Apologies for the delay, it's been busy in the secret underground lair that is Colonial Hoops HQ. Starting the game down 14-4, GW played tough defense and got to the line a lot, erasing the deficit and pulling away in the second half. Rob Diggs was his usual beastly self, scoring 18 in the first half (for 20 total), running all over the court and hustling, and Damian Hollis picked it up in the second, scoring 16, including 10/10 from the foul line.Nobody could shoot (both teams were below 40%) and the refs were bad, but bad on both sides - it was make-up call city out there. Cheyenne Moore was a bit frustrating (two missed monster dunks) and young-Regis-Koundjia-like, but made up for it by being clutch from the line, hitting 7/8, including 5 towards the end of the game. And GW was 0/12 from three - no free pizzas for us.
Mo Rice and Wynton Witherspoon were both 1/7 from the floor, although Wynton and especially Xavier Alexander were solid on D. GW trapped a lot, and it worked well - 15 Richmond turnovers versus 8 assists. Unfortunately Richmond's trapping defense worked well too, causing a few big turnovers in the second half. And GW alum and former Virginia governor Mark Warner was at the game (and sitting in the cheap seats) so there's something.
Links, stats, etc after the jump
--GWSports article
--Hatchet recap
--Hatchet analysis
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