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)…
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…
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…
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…
Mason hold Billikens scoreless for nearly a quarter, stay perfect in A-10 play BY PETER MAHLER, ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR After more than two weeks without a home game, Mason women’s basketball returned to a snowy EagleBank Arena with a 66-51…
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…
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…
(Jordan Giles / Fourth Estate) The Patriots flourish while the Dukes and Rattlers dwindle BY PETER MAHLER, STAFF WRITER Winning big is sweet, but what’s even sweeter is doing so with a ring and a banner to show for it….
The defending A-10 champions enter the season “Believing Big Squared” BY PETER MAHLER, STAFF WRITER When a team surpasses all expectations, how much higher can the expectations be moving forward? George Mason Women’s Basketball Coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis’ motto has…
The importance of adversity in winning the A-10 championship BY LOUIS VOLKER, STAFF WRITER Transferring back home to the DMV area to play my sophomore basketball season was an absolute honor. But there are no flowers without rain, and for…