George Washington University

Nov. 20, 2011

GW Notes at CBE Classic BGSU Subregional

Coach Lonergan CBE Classic Preview

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The George Washington men's basketball team heads to Bowling Green, Ohio and the new Stroh Center for three games in three days in the Bowling Green Subregional of the 2011 Progressive CBE Classic. The Colonials will face the Detroit Titans, Austin Peay Governors and Bowling Green Falcons on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, respectively.

WHO: George Washington Men's Basketball (1-1)
WHAT: 2011-12 Season Game #3 vs. Detroit (2-1)
WHERE: The Stroh Center (4,700), Bowling Green, Ohio
WHEN: Monday, Nov. 21 at 5:00 p.m. ET
AUDIO: GW All-Access, FederalNewsRadio.com, WFED 1500/820 AM (Byron Kerr)
Radio feed will switch to 1050 AM at approximately 6:45 pm
VIDEO: Via BGSU Athletics
STATS: Via BGSU Athletics

WHO: George Washington Men's Basketball
WHAT: 2011-12 Season Game #4 vs. Austin Peay (0-3)
WHERE: The Stroh Center (4,700), Bowling Green, Ohio
WHEN: Tuesday, Nov. 22 at 5:00 p.m. ET
AUDIO: GW All-Access, FederalNewsRadio.com, WFED 1500/820 AM (Byron Kerr)
VIDEO: Via BGSU Athletics
STATS: Via BGSU Athletics

WHO: George Washington Men's Basketball
WHAT: 2011-12 Season Game #5 at Bowling Green (1-1)
WHERE: The Stroh Center (4,700), Bowling Green, Ohio
WHEN: Wednesday, Nov. 23 at 7:30 p.m. ET
AUDIO: GW All-Access, FederalNewsRadio.com, 1050 AM (Byron Kerr)
VIDEO: Free on MAC-sports.com via BGSU Athletics
STATS: Via BGSU Athletics

Of its three opponents in Bowling Green, GW has only faced Detroit previously, posting a 63-50 loss against the Titans at the Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic in Honolulu, Hawaii, back in late December 2000. GW career scoring leader Chris Monroe was the only double-digit scorer for the Colonials with 17 points on 6-of-16 shooting as the rest of the team shot just 13-of-49 (27 percent) from the floor in the loss to the Titans.

GW has started 1-1 under first-year head coach Mike Lonergan. The Colonials opened with a 64-48 home victory over UMES on Nov. 11, then followed up with an 81-54 loss at #24 California two days later in their opening game of the Progressive CBE Classic. Senior point guard Tony Taylor scored 20 points in both games and enters this week's games with 980 career points - 20 shy of becoming the 43rd Colonials' player to reach 1,000 for his career.

Junior forward Dwayne Smith, GW's second leading returning scorer from last season, has begun practicing after sitting out the entire preseason and first two games of 2011-12 due to concussion-related symptoms. Smith remains day-to-day with no timetable set for his return to game action.

After opening its season at home on Nov. 11, GW is in the midst of six consecutive games away from Charles E. Smith Center and will cover more than 9,000 miles during the road swing. The Colonials logged nearly 5,600 roundtrip miles in last weekend's visit to Berkeley, Calif., to face the 24th-ranked Cal Golden Bears, and will log nearly 1,000 roundtrip miles for the upcoming three games in Bowling Green, Ohio - the most of the four teams competing in the CBE Classic's Bowling Green Subregional.

Detroit improved to 2-1 on the season with a 113-68 victory over NAIA-sponsored Concordia (Mich.) on Friday. The victory was the Titans' second against a non-Division I opponent this season following a season-opening 95-57 triumph over Division II Lake Erie on Nov. 11. Detroit held a lead well into the second half, but dropped a 59-53 decision at Notre Dame in its first game of the Progressive CBE Classic on Nov. 13. Ray McCallum, son of UDM head coach Ray McCallum, leads four double-digit scorers with 17.3 points per game, including 20 at UND.

Austin Peay (0-3), from Clarksville, Tenn., held a four-point lead with 14:29 left in the second half, but surrendered an 18-0 run en route to a 71-59 loss to Oral Roberts - the Governors' third consecutive loss to begin the 2011-12 season. APSU followed GW's visit to nationally ranked California with a 72-55 loss against the Golden Bears in Berkeley on Nov. 15. APSU trailed Cal, 40-13, at halftime after an abysmal 5-of-29 first-half shooting effort. Josh Terry averages 14.3 points and TyShawn Edmondson adds 12.7 points per game to pace the Governors.

Bowling Green (1-1) christened the brand new Stroh Center with a 63-48 victory over GW's district rival Howard on Nov. 11, then followed with a 63-54 loss at Georgia in its opener of the Progressive CBE Classic on Nov. 13. Despite going 14-19 a season ago, BGSU posted a solid 10-5 mark at home in its final year at Anderson Arena. Dee Brown paces a quarter of double-digit scorers at 13.0 points per game.