Just when I thought I was out of silver linings this season, I see some good stuff. GW got beat, but played a scrappy game, and Maureece Rice had a good game as well. While GW lost by 13 and were down most of the game, in the second half they went from 10 down to 1 up after a run. Temple pulled away again, but it was something. And putting up 80 points is nice, the most they've scored all season (allowing 93 however, not so nice). It's also the sixth straight loss and 9th straight road loss. Yeesh.But on to Maureece Rice. He scored 22, leading the team, on 7/15 shooting and 4/9 from three. He also added 6 assists. Noel Wilmore scored a career high 18 on 6/7 from behind the arc and A-10 player of the week Rob Diggs had 19 and 6 boards. Aside from being outrebounded by 11, GW beat the season averages for most stats, shooting 50% from the floor and 46% from three, hitting 13 treys.
Another good sign, GW had 19 assists versus only 8 turnovers, tying last week's mark with the most assists in the season. Just keep telling yourself baby steps, rebuilding year, baby steps. GW drops to 5-12 and 1-6 in conference (last place) while Temple improves to 11-9 and 4-2.
Links, box score after the jump.
Great Hatchet photo by Nick Gingold.
--Hatchet article
--Brief GWSports article
--Hatchet on Mo Rice
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