Week 14: 2.6-12.84
The top three in the poll--Maryland, Rice, and Missouri, stayed the same. BYU lost at Wyoming and to #5 UTEP, and fell to 7th. The most intrigue exists in the ACC, which houses #1 Maryland, #4 Duke, #7 North Carolina, #16 Wake Forest, and #23 and #24, Virginia and Clemson. They are such a top-flight conference that NC State has fallen out of the rankings because of league play. The Ivy has four teams in, led by Princeton (10th) and Cornell (11th), Yale (13th) and Columbia (22nd). Penn is just outside the rankings.
Our heroes have reached new territory this week, moving up to 12th in the rankings. Their previous high was 13th, reached in late February last year.
Code:
Top 25
# Team FPV Record Points Prv Conference test test test test
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1. Maryland (54) 19-4 1770 1 Atlantic Coast Conference
2. Rice (16) 19-1 1740 2 Southwest Conference
3. Missouri 21-3 1635 3 Big Eight Conference
4. Duke (2) 18-3 1617 5 Atlantic Coast Conference
5. UTEP 18-3 1481 8 Western Athletic Conference
6. Brigham Young 21-3 1450 4 Western Athletic Conference
7. North Carolina 20-4 1286 12 Atlantic Coast Conference
8. Southern California 19-4 1251 10 Pacific-8 Conference
9. Texas A&M 19-3 1241 9 Southwest Conference
10. Princeton 18-3 1225 11 Ivy League
11. Cornell 18-3 1011 15 Ivy League
12. George Washington 24-1 969 14 Independent
13. Yale 17-2 937 7 Ivy League
14. Baylor 15-5 925 6 Southwest Conference
15. Texas Christian 19-2 777 13 Southwest Conference
16. Wake Forest 18-4 717 18 Atlantic Coast Conference
17. Nebraska 17-5 658 19 Big Eight Conference
18. Southern Methodist 17-4 512 24 Southwest Conference
19. Washington 19-3 502 17 Pacific-8 Conference
20. Kansas 17-6 494 21 Big Eight Conference
21. Indiana 18-3 412 20 Big Ten Conference
22. Columbia 17-4 301 23 Ivy League
23. Virginia 16-5 212 22 Atlantic Coast Conference
24. Clemson 16-7 143 16 Atlantic Coast Conference
25. California 18-5 66 25 Pacific-8 Conference
Others Receiving Votes:
Pennsylvania 14-6 46 Ivy League
New Mexico 16-5 20 Western Athletic Conference
Davidson 18-5 2 Southern Conference
2.8.84: at Delaware State (12-11)
The Hornets are a streaky team, but they have won three of their last five. They have played quality, and lost to it at every turn. They are a young team, fielding four new starters this year. But Gary Mangrum returns from last year. He leads the way with 15.1 points a game, and 4.2 rebounds. Justin Delgado, who was quite a pain in GW's rear last year, has stepped seamlessly into a starter's roll this year, averaging 14.9 points as a scoring guard.
That said, the Hornets have been outscored, considerably (by an average of three points), despite their winning record.
Delgado hits a three to open things up, and Mangrum gets a steal and a layup. Jack follows a Hulett miss with a dunk, but Delgado answers. Jack responds with a three, and it's 7-5 with 17:30 left. Delgado hits, and Davis finds Hulett to respond. Armbruster is fouled, and hits both free throws to tie it up.
Woods gets a steal, and Jack gets fouled. He hits one of two, but they get the rebound, and Hulett hits. Bradley Bearden gets a three-point play, but Jack finds Davis to retake the lead. Davis picks up his second foul, and here comes Sandy...he has played well lately. Armbruster gets his second foul moments later. Hulett misses both free throws, but Jack gets a bucket. Sandy gets a steal and a layup the other way, it's 18-15 with 11:51 left. Mangrum throws down a dunk...the action has been quick so far. Jack with a three! He's got 11-1-1! Mangrum responds! It's 21-19! Jack hits again! Jesse Osborne is fouled by Woods, AND the layup goes! Sandy finishes on the other end. Charlie Marshall scores for the Hornets! Woods is fouled, AND ONE! It's 28-24 with nine minutes left! Jack with his second foul...
...and he comes out. Chance to catch my fingers' breath. He comes back with 7:09 left and GW up, 28-26. Davis gets his third foul, and Armbruster follows with his. Jack hits from the wing. Darrell Francois follows. Jack is fouled by Francois, and he hits both. GW leads, 32-31...Delgado hits. Jack gets fouled by Frank Karp. He hits both. He has 19, and GW leads, 34-33.
Jack gets an and-one by Karp again...it's 37-33! Jack has 22! Two more free throws, and the man is on a scoring rampage. Mangrum hits, he has 10. Jack with a steal of Mangrum, he gets fouled by Bearden, and gets the bucket! He now has 27, and GW leads 42-35! Hulett gets two free throws...Porter Ali with a steal, he misses the three, but Jack cleans it up, and is fouled. Two more free throws! Jack finds Grayson right before the half, which ends with GW up, 48-35.
Jack scored 29 points in the half. That's incredible. Mangrum led the Hornets with ten, while Delgado had nine.
Hulett hits a three to start the scoring in the second half. Jack finds Davis. Jack finds Davis for three...the lead is twenty. I just noticed Hulett has zero fouls. How?
Bearden cuts it to 56-40, and Jack gets his third foul. Jack is up to 29-11-4 on the night, and he goes to the line. He hits both, giving GW a 60-40 lead with 11:13 left. Jack has been passing for much of the half, but his teammates are not hitting. Delgado hits a three, but Jack finds Hulett.
Jack sits for a moment, with GW clinging to a 62-4 lead. Ali scores...again, not a three. He did miss one in the first half. Hector, who is struggling to be productive with Hulett around, is in. Jack finds Hulett, who has 13. Hulett hits a three off a Hector pass. That's his first postive stat this game. Jack nails a three, making it 73-46. Davis hits...he only has nine today. Jack then finds Davis for a bucket. Charlie Marshall hits a three for State. Jack finds Hector for his first bucket, and Marshall hits another three. Moses Gonzalez hits a three, making it 84-61 in the closing moments. The final is 91-64.
Jack went 9-11 in this game, 3-4 from three. He was 13-14 at the line. He had four blocks, and no turnovers to counter his eight assists. That was a brilliant performance. It appears he's peaking at the right time.
Code:
George Washington 91, Delaware State 64
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George Washington (25-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Bruce Woods C 29 2-3 1-1 3 5 0 2 5
Brian Armbruster PF 11 0-0 2-2 0 2 0 4 2
Jack Dawkins PF 35 9-11 13-14 6 14 8 4 34
Dwight Davis SG 21 5-11 0-0 1 4 1 4 11
Richie Hulett PG 32 6-14 3-6 1 2 1 2 17
John Sandy SG 31 4-5 3-4 1 6 1 2 11
Hector Patterson PG 8 2-4 2-2 0 0 1 0 6
Porter Ali SF 12 1-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 2
Glenn Grayson C 16 1-1 1-2 0 2 1 1 3
Robert Mulvey SF 6 0-1 0-1 0 0 1 0 0
Chris Davis SG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 9 (B.Woods 1, D.Davis 2, R.Hulett 1, J.Sandy
3, P.Ali 2)
Blocked Shots: 4 (J.Dawkins 4)
Steals: 7 (B.Woods 1, J.Dawkins 1, J.Sandy 3,
H.Patterson 1, P.Ali 1)
3P FGs: 6-15 (J.Dawkins 3-4, D.Davis 1-4, R.Hulett 2-5,
P.Ali 0-2)
Delaware State (12-12, 1-1):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jesse Osborne C 28 1-1 1-1 3 8 2 0 3
Darrell Francois PF 21 2-3 2-3 1 5 1 3 6
Gary Mangrum SF 30 6-20 4-5 2 4 1 3 16
Justin Delgado SG 23 5-10 0-0 0 0 1 0 12
Bradley Bearden PG 25 2-7 2-3 2 3 2 4 6
Moses Gonzalez PG 15 2-4 0-0 0 0 1 2 6
Michael Hanson SG 17 0-0 2-2 0 0 1 3 2
Charles Marshall SF 8 3-3 0-0 0 1 0 0 8
Donte Carty SF 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Earl Butler PF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 1 0 0
Frank Karp PF 16 0-2 0-0 2 3 3 4 0
James Labbe C 14 1-3 3-3 0 2 0 5 5
Turnovers: 14 (J.Osborne 2, D.Francois 1, G.Mangrum 6,
B.Bearden 3, M.Gonzalez 1, M.Hanson 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Osborne 1, J.Labbe 1)
Steals: 3 (G.Mangrum 2, B.Bearden 1)
3P FGs: 6-21 (D.Francois 0-1, G.Mangrum 0-5, J.Delgado
2-5, B.Bearden 0-4, M.Gonzalez 2-2, C.Marshall 2-2,
D.Carty 0-1, J.Labbe 0-1)
Player of Game: PF Jack Dawkins (GW)
2.10.84: at Colgate (11-12)
The Raiders were 22-13 two years ago, and finished as the runner-up in the NIT. Last year, they reached the NCAA for the first time. They opened this season by losing to Delaware State.
That's quite a precipitous fall.
The Raiders are mediocre in every sence of the word. They are exactly like Delaware State, only reasonably worse. They do average four players in double-figures, led by Steven Twombly's 13.0 ppg. Grant Salazar averages nearly ten rebounds a game. They have guys who can do jobs. Collectively, they just don't get the job done.
For the record, Twombly is fourth all-time on Colgate's scoring list. He will likely not reach the top three. The all-time leading scorer is Matthew Weber, who scored 1937 during his career, which ended in 1964-65.
GW has a decided height advantage, which is easily why Colgate wins the tip. Woods with a steal, and Jack gets a dunk and the freebie. Mark Smith is fouled on the other end...he gets both free throws to go. Jack finds Davis for a bucket, and Davis immediately fouls Twombly. Michael Jung scores, and Davis gets his second. In comes Sandy. Honestly, the team seems to play better with Sandy in the game. Probably the steals. Ali hits two threes, and it's 13-6 and a Colgate timeout.
Mulvey gets some early time, too. And Grayson. Odd. Fouls, I guess. Jack has a 3-1-3 line, as GW leads 19-9 with 12:40 left. Jack finds Hulett for a basket, and he gets a breather. Woods, Grayson, Mulvey, Sandy and Hulett are in right now. And it's 23-9. This is not a championship five they have out now. Jack comes back with Woods, and Hector in for Hulett. Jack hits immediately. He hits again, and has a 7-2-4 line. Sandy gets a bucket, and the foul...he misses, but Hulett drills a three off a Jack pass. Jack is then fouled, and he hits both. Hulett has 11, Jack has 9-3-5, and it's 34-13 with seven minutes to go.
Jack blocks Twombly, then Julian Rogue's three attempt. Armbruster comes back...he's a guy they have to get going. Jack is fouled by Jayson Pitts. He hits both, and is up to eleven points. Jung scores. He has four. Hulett scores...he has 15, and it's 40-19 with 3:16 left, as Jack commits his first foul. He responds by finding Davis for three. Then he finds Hulett. The amount of assists he is finding in the first half is stunning as of late. Maybe his teammates are shooting better. It's 47-22 at the half. Jack finishes 11-4-7. Colgate had 11 turnovers, to just one for GW. GW had 13 assists, to just two for Colgate. If it seems like it's lopsided, it's because it really, really is.
Davis gets his third foul early, and Dennis Mitchell hits two free throws. Jack finds Hulett for the first points. Then he finds Davis. Then he finds a fan in the stands. Whatever, that fan was thrilled. Jack gets a three-point play, and it's 56-26. Mark Smith misses a dunk on the other end. Pretty symbolic of this game.
Mitchell has had a good second half. He has six, including a steal and a dunk just now. Jack follows with a dunk off a miss, then blocks Jung. Jack finds Sandy, giving him his tenth assist. He just got his tenth rebound, giving him yet another double-double. Jack gets fouled by Julian Rogue, who seems to be going as such on the defensive end. He hits both. Milton Holiday hits a three! Good job, Milt! It's 63-37, as GW calls time, and Jack takes a break.
Hulett, Davis and Woods return. Milt gets a steal! And an assist! Great job, Milton! Hulett scores on the other end, making it 67-41 as we reach six minutes. Jack comes back with Armbruster, who has not scored, but has six boards. Jack finds Hector for his first score of the game. The ball-game ends closer than expected, as GW wins, 74-48. Jack went quiet over the last few minutes, but that's okay. He came back to Earth a little, shooting 5-11, and not registering a steal. Sandy had three of them, though.
Code:
George Washington 74, Colgate 48
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George Washington (26-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Bruce Woods C 23 1-1 2-2 1 1 1 1 4
Brian Armbruster C 19 0-2 0-0 2 6 1 3 0
Jack Dawkins PF 36 5-11 8-8 7 12 11 1 18
Dwight Davis SG 24 5-11 1-2 1 5 1 3 12
Richie Hulett PG 32 10-20 0-0 3 3 0 1 21
John Sandy SG 31 2-4 1-4 2 8 2 2 5
Hector Patterson PG 10 1-5 0-0 2 3 0 1 2
Porter Ali SF 9 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 2 6
Glenn Grayson PF 13 1-3 4-6 1 1 0 1 6
Robert Mulvey SF 3 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0
Turnovers: 9 (B.Woods 1, B.Armbruster 1, J.Dawkins 1,
D.Davis 1, R.Hulett 2, J.Sandy 2, H.Patterson 1)
Blocked Shots: 7 (B.Armbruster 1, J.Dawkins 3, R.Hulett
1, J.Sandy 1, G.Grayson 1)
Steals: 5 (B.Woods 2, J.Sandy 3)
3P FGs: 4-19 (B.Armbruster 0-2, J.Dawkins 0-1, D.Davis
1-5, R.Hulett 1-6, H.Patterson 0-1, P.Ali 2-4)
Colgate (12-13, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Mark Smith C 29 2-6 5-7 2 4 0 4 9
Grant Salazar PF 31 2-2 0-0 0 6 1 2 4
Michael Jung SF 24 2-5 2-2 1 3 2 2 6
Dennis Mitchell SG 29 2-8 2-2 1 2 0 2 6
Steven Twombly PG 24 1-5 0-0 0 1 0 4 2
Milton Holiday PG 14 1-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 3
Roland Sullivan PG 6 1-1 2-2 0 0 0 0 4
Julian Roque SF 15 2-4 3-3 0 3 1 2 7
Jayson Pitts PF 14 1-3 0-0 1 3 0 3 2
Paul Edwards C 8 2-3 0-0 0 1 0 2 5
Mark Hood SG 5 0-2 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Turnovers: 19 (M.Smith 2, M.Jung 2, D.Mitchell 4,
S.Twombly 4, M.Holiday 1, J.Roque 2, J.Pitts 1,
P.Edwards 1, M.Hood 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (J.Pitts 1, P.Edwards 1)
Steals: 3 (D.Mitchell 1, M.Holiday 1, J.Roque 1)
3P FGs: 2-13 (M.Jung 0-2, D.Mitchell 0-4, S.Twombly
0-1, M.Holiday 1-2, J.Roque 0-1, P.Edwards 1-2, M.Hood
0-1)
Player of Game: PF Jack Dawkins (GW)
2.12.84: vs Iona (11-13)
The Gaels have an incredible senior, Alphonse Maxwell. He's rated as a G/B, and was Mr. Basketball from Connecticut a few years ago. Unfortunately, he's redshirting after being injured for the entire season. The rest of the roster left in his absence is a open gate of bad defense and an inability to do most things adequately. They are 1-9 against the top 100, their only win coming to 12-13 Rutgers.
If it seems like the descriptions of teams has been getting shorter, it's because they are. There isn't a lot to say this week about three teams who are completely interchangable, and complete trainwrecks. They, like Colgate, have four players averaging double-digits. Maynard Norton leads the way with 11.9 points and 5.5 rebounds a game. That's the high in both categories. It's going to be a long night for the Gaels.
In a twist of irony, Davis is fouled on the game's first possession. He hits both. Biaggio Callabero hits for Iona, and Jack responds. He finds Davis for the basket, and Hulett finds a bucket. Callabero came to play today, scoring again. Robert Romo (Tony's uncle) hits. Jack gets a steal and a dunk, but Marshall Sperling responds. Callabero gives Jack a three-point play, and it's 13-8 with 13:42 left.
Rocco Burns! That's a fantastic name, and unfortunately, how he met his doom in an oven-related mishap. Jack scores again...he's up to 9-2-1. Hector hits his first shot. It would be really nice to get him going. Armbruster, who has been all but invisible lately, finds Davis for a basket. He has yet to score himself. Perhaps the length of the season is bothering him (it shouldn't, high school seasons are this long). Jack suffers his first foul with 8:28 left, and he comes out with GW Up 21-14.
Woods gets a tip-in of a Davis miss, then hits two free throws as Jack returns. This has been a pretty non-descript first half. Jack has a 9-3-1 line. Jack gets a steal and a layup on the other end. He heads to the line and hits two more. But Iona is doing a good job of keeping themselves around...it's 29-20. Jack commits his second foul with 4:17 left. He's been pretty sloppy lately with his defensive aggressiveness. On the offensive end, though, he's been dominant. Iona pulls to within six, but Jack finds Hulett for three. Jack gets his third foul with two minutes left, as Callabero draws the charge. Franz Rigel (Seven) comes in and plies his trade, to no avail for the Gaels. The half spirals out of control without Jack, and ends with GW ahead, 36-27. GW has come back to earth a bit on the threes, but Iona hasn't hit one. The Gaels outrebounded GW (20-19), which should never happen, and out-assisted them, 7-5. That should never happen, either.
Jack and his 15-5-2 line is back. Burns fouls Woods, and he hits one of two to start the scoring. Jack finds Hulett for three, while Iona has come out doing pretty bad on offense. Sperling hits a free throw to get Iona on the board. Jack finds Davis, while Davis commits his third foul. Hulett, Davis, Jack and Armbruster all have three. Woods has no fouls. Jack gets a board and a score, making it 46-32 with fifteen minutes left. He has a 17-8-4 line.
Jack gets his shot blocked by Burns. Sperling draws a charge on Sandy. Iona is not making this eas. Jack finds Davis for three; Norton responds. Kermit Summerville has four rebounds and six assists for the Gaels. Jack scores, and gets a break as Hulett commits foul #4. He comes right back...kind of like a LeBron break. Hector scores to keep pressure on Iona, who is now down 58-41 after Jack's three. Jack is up to 22-10-6 with 8:22 left.
Jack hits from the line, and Iona calls time. Jack hits from the basline. He's feeling it right now. Sandy with a steal and a layup on the other end...GW plays a mean 2-3. Jack hits his fourth shot in a row, and it's 66-43. I jinxed him...he missed a shot off a steal. Jack gets fouled by Callabero, and he hits both. The game is effectively over, and Jack comes out with the score, 68-45. Grayson gets called for an illegal screen with 15 seconds left in a 28-point game. How does that happen?
The final is 76-48. Jack had a nifty line: 32 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 11-19 from the field, 9-9 from th eline. His blocks have gone down lately, and he managed four turnovers. He did get foul steals, though.
Code:
George Washington 76, Iona 48
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Iona (11-14, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Marshall Sperling C 28 1-4 1-2 1 9 2 2 3
Biaggio Caballero PF 27 4-10 0-2 0 4 2 2 8
Maynard Norton SF 24 5-10 2-2 2 8 1 5 12
Tony Reinhardt SG 21 1-5 1-2 0 1 0 4 3
K. Summerville PG 27 0-4 0-0 2 4 6 1 0
Robert Romo SG 24 3-12 6-7 2 3 1 2 12
Ronny Couch PG 6 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
Rocco Burns C 18 0-0 2-2 2 4 0 1 2
Franz Rigel C 11 0-1 3-4 0 0 0 0 3
Rufino Iglesias SF 10 1-1 2-3 0 2 0 2 5
Joe Krall C 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Turnovers: 21 (M.Sperling 3, B.Caballero 4, M.Norton 4,
T.Reinhardt 1, K.Summerville 2, R.Romo 2, R.Couch 1,
R.Burns 2, J.Krall 2)
Blocked Shots: 2 (R.Romo 1, R.Burns 1)
Steals: 3 (M.Norton 1, K.Summerville 1, R.Romo 1)
3P FGs: 1-13 (B.Caballero 0-2, M.Norton 0-2,
T.Reinhardt 0-3, K.Summerville 0-1, R.Romo 0-1,
R.Couch 0-2, F.Rigel 0-1, R.Iglesias 1-1)
George Washington (27-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Bruce Woods C 27 1-1 3-6 1 5 0 1 5
Brian Armbruster PF 29 1-5 0-0 2 5 2 4 2
Jack Dawkins SF 35 11-19 9-9 4 14 7 3 32
Dwight Davis SG 23 6-17 2-3 1 4 0 4 15
Richie Hulett PG 27 3-7 0-1 1 3 0 4 8
John Sandy SG 21 1-2 2-3 1 4 2 3 4
Hector Patterson PG 17 3-4 0-1 1 1 3 3 6
Porter Ali SF 9 0-2 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Glenn Grayson PF 8 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Robert Mulvey SF 4 0-1 2-2 0 2 1 1 2
Turnovers: 12 (B.Armbruster 1, J.Dawkins 4, D.Davis 2,
J.Sandy 2, P.Ali 2, G.Grayson 1)
Blocked Shots: 2 (B.Armbruster 1, J.Dawkins 1)
Steals: 12 (B.Woods 1, B.Armbruster 1, J.Dawkins 4,
D.Davis 2, J.Sandy 2, H.Patterson 1, G.Grayson 1)
3P FGs: 4-17 (B.Armbruster 0-1, J.Dawkins 1-2, D.Davis
1-7, R.Hulett 2-6, R.Mulvey 0-1)
Player of Game: PF Jack Dawkins (GW)