Miami Hurricanes vs George Washington Colonials Match Player Stats On Dec 16, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Dec 16, 2017

Dewan Huell finished with a double-double of 15 points and 12 rebounds as No. 6 Miami defeated George Washington 59-50 in a nonconference matinee Saturday in Washington.

The Hurricanes improved to 9-0, the first time they've won nine straight games to begin a season in 10 years.

Huell was a force at both ends of the floor. When Miami decided to go inside, the 6-foot-11 sophomore forward was usually the player it looked to -- and he made some key points in the second half as the Colonials tried to rally from a 17-point halftime deficit.

Lonnie Walker IV added 13 points for the Hurricanes, and Dejan Vasiljevic, a sophomore guard from Australia, pitched in with 10.

Miami usually plays good offense and defense but the Hurricanes relied more on the latter in this game. They held George Washington (5-6) to just 30 percent shooting from the field (19-for-63).

Sophomore guard Jair Bolden led the Colonials with 13 points, and senior guard Yuta Watanabe has been the team's top scorer, but he always had a hand in his face and finished with only nine points, thanks to 3-for-12 shooting.

George Washington never could do much on offense as Miami removed the suspense pretty quickly. The Hurricanes went on an 11-0 run that gave them a 13-2 lead and they never trailed again.

The Colonials cut the lead to 16-9 but the Hurricanes then blew it open after that and rolled to a 32-15 halftime lead.

Miami held George Washington just five first-half baskets as the Colonials shot just 19 percent (5-for-27) from the field, a big reason the Hurricanes took the 17-point lead at the break.

Terry Nolan Jr. made a 3-pointer for the Colonials with 10:11 left in the half but the Colonials made only one more basket until halftime.

George Washington has dropped two straight games after winning three in a row.

NOTES: Miami came into Saturday's game against George Washington as one of the six remaining unbeaten teams in the country. The Hurricanes improved to 9-0 with the victory. ... This is the start of a six-game road trip for Miami; the Hurricanes are headed to Hawaii next. ... This is just the second time this season that George Washington played a ranked team, the other was an 83-64 loss to then-No. 15 Xavier in Las Vegas on Nov. 23.