2019-20 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Armel Potter
- Position:
- Guard
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 182
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Long Island, NY
- High School:
- Sprayberry
- Prev School:
- Charleston Southern
- Major:
- Organizational Sciences
AS A REDSHIRT SENIOR AT GW (2019-20): Played in 28 games with 20 starts in his final season with the Colonials … dropped 16 points on senior night and connected on all six free throws vs. Fordham (3/4) … had a double-double with 17 points and 12 assists vs. Richmond (2/26) … scored 19 points with nine made free throws in 40 minutes vs. La Salle (2/22) … secured his third double-double with 11 points and 10 assists in a road win at Duquesne (2/19) … returned to the lineup after missing three games with an injury and finished with 20 points, eight assists and six rebounds at George mason (2/15) … scored 15 points and had seven assists vs. Saint Joseph’s (1/25) … finished with 15 points, six rebounds and two assists at Fordham (1/22) …scored a team-high 22 points with five assists and four rebounds at UMass (1/18) …tied his season-high with 26 points and added seven assists and six rebounds vs. George Mason (1/15) … finished with seven points and nine assists vs. Duquesne (1/11) … scored all 17 points in the second half and added four assists at Saint Louis (1/8) …scored 11 points and added eight assists against St. Bonaventure (1/5) …dished out a team-best 12 assists (most for a GW player since 2010) and had 13 points in a home win over Longwood (12/28)…team-high 22 points, 10 assists in 40 minutes at home against Harvard (12/21) … team-best 19 points, six assists, four rebounds and two steals in a home win over then-undefeated Delaware (12/7) …dropped 22 points along with six assists in 39 minutes at South Carolina (12/1) … scored 22 points with seven rebounds and seven assists on 40 minutes against Milwaukee (11/24) … finished with a GW best 25 points with four assists and three rebounds against Evansville (11/23) … reached 1,000 career points and scored 20 points, six assists and five rebounds against Kansas City (11/22) … eight points, six assists and two rebounds in 22 minutes against Morgan State … saw eight minutes of action in the Colonials’ season opener at Towson (11/5).
AS A REDSHIRT JUNIOR AT GW (2018-19): Started 16 games and played in 28 ... scored a team-high 12 points vs. George Mason while adding four assists (3/13) ... also had a career-high matching three steals ... had 14 points vs. George Mason (3/9) ... scored 19 points, his most since the season opener, on 7-of-9 shooting vs. UMass (2/20) while adding four assists without a turnover ... tallied 11 points vs. VCU (2/6) ... scored in double figures for the first time since the season opener with 14 points while adding five assists without a turnover vs. Duquesne (1/20) ... hit what turned out to be the game-winning shot vs. La Salle (1/16) when he converted a driving layup to make it 57-56 GW with 1:10 left ... missed five games (Vermont, 11/28 through Howard, 12/14) due to an ankle injury ... dished out a season-high six assists against Manhattan (11/24), five of which came in the first half ... also grabbed a season-high four boards ... scored a game-high 21 points against Stony Brook (11/6) in his GW debut, connecting on 7-of-13 from the field.
AT CHARLESTON SOUTHERN: In 61 games over two seasons with the Buccaneers, started 55 contests and averaged 13.3 points ... saw his shooting percentage rise to .454 as a sophomore while leading the team in assists (3.2) and ranking second in scoring (12.7) and steals (27) ... his 1.9 assist-to-turnover ratio was tied for the best in the Big South ... scored in double figures 23 times and tallied 20 points on six occasions ... led the team in eight different categories, including scoring (13.8), assists (3.2) and steals (25) in his freshman campaign ... named to the Big South Conference All-Freshman Team and ranked second among his classmates in scoring, while leading the group in assists and assist-to-turnover ratio ... posted a career-high 28 points in his first Big South Tournament game ... had five 20-point games while scoring in double figures 21 times.
HIGH SCHOOL: Earned region 7-AAAA Player of the Year Honors as a senior at Sprayberry ... ranked third in the state of Georgia in scoring ... averaged 26 points, six rebounds and five assists per game ... also shot 41 percent from three-point range ... two-time first team all-state selection in high school ... ranks as Sprayberry's all time leading scorer with over 1,5000 points ... led the "Fab 48" AAU Las Vegas Shootout in scoring during the summer of 2014, averaging 27 points per game.
PERSONAL: Parents are Charrese and Arthur Potter ... Majoring in Organizational Sciences.
