NCAA Round 2: vs 4) New Mexico
The Lobos are a once-great program that seems back on the rise. They won two NCAA Championships and came close to a third in the sixties, but have not been close since. Their first-round win was their first postseason victory in five years.
This Lobos squad is not ready to settle for one win, nor should they. This is, easily, GW's toughest test so far. New Mexico is deep, talented, and experienced. They have a B/B player, and five other G/G or G/B players on their roster. They start a four seniors and a redshirt junior, and bring two others off the bench immediately. Four players have put in at least 103 games in the program. Several others have registered more than sixty.
This year, the team is led by guard Brady Ogden, who is scoring 21.1 points a game. Only one other player averages in double-figures, yet they put up 78.5 points a game. This team has many weapons who, while maybe not consistent, do offer their contributions at key times. If GW is to gain victory here, they will simply have to rely on their offense, and make one or two more plays than the Lobos.
Booker Templeton is a great eighties name. He's also seven-feet tall, and may be Garry's cousin. He wins the jump. Jack hits his first shot of the game. Armbruster scores, and Jack gets a steal and an assist to Hulett. Ogden scores the Lobos' first points, but Jack responds. It's 8-2 after four minutes. Leif Lopez connects, and then draws a charge from Davis. Jack is not hitting threes this game...but Armbruster is scoring. With 12:47 left, it's 10-4.
Jack scores off a Hulett pass. He's got a 6-3-1 line, and now add a foul to that. Lopez scores...neither team is connecting from deep. Armbruster gets a three-point play off of Lopez, and comes out. All subs now except for Woods, while New Mexico has four starters out there. GW has a 17-12 lead when Jack and Armbruster return. Templeton scores, then Cavillo hits a three to tie it. He takes a lead a minute later. Davis is fouled, and he hits both to tie it. Jack gets his second foul. Woods heads to the line, and he makes both. 21-19 GW, six minutes left. Jack gets a steal off Ogden, but Ogden gets it right back. Jack finds Davis for a bucket, then gets a steal off Ogden again, but Davis misses the dunk. Eggleston gets a T...Jack hits both free throws, and Hulett makes one of his. It's 26-21. Porter Ali hits a big three...Templeton scores from the line. Templeton goes on a flurry of points...six in a row gets it to 31-27. Larry Coleman gets the Lobos back to within two. Templeton is fouled, and he ties it with just over a minute left. Jack gets a steal, and finds Hulett for the layup. Jack gets a block of Larry Coleman's dunk. He's been a defensive wizard. Armbruster gets a steal and a layup right before the half, and GW has a 35-31 lead.
New Mexico had seven turnovers. GW had seven steals. You tell me how that worked out. GW was decidedly the better team, although both teams went 1-9 from three.
DBoth teams came out way cold to start, but Davis finally scores two minutes into the half. Jack has had four or five good looks. Cavillo scores, but Jack responds> Eggleston scores for New Mexico. Jack responds by finding Hulett, and Gaylor Ickes hits a three. Jack scores again. He has a 12-8-4 line. Sandy gets a steal and a dunk. It's 45-40 after Eggleston hits...Jack responds to that.
Chris Shaughnessy gets a steal, but Hulett responds to his layup with one of his own. Jack hits from the left side. 51-42, 13 minutes left. Jack finds Hector for a bucket, but Cavillo hits a three. Hulett scores inside. Templeton scores...he has 12. It's 55-47, 10:14 left.
Ickes hits a three, and it's 55-50...seems like they're going to play that, "get momentum and give it all back" thing they do. The Lobos got it to within three, but Jack found Hulett. Ogden got a free throw...Jack is not shooting well here. Really poor. He's making up for it, though, in defense and assists. Woods scores inside. With six left, it's 62-53, as Ali hits a three.
Armbruster has 9 points and 11 boards. Jack gets a score, and Eggleston responds. Jack is fouled by Templeton. That's his fourth. Jack scores both, giving him 20-11-6. It's 66-57. Hulett scores, and with 3:08 left, it's 68-57. Ogden has just five points. Cavillo (17) leads the Lobos. Templeton fouls out; Armbruster gets the free throws. Jack is fouled, and he hits both. GW will move on, with a 72-60 win that was surprisingly a lot easier than the score indicated. GW outrebounded them by ten, had 10 steals, more assists, more blocks, fewer turnovers...GW shot 11% from three, but it didn't matter.
Code:
George Washington 72, New Mexico 60
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George Washington (31-1, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Bruce Woods C 22 1-5 2-2 1 6 0 1 4
Brian Armbruster C 33 4-8 3-3 4 12 1 1 11
Jack Dawkins PF 34 8-21 6-6 2 12 6 3 22
Dwight Davis SG 23 2-8 2-4 1 1 1 4 6
Richie Hulett PG 33 7-15 1-2 3 4 4 1 15
John Sandy SG 26 1-1 0-0 2 9 4 0 2
Hector Patterson PG 11 2-3 0-0 0 0 1 0 4
Porter Ali SF 8 2-3 0-0 0 0 1 1 6
Glenn Grayson PF 7 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
Robert Mulvey SF 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Turnovers: 13 (B.Woods 1, B.Armbruster 2, J.Dawkins 2,
D.Davis 1, R.Hulett 4, J.Sandy 3)
Blocked Shots: 6 (B.Armbruster 1, J.Dawkins 3, J.Sandy
1, G.Grayson 1)
Steals: 10 (B.Armbruster 1, J.Dawkins 5, R.Hulett 1,
J.Sandy 3)
3P FGs: 2-19 (B.Armbruster 0-2, J.Dawkins 0-6, D.Davis
0-2, R.Hulett 0-5, H.Patterson 0-1, P.Ali 2-3)
New Mexico (22-8, 9-5):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Booker Templeton C 24 6-11 0-1 1 9 1 5 12
Leif Lopez PF 25 3-6 0-0 0 5 1 4 6
Gaylord Ickes SF 25 2-5 0-0 0 2 2 2 6
Brady Ogden SG 26 2-10 1-2 0 1 3 1 5
Gary Calvillo PG 36 5-12 4-4 1 4 5 0 17
Chris Shaughnessy C 24 2-5 0-0 2 7 0 1 4
Mel Eggleston SG 18 3-6 0-0 2 3 1 3 6
Leonhard Dinger PF 7 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 2
Ervin Purifoy SF 9 0-2 0-0 0 2 1 0 0
Larry Coleman PG 6 1-3 0-1 1 1 0 0 2
Turnovers: 16 (B.Templeton 2, L.Lopez 2, G.Ickes 1,
B.Ogden 6, G.Calvillo 3, C.Shaughnessy 1, M.Eggleston
1)
Blocked Shots: 4 (G.Calvillo 1, C.Shaughnessy 3)
Steals: 6 (B.Templeton 1, G.Ickes 1, B.Ogden 2,
C.Shaughnessy 1, M.Eggleston 1)
3P FGs: 5-20 (G.Ickes 2-5, B.Ogden 0-3, G.Calvillo 3-7,
C.Shaughnessy 0-2, M.Eggleston 0-1, E.Purifoy 0-1,
L.Coleman 0-1)
Player of Game: PF Jack Dawkins (GW)
Round 2 Scores
1) BYU 91, Drexel 55 (wow!)
5) Southern Cal 101, 4) Wake Forest 93
2) Texas A&M 89, 7) North Carolina 81
11) Long Island 63, 3) Kansas 61
1) Rice 84, 9) Davidson 63
5) Nebraska 96, 4) Yale 89
7) Cornell 78, 2) Washington 74
3) UTEP 86, 11) Miami-OH 70
1) Princeton 81, SC State 70
5) Virginia 76, 13) Bradley 74
7) Colorado State 79, 2) Duke 75
6) Penn 81, 3) Missouri 72
8) Indiana 88, 16) Eastern Kentucky 78
5) George Washington 72, 4) New Mexico 60
2) Baylor 80, 7) Clemson 62
6) California 75, 3) Columbia 64