LAKEWOOD, NJ (Feb. 27, 2024) - Georgian Court Men's Basketball has one final road game left in the 2024 regular season.
Opponent
Wilmington Wildcats (14-12, 7-7 CACC)
Where
Wilmington, DE - Wilmington Athletics Complex
When
Wednesday, Feb. 28 - 8 p.m.
How to Watch
• Wednesday's game is available to watch via a free to view broadcast on the GCU portal of the CACC Digital Network powered by HUDL. Links for videos and live stats can be found above and on the Lions Basketball schedule page.
Previously vs. Wilmington
• This will mark the 20th all-time meeting between these two teams. Since 2013, Georgian Court is 5-14 against the Wildcats.
• The Lions have fared better against the Wildcats of late winning three of the last six.
• That included a split last season with the road team winning each game.
• The game in Wilmington was a classic with the Lions scoring 53 second-half points in the 93-86 win, one of the best games of the season for GCU.
• Georgian Court shot 54% from three and
Cameron Edmonds was 4-4.
• Earlier this season in Lakewood, Wilmington pulled away late in the second half. It was a one-point game at half, but WU pushed it to double-figures midway through the second before going on to win 80-69.
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Clint Wright, Jr. scored 19. He and
Cameron Edmonds each hit three three-pointers.
• For his career Edmonds is 9-13 from three against Wilmington and has scored 10+ points in all three career games.
Last Time Out
• After letting a couple of games slip away late, Georgian Court finally had a strong second-half performance.
• Unfortunately, this time the Lions got out of the gates slow as Jefferson built a 48-20 lead.
• The Lions outscored the Rams 51-45 in the second, but it wasn't enough to make up the difference in a 93-71 loss.
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Clint Wright, Jr. scored 29 making 5-12 from three.
Who's Hot?
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Clint Wright, Jr. has 10+ points in 13 straight games and 20+ in six of his last seven. He scored a career-high 29 against Jefferson.
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Donavin Crawford is averaging 14.3 points per game over his last four.
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Amari Jones is averaging 8.3 points in his last four games with at least four rebounds in five straight.
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Jahsan Johnson is averaging seven points and four assists. over his last two games
CACC Leaders
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Clint Wright, Jr. leads the CACC and is 16th in the country shooting 44.9% from three.
• Wright, Jr. is also third scoring 17.8 points per game. He leads the CACC in free throw percentage as well making 88.6.
• At the free throw line, Georgian Court is up to 70.4%, good for sixth in the CACC.
• The Lions are hitting 33.4% from three which is seventh as a team in the league.
Individual Milestones
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Clint Wright, Jr. continues his assault on the GCU record books. It would take a lot over the next two games, but he is 83 points away from the all-time scoring record. He also needs two three-pointers to reach 250. Something only 15 active NCAA Division II student-athletes have done. One more will also set a new single-season three-point record, breaking his own mark.
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Anthony Rivera needs seven points to get to 200 and two rebounds for 100.
About Wilmington
• Wilmington is 14-12 overall this season and battling for third in the CACC South Division with a 7-7 record.
• After a low point in the season losing six of seven, Wilmington has won two straight with wins over Dominican and Holy Family.
• At home Wilmington is 7-4 this season. This is their final home game and will be senior night for the Wildcats.
• Wilmington boasts one of the best defenses in the conference. Teams are scoring just 77.3 points against WU this season, sixth in the league.
• The Wildcats are holding opponents to a 30.4 three-point percentage which leads the league and is 13th-best in all of Division II. Their 42.4% field-goal percentage defense is second in the CACC.
• Offensively, the Wildcats share the ball well with two in the CACC top-10 in assists. Amiri Stewart is eighth with 89 and Caleb Matthews 10th with 87. Those two, plus Skip Burton are all also in the CACC top-10 in assist to turnover ratio.
• Stewart has been red hot scoring as well. He has 20+ points in seven straight games including two at 30+. He leads the team and is fifth in the league averaging 17.3 points per game.
• In addition to Stewart, Taalib Holloman is scoring 14.5 points per game.
• The Wildcats have also done a good job not beating themselves. They have the fourth fewest turnovers at 13.7 per game.