March 6, 2008

Over the last four seasons, this current senior class of the GW women’s basketball team has garnered more than a handful of awards and titles. But when it has come to those pesky three games in early March, the Colonials have faltered. No. 13/12 (AP, ESPN/USA Today) GW has gone 0-for-3 in the Atlantic 10 […]

Web Update Thursday, March 6, 11:48 p.m. CHARLOTTE, March 6 — The GW men’s basksetball team will return home to the nation’s capital Friday after falling 77-61 to Charlotte Thursday night. But when they get there, despite traveling roughly 400 miles north, Atlantic City, N.J., will seem farther away than they remember. The loss sends […]

Sophomore forward Robin Murphy transferred out of GW and is no longer a member of the women’s basketball team, head coach Joe McKeown said Wednesday. Murphy had missed the first part of the season due to a torn ACL. The Conyers, Ga., native is currently attending Southern Mississippi University, per a mutual decision between Murphy […]

Senior Kim Beck was named the Atlantic 10 player of the year in a poll conducted by the conference’s coaches, the conference announced Wednesday. Beck is the first GW player in four years to earn the accolade. Averaging 13.6 points per game and ranking third nationally in assist-to-turnover ratio (2.60), Beck was also named first-team […]

Web Update Saturday, March 8, 11:36 p.m. After his team’s 67-63 loss to Massachusetts Saturday evening, GW men’s basketball coach Karl Hobbs seemed to be in a good mood, smiling and jovial despite the fact that his team came up on the losing end. Hobbs said he was pleased with his squad’s heart despite having […]

Thursday Phenomenal women of GW An awards ceremony honoring extraordinary women leaders at GW. Proceeds from the event will go towards the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. Marvin Center Grand Ballroom Sponsored by Multicultural Student Services Center Saturday CPR Class A free training class for GW students and faculty to become […]

Burglary 3/2/08 – Funger Hall – time unknown – case closed University Police Department officers responded to a report of broken glass in the building. A suspect had broken the glass of a door in order to break into an office. UPD contacted the occupant of the office and determined that a laptop had been […]

Web Update Sunday, March 9, 5:41 p.m. PHILADELPHIA — In the last decade of the GW women’s basketball team’s series with Xavier, neither team has won more than two consecutive games. So while the Colonials surely appreciated their victory over Xavier in January of 2007 and again this season in January of 2008, they might […]

The accomplishments of the GW women’s basketball team’s four seniors are well documented. More than 3,400 points, 1,500 rebounds, 1,100 assists and 700 steals. A variety of award nominations, such as academic All-America and the Nancy Lieberman Award, given to the country’s top point guard. Three (likely soon to be four) straight NCAA tournaments, including […]

The GW men’s basketball team’s trip to Charlotte Thursday represents a pivotal point in the Colonials’ quest to do the seemingly commonplace: have the opportunity to defend last year’s conference championship. The Colonials (9-15, 5-9 Atlantic 10) currently find themselves right inside the cut for the upcoming A-10 tournament in Atlantic City, N.J., and control […]