February 1, 1985: vs Canisius (9-8)
The Golden Griffins reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time last year, probably due to the 64-team field. The 1964 version was 26-6, but they went through the NIT. Last year's club went 21-9, and were first-round fodder.
This year's team is of no real consequence. They're only win worth talking about is Notre Dame, and they're 13-9. They're led by the backcourt of star point man David Chandler (16.2 ppg, 4.2 apg) and Martin Friesen (17.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg). Justin Grimsley puts up 11.4 points and 7.5 rebounds. They *might* be better than their record...but this is in DC, and they haven't played anyone (1-3 vs the top 100).
Warren Lawson scores to open the action. Woods scores first for GW. Jack gets a steal and a dunk. Chandler finds Justin Grimsley. Martin Friesen hits a three, making it 7-4. Hulett finds Woods. Woods scores again, giving GW an 8-7 lead, but Friesen hits another three. Jack ties it up with 14:47 left.
Jack scores again, giving GW a 12-10 lead. Ali hits from the corner. It's 14-10. Grayson fouls Lawson...he scores. Jack is fouled, and he gets both. Jack gets fouled by Grimsley, and he hits both again. He has a 10-4-0 line. Then he drills a three. He's on fire. Lawson scores, but Jack hits another three. It's 24-14. Hulett gets a steal...Jack misses two threes. Maybe he's not in hero mode anymore.
Jack hits from the baseline, of course. He's got 18-5-0, and it's 27-16. Hulett scores off a Jack pass. Kenny with a steal, and he misses the layup, but Woods follows with a major dunk. Grimsley gets a steal and a dunk. Jack responds...Hulett tips in Grayson's miss of Hulett's original miss. It's 35-18. Friesen scores...Hector floats one through. Lawson responds, but Jack finds Ali for the answer. Chandler is fouled by Woods, and Jack comes out.
Kenny hits a three. Chandler finds Friesen. Jack comes back, and he takes his first foul. Jack then hits a three. Jack finds Armbruster for a hoop, and it's 49-26. Armbruster goes to the line, and misses the front end. Rufus Shaw drills it at the buzzer, making it 49-28, GW. Jack had a 23-8-3 line. GW hit 56% from the field, 56% from the line, and 31% from 3. GW outrebounded Canisius, 27-11. Ho boy.
Jack gets a steal...and he's fouled by Grimsley. He hits both free throws. Chandler gets a layup for Canisius. Grimsley hits a three. It's 51-33. Woods has a 10-8 line. Wanted to point that out. Jack finds Armbruster...he's up to 25-10-4.
Hulett hits a jumper...he has but six points. Chandler scores...he has only six points, and six rebounds. He picks Jack, but tosses it out of bounds. Hulett follows his own miss, then gets called for his third foul. Armbruster hits two free throws! It's 59-35, 12:53 left. Jack finds Woods.
Chandler gets frustrated, and commits two stupid fouls. Woods gets another dunk off a Hulett miss. Jack finds Hulett, after missing a dunk of his own. Friesen scores. Lawson scores, gets the foul, hits the free throw. Jack gets a steal, and tips in Ali's miss. Jack with another steal, and he gets fouled by Friesen. Not a clean foul. He makes one of two, and then comes out. Lovelace goes for a dunk...Ali responds with a three. It's 71-43 with 8:28 left. Jack comes back with a 28-12-6 line.
Don Rhodes scores. Jack gets a steal, and finds Kenny for three. 77-45. Andrew Champagne! hits a three. Jack gets fouled...he hits both free throws. He has 30-12-7. Lawson scores...he has 13. Jack with an offensive board and follow of Armbruster's miss. The JVs come in with the score 81-49. Ali gets up to 14 points, and the final is 97-52. Impressive showing by the JVs. Boutwell had five points.
Meanwhile, Jack went for 32 on 10-12 shooting, 9-10 FT, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals, and 2 blocks. He shot 3-4 from three. Pretty complete game there, Sir.
Code:
George Washington 97, Canisius 52
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Canisius (9-9, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Warren Lawson PF 32 6-9 2-4 2 7 0 2 14
Jeffrey Lovelace C 30 2-4 0-0 1 3 1 2 4
Justin Grimsley SF 27 3-6 0-0 2 6 5 4 7
Martin Friesen SG 32 5-11 1-2 0 2 2 1 13
David Chandler PG 26 3-14 0-1 0 1 6 4 6
Don Rhodes C 15 1-2 0-0 0 2 0 2 2
Brian Addis PF 8 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 0 0
Andrew Champagne SG 15 0-1 2-2 1 1 1 1 2
Sterling Bryant SF 7 1-4 0-0 0 0 0 2 2
Rufus Shaw SG 7 1-2 0-0 0 0 1 0 2
Turnovers: 21 (W.Lawson 2, J.Lovelace 2, J.Grimsley 3,
M.Friesen 5, D.Chandler 5, A.Champagne 2, S.Bryant 1,
R.Shaw 1)
Blocked Shots: 0
Steals: 8 (J.Lovelace 1, J.Grimsley 4, D.Chandler 3)
3P FGs: 3-17 (J.Grimsley 1-3, M.Friesen 2-4, D.Chandler
0-7, A.Champagne 0-1, S.Bryant 0-1, R.Shaw 0-1)
George Washington (20-0, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Brian Armbruster C 32 2-5 3-6 1 5 2 2 7
Bruce Woods PF 31 7-8 0-1 7 11 2 2 14
Jack Dawkins SF 32 10-12 9-10 3 13 7 1 32
Kenneth Frazier SG 27 2-6 0-0 0 3 3 2 6
Richie Hulett PG 27 5-16 0-0 2 3 3 4 10
Hector Patterson PG 17 3-6 0-0 1 2 0 2 6
Glenn Grayson PF 9 1-2 1-1 1 2 1 1 3
Denny Perez C 5 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Porter Ali SF 10 4-8 4-4 0 1 0 0 14
F. Boutwell SG 6 2-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 5
David Echevarria PF 3 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 0 0
Turnovers: 10 (B.Armbruster 2, B.Woods 1, J.Dawkins 3,
R.Hulett 1, H.Patterson 1, G.Grayson 2)
Blocked Shots: 5 (B.Armbruster 1, J.Dawkins 2,
K.Frazier 1, D.Echevarria 1)
Steals: 9 (B.Armbruster 1, J.Dawkins 5, K.Frazier 1,
R.Hulett 1, H.Patterson 1)
3P FGs: 8-23 (B.Armbruster 0-1, J.Dawkins 3-4,
K.Frazier 2-5, R.Hulett 0-6, H.Patterson 0-1, P.Ali
2-5, F.Boutwell 1-1)
Player of Game: SF Jack Dawkins (GW)