Homecoming 2025! The current forecast shows clouds in the morning with temperatures in the high 30’s. The afternoon forecast calls for off and on showers with some sleet or freezing rain possible. Hopefully the weather cooperates and doesn’t screw up the festivities in the parking lot.
This will be our 2nd game of the year against Rhode Island. I’m still pissed that we let the first game get away from us. We had a 12 point lead early in the game and were up 9 at the end of the first half. They outscored us 37-25 in the second half to pull out the 62-59 win. We were a dismal 2-17 from 3 and just 9-18 from the charity stripe. Game, set, match under those circumstances. Sebastian Thomas killed us, going off for 23 points. No one else scored in double figures for the Rams.
Game 1 Box Score: https://gomason.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25/rhode-island/boxscore/13233
The game is on ESPN+.
KenPom: Gives us a 78% chance of winning.
GMU - 71
Rhode Island - 117
NET:
GMU - 69
Rhode Island - 112
We are 8-8 against Rhode Island all-time.
Rhode Island is currently 15-7 on the season and 4-6 in A10 play. They are 11-2 at home, 1-5 on the road, and 3-0 at neutral sites. The Rams are 0-0 against Quad 1 teams, 2-2 against Quad 2, 4-4 versus Quad 3, and 8-0 against Quad 4 teams.
Schedule: https://gorhody.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Wins: Fairfield (96-58), Holy Cross (91-77), Franklin Pierce (105-73), Lafayette (86-72), College of Charleston (91-53), Detroit Mercy (81-75), UT Arlington (83-78), Yale (84-78), Providence (69-63), Central Connecticut St. (77-69), Temple (85-79), GMU (62-59), Richmond (67-64 OT), Davidson (92-90), UMass (88-82)
Losses: Brown (84-80), Duquesne (67-55), GW (75-67), Loyola Chicago (81-77), vcu (81-57), La Salle (70-64), Fordham (80-79)
Probable Starters:
6’1” Sebastian Thomas - 19.0 ppg & 4.2 reb - Senior (2nd leading scorer in the A10)
6’4” Jaden House - 11.8 ppg - Senior
6’7” David Green - 14.5 ppg & 5.6 reb - Senior
6’3” Jamarques Lawrence - 9.5 ppg - Junior
7’0” Javonte Brown - 9.0 ppg & 6.4 reb - Senior
Reserves averaging double figure minutes:
6’6” Tyonne Farrell - 5.6 ppg - Freshman
6’9” David Fuchs - 5.9 ppg - Sophomore
6’3” Cam Estevez - 4.1 ppg - Sophomore
6’8” Drissa Traore - 3.2 ppg - Junior
6’5” Quintin Diboundje - 3.9 ppg - Senior - has only played in 11 games this far
Roster: https://gorhody.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster?path=mbball
Team Stats:
Rhode Island averages 78.9 points (1st in the A10) per game while giving up 72.8 (12th in the A10).
The Rams shoot 45.8% from the floor (6th in the A10) and 34.4% from 3 (5th in the A10).
Opponents are shooting 39.9% from the field and 29.4% from 3.
They shoot 70.1% from the free throw line (11th in the A10).
The Rams have out rebounded opponents by 3.5 boards per game and average 13.2 turnovers per contest.
Stats: https://gorhody.com/documents/2025/1/29/MBB_Season_Stats__4_.pdf
Thoughts: Hopefully, we get revenge in front of a rowdy Homecoming crowd.
Discuss.
This will be our 2nd game of the year against Rhode Island. I’m still pissed that we let the first game get away from us. We had a 12 point lead early in the game and were up 9 at the end of the first half. They outscored us 37-25 in the second half to pull out the 62-59 win. We were a dismal 2-17 from 3 and just 9-18 from the charity stripe. Game, set, match under those circumstances. Sebastian Thomas killed us, going off for 23 points. No one else scored in double figures for the Rams.
Game 1 Box Score: https://gomason.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25/rhode-island/boxscore/13233
The game is on ESPN+.
KenPom: Gives us a 78% chance of winning.
GMU - 71
Rhode Island - 117
NET:
GMU - 69
Rhode Island - 112
We are 8-8 against Rhode Island all-time.
Rhode Island is currently 15-7 on the season and 4-6 in A10 play. They are 11-2 at home, 1-5 on the road, and 3-0 at neutral sites. The Rams are 0-0 against Quad 1 teams, 2-2 against Quad 2, 4-4 versus Quad 3, and 8-0 against Quad 4 teams.
Schedule: https://gorhody.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule
Wins: Fairfield (96-58), Holy Cross (91-77), Franklin Pierce (105-73), Lafayette (86-72), College of Charleston (91-53), Detroit Mercy (81-75), UT Arlington (83-78), Yale (84-78), Providence (69-63), Central Connecticut St. (77-69), Temple (85-79), GMU (62-59), Richmond (67-64 OT), Davidson (92-90), UMass (88-82)
Losses: Brown (84-80), Duquesne (67-55), GW (75-67), Loyola Chicago (81-77), vcu (81-57), La Salle (70-64), Fordham (80-79)
Probable Starters:
6’1” Sebastian Thomas - 19.0 ppg & 4.2 reb - Senior (2nd leading scorer in the A10)
6’4” Jaden House - 11.8 ppg - Senior
6’7” David Green - 14.5 ppg & 5.6 reb - Senior
6’3” Jamarques Lawrence - 9.5 ppg - Junior
7’0” Javonte Brown - 9.0 ppg & 6.4 reb - Senior
Reserves averaging double figure minutes:
6’6” Tyonne Farrell - 5.6 ppg - Freshman
6’9” David Fuchs - 5.9 ppg - Sophomore
6’3” Cam Estevez - 4.1 ppg - Sophomore
6’8” Drissa Traore - 3.2 ppg - Junior
6’5” Quintin Diboundje - 3.9 ppg - Senior - has only played in 11 games this far
Roster: https://gorhody.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster?path=mbball
Team Stats:
Rhode Island averages 78.9 points (1st in the A10) per game while giving up 72.8 (12th in the A10).
The Rams shoot 45.8% from the floor (6th in the A10) and 34.4% from 3 (5th in the A10).
Opponents are shooting 39.9% from the field and 29.4% from 3.
They shoot 70.1% from the free throw line (11th in the A10).
The Rams have out rebounded opponents by 3.5 boards per game and average 13.2 turnovers per contest.
Stats: https://gorhody.com/documents/2025/1/29/MBB_Season_Stats__4_.pdf
Thoughts: Hopefully, we get revenge in front of a rowdy Homecoming crowd.
Discuss.
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