LAKEWOOD, NJ (Jan. 17, 2025) - Georgian Court Men's Basketball seeks back-to-back wins to cap off its three-game home stretch on Saturday.
Opponent
Post Eagles (9-8, 3-2 CACC)
Where
Lakewood, New Jersey - GCU Wellness Center
When
Saturday, Jan. 18 - 2 p.m.
How to Watch
• Saturday's game is available to watch via a free-to-view broadcast on the Georgian Court portal of the CACC Digital Network.
• Live stats are also available on the Lions' schedule page.
Ticketing
• Tickets for all Georgian Court home games can be found at the link above, or purchased in-person prior to the game.
• $10 adults
• $5 seniors/students
Last Time Out
• Georgian Court moved to 2-3 in the CACC this season with a 75-66 win over Holy Family on Tuesday.
• Cam Edmonds led the Lions to victory with a career-high-tying 33 points and broke his own program record with 17 made free throws on 20 attempts. He also grabbed a team-high nine rebounds.
• Georgian Court committed just six turnovers, tied for its lowest mark in nearly seven years, which they also matched in December versus New Haven.
• The Lions hit a season-high 25 free throws, only two off of their program record and their most since 2020.
• The Lions held Holy Family to 19.2% (5 of 26) from 3, GCU's second-lowest mark allowed this season.
• Donavin Crawford added 13 points on 5 of 12 shooting.
• Amari Jones finished 4 of 6 from the floor for nine points and four rebounds.
• Miles White totaled six points while Justin Soranno and Anthony Gooden chipped in with five each.
Cam the Man
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Cam Edmonds led the Lions to victory versus Holy Family on Tuesday with a career-high-tying 33 points.
• With Tuesday's 30-point effort, Edmonds joins Caleb Bowser as the only Lions with three or more 30-point games in a single season.
• The junior also broke his own program record with 17 made free throws on 20 attempts.
Home is Where the Lions Play
• Saturday's contest marks the end of Georgian Court's three-game homestand. Including Saturday, they are home for four of their next six games.
The CACC Schedule
• Conference play heats up for the Lions after finishing their non-conference schedule.
• Each of Georgian Court's final 14 games are against CACC opponents.
Individual Milestones
• Cam Edmonds is fourth in Lions history in career 3-pointers made (81). The junior is also sixth all-time in free-throws made (189), seventh in points (686), 3-pointers made (81) and field goals made (208).
• Edmonds is two rebounds short of 200 in his career.
• Donavin Crawford needs one 3-pointer to get to 50 in his career.
• Justin Soranno is 10 rebounds shy of 100 in his career.
• Khalil Baker is nine rebounds away from 100 career rebounds.
• Taheen Braswell-Brown is 20 points away from 200 in his career.
• Anthony Rivera is two rebounds short of 100 and seven points away from 200 in his career.
CACC Leaders
• After Tuesday's 33-point outburst, Cam Edmonds leads the CACC and is 21st nationally with 21.6 points per game.
• The junior also leads the conference and is 15th nationally in free-throws made.
• Edwards is fifth in the conference with just over two steals per contest.
• Khalil Baker is 11th in the CACC in field-goal percentage at 52.3%.
• Edmonds sits ninth and Donavin Crawford is 10th in the CACC in 3-pointers made per game.
• Edmonds and Crawford are tied for 11th in the CACC playing 31.5 minutes per game.
• Justin Soranno sits ninth in the conference with one block per contest.
• Georgian Court leads the conference with 25.9 3-point attempts per game.
Who's Hot?
• Miles White is averaging 13.8 points per game over the last four games, including a career-best 22 against Fairmont State.
• Justin Harper is 12 of 21 (57.1%) over the past three games, including a season-high 66.7% (6 of 9) from the floor at Felician.
• Justin Soranno has two of his three highest-scoring games this season over two of the past three games, with nine points against Felician and 11 versus Caldwell.
• Khalil Baker has scored at least 14 points in three of his last five contests.
• Cam Edmonds has gotten to the free-throw line 47 times over his last four games and has made 37 of them.
Series History vs. Post
• Georgian Court is 0-10 all-time against Post.
• In the previous meeting, the Eagles took down the Lions in Connecticut, 79-63.
• Taheen Braswell-Brown scored 16 points on 8 of 14 shooting and grabbed 10 rebounds while Anthony Rivera added 13 points on 6 for 9 from the floor.
• The teams have met every year of the Lions' 12-year program history outside of the 2020-21 COVID-shortened season.
About Post
• Post sits 9-8 overall and 3-2 in CACC play.
• The Eagles won their first ever NCAA Tournament game at the Division II level last season, knocking off No. 2 seed St. Thomas Aquinas before falling in the second round of the tournament.
• Post took down Felician, 74-69, on Tuesday at home.
• The duo of Bol Akot and Deng Deang is one of the strongest in the conference.
• Akot leads the conference in assists while ranking 10th with 15.4 points per game, fourth with 2.1 steals per contest and third with 34.3 minutes per game.
• Deang is fourth in the CACC with 18.6 points per game, sixth with 7.5 rebounds per game, sixth in total 3-pointers and ninth with an 80% free-throw percentage.
• Harrison Warnock ranks eighth in the conference with 7.2 rebounds per game, 16th with 13.3 points per game and eighth in the conference in free-throws made.