Goucher Men's Basketball Undertakes The Garden State For Road Game At Drew On Saturday

The Game

• Goucher (4-16, 1-8 Landmark)
• Saturday, February 8, 2020, 2 p.m.
• Baldwin Gymnasium/Madison, N.J.
• Live Stats | Video

Opening Tip

• Goucher begins a two-game road trip in the Garden State on Saturday at Drew 
• The tilt will be the 26th meeting in the all-time series
• The Rangers have won the last seven contests in the matchup
• The Gophers last win in the series was an 83-71 decision in 2015-16

About The Rangers

• Drew comes into the contest 16-4 overall and 7-2 in Landmark Conference play after defeating Moravian 82-68 on Wednesday
• Riley Collins paced the Rangers against the Greyhounds with 21 points while Michael Boice (13 points), David Gervase (12 points) and Malachi Walker Jr. (12 points) also found double figures
• Collins leads the team with 19.1 points per game while Lybrant Robinson is averaging 15.6 points per game

The Last Time We Met 

• Goucher College twice had the chance to take the lead in the final five minutes and 39 seconds and also had a chance to tie the game in the final minute of the game against the defending regular season champions. Despite the excitement in front of the Decker Sports and Recreation faithful, Drew University escaped with a 64-59 win in men's basketball action on January 22
• Pat Goralski paced the Gophers with 10 points and 10 rebounds while Cam Isaacs added nine points and 10 rebounds
• Riley Collins powered the Rangers with 15 points while Malachi Walker Jr (13 points, 10 rebounds) and Lybrant Robinson (11 points) also registered double figures

Last Time Out

• Goucher fell to Juniata 60-52 on Wednesday
• Dwayne Morton paced the Gophers with 16 points while Darrell Collins added a career-high 15 points

In The Gopher Hole

• Dwayne Morton, who has 1,026 career points, needs 10 points to jump into the ninth place on the program's all-time career point list
• Darrell Collins has scored eight or more points seven times in his career including six times in his last nine games and has all four double figure games in that stretch
• From December 20 through the end of January, Cam Isaacs scored double figures in eight of 10 games and averaged 12.8 points per game in that stretch
• If the pattern continues, Pat Goralski will score double figures on Saturday since he has posted 10+ points in every other game for the last 10 games and is averaging 14.4 points per game in that stretch when he reached double digits
• Goucher is 2-3 and averaging 71.8 points per game in five games above the Mason-Dixon line

Next Time On The Hardwood

• The Gophers travel to Elizabethtown on Wednesday
• Tipoff is 7 p.m.
• The men return home on February 15 against Moravian at 4 p.m.

25th Anniversary Celebration

• This season marks the 25th Anniversary of the 1994-95 team that won the Capital Athletic Conference Tournament title and defeated the defending NCAA Division III National Champion Lebanon Valley for the college's first-ever NCAA Tournament win
• We will recount that season through social media posts and other events including guest coaches of the game
• We look to announce more guest coaches in the New Year
• For more information on the 25th Anniversary celebration, click HERE