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 Seniors Wynton Witherspoon and Noel Wilmore aim to continue their hot shooting at Auburn Saturday. |
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Men's Basketball Plays Auburn Saturday at 2 pm (EST)
Nov. 21, 2008
Game 3
Date: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 • Time: 2:00 pm EST
Location: Beard-Eaves Memorial Coliseum (10,500) • Auburn, AL
Radio: Federal News Radio 1500 AM (Byron Kerr)
Internet: live stats on GameTracker
TV: none
Series: Tied, 1-1 (first meeting at Beard-Eaves Coliseum)
GW COACH: Karl Hobbs (Connecticut `85)
Record at GW: 125-82 (.604) 8th season
Atlantic 10 Record: 64-48 (.571) 8th season
Career Record: 125-82 (.604) 8th season
Hobbs' Record vs. Auburn: 0-1
AUBURN COACH: Jeff Lebo (North Carolina `89)
Record at Auburn: 58-65 (.472) 5th season
Career Record: 173-128 (.575) 11th season
Tennessee Tech 75-43; UT-Chattanooga 40-20
Lebo's Record vs. GW: 1-0
Saturday's Game: The Colonials make their first-ever trip to Auburn Saturday in GW's second road game of the season and the third meeting in the series.
• GW is coming off its 20th straight home-opening victory last Wednesday with a 71-57 win over Binghamton after opening the season with an overtime victory at Boston University.
• The GW-AU series is tied, 1-1, with today's game being the first at either team's home court.
• Auburn defeated GW, 74-70, in the most recent meeting last Dec. 2 at Washington's Verizon Center in the annual BB&T Classic to benefit the Childrens' Charities Foundation of Washington.
• Auburn is coming off a narrow 78-74 loss to surprising Mercer Wednesday at home. It marked Mercer's second road upset of an SEC team after beating Alabama three days earlier in Tuscaloosa.
• Auburn is picked to finish 5th in the six-team SEC Western Division in the league's preseason Media Poll.
• GW is 2-0 this year, both victories coming over teams from the America East Conference.
• GW has won 56 of its last 82 regular-season games and 32 of its last 48 A-10 games.
A Closer Look at Auburn: The Auburn Tigers are picked to place fifth in the SEC's six-team Western Division in the preseason media poll. The Tigers are off to a 1-1 start that includes a victory over Missouri State (75-60) and a loss to Mercer (78-74), both at home. Senior guard Korvotney Barber leads the Tigers in scoring (19.5 ppg) while Tay Waller is contributing 18 points a game and is 10-21 from three-point range. Quantez Robertson clears 6.5 rebounds a game. For the season, Auburn is shooting 49.5 percent from the field, averages 74.5 points a game and has a +7.5 turnover margin. On the glass, however, the Tigers are getting outrebounded by 9 caroms a game. Neither Auburn nor GW are lighting it up from the line so far. The Tigers are converting just 54 percent (30-for-56) while GW is not much better at 56 percent (36-for-64). Auburn is 286-136 (.678) all-time at the 40-year-old Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum including 1-1 this year.
Next Game: GW returns to Washington to host UMBC this Wednesday, Nov. 26, at Smith Center. The game tips off at 7:30 p.m. (EST) and will be broadcast live on Federal News Radio 1500 AM, 820 AM as well as www.GWsports.com.
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