Stories from the February 2, 2006, Print Edition
Unbeknownst to much of Foggy Bottom, there is an impressive GW team that is ranked first in its league, fourth in its region, and is still undefeated more than halfway through a long season. Tucked away at the Fort DuPont Ice Arena in Southeast Washington - a long Metro train ride and a bus transfer from campus - the GW club ice hockey team practices, preparing for this weekend's road trip to Georgia.
GW head coach Karl Hobbs and his 10th-ranked men's basketball team knows their past performances against Xavier all too well: nine losses in the past 10 games. Zero for two last season. No wins in the Musketeers' Cintas Center. Despite the Colonials' Atlantic 10 championship and a top-10 ranking for the first time in 50 years, Xavier has always been the team that got away.
Austrian native verbally commits to GW, prep school coach says Herman Opoku, a 6-foot-9 Austrian native, has verbally committed to the GW men's basketball team, said coach Raphael Chillius of the South Kent School in South Kent, Conn., which Opoku attends.
Posted Thursday, Feb. 2, 9:10 p.m. A 10-point halftime deficit, 50 percent first half shooting by Xavier and a one-point deficit with under two minutes left did not phase the No. 10 GW men's basketball team Thursday evening. Fifteen points from junior Carl Elliott, including four free throws down the stretch that iced the game, topped Xavier 89-85 for the Colonials' ninth straight win.
Posted Sunday, Feb. 5, 3:05 p.m. For the GW men's basketball team's 10th straight win, it felt like home sweet home. Senior Pops Mensah-Bonsu and junior Danilo (J.R.) Pinnock had 16 points each and Mike Hall had 15 in the No. 10 Colonials' 80-55 win over Richmond Sunday afternoon. The Colonials (18-1, 8-0 Atlantic 10) caused 22 turnovers on 14 steals and only gave the ball up nine times.
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