George Mason played Cincinnati last night in the semi-finals of the Emerald Coast Classic.
After a surprisingly close first half, Cincinnati pulled ahead in the second half.
Similar to Petey,
I have no tweets for you at this time
— Petey Buckets (@peteybuckets) November 24, 2018
I don’t have much to say.
Nobody thought coming into this game that Mason would stand a chance against Cincy, but nonetheless the Patriots put up a decent fight for parts of the game.
In the first half, the Bearcats scored 32 points, going 12-27 on FG’s, 1-4 on three’s, and recorded 17 total rebounds.
Mason recorded 23 points, going 9-22 on FG’s, 4-11 on three’s, and recorded 10 total rebounds.
Mason also had 10 turnovers, 8 fouls, and went 1-4 on FTs. Not good.
In the second half, the Bearcats scored 39 points, going 15-26 on FG’s, 1-3 on three’s, 6 turnovers, and 16 rebounds.
The Patriots scored 32 points, going 13-28 on FG’s, 3-12 on three’s, 10 rebounds, and 6 turnovers.
PATRIOTS LOSE 71-55 TO CINCINNATI
Some notable things from this game:
Otis Livingston II made his first three of the season. He’s currently 1-14 from behind the arc through 6 games. Also it seems he’s getting to foul trouble a lot more, something that definitely limits his playing ability. Here’s a nice move he made in the final minutes:
Otis has been getting to the rim and scoring here in the second half.
Mason trailing 62-46 #GetPatriotic pic.twitter.com/gN1TfYxDWw
— Mason Men’s Basketball (@MasonMBB) November 24, 2018
Javon Greene started today over Justin Kier, Greene was the only Patriot to register double-digits in points (11), with Otis coming close with 9.
After his breakout game, Jarred Reuter basically disappeared, only scoring 6 points, registering 0 rebounds, and went 2-6 from behind the stripe.
During this game Mason went 4-11 from the foul line. 4-11. Mason should be shooting at least double that.
As I said on twitter.
👏🏻Make👏🏻Your👏🏻Free👏🏻Throws
— Domenic Allegra #ALLOURS (@DomenicAllegra) November 24, 2018
There were times during the game that Mason played incredibly well, however, those moments only last for at most 4 minutes. As @jmcconnell70 said,
We still haven’t played more than 20 minutes of high-intensity ball all season, for whatever reason. We look pretty good when we do, just need a lot more of it.
— Jim McConnell (@jmcconnell70) November 24, 2018
After the game Petey pointed out two issues;
Mason is shooting 33.9% from deep this year, but if you take out the massive 14-23 outlier against Georgia Southern, it’s 27.2%. One of many things going poorly right now, but one of the most important.
— Petey Buckets (@peteybuckets) November 24, 2018
Rebounding is also an issue none of us expected. Reuter and Grayer lead the regular starters with a 13.6% DR% on KenPom; that’s really bad. Calixte leads team at 31.7% and AJW follows at 27.4%.
— Petey Buckets (@peteybuckets) November 24, 2018
Both of which have to be fixed when Atlantic 10 play comes around.
Mason will play Baylor at 4pm tomorrow in the 3rd place game.
See you then.
