Men’s basketball sinks Navy in BB&T Classic
After seeing a lead shrink to one, a four-minute string of 14 unanswered GW points carried the Colonials (6-1) to an eventual 81-69 win over Navy in the BB&T Classic. Hollis led with 18 points.
Sports
Stories from the December 7, 2009, Print Edition
Athletes help AIDS education
Middle school students from nine D.C. area schools graduated last Tuesday from the Grassroots Project, a program through which Division I athletes educate middle school students about HIV/AIDS.
Women’s basketball loses fifth straight
The road woes continued for the GW women's basketball team this weekend, as a poor shooting performance at Auburn Saturday sent the Colonials to their fifth loss in a row, all of them coming away from home.
Swim teams lose in second home meet
Though they wore pink swimsuits and caps as part of a breast cancer awareness promotion, the special outfits didn't prove to be lucky for GW's men's and women's swim teams as they both fell to Old Dominion Saturday at the Smith Center.
Colonials return to winning ways at BB&T
The men's basketball team's 81-69 win over Navy is not likely to trigger any sort of shift in the course of the program, but it marked the team's first win in three years at an event that helped propel it to the national stage earlier this decade.
