GEORGE WASHINGTON 2017-18 MEN’S BASKETBALL NOTES GAME 29 GW (13-15, 6-9 A-10) at Saint Louis (15-13, 8-7 A-10) SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2018 | 7:00 PM CT | CHAIFETZ ARENA | ST. LOUIS, MO TV: FOX SPORTS MIDWEST | RADIO: TUNEIN, FEDERALNEWSRADIO.COM TIPPING OFF: The streaking GW men’s basketball team looks to continue its hot 2017-18 SCHEDULE streak as it heads on the road for a Saturday evening contest at Saint Louis. The Colonials have won three in a row by an average margin of 20.3 points, and NOVEMBER have also won four of their last five. FRI 10 HOWARD (RHLive) W, 84-75 Tue 14 at Florida State (RSN) L, 87-67 LAST TIME OUT: GW defeated Richmond, 103-77, in a game that was all SAT 18 HAMPTON^ (RHLive) W, 65-57 but decided by halftime on Wednesday. The Colonials put on a clinic, shooting MON 20 RIDER^ (RHLive) L, 67-65 .727 from the field in the half, including 6-of-7 from three-point range. When Thu 23 vs. Xavier^ (FS1) L, 83-64 all was said and done, the Colonials had emptied their bench after six hit Fri 24 vs. K-State (FS1) L, 67-59 double-figures. Yuta Watanabe led the way with a game-high 23 points, while Coach: Maurice Joseph WED 29 MORGAN STATE (RHLive) W,73-66 Arnaldo Toro double-doubled with 16 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Record at GW: 33-30 GW finished the game with 30 assists while shooting .689 from the field and Year at GW: 7th (2nd as HC) DECEMBER .714 from three. Career record: Same SUN 3 vs. TEMPLE# (MASN) W, 71-67 WED 6 PRINCETON (RHLive) W, 71-60 SERIES HISTORY: GW holds a narrow 9-7 advantage, having held the upper Sat 9 at Penn State (BTN) L, 74-54 hand of late with four consecutive wins in the series. Last season, the Colonials 9-7 vs. SLU SAT 16 MIAMI (CBSSN) L, 59-50 took a 63-55 victory at home before dispatching Saint Louis 53-46 in the H: 6-1 A: 0-6 N: 3-0 WED 20 NEW HAMPSHIRE (RHLive) W, 68-64 Atlantic 10 Championship second round. The Billikens, though, have won all six SAT 23 HARVARD (Stadium) W, 58-48 meetings in Saint Louis. Last 5 Meetings SAT 30 SAINT JOSEPH’S*(RHLive) W, 70-64 3/9/17 ........ N .........W, 53-46 TURNING IT UP: After averaging just 61.3 points per game in their first eight 1/28/17 ..... H .........W, 63-55 JANUARY conference games, GW has turned it up of late, averaging 77.4 ppg in its last 3/10/16 ..... N .........W, 73-65 Wed 3 at Duquesne* (A-10 Network) L, 69-52 seven outings. Over the last five, GW has four 80-point games and is averaging 1/6/16 ........ A ........... L, 65-62 SAT 6 RHODE ISLAND* (RHLive) L, 81-60 82.2 ppg. The Colonials are 10-1 this season when scoring 70 or more points. 1/6/15 ........ H .........W, 75-72 Wed 10 at Davidson* (A-10 Network) L, 72-45 Sat 13 at Richmond* (NBCSN) L, 78-68 IT’S BEEN A WHILE: In Wednesday’s route of Richmond, GW put up some WED 17 GEORGE MASON* (RHLive) W, 80-68 gaudy statistics which hadn’t been seen in some time at GW. Among them: Sat 20 at VCU* (NBCSN) L, 87-63 GW’s 103 points were its most since scoring 108 on 11/12/13 vs. Maine; Sun 28 at St. Bonaventure* (NBCSN) L, 70-52 Justin Mazzulla’s 10 assists were the most by a Colonial since Joe McDonald WED 31 DUQUESNE* (RHLive) L, 75-73 also had 10 on 3/10/16; six players scored in double figures for the first time since 3/14/14; it was GW’s first A-10 game with 100 points since 2/4/04 vs. FEBRUARY St. Bonaventure. Additionally, the Colonials’ 30 assists and their .689 field goal SAT 3 DAVIDSON* (NBC Sports Washington) L, 87-58 percentage were its best in a game in at least the last 30 years. Coach: Travis Ford WED 7 LA SALLE* (NBC Sports Washington) W, 80-69 Record at SLU: 27-34 Sat 10 at George Mason* (Stadium) L, 72-65 YUTA HEATING UP: Since A-10 play began, Watanabe has heated up from Year at SLU: 2nd Wed 14 at Massachusetts* (ESN/NESN+) W, 83-72 the field. The senior is averaging 17.7 points per game in league games and Career record: 363-300 SAT 17 VCU* (Stadium) W, 80-56 shooting .453 (34-75) from three-point range. He’s hit multiple threes in 10 of WED 21 RICHMOND* (Stadium) W, 103-77 the last 11 games and reached double figures in scoring in all 15 games. Over Sat 24 at Saint Louis* (FS Midwest) 8:00 the last five he’s been even better, averaging 21.4 points on .538 shooting from Wed 28 FORDHAM* (RHLive) 7:00 three while also adding 8.4 rebounds per game. MARCH Sat 3 at Dayton* (NBCSN) 3:00 GW PROBABLE STARTERS 2018 Atlantic 10 Championship NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. PPG RPG NOTE Wed 7 Opening Round (Stadium) TBA 0 Justin Mazzulla Fr. G 6-3 195 2.7 1.9 GW scoring 77.4 ppg in his 7 starts Thu 8 Second Round (NBCSN) TBA 1 Terry Nolan Jr. Fr. G 6-2 180 9.6 3.3 5th in A-10 with 47 steals Fri 9 Quarterfinals (NBCSN) TBA Sat 10 Semifinals (CBSSN) TBA 10 Patrick Steeves Gs. F 6-8 221 10.5 5.4 7th in A-10 with .538 FG% Sun 11 Title Game (CBS) TBA 11 Arnaldo Toro So. F 6-8 248 7.5 6.3 5th in A-10 w/ 2.5 offensive RPG ALL TIMES ET | * - Atlantic 10 Conference game 12 Yuta Watanabe Sr. G 6-9 205 16.0 6.5 Shooting .453 from 3PT in A-10 play ^ - Coninental Tires Las Vegas Invitational # - Capital One Arena RHLive - GWsports.com’s RaiseHigh Live Stream RESERVES 3 Jair Bolden So. G 6-4 212 11.3 3.0* Leads team with 81 assists FOLLOW US 4 Justin Williams So. G 6-4 218 1.7 1.6 Career-high 9 points vs. Hampton 5 Adam Mitola So. G 6-2 192 0.0 0.3 Career-high 2 assists at Davidson TWITTER.......... @GW_MBB, #RaiseHigh 14 Maceo Jack Fr. G 6-5 190 2.1 0.7 33 pts in last 6 games; 7 pts in first 13 INSTAGRAM ...................@gw_mbb 21 Luke Sasser So. F 6-5 205 0.0 0.0 Walk-on transfer w/ 3 yrs eligibility 30 Jack Granger Sr. G 5-7 187 0.5 0.3 Student manager turned walk-on YOUTUBE . RaiseHigh TV 32 Javier Langarica Fr. F 6-9 228 1.1 1.0 Career-high 7 points vs. Davidson OFFICIAL WEBSITE ............www.GWsports.com 35 Bo Zeigler Gs. F 6-6 213 6.9 2.4 3rd in A-10 with .637 FG% * - assists per game GEORGE WASHINGTON MEN’S BASKETBALL 2017-18 GAME NOTES GWSPORTS.COM AT SAINT LOUIS | FEBRUARY 24, 2018 MEDIA INFORMATION FACTS & FIGURES ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS MBB Contact: Justin Moore MONUMENTAL HOME COURT Email: [email protected] ADVANTAGE Office Phone: (202) 994-8604 DAYTON (70-12)- 85.4% Mailing Address: 600 22nd Street NW Since 2013-14, GW has been one Washington, DC 20052 of the best teams in the Atlantic Athletics Website: www.GWsports.com VCU (68-12) - 85.0% Twitter: @GW_MBB, #RaiseHigh 10 at protecting home court. The Colonials have won 36 of their last RADIO BROADCASTS 39 non-conference home games. GW (67-14)- 82.7% All GW radio broadcasts can be accessed on Tu- They had won 27 straight at home neIn and FederalNewsRadio.com. Select games will additionally be broadcasted on 1500AM. overall against non-conference competition before a loss to Penn Since 2013-14, the Colonials own a 67-14 record (.827) on home RAISEHIGH LIVE State on 11/26/16. court, a mark that ranks third in the RaiseHigh Live returns this season as the Colo- 3 Atlantic 10. nials’ home for all live streaming and on-demand video content. Broadcasts in full HD, featuring multiple camera angles, and replay, are free of charge and can be accessed through GWsports. com (under Fan Zone, click RaiseHigh Live). 76 International Student-Athletes at GW GW QUICK FACTS GENERAL INFORMATION 37 Location ...................Washington, D.C. Foggy Bottom neighborhood, 4 blocks west of White House Founded Countries ............................1821 Represented Enrollment . 26,000 Nickname........................Colonials Colors......................... Buff & Blue Conference......................Atlantic 10 Home Court ...........Charles E. Smith Center 26 Press Row Phone.............202-994-1776 Acting Athletics Director ..........Tanya Vogel Consecutive Seasons with an International ALL-TIME RECORDS Student-Athlete on First Year of Men’s Basketball........1906-07 MBB Roster Overall All-Time Record . 1,350-1,142 (104th season) Overall A-10 Record ...328-319 (42nd season) TYLER A-10 Championship Record ...26-37 (39 app.) NCAA Tournament Record . 4-11 (11 app.) IN CAVANAUGH Postseason NIT Record .......... 6-5 (6 app.) 94 4 NBA CAREER STATS COACHING STAFF WINS YEARS PPG: 5.0 Head Coach ..... Maurice Joseph (Vermont ‘09) 3P%: .366 Assistant Coach......Hajj Turner (Louisville ‘02) GW’s 94 wins from 2013-17 ranks as the most in RPG: 3.3 Assistant Coach. Carmen Maciariello (Siena ‘01) a four-year span in the 103-year program history.