xAC wrote:

Sara Lewis has entered the portal, citing "coaching change". 
I would have thought players would wait to see who the successor is, but apparently not.

Bummer. As I said to friends yesterday at the game as the second half descended into acceptance, “Can’t even know how to look forward to next year. No idea who will be back.” Already started on the women’s side. Wonder if they’ll still be called the Revolutionaries with all the changes coming with a new coach. Well, maybe that aspect wouldn’t be so bad.

Miriam Diala has joined Lewis and Matthews in the portal.

Too bad - she looked like she had a decent up side.

Last edited by xAC (3/27/2025 10:07 am)

Anyone else concerned at how slow things have been moving?  We sure could use some players...

Looks like Sara Lewis is staying. Good News for the WBB program

@TaliaGoodmanWBB[/url]·2h   NEWS: George Washington’s Sara Lewis has withdrawn her name from the transfer portal, sources told @On3sports. The 6-1 sophomore averaged 7 ppg and 5.5 rpg. TRACKER: [url=https://t.co/StsxDxjlYl]https://on3.com/her/news/on3-2024-2025-womens-basketball-transfer-portal-tracker/…[/url]  [url=https://x.com/TaliaGoodmanWBB/status/1912595356627386709/photo/1]
 

Last edited by G-Dubber (4/16/2025 5:02 pm)

Congrats! Happy that Sara seems happy.

Florida Colonial wrote:

Nya Morris commits to George Washington per her Instagram. The 5’9 guard is transferring from Claflin (DII) where she was named CIAA POY, CIAA All-Backcourt and made the D2CCA All-American Team. She averaged 20.2 ppg, 4.5 rebs, and scored 525 points this season.

Thanks for the news FC. Got us a Nya back.

Both seem like good moves. I especially like adding Nya Morris, who was one of the best scorers in D2 last year. According to this tweet (https://x.com/morris_nya/status/1907547352639971815) from her a few days ago, she also had "strong interest" from UNLV, UCF, Robert Morris, Rutgers, and Northwestern.

Jaeda Wilson is left handed and was signed with Marquette before flipping to Georgetown. 4.1 points per game, 44.4% from two, 23.6% from three (but 86.4% from the free throw line) in 17.3 minutes per game. Can't remember the last time there was a left handed player on the women's team (although I'm likely missing an obvious one)

Morgan Matthews to Northeastern

Miriam Diala to Toledo. She has some upside moving forward, but needs some refinement offensively. Wish her the best.

Silvia Gonzalez is transferring in from Bryant. She averaged 3.6 ppg and 2 rpg in a reserve role. Unlike the Morris (who fits a need in terms of go-to scorer/shooter) and Wilson transfers (showed promise/upside as a freshman at Georgetown and was a four star recruit out of HS) I don't really get this one.

Gonzalez regressed from year 1 to year 2, and this just feels like a step down from Planes Fortuny, who is also from Spain and came in from Bryant. I guess as a stretch frontcourt player she fits what Coach G wants to do in terms of shooting, but she only made 31% of her threes last year. Given the holes in the frontcourt, I hope WBB can land at least a couple of players who had a bigger impact. McCombs was able to do so with Mott/Planes Fortuny, so it should be doable especially since it's been reported that GW is going "all in" in WBB and upping the commitment.

Good article on Coach G: https://www.thenexthoops.com/ncaaw/mid-majors/ganiyat-adeduntan-new-head-coach-george-washington-atlantic-10/

Overall, I like the philosophy/long term vision but wanted to say two things: 1) It's great that she wants to be competitive right away, but the current roster that's mostly filled with McCombs recruits likely clash with what she wants to do. Most are not good shooters and turn the ball over a lot (although some definitely have promise with better coaching). Internal development will be critical if her goal is to make sizable strides in year 1. 2) She mentions wanting to play fast, but that sounds like classic coach speak. None of her teams at Colgate even ranked top 300 in tempo.