SLU Men's Basketball Game Notes & Information
Game No. 32	#1 Saint Louis (27-4) vs. #9 George Washington (18-14)
Date // Time	Friday, March 13, 2026 // 10 a.m. CT / 11:30 a.m. ET
Location	Pittsburgh, Pa. (EagleBank Arena)
Radio	104.1 FM / 1120 KMOX | Varsity Network App (Bob Ramsey, Earl Austin Jr.)
TV	USA Network (Steve Burkowski, Tim McCormick, Marty Snider)
Live Stats	StatBroadcast
Series History	Saint Louis leads 15-10
Game Notes	SLU Postseason Notes | SLU vs. GW Gameday Update

WHAT'S ON TAP?

• Top-seed Saint Louis takes on ninth-seed George Washington Friday morning in a quarterfinal matchup of the Atlantic 10 Conference Men's Basketball Championship at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pa. Tipoff is slated for 10:30 a.m. CT / 11:30 a.m. ET.
• The winner of Friday's game advances to the A-10 semifinal round on Saturday at noon CT / 1 p.m. ET.

FOLLOWING THE ACTION

• Friday's game will be televised nationally on USA Network. Steve Burkowski, Tim McCormick and Marty Snider will call the action.
• 104.1 FM / 1120 AM KMOX 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 call the action for all SLU games, both at home and on the road. Billiken Basketball sends a special salute to Rammer, who is in his 40th season as the radio voice of SLU hoops, and Austin, who is in year No. 35. The duo were recently honored with the Burnes-Broeg Award at the Missouri Athletic Club's Jack Buck Awards.

NEWS & NOTES

• The Billikens defeated George Washington 79-76 at Chaifetz Arena earlier this season on a last-second 3-pointer by Robbie Avila. The Revolutionaries led for the majority of the contest and had a 15-point lead at one point before the Billikens rallied for the win. Trey Green (23), Avila (22) and Kellen Thames (15) all scored in double figures for the Bills.
• This is the first game of the tournament for the Billikens. George Washington played Thursday at PPG Paints Arena, defeating Fordham 66-62 in the second round.
• SLU owns a 20-17 all-time record in A-10 Championship tilts and has won at least one game in the last nine A-10 Championships.
• SLU is one win away from tying the school record for wins in a season (28, 2012-13).
• The Billikens have already set a SLU single-season record for 3-pointers made in a season (340), breaking the previous mark of 333 established last season. SLU needs 21 more points to surpass the school record for points in a season (2,742, 1988-89).
• SLU is within striking distance of the A-10 record for season 3s. The Bills enter the A-10 Championship needing 14 more 3-pointers to surpass the A-10 record of 353 by Davidson in 2017-18.
• Robbie Avila was named the A-10 Player of the Year and first-team All-Conference. Three Billikens earned third-team All-Conference honors – Trey Green, Amari McCottry and Kellen Thames. Dion Brown was named to the league's All-Defensive team, while Ishan Sharma earned a spot on the A-10 All-Academic team.
• SLU head coach Josh Schertz is a finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year and Jim Phelan Coach of the Year Awards.

ABOUT GEORGE WASHINGTON

• George Washington, the No. 9 seed, advanced to the A-10 quarterfinals with a 66-62 win Thursday against No. 8 Fordham. The Revolutionaries led by as many as 24 in the second half before Fordham pulled to within a possession late in the game. 
• Rafael Castro, a second-team All-Conference selection and member of the A-10 All-Defensive Team, leads the Revolutionaries in scoring (15.7) and rebounding (8.8). He also posts team highs in blocked shots (44) and steals (47).
• Like SLU, George Washington is deep and balanced with eight players averaging 8.0 ppg or more. 
• The Revolutionaries rank second in the A-10 (to SLU) in effective FG% (.551), scoring offense (82.1) and 3-pointers made per game (9.9).
• GW has already set the school record for 3-pointers in a season (316), has scored the second-most points at GW all-time (2,627) and has the highest average PPG (82.1) since 1969-70 (83.0).
• The Revs are the top offensive rebounding team in the league, averaging 12.7 offensive caroms per game.
• Head coach Chris Caputo is in his fourth season at GW. He was a longtime associate head coach/assistant coach on the staff at the University of Miami under Jim Larrañaga. 

SERIES HISTORY

• This is the 26th meeting all-time between the Billikens and Revolutionaries. The Billikens lead the all-time series 15-10.
• This is the fifth time the Billikens and Revolutionaries have met in the A-10 Championship. GW owns a 3-1 advantage in A-10 Tournament games, including a Revs win against the Bills the last time the tournament was held at PPG Paints Arena in 2017.

SLU VS. GW – LAST TIME OUT

• Robbie Avila's 3-pointer with three seconds left gave No. 21 Saint Louis a 79-76 Atlantic 10 Conference victory over George Washington on Jan. 27, 2026, at Chaifetz Arena.
• The Billikens (20-1, 8-0 A-10) collected their 14th consecutive win.
• Trey Green scored a game- and career-high-tying 23 points including a career-high-tying six 3-pointers (6-of-10). Avila tallied a season-high 22 points, including 4-of-8 from beyond the arc, and led the Bills with seven rebounds, a game-high five assists and a game-high-tying and season-high-tying three steals.
• Kellen Thames shot 7-of-9 from the field for 15 points and added six rebounds. Quentin Jones chipped in eight points, four rebounds and four assists, while Amari McCottry and Paul Otieno collected five rebounds apiece.
• Saint Louis trailed 43-33 at halftime and was staring at a 63-55 deficit midway through the second half when the offense kicked into high gear with a 15-0 outburst.