LAKEWOOD, NJ (Dec. 2, 2024) - Conference play is finally here and after coming off of their first win of the season, Georgian Court Men's Basketball rolls into Wilmington looking to start league action with a win at Wilmington.
Opponent
Wilmington Wildcats (1-6, 0-0 CACC)
Where
Wilmington, De - Wilmington Athletics Complex
When
Tuesday, Dec. 3 - 8 pm
How to Watch
• Tuesday's game is available to watch via a free-to-view broadcast on the Wilmington portal of the CACC Digital Network.. Live stats are available and links can be found on the GCU Basketball schedule page.
Previously vs. Wilmington
• All-time, Georgian Court is 5-15 against the Wildcats and have lost three straight.
• They've played some close contests throughout the years, but last year in Wilmington near the end of the season was not one of them.
• The Wildcats swept the season series with an 80-69 win in Lakewood followed by a 95-61 win in Wilmington.
• In the game in Wilmington, GCU was 0-15 from behind the arc.
Taheen Braswell-Brown led GCU scoring 18 points.
Last Time Out
• The Lions picked up their first win of the season and of the
Dave Fedor era, 72-67 Sunday morning at Queens.
• The back-and-forth game saw GCU pull ahead in the final five minutes.
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Cam Edmonds went off with a career-best 33 points, tied for the third most in a game in Lions history.
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Donavin Crawford and
Justin Harper were also in double-figures.
Individual Milestones
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Cam Edmonds is in the Lions all-time top-10 for scoring, field goals, three-pointers and free throws. He needs two more threes to move up to sixth all-time and five to get into the top-five.
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Amari Jones is four points away from 200 in his career and
Justin Harper seven.
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Charles Anyichie needs three rebounds to get to 50.
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Anthony Rivera is two rebounds short of 100 and seven points away from 200.
CACC Leaders
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Cam Edmonds is now the second leading scorer in the CACC at 22.4 points per game and is fourth in steals.
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Donavin Crawford and Edmonds rank 1-2 in the league in three-point percentage and three-pointers made per game.
• Crawford and Edmonds are both in the top-10 in three-point field goals per game.
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Justin Soranno is sixth in the league in blocks per game.
• No team in the conference attempts more three-pointers than Georgian Court at 28.3.
• GCU has the fifth-best turnover margin in the league at +1.3 and their 9.7 steals rank fourth.
Who's Hot?
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Cam Edmonds is scorching after his 33 point morning at Queens. He's averaging 25 points in his last three games.
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Donavin Crawford has back-to-back 10+ point games.
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Taheen Braswell-Brown matched a career-best with 10 rebounds against the Knights.
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Justin Harper shot better than 50% at Queens while scoring 11 points.
About Wilmington
• Wilmington has dropped five straight and are 1-6 to start the season.
• Coach Dan Burke's squad has a new look to it in 2024-25 after losing nine of his top-10 scorers from last year.
• Skip Burton is the lone returner who averaged more than two points per game last year back for this season.
• This year the Wildcats are still scoring 79 points per game while shooting 44% overall.
• Burton is one of four scoring 10+ points per game. Justin Perez leads the team at 12.4.
• They have some dangerous shooters with Jaylin Horsey hitting 13-26 from downtown and Perez 17-43.
• While Wilmington is getting outrebounded, they are winning the turnover battle, losing the ball fewer than 13 times per game.
• The Wildcats have struggled to hit their free throws shooting just 65.3% at the line.