LAKEWOOD, NJ (Jan. 3, 2025) - Georgian Court Men's Basketball hops right into conference play to start the 2025 calendar year. 

Opponent
Felician Golden Falcons (6-5, 0-2 CACC)

Where
Rutherford, NJ - JJJ Gymnasium

When
Saturday, Jan. 4 - 3:30 pm

How to Watch
• Saturday's came is available to watch via a free-to-stream video on the Felician portal page of the CACC Digital Network. 
• Live stats are also available on the Lions schedule page.

Previously vs. Felician
• All time against the Golden Falcons, Georgian Court is 2-9 with both of those wins coming on the road.
• In 2023, the Lions snapped a seven-game losing streak to Felician with a 70-62 triumph.
• Last season in Lakewood, the Lions nearly pulled off a comeback win. 
• Trailing by seven at the half, the Lions rallied and took a lead late in the second half. Clint Wright, Jr. went 3-3 at the foul line and put GCU up 65-61 with 2:12 remaining.
• Felician though responded and closed the game on a 7-0 run and pulled off a 68-65 win.
• Wright, Jr. led the Lions scoring 22 points while Taheen Braswell-Brown added 15. 

Last Time Out
• Georgian Court gave No. 7 Fairmont State all they could handle in the Lions final game before the break.
• The Lions never led, but never went away either.
• Miles White put GCU within one, 64-63, with 1:17 left to play, but Fairmont scored the final five points and escaped with a 69-63 win. 
• White scored a career-high 22 points hitting 5-8 from three. 

Individual Milestones
• Cam Edmonds is five assists away from 100 in his career and five made field goals short of 200. 
• Justin Harper is two assists shy of 50. 
• Jacob Santiago needs two points and Miles White just one to reach 50. 
• Donavin Crawford needs six three-pointers to get to 50. 
• Anthony Rivera is two rebounds short of 100 and seven points away from 200.

CACC Leaders
• Cam Edmonds is third in the CACC scoring 21.1 points per game and is sixth in steals per game.  
• Khalil Baker is sixth in the CACC in field goal percentage at 57% overall. 
• Donavin Crawford and Edmonds each rank in the top-10 in three-pointers made per game. Edmonds is also third in three-point percentage. 
• Justin Soranno is sixth in the league in blocks per game and 19th in rebounding. 
• No team in the conference attempts more three-pointers than Georgian Court at 26.6. 
• GCU is also fifth in both steals and turnovers forced. 
• The Lions field goal percentage defense is fifth in the league as opponents are shooting just 44.2%. 

Who's Hot?
• Cam Edmonds has gotten to the free throw line 21 times the last two games, making 15 of them. 
• Miles White scored a career-best 22 against Fairmont State. 
• Khalil Baker has three straight double-digit point games, averaging 17.3 points during that stretch. 

Home is Where the Lions Play
• Following Saturday's game at Felician, Georgian Court will be home for three straight and six of their next eight. 

The CACC Schedule
• Conference play will heat up for the Lions who are now finished with their nonconference portion of the schedule.
• Each of Georgian Court's final 14 games will be against a CACC opponent. 

About Felician
• Felician ended December strong winning three of their final four games before break, with their only loss, an 81-80 affair against Bentley.
• Overall, the Golden Falcons are 6-5 and 3-3 when playing at home.
• Felician is still in search of it's first CACC win. They're 0-2 on the season with losses to Caldwell and Dominican.
• The Golden Falcons have seven on their roster listed at 6-5 or taller and they use that height to their advantage.
• Felician is eighth in the country averaging 5.3 blocks per game. They're also ninth in defensive rebounds up near 30 per game.
• There's noone in the CACC scoring more than Felician's Jabari Fitzpatrick who averages 21.9 points per game. He's shooting 44% overall and 36.5% from three.
• The Golden Falcons are shooting 44% as a team, but get a lot of scoring in the paint. They're hitting just 30.7% of their three-pointers on the season.
• In addition to Fitzpatrick, Marcus Pierce is scoring 15 points per game.
• Jhonny Tovar is third in the league with nine rebounds per game and is scoring 8.4 points with 15 blocks on the season.