Preview: GW at St. Bonaventure – Interview With SBU-TV’s Shannon Shepherd

Nkwa Asonye
Sports Director

To preview the A10 conference opener between GW and the St. Bonaventure Bonnies, I had a phone interview with SBU-TV men’s baskeball sideline reporter, Shannon Shepherd. The senior from Ashburn, VA was also the sports director of WSBU, St. Bonaventure’s campus radio station for the past three years.

She also has a series with SBU’s student-athletes called “Out of Bounds”. You can access it right here: http://gobonnies.com/gennews/Out_Of_Bounds

Raynell Cooper and I have the call tonight…pre-game show starts a little earlier today at 6:40pm.

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Gipson and Samuels Snap Colonials’ Streak at Kansas State

The Colonials’ three-game winning streak came to an end Thursday night as they fell to the Kansas State Wildcats (4-0), 69-56 in Manhattan, KS. With the loss George Washington is now 0-2 against opponents from BCS conferences.

The Colonials (4-2) started strong in the first half getting off to an early 19-17 lead with help from a trio of three-pointers by sophomore forward Nemanja Mikic. Despite starting off the game with nine points in the first eight minutes, he would be held scoreless for the rest of the game. After a back and forth first half, the Colonial entered halftime only down three points, 32-29.

A dominant start to the second half, including a 15-1 run by the Wildcats, fueled by several second chance opportunities, got them out to a 19-point lead, 63-44. Kansas State guard Will Spradling led the run putting up nine straight points. In a heated moment in the second half, during the Wildcats 15-1 run, Coach Mike Lonergan was issued a technical foul for arguing a questionable charging foul called against Kromah. The Colonials would continue to play aggressively despite the deficit and would cut the lead to 14 points by the end of the game.

Leading the way for the Wildcats was freshman forward Thomas Gipson, who put up a double-double with 17 points and 13 assists. DC product senior forward Jamar Samuels also put up a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. Spradling netted 14 points and forward Jordan Henriquez would grab 11 boards off the bench.

For the Colonials, senior guard Tony Taylor was able to rebound from a cold start to finish with 14 points and four assists. Junior guards Bryan Bynes and Lasan Kromah scored nine points each and graduate forward Jabari Edwards grabbed eight rebounds (including five on the offensive, end) and blocked five shots.

George Washington will try to bounce back on Sunday against the Rams of Virginia Commonwealth University at the Verizon Center in the BB&T Classic. If you can not make it to the game, tune into WRGW’s coverage beginning at 2 o’clock with tip-off at 2:15. Jeff Pawling and Doug Brem will be on the call.

Booker’s Double-Double Spurs Colonials to Home Comeback Win

Freshman guard Chakecia Miller looks to drive. | Alex Weihmann, District Radio Sports

Ben Topiel
Junior Correspondent

Coming off a dominant victory over Radford over the past weekend, the George Washington Colonials mounted a furious comeback on Wednesday to beat the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs in overtime, 58-52.  Senior forward Tara Booker and junior guard Danni Jackson netted 17 points each while freshman guard Chakecia Miller scored 14 off the bench.

After being down by as many as 10 points with 15:25 left in regulation, the Colonials started an 11-2 run highlighted by Miller’s game tying layup with 2:38 remaining and senior center Sara Mostafa’s only two points of the night came at an opportune time.  Mostafa’s basket with 22 seconds to go capped the run and sent the team into overtime.

In overtime, both teams exchanged baskets rapidly. After GW gained the lead on senior guard Tiana Myers’ layup with 2:20 left, Old Dominion’s Tia Lewis took it right back on the following possesion. But in the dwindling minutes of the second half, Booker hit the biggest shot of the night.

Booker, who had a double-double, had the same number of rebounds as she did points.

The game as a whole was sluggish offensively. The Colonials only shot 29.3% from the field, bested by Old Dominion by only one percent. GW turned the ball over 16 times, but caused ODU to cough up possession 21 times. The affair had 10 ties and eight lead changes.

With the victory, the Colonials earned their first back-to-back victories since February of 2011 when they defeated the Rhode Island Rams at home and then went on the road to beat the Saint Louis Billikens.

Tonight, the men will be facing the Kansas State Wildcats on the road at 8pm eastern, with the pre-game show at 7:45. Bryan Albin and Adam Kelsey will have the call. On Friday, the women will take their two-game winning steak to the Navy Classic, when they face Maine at 3:30pm. Doug Mogan and Dan Gutter will have the game in Annapolis.