2019-20 MEN’S BASKETBALL 2019-20 SCHEDULE 28-9 vs. FORDHAM NOVEMBER H: 15-1 A: 11-7 N: 2-1 FRI 1 HOOD COLLEGE (EXH.) W, 83-55 Tues 5 Towson (FloSports) L, 58-72 LAST FIVE MEETINGS SAT 9 HOWARD (ESPN+) W, 76-62 TUES 12 AMERICAN (ESPN+) L, 65-67 12-19, 6-12 A-10 Mar. 7, 2018 ...........N....... W, 78-72 8-22, 2-16 A-10 SAT 16 MORGAN STATE (ESPN+)^ L, 64-68 Jan. 30, 2019...........H....... W, 70-61 jeFF NEUBAUer Fri 22 Kansas City^ (FloSports) L, 68-74 jaMION CHRIstIAN Mar. 6, 2019 ............A..........L, 56-67 Sat 23 Evansville^ (FloSports) W, 78-70 YEAR AT GW: 1st (8th as HC) Jan. 22, 2020 ...........A ..........L, 54-59 YEAR AT FORDHAM: 3rd (5th as HC) Sun 24 Milwaukee^ (FloSports) W, 66-63 RECORD AT GW: 12-19 Mar. 4, 2020 ............H ..........L, 52-63 RECORD AT FORDHAM: 59-97 CAREER RECORD: 130-130 CAREER RECORD: 247-231 DECEMBER Sun 1 South Carolina (SEC+) L, 65-74 WED 4 BOSTON UNIVERSITY (ESPN+) W, 64-63 TIPPING OFF: The Road to the NCAA Tournament begins Rams, senior point guard Armel Potter led the Colonials SAT 7 DELAWARE (ESPN+) W, 66-56 in Brooklyn, and the path for the 11-seeded George averaging 15.5 points per game in the two contests. In the Washington men’s basketball team will be as tough as the first meeting, he dropped 15 points with eight coming from SAT 21 HARVARD (ESPN+) L, 75-88 Big Apple itself. The Colonials are hoping to become the the charity stripe and pulled down six rebounds. Last week, SAT 28 LONGWOOD (ESPN+) W, 78-65 first double-digit seeded team in A-10 history to win five Potter shot 5-of-9 from the field for 16 points and was a Tues 31 Vermont (ESPN+) L, 51-76 games in five days to advance to the Big Dance for the first perfect 6-of-6 at the line. time since 2014. GW IN THE A-10 CHAMPIONSHIP: GW is making its JANUARY GW’s journey to the A-10 Championship starts on 42nd appearance in the Atlantic 10 Championship and SUN 5 ST. BONAVENTURE* (ESPN+) L, 66-71 Wednesday afternoon against 14-seed Fordham in the owns a 28-39 record in the tournament. It will be the third first round contest at 3:30 p.m. straight season GW will open play in the first round in Wed 8 Saint Louis* (ESPN+) L, 58-63 the championship’s current format. In 2018, the Colonials SAT 11 DUQUESNE* (ESPN+) L, 61-66 ESPN+ will air Wednesday’s game with Matt Martucci and defeated Fordham, 78-72, at Capital One Arena in WED 15 GEORGE MASON* (ESPN+) W, 73-67 John Feinstein on the call. Byron Kerr will handle play-by- Washington, D.C., and then downed UMass, 68-64, in play for all Colonial games on the TuneIn radio app. Brooklyn last year. The Colonials have won their opening Sat 18 Massachusetts* (NBCSN) W, 75-51 game six straight years and won the A-10 Championship Wed 22 Fordham* (ESPN+) L, 59-54 SERIES HISTORY: Fordham has won the last three meetings, in 2005 and 2007. SAT 25 SAINT JOSEPH’S* (ESPN+) W, 85-69 including both regular season games this year. Still, GW owns a remarkable all-time record against Fordham of SURVIVE TO PRIMETIME: A GW win over Fordham will WED 29 DAVIDSON* (ESPN+) (4OT) W, 107-104 28-9 and has won nine of the last 12 games dating back advance the Colonials to Thursday’s second round clash to the 2012-13 season. with No. 6 Duquesne at 8:30 p.m. NBC Sports Network will FEBRUARY televise the contest with Paul Burmeister, David Kaplan and In the Atlantic 10 Championship, GW is 2-0 against the Tim McCormick on the call. Sat 1 Richmond* (ESPN+, NBC Sports Washington+) L, 54-76 Rams. Wednesday’s game will be the second time GW and Wed 5 St. Bonaventure* (Stadium) L, 47-72 Fordham will have faced off in the 11/14 matchup. The GW and Duquesne split the season series with both squads SAT 8 RHODE ISLAND* (CBSSN) L, 51-82 first time GW and Fordham met during A-10s was in the winning on each other’s home court. The Dukes won at the Sat 15 George Mason* (NBCSN) W, 73-67 quarterfinals in 2005, when the Colonials were the top- Smith Center, 66-61, on Jan. 11, before GW took the seed in the A-10 West and defeated Fordham, 79-63. rematch at PPG Paints Arena, 70-67, on Feb. 19. Wed 19 Duquesne* (ESPN+) W, 70-67 SAT 22 LA SALLE* (ESPN+) L, 62-72 SCOUTING FORDHAM: After picking up its second league LAST TIME OUT (at Dayton): First-year Jamison Battle led WED 26 RICHMOND* (ESPN+) L, 70-73 win over the Colonials last Wednesday, the Rams dropped the Colonials with 16 points on 6-of-13 from the field, but their final game of the regular season to George Mason, #3 Dayton used a second-half run to halt the Colonials’ Sat 29 VCU* (CBSSN) L, 51-75 65-61, on Saturday at Rose Hill Gym. The Rams have faced hopes of knocking off the nationally ranked team, 76-51, adversity, with many of their top players injured throughout on Saturday evening at UD Arena. Dayton’s Obi Toppin MARCH the season. Antwon Portley missed nearly a month of action, had a game-high 27 points. including the first meeting with the Colonials, and leads the WED 4 FORDHAM* (ESPN+) L, 52-63 Rams with 10.4 ppg and 2.3 apg. Jalen Cobb is averaging GW trailed 26-25 at the half in a contest that saw seven Sat 7 Dayton* (ESPN+) L, 51-76 10.2 ppg and had 22 points against GW in January, but ties and seven lead changes. Although GW’s second half was held to six points last week. lead was short-lived, it was the Flyers’ 23-4 run that pushed the host to victory after Potter tied the game 37-37 for the 2020 Atlantic 10 Championship POTTER VS THE RAMS: Despite their losses to the final time midway through the second frame. Wed 11 First Round vs. Fordham (ESPN+) 3:30 Thu 12 Second Round (NBCSN) TBA Fri 13 Quarterfinals (NBCSN) TBA PROJECTED STARTERS Sat 14 Semifinals (CBSSN) TBA NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. PPG RPG NOTE Sun 15 Title Game (CBS) TBA 2 Armel Potter RSr. G 6-1 182 14.3 5.9* Season-high 26 points vs. George Mason 12 Jameer Nelson Jr. Fr. G 6-1 190 10.4 4.4 Season-high 22 points vs. Saint Joseph’s ALL TIMES ET | * - Atlantic 10 Conference game 14 Maceo Jack Jr. G 6-5 190 11.8 2.7 Career-high 35 points and 57 minutes vs. Davidson ^ - Island of The Bahamas Showcase 10 Jamison Battle Fr. F 6-7 225 11.9 5.3 Set GW single-season record for made 3s with 87 3 Chase Paar Fr. F 6-9 220 5.2 4.7 2nd double-double (13p, 16r) vs. Davidson Broadcast Info TV/Stream: ESPN+ RESERVES Talent: Matt Martucci (pxp), John Feinstein (color) Audio: TuneIn NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. PPG RPG NOTE Talent: Byron Kerr (pxp) 1 Shawn Walker Jr. Fr. G 6-6 185 3.6 1.6* Season-high 14 points and first A-10 start vs. URI Live Stats: stats.statbroadcast.com 4 Justin Williams Sr. G 6-4 218 1.7 0.8 Returned to the lineup vs. La Salle after missing 13 games 5 Adam Mitola Sr. G 6-2 192 0.9 0.3 Season-high 13 minutes played vs. Rhode Island ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS 11 Arnaldo Toro Sr. C 6-8 248 6.8 7.4 Tied A-10 single-game record with 24 reb vs. American 15 Mezie Offurum So. F 6-8 220 3.1 1.4 Seven points in 10 minutes vs. George Mason Men’s Basketball Contact: Nick Guerriero 20 Ace Stallings Jr. F 6-10 230 1.7 1.6 Career-best nine points vs. Milwaukee Email: [email protected] 21 Luke Sasser Sr. F 6-5 205 -- -- Played three minutes vs. Rhode Island Office Phone: (202) 994-8604 22 Amir Harris So. G 6-5 190 5.8 4.5 Missed the last seven games with an injury (day-to-day) Cell Phone: (516) 849-8080 32 Javier Langarica Jr. F 6-9 228 2.5 3.2 Game-winner on buzzer-beater vs. Boston Univ. Press Row Phone: (202) 994-1776 33 Miles Gally Fr. F 6-10 220 -- -- Walk-on from Rockville, Md. Mailing Address: 600 22nd Street NW * - assists | projected starters based on previous game Washington, DC 20052 Athletics Website: www.GWsports.com Twitter: @GW_MBB, #RaiseHigh, #R1SEWITHUS @gw_mbb #RaiseHigh No. 11 GW VS No. 14 FORDHAM GWsports.com 2020 Atlantic 10 Basketball Championship March 11-15, 2020 - Barclays Center - Brooklyn, N.Y. March 11 March 12 March 13 March 14 March 15 No. 1 Dayton No. 8 Massachusetts Game 7 - Noon Winner Game 7 NBC Sports Network Game 3 - Noon Winner Game 3 NBC Sports Network No. 9 VCU Game 11 - 1:00 pm Winner Game 11 No. 5 St. Bonaventure CBS Sports Network No. 12 George Mason Game 4 - 2:30 pm Winner Game 4 NBC Sports Network Game 1 - 1:00 pm Winner Game 1 Game 8 - 2:30 pm Winner Game 8 ESPN+ NBC Sports Network No.