12.28.84: vs Temple (7-3)
Temple may be the worst 7-3 ever put together. They've been outscored. Of course, that's not hard when these are your wins: 69-67, 60-55, 65-63, 70-65, 51-50, 81-80 (and 69-49). They could just as easily be 1-9. They have a pretty good defense (57th in the country), but are deadly mediocre on offense. They appear to lull teams into slow games and rushed shots, which is why nobody in their games shoot well, them or their opponents. They are also dead last in assists, at 7.7 a game. GW is 24th in the country, at 16.5.
They have reasonable experience, with two 100+ game guys, a 98-game guy, and a few over 50 games. Omar Davis is the leader of the team, and the miserable offense. He is scoring 19 a game; nobody else is putting up more than 8.5 a game.
Jack hits a three to open the game. Calvin Glassman gets a hoop...Woods responds, then Jack hits from the baseline. Jack then gets a steal and a dunk. Chris Standard (a fantastic 90s wrestling name) hits a three. It's 9-5 after two minutes. Hulett drills a three. This is kind of a homecoming for Jack, who grew up 90 minutes west in Harrisburg. Hulett drills another three, and it's 16-5. Jack has a 7-0-0 line.
Jack finds Hector for a score. Jack gets another steal and a layup. Ahmed Hall hits a three...it's 20-8 with 12:37 left. Hector gets fouled, and the bucket. Three-point play and he has five early points. Grayson hits, and gets fouled. GW is shooting 71% from the field early on. Ali hits his first bucket, playing the 2. Jack plows into Glassman for the charge. Armbruster draws one back. Rene Eugene, a great jobber wrestling 80s name, is in for Temple.
James Cahill is in, as Jack takes a seat for Kenny. GW has made only 40% of their free throws thus far. Hector hits a three, and it's 32-12, as Temple calls time. Hector and Kenny are the backcourt, before Hulett and Jack come back, along with Michael King. Hall hits a three. Jack gets a steal, then finds Hulett in the corner. It's 34-18 with 4:54 left. Glassman hits, but Armbruster responds. Then he drills a three. Jack with a steal, but nothing comes of it. He has four or five steals this half. Kenny gets one. Chris Standard gets the layup. Jack has gone cold since his early run. He's got a 9-2-3 line, and it's 41-22. Kenny blocks Omar's dunk...Armbruster scores inside, and the foul! But, in typical GW fashion today, he misses the free throw. Hulett drills a three off a Jack pass. It's 46-22. Hector hits a three at the buzzer, and it's 49-22. Hulett's got 13, Hector 12, Jack 9, Armbruster 7.
Jack is fouled, plus one, to start the second half. He hits the free throw. GW is shooting 41% from the line now. But 63% from three. Go figure. Jack has become much less of a scorer since his freshman year, when he outscored teams by himself twice. He hits a three, and he has 15. The point remains though...perhaps it's his teammates...Hall hits a three...Chris Standard with a steal and a layup, and it's 55-28. Jack doesn't score as much. Glassman hits, and Jack responds with a bucket, AND the foul...he gets the freebie, and it's 58-30. Jack has 18-5-4 with 15:51 left.
Jack finds Kenny as soon as I write that sentence. Glassman gets to the line, and hits both. Temple is shooting 33%. Jack finds Kenny again. Hall hits another three...he has 15, the only person scoring routinely for Temple. Ernie Reese gets one of two free throws. He gets back and hits both. It's 62-38. Jack drills a three, giving him 21. Richie Renner draws a charge on Hector, who now has three fouls. Hulett hits a three...the lead is back to 38.
Denny Perez is in. He gets fouled, goes 1-2. Glassman gets a layup, and the foul, and the free throw. He has 11. Jack responds with a layup. Jack hits another three, assisted by Hulett. He has 26-5-6, and the score is 75-41. Jack gets fouled...he hits both. 77:53 left. Hector gets a steal, and Ali hits a three. Temple calls time.
Jack with the suddenly rare block. Then he comes out with 6:10 left. Dunno if he'll come back. Hall scores...he has 17. The JVs come in for GW, and that's gonna do it here. It's 82-46 with 4:18 left, as I fast forward. Just noticed Hector has 15, and Ali 12. Wow. Hector finished with 17, and the final is 94-50. That was an absolute demolishing.
Jack finished with 28 on 10-16, 4-4 FT, 4-6 3, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 steals, and a block. Not bad. Temple is a bad opponent, but it's good to get a complete win on the road.
This also completes a full calendar year with no losses. Their last loss was to NC State, back in 1983.
Code:
George Washington 94, Temple 50
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George Washington (11-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Brian Armbruster C 32 3-8 0-1 0 15 3 1 7
Bruce Woods PF 19 1-4 1-2 5 6 0 4 3
Jack Dawkins SF 32 10-16 4-4 2 7 6 1 28
Kenneth Frazier SG 28 2-4 1-2 0 2 2 3 5
Richie Hulett PG 27 6-12 0-0 1 3 2 4 16
Hector Patterson PG 18 5-6 5-9 0 1 4 3 17
Michael King PG 3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Grayson PF 14 1-2 0-1 0 1 0 2 2
Denny Perez C 13 0-0 1-2 0 2 0 0 1
Porter Ali SF 9 4-4 2-4 0 1 1 1 12
F. Boutwell SG 5 1-1 0-0 0 0 1 0 3
Turnovers: 9 (B.Armbruster 2, J.Dawkins 2, K.Frazier 1,
R.Hulett 3, H.Patterson 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Dawkins 1, K.Frazier 1)
Steals: 9 (J.Dawkins 4, K.Frazier 3, H.Patterson 1,
P.Ali 1)
3P FGs: 14-22 (B.Armbruster 1-2, J.Dawkins 4-6,
R.Hulett 4-8, H.Patterson 2-3, P.Ali 2-2, F.Boutwell
1-1)
Temple (7-4, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Calvin Glassman C 30 4-12 3-3 0 4 0 3 11
Earnest Reese PF 27 0-7 4-6 2 4 1 3 4
Omar Davis SF 20 1-4 0-0 2 5 2 4 2
Ahmed Hall SG 31 6-8 0-0 0 4 1 3 17
Chris Standard PG 24 3-7 0-0 0 2 0 3 7
Richard Renner SF 18 0-2 2-2 1 5 2 2 2
Chris Marshall PF 15 1-5 0-0 5 10 1 1 2
Rene Eugene C 7 0-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 0
James Cahill PG 17 1-4 1-5 0 0 1 5 4
Dwight Pack SG 12 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1
Turnovers: 16 (C.Glassman 1, O.Davis 7, C.Standard 4,
R.Eugene 1, J.Cahill 2, D.Pack 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (A.Hall 1, C.Marshall 2, D.Pack 1)
Steals: 3 (C.Standard 1, J.Cahill 2)
3P FGs: 7-17 (A.Hall 5-6, C.Standard 1-4, R.Renner 0-1,
C.Marshall 0-2, R.Eugene 0-2, J.Cahill 1-2)
Player of Game: SF Jack Dawkins (GW)