January 4, 1985: at Eastern Michigan (3-5)
The Eagles are a throwback in the naming department. Cameron Spurlock, Gene Asbury, Errol Spencer...this group is going to take part in a WWII buddy movie.
The Eagles are not particularly good, and they've lost the only home game they've played. They did play #17 North Carolina to a 71-69 decision against...but they haven't played anyone since. They haven't reached the postseason since 1973-74, when they went 23-8 and got to the NCAA. That was, far and away, their best season.
This team, however, is your typical ugly unit. They don't play well on offense, play okay on defense, play slowly and limit teams from rebounding all over them, because they can't rebound themselves. GW should slaughter these guys, which would be against the law, since eagles are protected.
George Washington slaughtering an eagle. Hmmm.
Head coach Casey Whiteley (71-84) is on his last legs in Ypsilanti.
Hulett opens with a three, and a tech for taunting. Arnold Ford hits both free throws. Kenny gets a steal, and Armbruster scores. Hector gets a steal, and Jack scores off a pass. It's 8-2 with four minutes gone. Hulett gets a steal and a hard foul on a dunk attempt. He's scrappy though...he hits both. Then he gets another steal and a layup. Asbury hits a three. Jack finds Hulett in response. It's got nine early points, and it's 14-7, as Spencer hits two free throws. Jack finds Hulett again.
Ellingson hits a shot. Jack finds Hulett again. Carlos Hubblell, Carl's grandson, scores. It's 18-11 with 12:16 left. Ford hits two free throws. Woods is fouled on a dunk...he hits one of two. Michael King comes in as Hector gets in foul trouble. Hulett hits a three off another Jack pass. Hulett has 16, and it's 22-13. Jack scores...he has a 4-4-4 line. The JVs come in with Kenny. Kenny scores! There you go, Kenny!
John Cofield hits. Grayson is fouled, and he hits both. Jack, Hulett and Armbruster come back, and Hulett's in a zone. Jack has another assist for him. Cofield hits and gets fouled by Armbruster. Sebasitan somethingorother comes in...Esquirrel or whatever. Frazier tips in a Jack miss. Esquirrel misses, and Jack hits on the other end. It's 34-18 with five minutes left.
Spurlock hits. Hulett hits again. He's got 20. Ford steals from Kenny. Spurlock scores. Jack finds Hulett AGAIN. Jack gets Armbruster a three. With 2:50, the JVs come back in with a 44-22 lead.Grayson commits a foul, and Ellison hits. Ford gets a steal, but Hector fouls him. Nothing comes of it...Boutwell gets a point, as Jack and Hulett come back. Ford scores...45-26, one minute left. Armbruster scores, and gets fouled. He misses the freebie. Jack hits off a King pass...the half ends that way, and with GW up 49-26. Hulett had 22 at the half. Jack has a 8-5-7 line, and GW has 14 assists overall. They shot 73% from the field against EMU's defense.
Jack hits from the corner to start things. Jack hits a three off a Hulett pass. Then Jack fouls Asbury. Hulett hits a three off a Jack pass. He's got 25 points, which I believe is a career high. Jack gets a steal, but Kenny can't finish it. It's 57-26 with 15:30 left. Jack commits foul #3. Jack finds Hulett for another bucket. Amazing.
Jack gets a steal, but can't finish on the other end. Kenny's tired. Oy. Go take a nap. Jack finds Kenny to wake him up, then commits his fourth foul. Hector finds Hulett, who is up to 29 points. Ali hits a three. It's 66-31. Spurlock scores for EMU...the updates will be far and few between. Esquirrel hits a jumper. Kenny hits off a Hector pass, and Esquirrel hits a three. Armbruster scores...will Jack return? Armbruster misses a dunk. HOW?!
The JVs are in with six minutes left. I don't think Jack's coming back. Asbury scores. It's 73-44 with 4:51 left. Woods has two points and eight boards. Perez gets a dunk!
Yeah, this game is over. The final is 75-51. Hulett is named POTG, and rightfully so. Jack only scored 13 points, but had 10 assists, 7 rebounds, three steals, and one turnover. Hulett went 12-14 from the field.
Code:
George Washington 75, Eastern Michigan 51
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George Washington (13-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Brian Armbruster C 32 4-6 0-1 0 5 2 2 9
Bruce Woods PF 31 0-1 2-4 0 8 1 2 2
Jack Dawkins SF 26 6-12 0-0 2 7 10 4 13
Kenneth Frazier SG 26 4-6 0-0 2 3 1 3 8
Richie Hulett PG 32 12-14 2-2 1 2 3 2 29
Hector Patterson PG 14 2-2 0-0 0 1 4 4 6
Michael King PG 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Glenn Grayson PF 8 0-0 2-2 0 1 0 1 2
Denny Perez C 6 1-1 0-0 1 2 0 0 2
Porter Ali SF 10 1-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 3
F. Boutwell SG 8 0-1 1-2 0 1 0 0 1
David Echevarria PF 3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Turnovers: 19 (B.Armbruster 2, B.Woods 5, J.Dawkins 1,
K.Frazier 4, H.Patterson 2, D.Perez 1, P.Ali 3,
F.Boutwell 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (B.Armbruster 1, K.Frazier 1)
Steals: 8 (B.Armbruster 1, J.Dawkins 3, K.Frazier 1,
R.Hulett 2, H.Patterson 1)
3P FGs: 8-13 (B.Armbruster 1-1, J.Dawkins 1-2, R.Hulett
3-3, H.Patterson 2-2, P.Ali 1-4, F.Boutwell 0-1)
Eastern Michigan (3-6, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
J. Ellingson C 32 2-9 2-3 2 8 0 2 6
Carlos Hubbell PF 30 1-1 1-2 2 4 1 1 3
Cameron Spurlock SF 25 4-10 0-0 4 4 0 3 8
Gene Asbury SG 31 2-10 2-3 1 3 2 1 7
Arnold Ford PG 32 1-6 6-7 0 0 2 1 8
Errol Spencer SF 15 1-6 2-2 0 2 1 1 4
S. Esquivel SG 11 2-4 0-0 1 1 1 0 5
Ian McIntosh SF 5 1-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 3
John Cofield PF 10 2-3 1-3 0 2 0 3 5
James Chestnut C 7 1-1 0-0 2 2 2 0 2
Turnovers: 16 (J.Ellingson 3, C.Hubbell 1, C.Spurlock
5, G.Asbury 2, A.Ford 3, E.Spencer 1, I.McIntosh 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Ellingson 1, I.McIntosh 1)
Steals: 7 (A.Ford 2, E.Spencer 4, S.Esquivel 1)
3P FGs: 3-20 (C.Spurlock 0-6, G.Asbury 1-5, A.Ford 0-3,
E.Spencer 0-1, S.Esquivel 1-2, I.McIntosh 1-3)
Player of Game: PG Richie Hulett (GW)