The game was over as soon as it began, as GW took a large lead despite sloppy play and stretched it out. Not to be mean, but (at least in this game) UMES is honestly the worst basketball team I have ever seen. As I noted in the preview, they were shooting a paltry 32.5% for the season as a team overall and in this game they shot 20.6%. They missed open shots with abandon and didn't do much better from inside. The Hawks went without a field goal for about the first 11 minutes of the second half, which was also when GW started to click on offense.
It's a little hard to take anything away from this game, but the Colonials seemed to play more aggressively on offense. They were still quite sloppy, as GW committed 19 turnovers, most of which were unforced - bad passes, butterfingers, overdribbling, etc. On the bright side, the team registered 21 assists, a season high. GW had been averaging 13 per game (against 18.6 turnovers per game).
GW shot a lot from three, especially in the first half, going 11/22 from long range and 30/60 overall on field goals. While Hobbs got everybody into the game for a lot of time, Mo Rice led GW with 16 points, his season high, on 6/11 shooting and 3/5 from three. Wynton Witherspoon had 11 points, 7 boards and 4 assists, while lots of others had points. Rob Diggs had 10 rebounds but was only 1/6 from the floor, while Joseph Katuka got into the act late, scoring 8. My guy Miles Beatty got 17 minutes, 8 points, and 2 assists, while Johnny Lee got 5 assists to lead the team.
Cheyenne Moore didn't play - Karl Hobbs said "he got banged up in practice."
Next: At Virginia Tech on Sunday, 5:30pm, Fox Sports Net.
Game articles, box score after the jump.
--AP (via GW Sports)
--Hatchet game article
--Hatchet analysis
--Post blurb
--Box score
It's a little hard to take anything away from this game, but the Colonials seemed to play more aggressively on offense. They were still quite sloppy, as GW committed 19 turnovers, most of which were unforced - bad passes, butterfingers, overdribbling, etc. On the bright side, the team registered 21 assists, a season high. GW had been averaging 13 per game (against 18.6 turnovers per game).
GW shot a lot from three, especially in the first half, going 11/22 from long range and 30/60 overall on field goals. While Hobbs got everybody into the game for a lot of time, Mo Rice led GW with 16 points, his season high, on 6/11 shooting and 3/5 from three. Wynton Witherspoon had 11 points, 7 boards and 4 assists, while lots of others had points. Rob Diggs had 10 rebounds but was only 1/6 from the floor, while Joseph Katuka got into the act late, scoring 8. My guy Miles Beatty got 17 minutes, 8 points, and 2 assists, while Johnny Lee got 5 assists to lead the team.
Cheyenne Moore didn't play - Karl Hobbs said "he got banged up in practice."
Next: At Virginia Tech on Sunday, 5:30pm, Fox Sports Net.
Game articles, box score after the jump.
--AP (via GW Sports)
--Hatchet game article
--Hatchet analysis
--Post blurb
--Box score
Comments
Hopefully he'll play some in this next game, and all the talk will just go away.