Tag: Sports

Mary Amoateng drives for the basket.

Hawks No Match for the Patriots

Mason wins fourth straight behind elite shooting performance in final home game BY NATHAN FERRARO, MANAGING EDITOR AND PETER MAHLER, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR In their final home game of the season, Mason women’s basketball (20-8, 15-2 in A-10) demolished Saint…

A Patriots player has their attempt on the basket blocked by a Dayton player.

Dayton Flyers Sail Past Patriot Defense

Loss marks third-straight for Mason BY NATHAN FERRARO, MANAGING EDITOR AND BRIAN A. HAYUM, SPORTS EDITOR Mason men’s basketball has lost three straight games for the first time in nearly two years, falling to the Dayton Flyers 82-67 on Feb….

Zahirah Walton is helped to her feet by Kennedy Harris.

Patriots Prevail on Senior Day

Zahirah Walton’s 22 points power the Patriots to a third straight win as they spread breast cancer awareness BY YONATAN DANIEL, STAFF WRITER AND PETER MAHLER, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Behind a resurgent Zahirah Walton, women’s basketball (19-8, 14-2 in A-10)…

Tony Skinn.

Hunger’s 31 Points Sink Patriots

Patriots fall to GW, lose consecutive games for first time this season BY BRIAN A. HAYUM, SPORTS EDITOR Mason men’s basketball (21-5, 9-4 Atlantic 10) lost its second straight game on Feb. 13, falling to the GW Revolutionaries 72-53 in…

Women's basketball.

Patriots Get Revenge Against Richmond

Mason holds the Spiders to 37 points after recent loss BY PETER MAHLER, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR Nine days after Richmond snapped George Mason’s undefeated Atlantic 10 streak with a 14-point loss, the Patriots evened the season series after surviving a…

The crowd watches on.

Ilia Malinin Shocks Mason Crowd With Eighth-Place Performance

Students and staff watch Malinin’s performance at the JC BY ISABELLA PEARLSTEIN, STAFF WRITER AND LOUIS VOLKER, COPY EDITOR Mason students packed the Johnson Center Friday as they eagerly awaited fellow Patriot Ilia Malinin’s gold medal-worthy performance. Several falls and…

Basketball

Patriots Tumble in A-10 Battle Against Rhode Island

Mason falls to 11-2 in conference play BY YONATAN DANIEL AND RITHVIK HARI, STAFF WRITERS The Patriots took a devastating 79-63 loss against A-10 powerhouse Rhode Island on Feb. 14.  After starting the season 10-0 in conference play, Mason suffered…

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…