2020-21 MEN’S BASKETBALL 2020-21 SCHEDULE George Washington vs. Navy Midshipmen NOVEMBER Wednesday, November 25 • 12pm • CBS Sports Network Wed 25 at Navy 12 p.m. DECEMBER MON 14 SOUTH CAROLINA 7 P.M. Head coacH jaMION CHRIstIAN Wed 30 at Fordham YEAR AT GW: 2nd (9th as HC) RECORD AT GW: 12-20 JANUARY CAREER RECORD: 130-131 SAT 2 DUQUESNE 12:30 P.M. WED 6 MASSACHUSETTS 0-0, 0-0 A-10 Sat 9 at Saint Bonaventure 12 p.m. WED 13 VCU Sun 17 at Dayton 2:30 p.m. PROJECTED STARTERS Sun 24 at Rhode Island 2:30 p.m. NO. NAME PPG RPG APG NOTABLE Wed 27 at George Mason 11 James Bishop Immediately eligible after transferring from LSU SAT 30 FORDHAM 1 Jameer Nelson Jr. Led all A-10 freshmen in steals per game in 2019-20 FEBRUARY 14 Maceo Jack Lone four-year senior who has played entire career at GW SAT 6 SAINT LOUIS 10 Jamison Battle Led the Atlantic 10 in 3pt. FGM as a freshman last season Tue 9 at Richmond 3 Chase Paar Started 18 games last season after missing first eight games Sat 13 at La Salle WED 17 SAINT JOSEPH’S SUN 21 ST. BONAVENTURE 2:30 P.M. Wed 24 at Duquesne RESERVES SAT 27 GEORGE MASON NO. NAME PPG RPG APG NOTABLE 0 Matt Moyer Played previously at both Syracuse and Vanderbilt MARCH 2 Tyler Brelsford Part of all DMV first-year class Tue 2 at Davidson 5 Lincoln Ball First Team All-State performer as a high school senior (MD) 2021 Atlantic 10 Championship 20 Ace Stallings Played for Head Coach Jamion Christian at Mount Saint Mary’s Wed 10 Opening Round (ESPN+) TBA 21 Noel Brown Washington Post All-Met performer as senior at Flint Hill Thu 11 Second Round (NBCSN) TBA 23 Sloan Seymour Hit 94 three-pointers as a freshman at Siena in 2018-19 Fri 12 Quarterfinals (NBCSN) TBA 32 Brandon Leftwich Played for Head Coach Jamion Christian at Mount Saint Mary’s Sat 13 Semifinals (CBSSN) TBA Sun 14 Title Game (CBS) TBA ROSTER QUICK FACTS NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. WT. Hometown/High School/Last School 0 Matt Moyer Gr. F 6-9 225 Gahanna, Ohio / South Kent / Syracuse / Vanderbilt General Information 1 Jameer Nelson, Jr. So. G 6-1 200 Haverford, Pa. / The Haverford School Location .........................Washington, D.C. 2 Tyler Brelsford Fr. G 6-4 175 Ellicott City, Md. / Mount Saint Joseph . Foggy Bottom neighborhood, 4 blocks west of White House 3 Chase Paar So. F 6-9 245 Mount Airy, Md. / Glenelg Country School Founded ....................................1821 4 Ricky Lindo, Jr. Jr. F 6-8 225 Washington, D.C. / Woodrow Wilson / Maryland Nickname ...............................Colonials 5 Lincoln Ball Fr. G 6-6 220 Williamsport, Md. / Williamsport Colors .................................Buff & Blue 10 Jamison Battle So. F 6-7 225 Robbinsdale, Minn. / DeLaSalle Conference.............................Atlantic 10 11 James Bishop So. G 6-2 190 Baltimore, Md. / Mount Saint Joseph / LSU Home Court ................ Charles E. Smith Center 13 Hunter Dean So. F 6-10 245 Mandeville, La. / Lakeshore / Southern Miss Director of Athletics ....................Tanya Vogel 14 Maceo Jack Sr. G 6-5 210 Buffalo, N.Y. / St. Thomas More School 20 Ace Stallings Sr. F 6-10 245 Washington, D.C. / Sidwell Friends / Mount St. Mary’s All-Time Records 21 Noel Brown Fr. C 6-11 270 Leesburg, Va. / Flint Hill First Year of Men’s Basketball...............1906-07 22 Amir Harris Jr G 6-5 210 Frederick, Md. / St. James / Nebraska A-10 Championship Record . 28-39 (41 app.) NCAA Tournament Record ..............4-5 (5 app.) 23 Sloan Seymour Jr F 6-9 215 Albany, N.Y. / Shaker / Siena Postseason NIT Record ........... 6-5 (6 app., 1 title) 32 Brandon Leftwich Gr G 6-3 185 Brooklyn, N.Y. / Xaverian / Mount St. Mary’s 33 Miles Gally So. F 6-10 210 Rockville, Md. / Richard Montgomery 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 Brown no-EL When abbreviating George Washington, please Assistant Coach – Ryan Devlin (2nd Season, Pittsburgh ’05) shorten to GW only. Director of Basketball Operations – Lauren Shear (1st Season, GW, ‘17) Maceo Jack Mace-ee-oh Director of Scouting & Analytics – Seth Jackson (1st Season, Truman State ‘15) Chase Paar PAR ACCEPTABLE USES OF GEORGE WASHINGTON: GW, George Washington, Colonials, Buff & Blue @gw_mbb #RaiseHigh GWsports.com GEORGE WASHINGTON MEN’S BASKETBALL GW RECORD WHEN... NO SLEEP SINCE BROOKLYN Leading/tied at halftime ........................................... 0-0 Trailing at halftime .................................................... 0-0 When GW last took the floor at the 2020 A-10 Championship and Brooklyn, Maceo Jack (40 minutes), Jamison Battle (35 minutes) and Chase Paar (22 minutes) were the lone Colonials who In November .............................................................. 0-0 saw action in that game and remain with the team. Jameer Nelson Jr. sat out the final game of last In December .............................................................. 0-0 In January ................................................................... 0-0 season due to injury. In February ................................................................. 0-0 In March ..................................................................... 0-0 NEW FACES OF MAYHEM GW shoots below 40% ............................................. 0-0 New to the GW rotation this season is a tandem of Power 5 transfers in Matthew Moyer, a first year GW shoots between 40-45% ................................... 0-0 grad transfer from Vanderbilt by way of Syracuse, and James Bishop, a sophomore lead guard GW shoots between 45-50% ................................... 0-0 from LSU who was granted immediate eligibility. Moyer and Bishop join Sloan Seymour, who GW over 50%............................................................. 0-0 played for Head Coach Jamion Christian at Siena in 2018-19, as transfers who will be featured Opponents shoot below 40% ................................. 0-0 this season. Opponents shoot above 40% ................................. 0-0 BATTLE TIME GW scores fewer than 60 points ............................. 0-0 GW scores 60-69 points ........................................... 0-0 Sophomore Jamison Battle made a splash as a first-year last season at GW … 89 times. Battle’s GW scores 70-79 points ........................................... 0-0 89 3-pointers topped the Atlantic 10 Conference, established a new GW single-season record for GW scores 90+ points .............................................. 0-0 3-pointers made and led the country in triples by a freshman. He hit at least one 3-pointer in all 32 GW allows under 60 points ..................................... 0-0 games and finished 32nd in the country in 3s made. GW allows 60-69 points ........................................... 0-0 GW allows 70+ points .............................................. 0-0 JACKED UP Senior Maceo Jack is the only member of the Buff and Blue who is in his fourth year with the Games decided by 5 points or less ........................ 0-0 In overtime ................................................................. 0-0 program. The steady scorer from Buffalo, son of UB’s women’s coach Felisha Legette-Jack, has seen his scoring jump every season at GW, from 2.8 ppg as a first-year, to 11.5 as a sophomore to Outrebounding/tied an opponent ......................... 0-0 11.7 last season, in which he finished second in the conference in made 3-pointers with 83, behind Outrebounded by an opponent ............................. 0-0 only Battle. The duo became the first A-10 teammates to finish 1-2 in made triples since Temple’s Leading/tied with 5:00 left in 2nd half ................... 0-0 Mike Vreeswyk and Nate Blackwell in 1986-87. Trailing with 5:00 left in 2nd half ............................. 0-0 #1 SON At Charles E. Smith Center ...................................... 0-0 Sophomore Jameer Nelson Jr. made an immediate impact last season in his first collegiate On the road ............................................................... 0-0 contest, debuting by leading the team in points, rebounds and assists in his first game, becoming vs. teams with .500+ records ................................... 0-0 vs. teams with losing records .................................. 0-0 the only freshman in the country to do so. Nelson went on to put up numbers on the defensive end too, leading all conference freshmen with 1.77 steals per game (55 total), good for sixth in GW is coming off a win ............................................ 0-0 the A-10. With a revamped roster to play with, Nelson Jr. changed his uniform number to #1 this GW is coming off a loss ............................................ 0-0 Longest GW win streak .................................................. season to signify “new beginnings”. Nelson’s father and namesake was the 2004 Atlantic 10 Player Longest GW losing streak .............................................. of Year at Saint Joseph’s. Season Highs SEY MOUR THREES Turnovers forced ............................................................. Turnovers committed ..................................................... For all of the 3-point firepower GW showed last season with Jamison Battle and Maceo Jack 2nd chance points for .................................................... leading the way, this season the team expects to see more 3s courtesy of Siena transfer Sloan 2nd chance points against ............................................. Seymour. The 6-foot-9 stretch four buried 94 3s as a freshman at Siena, and now