Week 5 Cont'd
11.29.82: vs Villanova (0-1)
The Wildcats played #2 Washington and lost, 103-67. So there's no real barometer on them this year. Recent history suggests they are a perennially losing program, and the 14-17 record in their first year in the Big East does not change that reflection. They have only made three NIT appearances over their history, their best coming in 1951-52 after a 23-9 season.
This current group looks okay, with one tremendously glaring flaw. They return four starters from last year's group. Only one has a career average in double-figures, that being guard Anton Barron (11.7). C Ernie Johnson has averaged 9.6 ppg, and 5.7 rpg, in his career. He is the longest-tenured player in the program, at 90 games and 61 starts. They have eight players who have logged two years in the program, two who have logged three. This is a very veteran group...six seniors. They also have seven freshman, five of which are redshirting (and look awful). It is easy to see why this program cannot get any traction, with that kind of imbalance.
Their frontcourt of Johnson and forward Jake Smith are their best players, color-wise (G/G). Yellow and orange dot the rest of the roster. They are an awful jump-shooting team, and an awful team on the perimeter. Jack and the guards should have a field day...not just there, but on the glass. Nobody has a rating higher than 77 there.
Davis hits a three on the game's first possession. Their small forward's name is Charlie McSweeney. Sounds like a ballplayer from the 1890s. Davis scores five before Anton Barron hits a three, followed by Johnson to tie it. Davis has scored ten in the first four minutes. Then he assists Chapin on a score. It's 12-7 at the 15:45 mark. Davis is on fire.
Jack gets on the board with 15:34 left, before Ronnie Pine scores for Nova. Jack is up to six points, and it's 18-10 with 14 left. GW already owns a 10-3 advantage in rebounding. John Sandy gets hurt, which may or may not hurt GW down the road. Jack drills two free throws, giving him eight, and Sandy is back in the game. Davis gets a foul by Johnson, and completes a three-point play. Jack and Davis have 21 between them. With ten minutes left, it's 26-13 (Sandy just hit a three).
Jack is up to ten points, and Nova is at the penalty. McSweeney drills a three, getting it to within nine. Barron (12 points) hits another three, before Patterson gets a follow off a miss with a monster dunk. Hulett hits a three, making it 34-23 with 6:44 left. Chapin follows that with a make. Orlando Maley sighting in the first half...that's not like the John Sandy sighting from last season. This one is more like, "Oh no, Orlando's in". It's 39-29 with 3:14 left. Davis has 16 for GW. John Mack gets a putback to get Nova back to 39-31. Jack finally gets back in at 1:19. Jake Smith hits two freebies off Jack's first foul to get it to 41-35, but Jack finds Hulett for a basket to end the half at 43-35. Jack's line is 10-4-1...definitely not like the last few games. They own a 21-15 edge in rebounding, but only a 5-4 edge in turnovers. Davis' 16 leads all scorers. Barron has 12 for Nova.
Chapin picks up his third foul on the first possession of the second half, and Villanova is hanging around, at 43-37. Hulett suffers his second foul, and Nova gets to 43-39. Davis answers with a three, and Smith counters that. Hulett breaks the press and gets a layup, and Charlie Duprey answers. Jack answers that with a three, before he fouls McSweeney. Barron then hits a three, before Patterson answers that one. This is a tennis match of made baskets. Sandy gets a three, and the lead is back to 10. Pine hits two free throws, and Jack follows a Davis miss with a monster dunk, then finds Davis for a hoop. He has a 15-5-2 line, and it's 63-50 after Davis (24 points) gets a steal and a layup.
I'm not sure GW has really missed this half. Villanova is doing their best to keep up...Barron has 20 points, and Duprey is hitting some shots. McSweeney just got the steal on Davis, and it's back to 65-56. Patterson gets a three-point play (he has ten) and it's 68-56 with 11:20 left. Porter Ali hits a three, and Johnson counters with a bucket. He has 12. It's 73-58 with ten minutes left.
GW is already in the penalty, with a 9-3 "edge" in fouls. This is no good. Hulett and Davis each have three fouls, and Woods now has four. It's 75-64 with under eight left. Jack finds Patterson for the hoop...good thing he's hitting. Jack scores, and has 19-6-3, as the lead is 79-65. McSweeney gets it to 79-68. Hulett suffers his fourth foul with 4:41 left, but they can't hit the free throws. Woods fouls out after an illegal screen. Sandy comes in, and Jack slides to the four. It's 80-68 now, and Sandy gets his third foul. This is ridiculous.
Jack coaxes a foul out of Johnson, and hits the two free throws. Hulett then fouls out, but Barron misses both free throws. Jack finds Chapin for the hoop...he has four fouls. Patterson finds Ali, and that should do it. It's 86-70 here, and the scrubs come in for the final minute. GW evens up their record at 2-2 with an 86-70 win, one that involved way, way too many fouls. They suffered 24 as a team. Hulett and Woods fouled out, Chapin had four, Sandy and Davis had three. Jack has 21 on just 7-12 shooting. Patterson was a good find in this one, and is quickly becoming a valuable asset off the bench. Davis scored 25, while Jack's reign of 30-point terror is over.
Code:
George Washington 86, Villanova 70
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Villanova (0-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Jake Smith C 30 2-3 2-4 0 5 4 0 6
Earnest Johnson PF 30 5-7 4-6 1 6 0 3 14
Charles McSweeney SF 25 2-4 0-0 2 3 2 1 6
Charles Duprey SG 30 3-8 4-7 0 3 2 1 10
Anton Barron PG 32 7-18 3-6 1 2 2 4 23
William Cook C 19 1-3 0-0 1 4 1 2 2
Ronnie Pine PG 7 1-4 1-2 0 0 1 4 4
John Mack SG 12 1-1 2-4 1 1 0 2 4
Kevin Pugliese SF 6 0-1 0-0 1 1 0 1 0
Taylor Sanders C 9 0-1 1-2 1 2 0 0 1
Turnovers: 10 (J.Smith 1, E.Johnson 1, C.McSweeney 1,
C.Duprey 3, A.Barron 1, W.Cook 1, R.Pine 1, J.Mack 1)
Blocked Shots: 1 (E.Johnson 1)
Steals: 3 (C.McSweeney 1, A.Barron 1, J.Mack 1)
3P FGs: 9-29 (C.McSweeney 2-4, C.Duprey 0-3, A.Barron
6-16, W.Cook 0-1, R.Pine 1-4, T.Sanders 0-1)
George Washington (2-2, 0-0):
Player Pos Min Fgm-a Ftm-a Off Reb Ast PF Pts
Manuel Chapin C 16 3-3 0-2 1 6 1 4 6
Bruce Woods PF 26 3-5 0-0 2 7 1 5 6
Jack Dawkins SF 34 7-12 6-6 4 8 4 2 21
Richie Hulett SG 30 2-6 0-0 2 2 3 5 5
Dwight Davis PG 29 8-15 6-9 0 6 1 3 25
John Sandy SF 24 2-7 0-0 0 1 0 3 6
Hector Patterson PG 16 4-6 4-5 1 4 1 0 12
Michael King PG 1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
Porter Ali SF 6 2-3 0-0 0 1 0 1 5
Robert Mulvey C 14 0-1 0-0 0 2 0 1 0
Orlando Maley PF 4 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 0 0
Turnovers: 10 (M.Chapin 1, B.Woods 2, J.Dawkins 2,
D.Davis 3, J.Sandy 1, P.Ali 1)
Blocked Shots: 3 (J.Dawkins 2, O.Maley 1)
Steals: 3 (J.Dawkins 1, D.Davis 1, H.Patterson 1)
3P FGs: 8-21 (J.Dawkins 1-3, R.Hulett 1-4, D.Davis 3-7,
J.Sandy 2-3, H.Patterson 0-2, P.Ali 1-1, R.Mulvey 0-1)
Player of Game: SF Jack Dawkins (GW)