BY NATALIE HEAVREN STAFF WRITER “We’re better than we played today,” head coach Nyla Milleson said in her opening statement after women’s basketball dropped their second straight game. The 48-43 loss to William & Mary comes 10 days after the…
BY NATALIE HEAVREN STAFF WRITER Women’s basketball defeated Longwood 77-65 on Dec. 1 to improve to 2-1. The Lancers, who were once down 15, tied the game at 57 with 6:55 left in the fourth quarter. Mason then scored the next…
BY NATALIE HEAVREN STAFF WRITER “First of all, it’s not over till it’s over,” head coach Nyla Milleson said after the women’s basketball team defeated Navy 72-68 to improve to 1-1. “I just really like the way that this team…
BY NATALIE HEAVREN STAFF WRITER Women’s basketball is looking to bounce back after a difficult 9-21 season in which the team finished 13th in the conference with a record of 3-13. Shortly after the season ended, the program’s all-time leading…
Mason basketball alumni advance in professional careers overseas and in Fairfax BY DOMENIC ALLEGRA SPORTS EDITOR Mason basketball alumni have continued to make strides after their time in the green and gold. Jacy Bolton and Isaiah Tate Hired as Graduate…
BY ROSS SHINBERG STAFF WRITER Mason women’s basketball’s all-time leading scorer, Nicole Cardaño-Hillary and one of men’s basketball’s three-point threats, Jason Douglas-Stanley, are entering the transfer portal this offseason. On March 17, women’s basketball head coach Nyla Milleson announced that…
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…
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…
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…