GDT Bot Posted February 11 Posted February 11 SLU Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information Game 25 Saint Louis (14-10, 7-4 A-10) vs. George Mason (19-5, 10-1 A-10) Date // Time Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025 // 7 p.m. CT Location St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena) Chaifetz Arena Tickets | Parking | Clear Bag Policy Radio KMOX 1120AM | Varsity Network App (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.) TV FanDuel Sports Network (Tom Ackerman, Troy Robertson, Tamar Sher) Stream ESPN+ Live Stats StatBroadcast Series History Saint Louis leads 11-5 Game Notes Saint Louis SETTING THE SCENE Saint Louis welcomes the first-place George Mason Patriots to Chaifetz Arena on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Game time is set for 7 p.m. Next up, Saint Louis heads to the Windy City to face Loyola Chicago on Friday, Feb. 14. Game time at LUC's Gentile Arena is 6 p.m., and that game will be televised on ESPN2 as part of the A-10/ESPN Friday Night Showcase. FOLLOWING THE ACTION Tuesday's game will televised on FanDuel Sports Network and streamed on ESPN+. Tom Ackerman, Troy Robertson and Tamar Sher will call the action. KMOX 1120 AM is the home for Billiken Basketball on the radio. Billiken Hall of Famers and longtime SLU men's basketball radio partners Bob Ramsey and Earl Austin Jr. will the call the action for all SLU games, both at home and on the road. Ramsey is in his 39th season calling SLU games, while Austin is in year No. 34. NEWS & NOTES Saint Louis enters the week in third place in the A-10 standings with a 7-4 record. George Mason sits atop the league standings at 10-1. Saint Louis leads the A-10 in FG% (.476) and effective FG% (.559). Meanwhile, George Mason leads the A-10 in scoring defense (61.8), FG% defense (.369) and 3FG% defense (.289). In league games only, the Billiken defense ranks first in 3FG% defense (.252). Gibson Jimerson leads the Billikens and is fourth in the A-10 in scoring with 17.4 ppg. His school-record 37-game streak of hitting at least one 3-pointer was snapped Friday at Saint Joseph's as he left he game early in the second half with an injury. Robbie Avila is one of 10 finalists for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Center of the Year Award. He scores 16.2 ppg and leads all centers in NCAA Division I with 4.0 assists. Isaiah Swope turns in 16.0 points and is fourth in the A-10 with 4.8 assists per game. With the scoring trio of Avila, Jimerson and Swope, the Billikens are the only program in the country with three active players averaging 16.0 ppg or more. Kalu Anya is third in the A-10 in rebounds per game (8.8). Kobe Johnson is coming off a career-high 21 points at Saint Joseph's. He is averaging 9.5 ppg in conference play and 13.5 ppg over his last six games. Head coach Josh Schertz is in his first season at SLU. His .778 winning percentage ranks No. 8 among active coaches across all three NCAA divisions. ABOUT THE PATRIOTS George Mason University (Fairfax, Va.) enters Tuesday's game 19-5 overall and in first place at 10-1 in the A-10. The Patriots have won nine straight, tied for the sixth-longest active winning streak in the country. George Mason's 19-5 start is the program's best since 2010-11. Darius Maddox leads the Patriots with 14.0 ppg. His .904 free-throw percentage is second in the A-10 and ranks 15th in the NCAA. Jalen Haynes scores 12.6 ppg and leads the team with 6.9 rpg. He is also tops in the A-10 in field-goal percentage (.590). Brayden O'Connor scores 9.7 ppg and dishes out a team-best 2.7 apg. Giovanni Emejuru comes off the bench to average 7.9 ppg. Jared Billups leads Mason with 1.2 steals per game and is second with 6.3 rpg. George Mason leads the A-10 and is third nationally in field-goal percentage defense (.369). The Patriots lead the A-10 and are ninth in the NCAA in scoring defense, yielding 61.8 ppg. Tony Skinn is in his second season coaching at his alma mater. He was a starter on George Mason's Final Four team in 2006. SERIES HISTORY This is the 17th meeting all-time between the Billikens and Patriots. Saint Louis leads the series 11-5. The Billikens are 4-2 against George Mason at Chaifetz Arena. Five SLU/George Mason games have gone into overtime, including two that went to double OT. In fact, the last time SLU played an overtime game was against George Mason in the 2021-22 season. Last season, George Mason topped SLU 79-67 at EagleBank Arena. Gibson Jimerson led the Billikens with 20 points. Quote
slu72 Posted February 11 Posted February 11 Our big 3 in the last few games has been Swope, Kobe, and Gibby. Anya has also played well. What’s been hurting us is Robbie’s slump. Too many TOs, taking very few 3s, and not aggressive on the boards. Hopefully he and Schertz have had a come to Jesus meeting and he returns to form. What he may lack in athleticism he makes up with smarts. So, here’s hoping his brain fog has lifted. CenHudDude and billiken_roy 2 Quote
Lord Elrond Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Haven’t been to a game since the VCU game. What’s the line on another fight breaking out? Is there betting on which section it breaks out in? There’s a line on everything these days. Quote
Lord Elrond Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Jimmerson in the starting lineup, per what’s posted on the stats Quote
Matty Light Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Just now, Lord Elrond said: Jimmerson in the starting lineup, per what’s posted on the stats Hope that's reliable. Quote
Lord Elrond Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Gibby is moving during warmups with no apparent limp or anything Matty Light 1 Quote
dlarry Posted February 12 Posted February 12 12 minutes ago, Lord Elrond said: Gibby is moving during warmups with no apparent limp or anything CenHudDude 1 Quote
Bay Area Billiken Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Swope needs to cut the unforced turnovers. Quote
billikenbill Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Are you kidding me with all these turnovers? Swope is terrible. AGB91 1 Quote
Lord Elrond Posted February 12 Posted February 12 We need to start shooting better, says Captain Obvious Quote
ChiBilliken14 Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Every turnover is inexcusable. This is insanity! Quote
BrettJollyComedyHour Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Almost 7 minutes of uninterrupted action is my favorite. Turnovers are not. Quote
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