January 23, 1985: vs St. Joseph's (8-7)
The Hawks are mediocre, but they do have a bonafide star in C Jamie Rowden. He's averaging 14.3 points and 6.1 rebounds. Two others, forwards Gerland Mullens and Richie Pepin, average 11.2 and 10.0 points a game, respectively. They have played only one team with enough of a resume, that being Cornell. They fell, 74-36. That was at home.
Defensively, they are a mess. The culprit is fouls. They foul a lot. They get fouled a lot. They play aggressively, and that brings aggressive play back. In short...expect this to be pretty ugly.
The team is without starting guard Justin Brown.
Wilfred Friel opens the game with a technical. He and the ref had a disagreement in another game, and it carried over. Jack hits both, then finds Hulett, then finds Woods. Mullens hits a three for the Hawks. James Rowden scores for St. Joe's... Grayson scores, then fouls Mullens. It's 9-8 St. Joe with 16:23 left.
Hullet hits from the wing off a Kenny pass. Jack gets an offensive rebound and a score. Grayson gets a bucket, and the foul, and the free throw. Jack gets a steal, and an assist to Kenny. It's 17-9 with 14:22 left.
Grayson has drawn three fouls. He has eight points. GW leads, 21-10...Jack gets a breakaway dunk. Hector gets a steal out of a trap, and gets it to Hulett for the bucket. It's 25-10. Jack has a 6-4-4 line...Hulett htis a three. He has 11. Hershel Beckford hits a three to make it 28-14 with 9:26 left.
The JVs come in. Jack gets an offensive board again, as he returns, and scores once more. Jack hits again...it's 32-15. Then a nasty block of Chris Vest's dunk, and Boutwell gets a dunk on the other end. It's 36-15. James Rowden scores...Woods gets a steal, but Jack misses. Mullens scores. Hulett answers. Woods gets fouled by Mullens...with 2:48 left, it's 43-19, as Woods scores again. Jack is currently sitting...Hector and Kenny are running things, with Hulett at the 3.
Jack hits as he comes back in. He has a 12-8-4 line, and it's 45-21 at the break. GW had just two turnovers here. St. Joe's has 14. St. Joe's has one assist. GW has 12. Not a bad half. Mullens had 10 for the Hawks.
Mullens opens the second half with a score...then gets a steal off Jack, and a dunk the other way. Hulett gets a steal, gets it to Jack, who gets fouled. He hits both. Mullens gets a layup...Jack responds by finding Woods. Rowden hits. Jack gets fouled by Pepin. He hits both...has 16-8-5, and it's 51-31, after Mullens scores. He has 16, too.
Jack finds Hulett. He gets a steal, and a dunk the other way. Jack gets fouled dunking on Mullens...he misses that, but not the free throws. It's 57-31. Jack scores again. He's got 22-8-6. Armbruster scores off a Kenny pass. Daniel Summers hits a three. Jack gets fouled...he hits both again. It's 64-34. Rowden hits two free throws. Jack hits again, off a Hulett pass. Rowden scores...Jack misses a dunk. 11:38 left, 66-38, GW.
Jack heads back to the line again...he hits both again. The JVs are back with nine minutes left. Hector hits a three. He hasn't done much today. Beckford hits a three. Jack returns with 7:39 left. It's 73-41 at the moment. Mullens scores...Jack finds Grayson, then finds Hulett for three. It's 78-45, the JVs come in, and that's going to be it. The final is 79-56, as St. Joe's kept their starters in against the JVs. Mullens finished with 18, Rowden 17...Hulett had 18 for GW. Jack went 12-12 from the line.
The beat marches on.
Code:
George Washington 79, Saint Joseph's 56
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Saint Joseph's (9-7, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jamie Rowden C 24 6-16 4-4 0 2 0 3 17
Gerald Mullens PF 24 7-10 4-6 3 7 0 3 18
Richard Pepin SF 29 2-4 0-0 0 4 1 3 4
Chris Vest SG 27 0-4 1-2 0 5 1 4 1
Winfred Friel PG 23 0-1 2-2 1 2 4 2 2
Raymon Allain C 26 1-2 1-3 1 3 1 2 3
Daniel Summers SF 15 2-2 0-0 1 5 2 2 5
Broderick Brandes C 4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Hershel Beckford PG 27 2-6 0-0 1 4 2 2 6
Turnovers: 24 (G.Mullens 4, R.Pepin 3, C.Vest 5,
W.Friel 3, R.Allain 2, D.Summers 2, H.Beckford 5)
Blocked Shots: 1 (J.Rowden 1)
Steals: 6 (R.Pepin 1, C.Vest 4, W.Friel 1)
3P FGs: 4-14 (J.Rowden 1-3, R.Pepin 0-1, C.Vest 0-3,
D.Summers 1-1, H.Beckford 2-6)
George Washington (18-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Brian Armbruster C 28 2-5 0-0 4 10 0 3 4
Bruce Woods PF 15 3-6 1-1 0 3 0 4 7
Jack Dawkins SF 30 8-16 12-12 5 9 8 1 28
Kenneth Frazier SG 25 1-5 1-2 1 3 2 2 3
Richie Hulett PG 31 8-17 0-0 3 3 2 1 18
Hector Patterson PG 18 2-6 0-1 1 4 4 1 5
Glenn Grayson PF 11 3-4 3-4 1 2 0 1 9
Denny Perez C 13 0-1 1-2 2 3 0 2 1
Porter Ali SF 12 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
F. Boutwell SG 9 1-4 1-2 0 0 0 0 3
David Echevarria PF 8 0-3 1-2 2 4 2 0 1
Turnovers: 12 (B.Armbruster 1, J.Dawkins 2, K.Frazier
3, R.Hulett 1, H.Patterson 2, D.Perez 1, F.Boutwell 2)
Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Dawkins 2, H.Patterson 1)
Steals: 9 (B.Armbruster 1, B.Woods 1, J.Dawkins 2,
K.Frazier 1, R.Hulett 2, H.Patterson 2)
3P FGs: 3-12 (J.Dawkins 0-2, K.Frazier 0-2, R.Hulett
2-4, H.Patterson 1-2, F.Boutwell 0-2)
Player of Game: SF Jack Dawkins (GW)