BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR As the month of March begins, so too does one of the most exciting times of the year: college basketball tournament play. Mason will be traveling to Saint Louis to take on the Billikens at…
Big Shot Boyd BY ROSS SHINBERG STAFF WRITER Men’s basketball senior guard Ian Boyd has been a standout player for the program over the last four years. However, it might surprise fans to know that he almost played a different…
BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR Women’s basketball fought back from a nine-point deficit and found themselves within one with under a minute to play. However, after a couple of missed shots and turnovers, Mason would eventually fall 64-59 in front…
BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR Men’s basketball dropped to 4-11 in conference play and 15-13 overall after a narrow 62-55 loss to No. 4 Dayton. Here are three takeaways from the game: AJ Wilson plays well in big games Some…
A Dream Come True BY DOMENIC ALLEGRA ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Every morning in high school, Jacy Bolton would wake up and see a photo tacked to her bulletin board of the person she aspired to be. A person that did…
Giving Everything on the Court BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR Alexsis Grate has always played basketball, but she got her start in an unconventional way in the early 2000s: She played on an all-boys team from the time she was…
BY ROSS SHINBERG STAFF WRITER During Mason’s triumphant victory over VCU on Feb. 12, men’s basketball forward AJ Wilson seized his place in the team’s history by breaking a record that stood for 20 years. With just over 10 minutes…
BY WILLIAM ARMSTRONG STAFF WRITER It has been over a month since the Commissioner of Baseball Rob Manfred levied what amounts to unprecedented punishment on the Houston Astros organization for cheating during their championship season in 2017 and subsequent seasons….
BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR Men’s basketball improved to 4-10 in conference play and 15-12 on the season with a narrow win over Saint Joseph’s on Feb. 22. Javon Greene led the team with 20 points and 8 rebounds. Here…
BY NATALIE HEAVREN SPORTS EDITOR On Feb. 19, the women’s basketball fell to 2-11 in conference play and 8-18 after a crushing 75-70 loss to the University of Richmond. While Mason had chances to win it in the final seconds,…