Revolutionaries drop 2 of 3 at Cayman Islands Classic, beating Middle Tennessee, losing to McNeese and Murray State, now 6-2 on the year

GW had a hard time against teams that start with M and end in State, beating only Middle Tennessee State and losing tough ones to McNeese State and Murray State over the last three days at the Cayman Islands Classic. The Revs are now 6-2 and 65 in the Kenpom ratings, 55 in Torvik.

Today against Murray State, the Racers shots 53% from the floor and 40% from three and out rebounded the Revs 40-30, beating GW 96-95. Sadly I don't have FloSports so I wasn't able to watch it. Rafael Castro had yet another double-double with 26 and 11 and five other GW players were in double figures. 

The middle game against MTSU yesterday, GW won handily 92-79 and kept the Blue Raiders at bay most of the game. Castro led all scorers with 21 and six Revs had at least 8. Here's the GW recap.

In the first game against McNeese State, one of the top defenses statistically, GW had 24 turnovers which was the main determinant, and lost 92-86. Here's GW's article.

McNeese ended up taking the overall championship of the event.

An unfortunate result for a solid tourney against some tough mid-major teams, hopefully GW can learn from their issues and come back stronger. Seems like turnovers is a big one.

On the bright side, the good guys are averaging 92 points a game and shooting 51.7% for the season while holding opponents to 43%. Both Rafael Castro and Garrett Johnson are averaging more than 15 points per game and Tre Dinkins, Christian Jones and Bubu Benjamin are all averaging at least 10. Johnson and Dinkins are both shooting over 45% from three as well. It's a fun, deep team.

GW's next game is Dec. 2 at Army, which will be on ESPN+. The women's team will also be heading to the Caymans for the same tourney in a few days.