American

Official Name: 
American University
Nickname: 
Eagles
Mailing Address: 

224 Bender Arena
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016-8005

Website: 
www.aueagles.com
Telephone: 
(202) 885-3032
Fax: 
(202) 885-3033
Enrollment: 
5,500
Arena: 

Bender Arena
Capacity: 5,000
Year Opened: 1988

School Colors: 
Red, White and Blue
Conference: 

Patriot League (since 2002)
Former Member of ECC (1967-84) and ECAC South/Colonial Athletic Association (1985-2001)

NCAA Division I Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 2008 and 2009
0-2 record (.000)

NCAA Division II Tournament Appearances: 

(3) 1958, 1959, and 1960
6-3 record (.667)

NIT Appearances: 

(3) 1973, 1981, and 1982
0-3 record (.000)

NAIA Tournament Appearances: 

(2) 1950 and 1951
0-2 record (.000)

All-Time Winningest Coach: 

Jeff Jones (10 years from 2001-10, 159-142 record, .528)

All-Time Scoring Leader: 

Russell Boo Bowers (2,065 points from 1978-81)

All-Time Rebounding Leader: 

Kermit Washington (1,478 from 1971-73)

Single-Game Individual Scoring Record: 

Russell Boo Bowers (45 points as senior at Harvard on 12/6/80)

All-American Selections: 

(1) C-F Kermit Washington (1973)

NCAA Consensus Second-Team All-Americans: 

(1) Kermit Washington (1973)

Additional School Information on this Page:

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score
Coaching Chronolgy

Individual Single-Game Scoring Record Box Score:

Russell Boo Bowers* (45 at Harvard)
December 6, 1980 (senior/23.5 ppg)
*School Division I record. All-time American University mark set by Willie Jones (54 vs. Evansville on 3-13-60).

1

2

Total

American

54

54

108

Harvard

52

36

88

American

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Boston

0-1

0-0

0

Hoey

6-11

0-0

12

Knoche

0-0

1-2

1

Nickens

6-9

3-4

15

Bowers

18-30

9-12

45

Sloane

10-12

0-1

20

Ross

6-9

1-1

13

Jones

1-3

0-0

2

Ridley

0-3

0-0

0

Bell

0-0

0-0

0

Eaddy

0-0

0-0

0

Totals

47-78

14-20

108

Percentages

.603

.700

Harvard

Name

FG

FT

PTS

Harris

1-7

1-2

3

Fleming

8-13

2-3

18

Carrabino

9-15

8-18

26

Dixon

3-7

0-0

6

Mannix

2-3

1-2

5

Mitchell

1-1

0-0

2

Taylor

0-0

2-2

2

Clarke

1-2

0-0

2

Trout

6-7

6-7

18

McCabe

2-2

0-1

4

Plutnicki

1-3

0-1

2

Totals

34-60

20-25

88

Percentages

.567

.800
Coaching Chronology:

Coach

Seasons

Years

Record

W-L %

Best Season(s)

Record

3

1927-29

30-20

.600

1927

15-4

Walter Young

7

1930-36

46-56

.451

1932

12-2

Paul Smith

1

1937

8-9

.471

1937

8-9

Stafford H. "Pop" Cassell

11

1938-42, 1947-52

152-89

.631

1950

22-7

Cal Kalijarvi

2

1943-44

13-24

.351

1943

7-12

Arthur Boyd

2

1945-46

31-5

.861

1945

15-1

Hugo "Dutch" Schulze

4

1953-56

46-50

.479

1953

15-8

David L. Carrasco

5

1957-61

93-40

.699

1958

24-6

Jim Williams

3

1963-65

20-51

.282

1963

10-14

Alan Kyber

4

1966-69

42-43

.494

1967

16-8

Tom Young

4

1970-73

61-37

.622

1973

21-5

Jim Lynam

5

1974-78

70-61

.534

1974, 1975

16-10

Gary Williams

4

1979-82

72-42

.632

1981

24-6

Ed Tapscott

8

1983-90

109-117

.482

1990

20-9

Chris Knoche

7

1991-97

77-118

.395

1991

15-14

Art Perry

3

1998-2000

27-58

.318

2000

11-18

Jeff Jones

10

2001-10

159-142

.528

2009

24-8
  • All-Time W-L Record: 993-935 (.515) from 1935 through 2010.
  • NOTES: American University (DC) moved up to major-college status in 1967
  • Jones' record does not reflect a forfeit awarded from Lehigh in 2004-05 for using a player subsequently declared ineligible.