WHAT: 2014-15 Game #1 vs. Grambling State Tigers (0-0)
WHERE: Charles E. Smith Center (4,338), 600 22nd Street NW
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WHEN: Friday, November 14 at 7 p.m.
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PROMOTION: Fourth annual Home Opener Tailgate starting at 4 p.m., and now relocated to Lerner Health & Wellness Center Third Floor
WASHINGTON, DC -- George Washington men's basketball begins a new century of competition on Friday when it hosts Grambling State at the Charles E. Smith Center to open the 2014-15 campaign, its 101st season of college hoops. Tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Friday's game will be preceded by the fourth annual Home Opener Tailgate starting at 4 p.m. on the third floor of the Lerner Health & Wellness Center adjacent to the Smith Center on 23rd and G Streets. Enjoy a game day atmosphere with food, music, activities and drinks (ID required for 21+) with fellow Colonials fans.
The 2013-14 season was a banner one for the Colonials, who celebrated their 100th season of intercollegiate competition by amassing the second-most victories in program history (24) en route to a berth in the 2014 NCAA Tournament. A banner recognizing the program's 11th all-time NCAA Tournament appearance will be unveiled prior to Friday night's tipoff.
Led by a quartet of juniors and returning starters, GW has been picked to finish second in the Atlantic 10 and contend for a return trip to the NCAA Tournament in 2014-15. The Colonials will begin the 2014-15 season receiving at least one vote in both the AP and USA Today Coaches Top 25 polls.
Three of those returning juniors - Patricio Garino (16 points), Kevin Larsen (13) and Kethan Savage (10) - were joined by senior John Kopriva (11) and freshmen Darian Bryant (13) and Yuta Watanabe (12) in scoring in double figures as GW cruised to an 89-47 rout of Bloomsburg in exhibition action at the Smith Center on Saturday. The Colonials shot 66 percent (35-53) from the field, including better than 71 percent (15-21) in the second half, and assisted on 24-of-35 baskets against the Huskies.
GW returns to the Smith Center and its monument-laden Tex Silverman Court - the #MonumentalHomeCourtAdvantage - for the first time after posting a 14-1 record at home last season. Since being installed prior to the 2013-14 athletics season, Colonials' teams that compete on the #MonumentalHomeCourtAdvantage have a combined .794 win percentage (54-14 across MBB, WBB, VB and GYM).
Friday's contest will be the first ever between GW and Grambling State. The Tigers return five players from last season's team, including two of their top four scorers in Preseason Second Team All-SWAC guard/forward A'Torri Shine (13.8 ppg) and guard Remond Brown (8.9 ppg), and have seven newcomers for Shawn Walker's first season at the helm.
Following Friday's opener, the Colonials will quickly prepare to visit new Big Ten member Rutgers on Sunday night in Piscataway, N.J. GW Alumni will host its first of several road pregame receptions this season at the Rutgers Zone beginning at 5 p.m.
COURTESY GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS
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