Kudos to Howard for putting up a multi-camera feed for free and without geographic restrictions (just tone down the homer announcers and all the "we" and "our" talk). Also, good hosts by sitting their top three players. Has Burr been remodeled? The lighting is actually good enough to see the game (an improvement from how I remember it, although a bit like the regulars at "Moe´s Tavern", I miss the dank) and the seating looks better than benches. Their DJ and dance team are pretty good, too.
Up 43-28 at the half, but if you watched the UVa game, you know that means about as much an account at a cyrpto exchange. When GW is not dropping threes, the back door is open. Too many dumb fouls and pitter-patter feet to make me happy, but a good show so far.

Unfortunately Howard doesn't realize the west coast is in a different time zone and thinks the game hasn't started yet.

GW wins 83-62 at Burr.

We were fortunate that Robertson had a good shooting night, ensuring that our lead never went below six points. She had a game like no freshman I can remember, going 11-17 (4-7 from beyond the arc) and finishing with 27 points and a team leading 4 assists. She had her freshman moments-- playing a bit out of control contributed to 6 TOs. We have multiple players who can be scoring threats, but we need to be more consistent, especially within each game. Like the previous games, we had our ups and downs, and scoring droughts at the beginning of the 3rd and 4th quarters gave Howard life.

The jury is out on our defense. At times it looks OK, but at times we look slow and we've been fouling at a much higher rate than our opponents, especially on the inside. Howard made 21-24 FTs tonight, otherwise the final score could have been much worse for the Bison (GW was 5-8 on FTs).

As usual, Taiwo controlled the boards, finishing 14 rebounds and 7 points. Laktisgala had a good start and finished with 11 points, including 3-4 on 3's. Innis had a nice game, scoring 10 pints on 5-7 shooting and doing a good job of finishing her drives to the basket. Brown, plagued by early foul trouble, wasn't a big factor in the game. Webster also had a tough game, with several TOs in traffic, trying to jockey for position under the rim. The subs played well. For the most part, Robertson was unstoppable, except when she stopped herself. Blethen, Lok, and Thornton all made positive contributions, and Gingras was a good floor general, especially when we needed to slow down a bit.

Howard was undermanned, with Iyanna Warren out and Destiny Howell scratched at game time, but GW has been playing without Engel, Laureano, and Loving who I'm anxiously awaiting to see. So despite that, this was still a pretty good road win.
 

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