2023-24 Women's Basketball

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Patriots Open A-10 Championship in Quarterfinal with Duquesne - George Mason University Athletics

The George Mason women's basketball team is set to begin its' quest for the program's first Atlantic 10 title tomorrow when it opens in the quarterfinal round against

gomason.com

"PATRIOT POINTS

• Head coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis was named a Mid-Major Coach of the Year Finalist by Her Hoop Stats on Thursday
• Sonia Smith was named the Atlantic 10 Most Improved Player and to the All-Conference First Team. Zahirah Walton was named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, to the All-Conference Third Team and the All-Rookie Team. Kennedy Harris was tabbed to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team.
• Smith leads the team with 14.9 points per game (8th, A-10) and is eighth in the Atlantic 10 with 15.2 points per game against league opponents. She's also second on the team with 3.0 assists per game (11th, A-10)
• The Patriots lead the A-10 with 40.0 boards per game, a 5.48 turnover margin (15th nationally), a 13.4-point scoring margin (30th nationally), while forcing opponent into a league-high 18.8 turnovers
• Mason is second in 3-point defense, at 28.5%, 9.28 steals per game and 14.7 offensive rebounds (22nd nationally)
• Mason boasts one of the top benches in the country, at fourth nationally with 30.6 bench points per game. Walton leads the way with a team-second-best 11.0 points per game."

 

[psyclone]

Patriots Open A-10 Championship in Quarterfinal with Duquesne - George Mason University Athletics

The George Mason women's basketball team is set to begin its' quest for the program's first Atlantic 10 title tomorrow when it opens in the quarterfinal round against

gomason.com

"PATRIOT POINTS

• Head coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis was named a Mid-Major Coach of the Year Finalist by Her Hoop Stats on Thursday
• Sonia Smith was named the Atlantic 10 Most Improved Player and to the All-Conference First Team. Zahirah Walton was named the Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, to the All-Conference Third Team and the All-Rookie Team. Kennedy Harris was tabbed to the Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team.
• Smith leads the team with 14.9 points per game (8th, A-10) and is eighth in the Atlantic 10 with 15.2 points per game against league opponents. She's also second on the team with 3.0 assists per game (11th, A-10)
• The Patriots lead the A-10 with 40.0 boards per game, a 5.48 turnover margin (15th nationally), a 13.4-point scoring margin (30th nationally), while forcing opponent into a league-high 18.8 turnovers
• Mason is second in 3-point defense, at 28.5%, 9.28 steals per game and 14.7 offensive rebounds (22nd nationally)
• Mason boasts one of the top benches in the country, at fourth nationally with 30.6 bench points per game. Walton leads the way with a team-second-best 11.0 points per game."

VB-L is one of only 5 to be a finalist. Congrats to her!

 

[gmubrian]

Do we know if Kennedy Harris is available? Somebody said she came off the court early in the vcu game and didn't return.

No official word I have seen, but, @MasonFanatic sent me a pic of the team in the stands from today and she was with them. That gives some hope.

 

[MasonFanatic]

Wake up, it's GaMeday.

For those who didn't see it yet, there is a pregame event at 12:30 today. The pregame is located inside the ticketed perimeter of the arena, so you can go watch the Richmond/Loyola game first if you want to

https://alumni.gmu.edu/s/1564/GID2/16/interior.aspx?sid=1564&gid=2&pgid=8037&cid=20438&ecid=20438&crid=0&calpgid=465&calcid=1463

 

[MasonFanatic]

Do we know if Kennedy Harris is available? Somebody said she came off the court early in the vcu game and didn't return.

She's not in uniform today.

 

[GMUYoda]

Not looking good right now... down 34-21 with 4 minutes to go until halftime

 

[psyclone]

Giving up a ton of 3's. Gotta hope they cool off

 

[hoopsjunkie75]

Mason Ladies down 10 due to the Dukes being on fire from behind the arc; almost half-time. Eight made 3's already.

 

[GMUYoda]

Trying to get over the hump... been as close as 4

 

[GMUYoda]

Getting a bit feisty

 

[GMUYoda]

51-50 Duquesne to start the 4th

 

[2011WinOverVillanova]

Suarez with that clutch 3

 

[GMUYoda]

63-61 Duquesne... 41 seconds left. Mason ball

 

[GMUYoda]

Damn... hope they can snag a NIT bid

 

[GMUYoda]

Wait... what is going on?

 

[2011WinOverVillanova]

Damn... hope they can snag a NIT bid

https://omnirankings.com/wcb/Macro/WNIT%20Bracket.htm

https://omnirankings.com/wcb/Macro/WNIT%20Probabilities.htm

 

[Walter]

Very exciting game.

 

[GMUYoda]

Wow... horrible way to lose... but what a season for the women

 

[GMUgemini]

Having to play without Harris sucked. I’d say Coach VBL needs to go out and find at least one forward who can score in the paint. Suarez, Walton, and Harris should be a formidable trio, could use a forward who knows how to score around the basket.

 

[gmujim92]

Those refs were terrible both ways, but there is no way in hell Smith’s last bucket shouldn’t have been an and-1.

She had a clear path to the rim. Calling the foul on the floor and taking away the go-ahead basket with 4 seconds left rewarded the defense for fouling and that’s ridiculous — if anything wait to see if she makes the layup and if she does, swallow the whistle.