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| Tyler Cavanaugh (#34) led all players with 22 points |
From our friends at GW Athletics...
GW Men's Hoops Routs Rutgers, 83-49
Cavanaugh notches a career-high 22 as Colonials improve to 9-1
After going 38 years and one day between beating Big Ten teams in the Smith Center, the GW men's basketball team (9-1) destroyed its second team from the conference in less than a week with a dominant 83-49 victory against Rutgers (4-5).
Added to the Colonials' win versus Penn State on Tuesday, GW (9-1) is now 13-4 against teams from the ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Pac 12 and SEC since the start of the 2013-14 season. The Colonials’ 9-1 start this year matches the third-best in school history over the first 10 games.
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| Kevin Larsen (#21) led GW with 7 rebounds |
Tyler Cavanaugh paved the road to the W for GW with a game-high 22 points in just 23 minutes played on a scorching 7-of-9 effort from the field, including 4-of-6 from 3pt. range, and a perfect 4-of-4 from the free throw line. Cavanaugh led an effort that saw GW knock down 10-of-26 3-pointers, marking the third time this season GW has reached double digit makes from beyond the arc.
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| Paul Jorgensen (#3) led all players with 5 assists |
Paul Jorgensen joined Cavanaugh in double figures with 10 points, and he dished a game-high five assists, two of which came on back-to-back plays in the first half when he lost his defender and found Yuta Watanabe for the three-point hoop and subsequent four-point play, which Jorgensen immediately followed on GW's next possession with a bounce pass from half court to a streaking Joe McDonald to put GW up 36-15.
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| Yuta Watanabe (#12) scored 8 points |
The Colonials assisted on 18 of 30 made field goals, while commuting just seven turnovers, and the team's 18 steals were part of 22 Rutgers' turnovers, which GW used for a 21-5 edge in points off turnovers.
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| Joe McDonald (#22) added 8 points & 4 rebounds |
GW led from start to finish as it scored the game's first nine points and then raced out to a 21-2 edge and never looked back. Cavanaugh had 12 by halftime, when the Colonials led 46-24, and the bench played heavily in the second half. Alex Mitola knocked down a pair of 3-pointers, and Jordan Roland scored all seven of his points after halftime. In a balanced scoring effort, eight Colonials scored between four and eight points, as GW's bench accounted for 34 points in the game.
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| Alex Mitola (#1) scored 6 points off the bench |
In what has become a trend for the Colonials, they once again made more free throws than their opponent attempted, as GW's 13-of-16 (.813) effort at the line bested Rutgers' 10 free throw tries. A 16-2 advantage both in second chance points and fast break points also factored into the decision which was never in doubt.
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| Patricio Garino (#13) added 5 points, 4 boards & 4 steals |
Rutgers was led by Bishop Daniels, who came off the bench to score 12 points.
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| Bishop Daniels (#2) led Rutgers with 12 points |
GW now has a week off for finals before a 1 PM home date against Saint Peter's next Saturday.
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| Happy Holidays... from the First Ladies |
Click here for tonight's box score.
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| Who wants a free Domino's pizza? |
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| Colonials head coach Mike Lonergan |
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| Rutgers head coach Eddie Jordan |
