Women's Basketball

[sleeperpick]

Out of conference schedule released:
https://gomason.com/news/2018/8/2/womens-basketball-announce-2018-19-non-conference-schedule.aspx

idk much about women's bball.. but is Mason really that bad that they have to go to Howard and University of Missouri KC (Danny Dixon's pretty much D2 college) ?

 

[mason89]

idk much about women's bball.. but is Mason really that bad that they have to go to Howard and University of Missouri KC (Danny Dixon's pretty much D2 college) ?

The team is slated to be pretty good...maybe middle of the pack this year. The UMKC trip is probably to give Jacy Bolton a game close to home since she's from that area.

 

[Washingtonian]

https://gomason.com/news/2018/8/21/...hip-sites-announced-for-next-three-years.aspx

The conference announced on Tuesday that the A-10 Women's Basketball Championship will return to campuses the next three years, with the quarterfinals, semifinals and championship game being held at Duquesne University in 2019, the University of Dayton in 2020 and vcu in 2021.

The announcement solidifies the championship sites through 2021 after holding the championship at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Va., the past five years. The Richmond Coliseum is involved in a scheduled redevelopment project and currently unavailable.

 

[Washingtonian]

Preview of this afternoon's game:
https://gomason.com/news/2018/11/5/...season-at-home-against-loyola-on-tuesday.aspx

 

[GMUYoda]

Nice win today by the women. Off to play Air Force looking to go to 2-0 on the season on Friday

 

[GMUYoda]

Women win again beating Air Force, move to 2-0 on the season

 

[Washingtonian]

Cardano Hillary named A-10 player of the week:
https://gomason.com/news/2018/11/12...ary-named-atlantic-10-player-of-the-week.aspx

 

[Washingtonian]

Beat College of Charleston to finish with a 8-5 out of conference record. They open conference play at Davidson on Sunday afternoon.

https://gomason.com/news/2018/12/31...pels-patriots-past-college-of-charleston.aspx

 

[Washingtonian]

Win against UMass today by a score of 70-52:
https://gomason.com/news/2019/1/16/...ad-the-wealth-in-impressive-road-victory.aspx

 

[Washingtonian]

https://gomason.com/news/2019/1/21/...ts-named-mcdonalds-all-american-nominees.aspx

FAIRFAX, Va. – A pair of George Mason incoming freshmen for the 2019 fall semester have been nominated for one of high school basketball's premier national showcases.

Rachel Balzer and Tamia Lawhorne were nominated for the 18th annual McDonald's All-American Game. Balzer was one of 23 players nominated from her home state of Pennsylvania while Lawhorne was one of just 17 nominated from New York.

More than 800 male and female high school seniors were nominated for the games, which will be played on March 27 in Atlanta. The final rosters, which will be narrowed down to 24 players for each of the boys and girls teams, will be announced on Jan. 24.

 

[Washingtonian]

Cardano-Hillary gets 32 points, Mason beats Rhode Island on Sunday by a score of 75-69. Their record is 11-8 overall/3-3 in the A-10 (2 way tie for 7th with UMass currently).
https://gomason.com/news/2019/1/27/...cores-32-as-patriots-defeat-rhode-island.aspx

 

[Washingtonian]

Cardano-Hillary scored her 1,000 point (in 54 games) in the loss at St. Louis on Thursday night.
https://gomason.com/news/2019/1/31/...-as-carda-o-hillary-scores-1-000th-point.aspx

 

[GMUSig03]

Cardano-Hillary just dropped 37! on GW, no other Mason player made more than 2 baskets, and only 2 other players took more than 3 shots.

 

[mason89]

Feed the hot hand! Normally she's a very streaky, low percentage shooter. She shot lights out yesterday (14-23 overall and 5-8 from 3) AND almost had a double-double with 9 rebounds. Not bad for a 5'7" guard.

 

[Washingtonian]

Women lost to Fordham yesterday (64-53):
https://gomason.com/news/2019/2/10/womens-basketball-patriots-falter-in-road-setback-to-fordham.aspx

 

[Washingtonian]

Nicole Cardano-Hillary buzzer beater against Dayton yesterday to win the game was the #3 play on Sportscenter.

https://twitter.com/MasonWBB/status/1100072199564726272

 

[Washingtonian]

https://gomason.com/news/2019/2/27/...saint-josephs-for-third-straight-victory.aspx

Win against St. Joe's yesterday.

Mason is currently in seventh place in the A-10 and owns the tiebreakers against the teams in eight place – St. Joe's and George Washington – so they can do no worse than the seventh seed. The No. 3-8 seeds host first-round games. Mason's opponent will be determined after this weekend's final regular-season games.

The win also guaranteed the Patriots their second straight winning season, something they haven't accomplished since the 2002-03 and 2003-04 seasons. The 40 wins over the last two seasons are also the most wins in a two-year span in program history, eclipsing the previous mark of 39 between the 1987-88 and 1988-89 seasons.

 

[Washingtonian]

Nicole Cardano-Hillary named player of the year in the A10.

"Cardaño-Hillary is the first player in A-10 history to win A-10 Rookie of the Year and A-10 Player of the Year honors in back-to-back years."

https://gomason.com/news/2019/3/7/w...ary-named-atlantic-10-player-of-the-year.aspx

 

[mason89]

Sounds like a great trip. Love the Lake Como area.

https://gomason.com/news/2019/8/1/womens-basketball-foreign-tour-through-italy-set-for-august.aspx

 

[Washingtonian]

https://www.insidenova.com/sports/p...cle_34ae86e4-ae2c-11e9-8c9d-1f6d8f7adbb4.html

Woodbridge returns two Division I commitments in Alia Denwiddie (Grambling) and Vanessa Laumbach (George Mason).

I am posting this article because one of the recruits for next season plays for Woodbridge HS.