Muddy Waters

Not a good night for the Colonials on their homecourt.


Mount St. Mary's 65, George Washington 56 (ESPN Box Score)

George Washington 3-point shooting: 0-6

Mount St. Mary's 3-point shooting: 8-15

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hawkhill

GW giving Rhodie and Fordhan a run for the basement...

DistrictBaller

Former VCU assistant Jamion Christian gets his first head coaching victory over an A-10 school since taking over the reigns at Mt. St. Mary's this year.

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"We will wreak havoc on our opponent's psyche and plan of attack."
- VCU Head Coach Shaka Smart

steve19981

Pellom hasn't played yet and for now, they're going with a really young lineup. A lot Hobbs' old players are struggling to fit in with Lonergan. Last year Taylor and Smith took steps back. Kromah hasn't played more than 27 minutes this year.

WH

GW and Mount St Marys played one of the sloppiest games I've seen in awhile. GW committed 25 turnovers, MSM 19.

Yet many of the GW turnovers were unforced - just bad decisions. Some of the MSM TOs were bad, but more were forced by the Colonials defense.

Bryan Byrnes had two - count em, TWO! - five-second violations against just moderate ball pressure. More like brain freeze. Can't remember the last time I saw one player do this twice in a game.

And frosh Patricio Garino coughed up the ball four times in the last 10 minutes. He needs to get used to the speed of Division athletes, I guess. Just kind of ran into defenders and they stripped him.

GW shot 51% despite missing all its threes. Problem is, they did not guard the perimeter all that well and MSM shot 53% behind the arc.

Terrible loss, to be sure, but I doubt GW will play quite that bad again this year. Truly awful stuff.