantic 10 contests on Wednesday, traveling to the Big Apple to face Fordham. The matinee "kid's game" is set for an 11:00 a.m. tip with live coverage available on ESPN+.
ANDREWS STAYS RED HOT
Sunday's contest against Loyola Chicago was the eighth time this season grad student Makayla Andrews has gotten into double-figures this season. The fifth-year player currently leads GW in scoring at 12.7 points a night and is shooting a solid 41.6% from the floor. At this point in her career, Andrews is accustomed to putting the ball in the basket. The Lafayette transfer tallied 1,176 career points with the Leopards and has added 178 more with the Buff & Blue thus far. She now sits at 1,354 points in her career, needing just 146 more to hit the 1,500-point benchmark. With 15 games left on the regular season calendar, Andrews needs to average 9.7 points the rest of the way to accomplish the feat.
A-10 STANDINGS UPDATE
Through one full week of the A-10 slate, just three teams remain unbeaten in conference play. Saint Joseph's and Davidson are the only two clubs to go a perfect 3-0 to start the season, while Rhode Island sits at 2-0 after receiving an early bye in the schedule. Five teams sit right behind the top three with George Mason, Richmond, Dayton, Fordham and UMass all holding 2-1 records in conference action. Fordham, GW's opponent on Wednesday, has won both of their matchups in thrilling fashion. The Rams squeaked out a slim 80-78 win over previously league-leading Richmond last Thursday, then followed it up with a 64-62 win over Duquesne off a buzzer-beating layup.
Behind the group of five that hold 2-1 marks, Loyola Chicago sits alone with a 2-2 record, having been one of just two teams that have played four A-10 games already this season. GW and VCU sit at 1-2 thus far, while La Salle (1-3) and the group of Duquesne, Saint Louis and St. Bonaventure are winless at 0-3. A full breakdown of A-10 women's basketball standings can be found here.
SCOUTING THE RAMS
Fordham, who enters the game with an aforementioned 2-1 record in the A-10, holds an 8-6 overall mark this season. In her second season at the helm, head coach Bridgette Mitchell holds a 20-23 overall mark since taking over in the Bronx. The Duke grad previously spent two seasons as the bench boss at Northeastern, posting a 33-30 record, including a 19-12 mark in her final season. Along with team success in the opening week of the A-10 slate, the Rams' Irene Murua was also highlighted at the individual level, winning the Atlantic 10 Under Armour Player of the Week award for the first time this season. Murua averaged 18 points, seven rebounds and posted a double-double against Duquesne to earn the hardware. Murua is Fordham's second-leading scorer this year at 12.4 ppg, while also leading the team in field goal percentage (57.1%) and rebounding (6.8 rpg).
Along with Murua, Taylor Donaldson has been stellar this season, recording 18.3 ppg, which is tops on the team and second in the Atlantic 10, only behind Duquesne's Megan McConnell (20.3 ppg). Donaldson led the conference in scoring last year, averaging 17.7 points in her first season in the A-10 after spending her first two years at New Mexico State. Taya Davis is the team's leading assister this year, dishing out 4.1 a game while also chipping in 6.6 points a night.
ANDREWS STAYS RED HOT
Sunday's contest against Loyola Chicago was the eighth time this season grad student Makayla Andrews has gotten into double-figures this season. The fifth-year player currently leads GW in scoring at 12.7 points a night and is shooting a solid 41.6% from the floor. At this point in her career, Andrews is accustomed to putting the ball in the basket. The Lafayette transfer tallied 1,176 career points with the Leopards and has added 178 more with the Buff & Blue thus far. She now sits at 1,354 points in her career, needing just 146 more to hit the 1,500-point benchmark. With 15 games left on the regular season calendar, Andrews needs to average 9.7 points the rest of the way to accomplish the feat.
A-10 STANDINGS UPDATE
Through one full week of the A-10 slate, just three teams remain unbeaten in conference play. Saint Joseph's and Davidson are the only two clubs to go a perfect 3-0 to start the season, while Rhode Island sits at 2-0 after receiving an early bye in the schedule. Five teams sit right behind the top three with George Mason, Richmond, Dayton, Fordham and UMass all holding 2-1 records in conference action. Fordham, GW's opponent on Wednesday, has won both of their matchups in thrilling fashion. The Rams squeaked out a slim 80-78 win over previously league-leading Richmond last Thursday, then followed it up with a 64-62 win over Duquesne off a buzzer-beating layup.
Behind the group of five that hold 2-1 marks, Loyola Chicago sits alone with a 2-2 record, having been one of just two teams that have played four A-10 games already this season. GW and VCU sit at 1-2 thus far, while La Salle (1-3) and the group of Duquesne, Saint Louis and St. Bonaventure are winless at 0-3. A full breakdown of A-10 women's basketball standings can be found here.
SCOUTING THE RAMS
Fordham, who enters the game with an aforementioned 2-1 record in the A-10, holds an 8-6 overall mark this season. In her second season at the helm, head coach Bridgette Mitchell holds a 20-23 overall mark since taking over in the Bronx. The Duke grad previously spent two seasons as the bench boss at Northeastern, posting a 33-30 record, including a 19-12 mark in her final season. Along with team success in the opening week of the A-10 slate, the Rams' Irene Murua was also highlighted at the individual level, winning the Atlantic 10 Under Armour Player of the Week award for the first time this season. Murua averaged 18 points, seven rebounds and posted a double-double against Duquesne to earn the hardware. Murua is Fordham's second-leading scorer this year at 12.4 ppg, while also leading the team in field goal percentage (57.1%) and rebounding (6.8 rpg).
Along with Murua, Taylor Donaldson has been stellar this season, recording 18.3 ppg, which is tops on the team and second in the Atlantic 10, only behind Duquesne's Megan McConnell (20.3 ppg). Donaldson led the conference in scoring last year, averaging 17.7 points in her first season in the A-10 after spending her first two years at New Mexico State. Taya Davis is the team's leading assister this year, dishing out 4.1 a game while also chipping in 6.6 points a night.
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