Watanabe, Nolan pace George Washington past VCU 80-56 (Feb 17, 2018)
WASHINGTON (AP) Yuta Watanabe scored 23 points and pulled down nine rebounds, Terry Nolan Jr. matched his career high with 18 points and George Washington clobbered VCU 80-56 on Saturday.
Bo Zeigler added 12 points and Arnaldo Toro 11 for George Washington, which shot 53 percent (30 of 57) and forced 17 VCU turnovers, 11 after halftime. The Colonials (12-15, 5-9 Atlantic 10) outscored VCU 40-32 in the paint and 8-0 on the fast break.
George Washington has won three of its last four games and avenged an 87-63 loss to VCU on Jan. 20.
Justin Tillman scored 11 points with 13 rebounds and De'Riante Jenkins scored 10 for VCU (15-12, 7-7), which has lost a second straight game and four of the last five.
The Colonials took the lead for good when Nolan hit a 3-pointer a little more than four minutes into the game, and pushed it to 45-22 just before halftime.
