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 Danilo Pinnock added 17 points and eight rebounds. |
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George Washington Extends Nation's Longest Winning Streak With Win Over Fordham
Feb. 25, 2006
NEW YORK (AP) - Maureece Rice scored 13 of his 19 points in the final 7 minutes and No. 6 George Washington extended the nation's longest winning streak to 16 games with a 78-67 victory over Fordham on Saturday.
The Colonials (24-1, 14-0 Atlantic 10) played their first game without second-leading scorer and rebounder Pops Mensah-Bonsu, who injured his knee against La Salle on Wednesday and will miss the final two games of the regular season. He might be able to play in the Atlantic 10 tournament quarterfinals, which begin March 9.
Rice, a 6-foot-1 sophomore guard, has been the Colonials' sixth man all season. He had two points on 1-for-4 shooting in the first half, but made all seven of his field goal attempts in the second half and finished two points off his career high.
Danilo Pinnock added 17 points and eight rebounds and Carl Elliott had 16 points for George Washington, which tied the school's record for wins set in 1953-54 and matched in 1997-98.
Marcus Stout had 18 points and Jermaine Anderson added 17 for the Rams (12-15, 7-7), who lost their fourth straight overall and seventh in a row to the Colonials.
George Washington dominated inside in taking a 37-24 halftime lead. The Colonials outscored Fordham 26-14 in the first half and forced the Rams into 11 turnovers.
Two free throws by Rice with 14:01 left gave the Colonials their biggest lead, 49-31. Fordham then took advantage of a cold shooting spell by George Washington to go on a 13-2 run and get within 51-44 on a layup by Kevin Anderson with 9:03 to play. It was the first of four times the Rams would get within seven points.
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The last time was at 60-53 on a jumper by Stout with 4:11 to go. Pinnock scored on a breakaway dunk and Elliott scored inside around a Fordham turnover, and the Rams were never closer than nine points the rest of the way.
Jermaine Anderson was 4-for-12 from 3-point range for Fordham, which was 5-for-22 from beyond the arc and finished with 17 turnovers.
The game was the second straight sellout for Fordham at 3,200-seat Rose Hill Gym, the oldest building in use by a Division I program. The first game was played there on Jan. 16, 1925.
