2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 SCHEDULE George Washington at George Mason NOVEMBER Wednesday, February 24 • 6 p.m. • MASN, ESPN+ Wed 25 at Navy L, 78-71 DECEMBER TUE 1 HAMPTON L, 82-78 HEAD COACH JAMION CHRISTIAN SAT 5 COPPIN ST. W, 85-69 YEAR AT GW: 2nd (9th as HC) Mon 7 at UMBC L, 92-81 RECORD AT GW: 16-29 Fri 11 at Delaware L, 68-65 CAREER RECORD: 134-140 MON 14 WILLIAM & MARY L, 85-84 OT TUE 22 CHARLOTTE L, 66-65 4-9, 3-3 A-10 Wed 30 at Fordham W, 71-47 JANUARY PROJECTED STARTERS SAT 2 DUQUESNE L, 75-63 NO. NAME PPG RPG APG NOTABLE SUN 3 DUQUESNE W, 75-73 11 James Bishop 20.5 3.3 5.5 Scored 20+ points in 10 of 13 games this season WED 6 MASSACHUSETTS POSTPONED Sat 9 at St. Bonaventure POSTPONED 5 Lincoln Ball 1.2 1.5 0.9 Has made six starts this season as a true freshman WED 13 VCU L, 84-77 4 Ricky Lindo 12.3 10.0 1.7 Has two double-doubles in three games this season SUN 17 DAYTON L, 67-54 10 Jamison Battle 19.1 5.6 0.8 Averaging 24.0 points per game in A-10 play Wed 20 at Dayton POSTPONED 13 Hunter Dean 2.6 3.4 0.7 Career-high tying 7 rebounds in his first GW start last game Sun 24 at Rhode Island POSTPONED Thur 28 at George Mason POSTPONED SAT 30 FORDHAM POSTPONED RESERVES FEBRUARY NO. NAME PPG RPG APG NOTABLE SAT 6 SAINT LOUIS POSTPONED 3 Chase Paar 6.4 5.8 0.8 16 rebounds vs. Coppin St. is A-10 single game high in ‘20-’21 Tue 9 at Richmond POSTPONED 23 Sloan Seymour 4.3 0.7 0.5 Hit 94 three-pointers as a freshman at Siena in 2018-19 Sat 13 at La Salle POSTPONED 2 Tyler Brelsford 3.2 2.3 1.3 Started one game this season vs. Dayton at EagleBank Arena WED 17 SAINT JOSEPH’S POSTPONED 21 Noel Brown 1.3 2.0 0.6 Career high points (8), rebounds (4) and assists (3) last game SUN 21 RHODE ISLAND W, 78-70 Wed 24 at George Mason 6 p.m. 32 Brandon Leftwich 0.3 0.2 0.2 Played for Head Coach Jamion Christian at Mount Saint Mary’s Fri 26 at St. Bonaventure 6 p.m. 0 Matt Moyer 10.1 9.6 0.8 Averaging career highs in points, rebounds and minutes 2021 Atlantic 10 Championship Wednesday, March 3 - Sunday, March 14 ROSTER NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. Hometown/High School/Last School QUICK FACTS 0 Matt Moyer Gr. F 6-9 225 Gahanna, Ohio / South Kent / Syracuse / Vanderbilt 2 Tyler Brelsford Fr. G 6-4 175 Ellicott City, Md. / Mount Saint Joseph General Information 3 Chase Paar So. F 6-9 245 Mount Airy, Md. / Glenelg Country School Location .........................Washington, D.C. Foggy Bottom neighborhood, 4 blocks west of White 4 Ricky Lindo, Jr. Jr. F 6-9 245 Washington, D.C. / Woodrow Wilson / Maryland House 5 Lincoln Ball Fr. G 6-6 220 Williamsport, Md. / Williamsport Founded ....................................1821 10 Jamison Battle So. F 6-7 225 Robbinsdale, Minn. / DeLaSalle Nickname ...............................Colonials 11 James Bishop So. G 6-2 190 Baltimore, Md. / Mount Saint Joseph / LSU Colors .................................Buff & Blue 13 Hunter Dean So. F 6-10 245 Mandeville, La. / Lakeshore / Southern Miss Conference.............................Atlantic 10 21 Noel Brown Fr. C 6-11 270 Leesburg, Va. / Flint Hill Home Court ................ Charles E. Smith Center 22 Amir Harris Jr. G 6-5 210 Frederick, Md. / St. James / Nebraska Director of Athletics ....................Tanya Vogel 23 Sloan Seymour Jr, F 6-9 215 Albany, N.Y. / Shaker / Siena 32 Brandon Leftwich Gr. G 6-3 185 Brooklyn, N.Y. / Xaverian / Mount St. Mary’s All-Time Records 33 Miles Gally So. F 6-10 210 Rockville, Md. / Richard Montgomery First Year of Men’s Basketball...............1906-07 A-10 Championship Record . 28-39 (41 app.) NCAA Tournament Record ..............4-5 (5 app.) Postseason NIT Record ........... 6-5 (6 app., 1 title) JUST GW, THANK YOU Head Coach – Jamion Christian (2nd Season, Mount St. Mary’s ’04) PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Assistant Coach – Graham Bousley (2nd Season, Wisconsin ’12) Noel: no-EL When abbreviating George Washington, please Assistant Coach – Ryan Devlin (2nd Season, Pittsburgh ’05) shorten to GW only. Assistant Coach - Eric Atkins (1st Season, Notre Dame ‘14) Bousley: BOUGH-zlee Director of Basketball Operations – Lauren Shear (1st Season, GW, ‘17) Paar: PAR ACCEPTABLE USES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON: Director of Scouting & Analytics – Seth Jackson (1st Season, Truman State ‘15) GW, George Washington, Colonials, Buff & Blue @gw_mbb #RaiseHigh GWsports.com GEORGE WASHINGTON MEN’S BASKETBALL GW RECORD WHEN... WHAT’S AT STAKE Leading/tied at halftime ........................................... 4-3 Trailing at halftime .................................................... 0-6 The Revolutionary Rivalry resumes Wednesday when GW traverses the Potomac to visit George Mason in A-10 action. Wednesday’s game has major seeding implications ahead of In November .............................................................. 0-1 In December .............................................................. 2-5 next week’s Atlantic 10 Championship. Both teams enter play with .500 conference records, In January ................................................................... 1-3 tied for 8th in the A-10 standings. With the teams set to play just once this season, and In February ................................................................. 1-0 with two games remaining on both teams’ schedule, Wednesday’s winner is guaranteed the In March ..................................................................... 0-0 tiebreaker in a head-to-head two-team tiebreak scenario. GW shoots below 40% ............................................. 0-1 GW shoots between 40-45% ................................... 0-4 LAST TIME OUT GW shoots between 45-50% ................................... 1-4 GW over 50%............................................................. 3-0 When GW took the floor on Sunday, it had been a full five weeks since the Buff and Blue last played. The lengthy Covid pause left GW with just seven recruited student-athletes on Opponents shoot below 40% ................................. 2-1 Opponents shoot above 40% ................................. 2-8 scholarship available. Luckily, James Bishop, Jamison Battle and Ricky Lindo Jr. were three of them. The trio hit for 65 points on a combined 23 of-37 shooting, including 8-of-15 from GW scores fewer than 60 points ............................. 0-1 long range. The team overcame a 68-63 deficit with 4:30 to play to end on a 15-2 run. GW scores 60-69 points ........................................... 0-3 GW scores 70-79 points ........................................... 3-3 GW scores 80+ points .............................................. 1-2 NICKNAME NEEDED GW allows under 60 points ..................................... 1-0 It is not a stretch to call sophomores James Bishop and Jamison Battle the Atlantic 10’s two GW allows 60-69 points ........................................... 2-3 most talented scorers. Both left-handers, Bishop is leading the league with a 20.5 points per GW allows 70+ points .............................................. 1-6 game average. Battle, for his part, is fourth in the conference in scoring at 19.1 ppg, but since Games decided by 5 points or less ........................ 1-4 league play began, nobody has been more prolific than Battle. In four conference games, In overtime ................................................................. 0-1 Battle is averaging a league-leading 24.0 points. The lefty, sophomore JBs are easily the Outrebounding/tied an opponent ......................... 3-4 A-10’s highest-scoring tandem at 39.6 points per game between them, ahead of Dayton’s Outrebounded by an opponent ............................. 1-5 Jalen Crutcher and Ibi Watson (34.6) and Saint Louis’ Javonte Perkins and Jordan Goodwin (31.7). Leading/tied with 5:00 left in 2nd half ................... 2-2 Trailing with 5:00 left in 2nd half ............................. 2-7 BATTLE FOR THE TOP At Charles E. Smith Center ...................................... 3-5 Jamison Battle’s 24.0 points per game in league play are even more impressive considering On the road ............................................................... 1-3 the circumstances. Between his career-high 29 points against Duquesne that earned him vs. teams with .500+ records ................................... 1-6 A-10 Player of the Week honors on Jan. 3, and his second-highest career scoring game vs. teams with losing records .................................. 3-3 with 26 on Sunday, Battle missed seven weeks of action. His team has gone 3-1 in the four GW is coming off a win ............................................ 0-3 A-10 contests in which he’s played. After leading the league in 3-point field goals made as a GW is coming off a loss ............................................ 4-5 first-year last season, the Minnesota native has canned 10 triples across his last two games. Longest GW win streak ................................................1 Longest GW losing streak ............................................4 KING JAMES Season Highs Turnovers forced ..................................20 (last vs VCU) It has become almost a nightly occurrence to say “James Bishop had a new career-high”. Turnovers committed ......................23 (vs Coppin St.) After coming to GW from LSU, the lead guard from Baltimore has scored 20+ points in 10 Points off turnovers .....................................25 (vs VCU) Points off turnovers against .............. 24 (at Delaware) of 13 games this season after never hitting the 20-point mark in limited action last season 2nd chance points for ............................ 14 (at UMBC) with the Tigers. Last game vs. Rhode Island, Bishop went off for a career-high again with 2nd chance points against ...... 17 (vs William & Mary) 28 points in an efficient performance that saw him attempt just 14 shots from the floor. In Fast break points ................................26 (vs Hampton) Fast break points against ..................20 (vs Hampton) a conference known for having some of the nation’s top point guards like Dayton’s Jalen Bench points ............................................ 20 (at UMBC) Crutcher, Rhode Island’s Fatts Russell and Richmond’s Jacob Gilyard -- all preseason All A-10 Bench points against ......................