Saturday, February 5
Washington, D.C
2:00 PM
Davidson College
19-3,9-1Atlantic 10
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George Washington*
8-13,4-5Atlantic 10
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Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com
Brajkovic Leads ‘Cats to Comeback Win at George Washington
2/5/2022 5:17:00 PM | Men's Basketball
McKillop Postgame Radio Interview
Brajkovic Postgame Radio Interview
Radio Highlights
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Luka Brajkovic scored a career-high 30 points on 11-of-14 shooting and Davidson erased an 11-point second-half deficit to rally past George Washington, 78-73, inside the Charles E. Smith Center Saturday afternoon.
Matching their best start since the 1963-64 campaign, the Wildcats have won 18 of their last 19, improving to 19-3 overall and 9-1 in A-10 play, while remaining unbeaten in true road games at 8-0.
Foster Loyer and Sam Mennenga also scored in double figures for Davidson with 16 and 11 points, respectively.
Trailing 47-36 early in the second half, the Wildcats' offense came to life as they opened the final frame 9-of-11 from the floor, while using a 25-5 streak to go in front, 61-52 with 11:14 to play.
Highlighting Davidson's game-changing run was 10 straight points from Brajkovic, including consecutive triples to give his club their first lead since the opening minutes.
The Colonials, who drilled 13 3-pointers on the afternoon, fought back and evened the score on several occasions, but were unable to contain Brajkovic, whose 3-point play with 56 seconds remaining put the Wildcats up for good.
Davidson, which entered seventh nationally in field-goal percentage, torched the nets for 66.7% percent after intermission, finished the contest at 56.3 percent.
Behind 21 first-half points from James Bishop, the Colonials used a pair of lengthy runs in the period to carry a 42-34 lead into the break.
Davidson scored the first seven points of the contest, but George Washington (8-13, 4-5 A-10) would later answer with an 18-6 spurt capped by four straight Bishop 3-pointers to go up, 24-16 at the 9:10 mark. After the 'Cats responded with a 10-2 spurt to tie the game, 26-26, the Colonials stretched the margin to their largest of the period, 40-29.
Grant Huffman and the Wildcats' defense held Bishop to just five points in the final 20 minutes. Joe Bamisile added 19 points for George Washington.
UP NEXT
Davidson returns home to Belk Arena Wednesday, Feb. 9 for a 7 p.m. contest with Saint Joseph's.
Brajkovic Postgame Radio Interview
Radio Highlights
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Luka Brajkovic scored a career-high 30 points on 11-of-14 shooting and Davidson erased an 11-point second-half deficit to rally past George Washington, 78-73, inside the Charles E. Smith Center Saturday afternoon.
Matching their best start since the 1963-64 campaign, the Wildcats have won 18 of their last 19, improving to 19-3 overall and 9-1 in A-10 play, while remaining unbeaten in true road games at 8-0.
Foster Loyer and Sam Mennenga also scored in double figures for Davidson with 16 and 11 points, respectively.
Trailing 47-36 early in the second half, the Wildcats' offense came to life as they opened the final frame 9-of-11 from the floor, while using a 25-5 streak to go in front, 61-52 with 11:14 to play.
Highlighting Davidson's game-changing run was 10 straight points from Brajkovic, including consecutive triples to give his club their first lead since the opening minutes.
The Colonials, who drilled 13 3-pointers on the afternoon, fought back and evened the score on several occasions, but were unable to contain Brajkovic, whose 3-point play with 56 seconds remaining put the Wildcats up for good.
Davidson, which entered seventh nationally in field-goal percentage, torched the nets for 66.7% percent after intermission, finished the contest at 56.3 percent.
Behind 21 first-half points from James Bishop, the Colonials used a pair of lengthy runs in the period to carry a 42-34 lead into the break.
Davidson scored the first seven points of the contest, but George Washington (8-13, 4-5 A-10) would later answer with an 18-6 spurt capped by four straight Bishop 3-pointers to go up, 24-16 at the 9:10 mark. After the 'Cats responded with a 10-2 spurt to tie the game, 26-26, the Colonials stretched the margin to their largest of the period, 40-29.
Grant Huffman and the Wildcats' defense held Bishop to just five points in the final 20 minutes. Joe Bamisile added 19 points for George Washington.
UP NEXT
Davidson returns home to Belk Arena Wednesday, Feb. 9 for a 7 p.m. contest with Saint Joseph's.
Team Stats
DC
GWU
FG%
.563
.481
3FG%
.364
.433
FT%
.696
.833
RB
29
21
TO
10
9
STL
4
7
Game Leaders
Pts
30
FGM
11
3FGM
2
FTM
6
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
11
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
3
Pts
7
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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