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Men's Basketball Faces Coppin State in 7th-Place Game at 4 pm (EST)
Dec. 30, 2008
Game 11 • Rainbow Classic Seventh-Place Game
Date: Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008 • Time: 4:00 pm (EST)
Location: Stan Sheriff Center (10,300) • Honolulu, HI
Radio: WRGW Radio www.GWradio.com (Greg Shapiro, Julian Gompertz)
Internet: live video streaming on uhstreaming.oceanic.com
TV: none
Series: GW leads, 2-0
GW COACH: Karl Hobbs (Connecticut `85)
Record at GW: 129-86 (.600) 8th season
Atlantic 10 Record: 64-48 (.571) 8th season
Career Record: 129-86 (.600) 8th season
Hobbs' Record vs. Coppin State: 0-0
COPPIN STATE COACH: Ron 'Fang' Mitchell (Edison St. `84)
Record at CSC: 359-312 (.535) 23rd season
Career Record: 586-357 (.621) 31st season
Mitchell's Record vs. GW: 0-2
Today's Game: George Washington (6-4) and Coppin State (1-10) meet for just the third time today in the seventh-place game of the 45th Annual Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic.
• Today's game is the fourth of a four-game road trip that began at Sacramento State on Dec. 23 and continued in Honolulu for three games in the Outrigger Hotels Rainbow Classic hosted by the University of Hawai'i.
• GW is coming off its second straight loss, a 73-47 setback to Hawai'i Monday in the Rainbow Classic. Sophomore Travis King led the Colonials with a 10 points on 3-5 FGs and five assists.
• GW is 2-4 on the road this season and is 40-52 (.435) away from home in seven-plus seasons under Karl Hobbs.
• Coppin St. is coming off a 58-56 loss to Pepperdine also Monday, it's 10th straight loss after winning its season-opener.
• The Eagles are 1-2 in neutral-site games this season.
• The Eagles were picked to finish 6th in the 11-team Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference in the league's preseason coaches poll.
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• GW has won 60 of its last 90 regular-season games and 32 of its last 48 A-10 games.
Next Game: GW will fly back to DC before busing to Farmville, VA, to face Longwood on Jan. 3. The game will tip off at 7:00 pm will be broadcast live on 1050 AM and via the Internet at FederalNewsRadio.com and www.GWsports.com.
