Category: Sports

Two Mason players converge on the basketball.

Perfect No More: Patriots Win Streak Snapped by Richmond

Mason takes first A-10 loss of the season against the Spiders BY PETER MAHLER, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR In a battle of conference heavyweights, the Richmond Spiders suffocated Zahirah Walton and the Patriots, forcing them to shoot 32.8% en route to…

Jahari Long dribbles the basketball down the court.

Patriots fall to Dukes in Fairfax

The loss sets up a pivotal game vs. Saint Joseph’s BY TOMMY BUCKLES, STAFF WRITER As George Mason led Duquesne 60-52 with 7:12 to play in the second half, graduate guard Jahari Long sliced through the paint for his second…

Two wrestlers face each other as a crowd at the Johnson Center watches on.

Mason Wrestling Takes Over the Johnson Center

Patriots struggle in 30-13 loss to Rider BY RITHVIK HARI, STAFF WRITER Mason wrestling turned the Johnson Center into their arena on Jan. 30, hosting Rider University in the second annual Super Duel. With the matches taking place in the…

Photo of Nick Ellington on the court

Mason Continues Best Start in Program History with Davidson Win

Patriots overcome half-time deficit, poor free-throw shooting to bounce back BY SAM DOUGLAS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, AND PETER MAHLER, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Four days after dropping their first conference game of the season, Mason men’s basketball bounced back with a 60-52 win…

What You Missed over Break: Women’s Basketball

Mason wins seven straight games and stays perfect in A-10 BY PETER MAHLER, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR As students settled down during a much-needed winter break, Mason’s women’s basketball team did the opposite. They turned up the intensity of their play…

Patriots to Face VCU in First Round of A-10 Championship

Hamilton, Colter and Thompson each earn A-10 honors after a historic season for Mason BY PETER MAHLER, STAFF WRITER Seven years after their last A-10 Championship appearance, Mason women’s volleyball is finally back —  and they’re doing it as one…

Patriots Stun Georgetown in Overtime After Epic Comeback

MJ Johnson’s double-double and Zahirah Walton’s 17 second-half points helped power the Patriots to a 3-1 record BY PETER MAHLER AND LATRELL PRYOR, STAFF WRITERS With their team down 38-24 and less than 10 minutes left in the game, fans…