George Washington routs Longwood 91-66

Nov 26, 2014, 10:02 pm

WASHINGTON -- John Kopriva scored a career-high 19 points and four other George Washington players reached double figures Wednesday night in a 91-66 victory over Longwood.

Longwood pulled within seven points, 38-31, with 18:30 to play but would not get closer. Kevin Larsen's 3-pointer gave the Colonials a 78-58 lead with 4:16 to play.

Larsen scored 16 points, Patricio Garino 12 and Kethan Savage had 11 for George Washington (3-1), which shot 51.8 percent from the floor. Joe McDonald had eight points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out seven assists for the Colonials, who out-rebounded the Lancers 40-29.

Lotanna Nwogbo scored 25 points on 10-of-11 shooting from the field. He has scored in double figures in each of Longwood's (2-4) games to start the season, and had 13 rebounds for his second double-double. Quincy Taylor chipped in 12 points for the Lancers.