George Mason (3-0) will host former CAA foe James Madison (2-1) at EagleBank arena at 7 pm.
This meeting will be the 99th meeting of these two schools since the Dukes made the jump to NCAA varsity competition for the 1969-70 season.
The Dukes currently hold the upper edge on Mason in the all-time series 48-50, however, George Mason has a 25-18 record at home against the Dukes with the last time JMU winning in Fairfax was Feb. 22, 2003 (57-52).
BREAKING DOWN JMU
James Madison was picked to finish fourth in the 2019-20 CAA preseason poll.
Saturday night will mark the fourth contest of the Duke’s incredibly long commonwealth stretch. After playing Charlotte, No. 11 Virginia, and Shenandoah, the Dukes find themselves coming to EBA to play the Patriots.
Some players to watch:
- Preseason All-CAA First Team selection Matt Lewis, leads the Dukes in scoring (14.4 ppg), rebounding (10.0 rpg) and assists (3.7 apg).
- Zach Jacobs (11.7 ppg)
- Michael Christmas (10.3 ppg)
- Deshon Parker (10.0 ppg)
BREAKING DOWN MASON
After a notable 80-74 win on Wednesday to LIU, Mason will look to continue putting games in the winning column.
Some notable stats:
- Justin Kier is still out and hopefully returning for the Cayman Islands Classic.
- Jordan Miller blew the sharks out of the water with a career-best 25 points (3-5 3pt FG), with five rebounds, two blocks and two steals.
- AJ Wilson added in 10 points (5-8 FG) vs LIU and is averaging 12.0 ppg and 7.0 rpg through the first three games.
- Xavier Johnson has scored 10+ points in two of three contests. He is looking to continue being the machine that he is.
- Mason’s three point defense is going to have to show up in this game, the Dukes are currently making over 8 three’s a game.
- Mason hasn’t gone 4-0 since 2013-2014, maybe they’ll repeat.
The result of this game is honestly up in the air. So who knows how this one will go.
#FILLEBA
The game is set to tip-off at 7:00 ET and is available to watch on MASN.
My Prediction: A Mason “W”
Tell me what you think will happen in the comments below!
