#MasonGameDay George Mason vs. Richmond Round Two

59
1428

It is George Mason against Richmond for the second time this season.

Or better yet it is Marquise Moore against T.J. Cline round two.

In the first edition of the Patriots vs. the Spiders, George Mason and Moore came out on top. The Patriots won 82-77 behind a double-double from Moore (25 points, 13 rebounds) and gave the team their biggest win on the season.

With an impressive performance from Cline (21 points, 11 rebounds) both Atlantic Team First Team contenders battled it out while covering each other for a good portion of the game.

Moore recorded a block against Cline and also shot 56 percent from the field, compared to the 6-foot-9’s zero blocks for the game and 42 percent shooting.

Tonight, they face off again and the entire league will be watching. These two teams, George Mason (17-8, 7-5) and Richmond (15-9, 9-3) will be in the league’s marque match as both teams are battling for one of the top four slots in the conference.

It will not be a repeat of the game before.

Currently, Cline is on a tear scoring 20 plus points in six out of the team’s last seven games. No longer are the Spiders relying on the spark of De’Monte Buckingham (9.3 ppg) who took the place of Marshall Wood due to an injury. In the same seven game stretch, Buckingham has only shot 40 percent or better twice with two double figure nights.

LAST GAME: MASON FINALLY BEATS FORDHAM AT HOMECOMING

A determining factor in the game will be how Shawn’Dre Jones performs. Averaging 22 points in his last four contests his stroke is much improved than it was in round one.

As a team they have improved to 46 percent shooting on the season.

Shooting 56 percent in the first half last time out gave Mason a margin that was too much for Richmond to overcome. Tonight, three point shooters will have to get going again, especially off the bench. With Ian Boyd back from his suspension, the Patriots are fully loaded.

Keys for Mason in tonight’s game:
1. Control the rebounding advantage
2. Get everyone involved in the scoring
3. Hit free throws

This game is critical down the stretch for the Patriots as three of their last five games are against the conference’s best; Rhode Island, Dayton, and VCU. If George Mason wants to claim a double-bye (a top four seed), the Patriots have to get a win tonight.

#MasonRecords:

Points:
Marquise Moore (1,135) is 57 points away from typing Steve Smith for 23rd all-time.
Jalen Jenkins (990) is 10 points away from 1,000 career points; four points behind Levester Berry (35th), 14 behind Keith Michael (34th), and 16 behind Brian Miller (33rd).

Rebounds:
Marquise Moore (587) is one rebound away from tying Byron Tucker for 16th all-time.
Jalen Jenkins (654) is four rebounds away from tying Mike Morrison for 14th all-time.

Assists:
Marquise Moore (338) is 18 assists away from tying Cam Long for 6th all-time.

3pters:
Otis Livingston II (86) is five 3pters away from tying Curtis McCants for 19th all-time.

#RootForMason

Root for Saint Joseph’s (10-14, 3-9) over VCU (20-5, 10-2) at 6:00 on CBSSN.
Root for Dayton (19-5, 10-2) over Saint Louis (9-16, 4-8) at 8:00 on CBSSN.

George Mason owns the tiebreaker over Saint Joseph’s but not Saint Louis. With the Patriots essentially up 4.5 games on the Hawks, one can assume that will be a surmountable deficit to overcome. The Billikins however are 2.5 games behind Mason due to them owning the tiebreaker. Both Dayton and VCU are 3.0 games ahead of Mason.

Prediction: Mason 79     Richmond 76

Prediction Record: 16-9

59 COMMENTS

  1. Thanks for the auspicious writeup. It in truth used to be a enjoyment account it.Look advanced to far delivered agreeable from you! By the way, how can we keep up a correspondence?

  2. Hi there! This post could not be written any better! Reading this post reminds meof my previous room mate! He always kept talking about this.I will forward this write-up to him. Pretty sure he will have a good read.Thank you for sharing!

  3. An interesting discussion is definitely worth comment. I do think that you need to write more about this issue, it might not be a taboo subject but usually people don’t discuss such issues. To the next! Kind regards!!

  4. Excellent post. I was checking continuously this blog and I am impressed! Extremely useful information specially the last part 🙂 I care for such information much. I was seeking this particular information for a long time. Thank you and good luck.

  5. Xoilac Tv Trực Tiếp Bóng Đá betĐội tuyển nước ta chỉ muốn một kết quả hòa có bàn thắng để lần thứ hai góp mặt tại World Cup futsal. Nhưng, nhằm làm được điều đó

  6. Hi would you mind sharing which blog platform you’re using? I’m planning to start my own blog in the near future but I’m having a hard time making a decision between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal. The reason I ask is because your layout seems different then most blogs and I’m looking for something unique. P.S Apologies for being off-topic but I had to ask!

  7. Pretty component of content. I just stumbled upon your blog and in accession capital to claim that I get actually enjoyed account your blog posts. Anyway I will be subscribing to your augment and even I fulfillment you get admission to constantly quickly.

  8. I do not even know how I stopped up here, however I believed this post used to be great. I don’t recognize who you are but certainly you are going to a well-known blogger should you aren’t already 😉 Cheers!

  9. I like the helpful info you provide in your articles. I’ll bookmark your weblog and check again here regularly. I’m quite certain I will learn a lot of new stuff right here! Best of luck for the next!

  10. hello there and thank you for your information – I’ve definitely picked up something new from right here. I did however expertise some technical issues using this web site, as I experienced to reload the website many times previous to I could get it to load correctly. I had been wondering if your hosting is OK? Not that I am complaining, but slow loading instances times will often affect your placement in google and can damage your high quality score if ads and marketing with Adwords. Anyway I’m adding this RSS to my email and could look out for much more of your respective exciting content. Ensure that you update this again soon..

  11. hi!,I love your writing very much! percentage we communicate extra approximately your post on AOL? I require an expert on this house to resolve my problem. Maybe that’s you! Taking a look forward to see you.

  12. Heya! I just wanted to ask if you ever have anyproblems with hackers? My last blog (wordpress) was hacked and Iended up losing several weeks of hard work due to no data backup.Do you have any solutions to prevent hackers?

  13. Thank you, I’ve just been searching for information about this topic fora long time and yours is the best I have discovered sofar. But, what in regards to the conclusion? Are you certain about the source?

  14. Wow that was unusual. I just wrote an incredibly long comment but after Iclicked submit my comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m not writing all that overagain. Regardless, just wanted to say greatblog!

  15. I do agree with all the ideas you’ve presented in your post. They’re very convincing and will definitely work. Still, the posts are too short for newbies. Could you please extend them a bit from next time? Thanks for the post.

  16. Do you have a spam problem on this blog; I also am a blogger, and I was wanting to know your situation; many of us have created some nice procedures and we are looking to swap methods with others, why not shoot me an e-mail if interested.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here