February 17, 1985: vs Farleigh Dickinson (14-10)
The Knights are another team that could easily be 8-16, rather than 14-10. They have one player who averages double figures (Chris Butcher: 12.0). Arron Lewin stands out for his ability and his double r's. Renato Kinlaw is an able rebounder. They are missing two guys for this one, depth guys, but they are going to suffer for it.
They are, for their lack of overall ability, a fantastic three-point team. The Knights rank second in the nation, at 42.5% from behind the line. It will be interesting to see how GW stops them; GW is 16th in the nation at holding teams to 30.3% from behind the arc.
John Israel hits a three to open the game. Lewin tells me what I an do with his two R's, and he gets a steal and a dunk. Jak finds Hulett, but John Daniels scores. Then Kinlaw sores. It's 9-2, FD.
Daniels sores again. Jak misses a dunk. GW is flummoxed. Jack finds Hulett for the sore. Jack is cold to start, but he gets to the line for his first two points. It's 13-7 with 12:29 left. Kenny scores, and gets fouled. He hits the freebie, cutting it to 13-10. Hulett charges, and Hector comes in.
Jack scores from the wing, then gets a steal. He finds Kenny for the hoop. GW leads 14-13. James Jameson is in the game for FD. He argues a call, then scores. Jack finds Grayson, giving GW a 16-15 lead with 7:32 left. This is uninspiring basketball.
Jack comes out...Hulett gets to the line, but he misses. Hector gets to the line, and he hits both. Jack comes back with a 4-6-4 line, and an 18-15 lead. Woods makes one of two. Kenny gets a steal, and Jack scores from inside. Lewin gets to the line, but he misses the front end. Its 21-15 with five minutes to go.
Larry Wolfe hits a three. He'd go on to own a waterbed company that owns local television with sleezy commercials. Jack hits a three. It's 26-18, and GW is beginning to roll. Jack has a 9-8-4 ine. Daniels hits two free throws, and FD goes into a press. Jack breaks it, then finds Grayson. Jameson answers. Jack finds Ali for three. Denny Perez gets a steal and a hoop. Ali gets a steal, but Jack misses the easy layup. FD has ten turnovers; GW has six. Jack scores at the buzzer, making it 35-22 at the break. He has an 11-8-6 line. Daniels had six for FD.
Jack finds Armbruster to open the second half. Hulett gets a steal (he has three fouls, of course)...nothing comes of that. It's 37-22 with a minute gone. Jack misses his first two attempts. Woods fouls Kinlaw, who goes one of two. Jack gets an offensive board, but misses the putback. He then gets his own miss and throws it home. He's 1-5 or so this half. So he finds Hulett. He's got a 13-10-8 line...Lewin scores to make it 41-25.
Jack is shooting in volume, but he cannot connect. Hector dunks it home on Chris Butcher, gets fouled, and the freebie! Woods with a steal and a flush, and it's 46-27! Jack takes a seat, as Lewin makes two free throws. Jack comes right back. Jack is fouled, and hits both free throws. It's 48-29 with 12:35 left.
Kenny charges into Daniels. Jack finds Woods for a basket. John Israel scores. Jack responds to that. Israel responds to Jack, making it 52-33. GW is shooting 15% from three. Jack has quite a few of those misses. He takes a break for Ali, with eight minutes left to go. Daniels hits two freebies, and Jack comes back. The team is trying to get him his tenth assist. Steven Yanez scores. Armbruster scores on Jack's tenth assist, with 6:42 left. Lewin hits two free throws, and Jack charges into Butcher for his first foul. Lewin beats the press and scores, GW calls time. Jack finds Hector, then Hector gets a steal and a bucket. Austin Patterson hits a three. Its 58-44. Jack gets a tip in of a Woods miss. He has a 19-15-11 line right now. Woods finds Armbruster, and this is about over here.
Sleezy Larry Wolfe hits a three. Jack comes out with the score 62-49. Kenny gets to the line, and he hits both. He has but seven points. John Israel beats GW's press, then gets a steal. Jack comes back, and Hector heads to the line. He misses. 1:41 left. Austin Patterson drills a three. Ten point game. But FD doesn't foul...interesting. This one will end with bad time management. The final is 64-54, and Jack has POTG, despite a second-straight bad night in shooting the ball. He also only got to the line four times. He seems to be running on auto-pilot at the moment.
Code:
George Washington 64, Fairleigh Dickinson 54
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Fairleigh Dickinson (14-11, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
John Daniels C 29 2-3 4-4 0 6 1 3 8
Renato Kinlaw PF 29 2-4 1-2 0 7 1 2 5
Chris Butcher SF 27 0-5 0-0 0 2 1 3 0
John Israel SG 29 4-8 0-0 1 1 2 3 9
Arron Lewin PG 32 4-5 4-5 0 1 1 2 12
Larry Wolfe SG 19 2-4 0-0 0 1 2 1 6
Steven Yanez C 15 1-2 2-2 2 3 0 0 4
James Jameson C 7 2-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 4
Austin Patterson SF 13 2-3 0-0 1 2 0 3 6
Turnovers: 20 (R.Kinlaw 2, C.Butcher 4, J.Israel 5,
A.Lewin 4, L.Wolfe 4, A.Patterson 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (J.Daniels 1)
Steals: 4 (J.Israel 1, A.Lewin 2, L.Wolfe 1)
3P FGs: 5-12 (C.Butcher 0-2, J.Israel 1-4, L.Wolfe 2-3,
A.Patterson 2-3)
George Washington (25-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Brian Armbruster C 35 3-8 0-0 0 3 0 4 6
Bruce Woods PF 33 2-3 1-2 2 4 1 3 5
Jack Dawkins SF 36 7-19 4-4 6 15 11 1 19
Kenneth Frazier SG 30 2-4 3-3 2 2 1 1 7
Richie Hulett PG 19 3-10 0-1 0 0 0 4 6
Hector Patterson PG 24 4-4 3-4 1 2 2 3 11
Michael King PG 2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Glenn Grayson PF 6 2-3 1-2 2 2 0 0 5
Denny Perez C 3 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Porter Ali SG 9 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 3
Turnovers: 11 (B.Armbruster 2, B.Woods 1, J.Dawkins 1,
K.Frazier 2, R.Hulett 2, H.Patterson 1, M.King 1,
G.Grayson 1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (B.Woods 1, J.Dawkins 2, H.Patterson 1)
Steals: 8 (B.Woods 1, J.Dawkins 1, K.Frazier 2,
R.Hulett 1, H.Patterson 1, D.Perez 1, P.Ali 1)
3P FGs: 2-16 (B.Armbruster 0-2, J.Dawkins 1-5,
K.Frazier 0-2, R.Hulett 0-4, D.Perez 0-1, P.Ali 1-2)
Player of Game: SF Jack Dawkins (GW)