On Wednesday, George Mason took on St. Joe’s in the Wednesday afternoon play-in game.
In the first 16 minutes, the two programs went back and forth trading buckets. The Hawks kept it close with a couple three pointers. This half ended with Mason 38-27.
Mason went 16-34 from the field, 2-8 from behind the arc, recorded 26 rebounds (9 on the offensive glass), 6 assists and 5 turnovers. St. Joe’s sliced through the Patriots’ defense, scoring on multiple layups and also a couple uncontested threes.
St. Joe’s finished the half going 11-27 from the floor, 3-13 from three, recorded 8 rebounds and dished out 3 assists. St. Joe’s’s three-point shooting improved in the second half.
In the second half, the Patriots scored 39 points, going 13-26 from the floor, 1-6 from behind the arc and recorded 21 rebounds, 6 assists, and 6 turnovers. While the Patriots did perform better in this half, their perimeter defense was lackluster.
St. Joe’s came to fight in this half, they scored 43 points, going 15-36 from the field, 7-20 from three, and recorded 20 rebounds, 8 assists, and only 4 turnovers.
GEORGE MASON WINS 77-70 OVER ST. JOE’S
Some things from this one:
Before this game even started there was bad news.
Mason's bench today will be Mar, Calixte, and JDS. Winning multiple games in this tourney will not be easy https://t.co/VQZekOwmRU
— Ryan Kish (@gmuhoops) March 11, 2020
The injuries keep piling up on the Patriots, the bench for Dave Paulsen keeps shrinking and shrinking. This is bad.
AJ Wilson went off in this elimination game. He finished with 24 points in this one. He went 10-16 from the floor, 2-3 from behind the arc, and recorded 9 rebounds.
A new career-high 24 points for A.J. Wilson coming in an elimination game. Says a lot about what he is capable of. Has absolutely dominated the lane today for George Mason.
— Tyler Byrum (@theTylerByrum) March 11, 2020
Brooklyn, the A-10 MIP has arrived…@Aj12Wilson | #GetPatriotic | #A10MBB pic.twitter.com/jZo3a2yBG3
— George Mason Men's Basketball (@MasonMBB) March 11, 2020
Jordan Miller added 19 points in this game. He went 8-13 from the field and recorded 7 rebounds and 2 assists.
.@Jordan_miller11 goes 𝘾𝙊𝘼𝙎𝙏-𝙏𝙊-𝘾𝙊𝘼𝙎𝙏 ‼️#GetPatriotic | #A10MBB pic.twitter.com/i6oQoBiX08
— George Mason Men's Basketball (@MasonMBB) March 11, 2020
Mason’s season continues as the Patriots move on to play the Bonnies at 2:30 pm tomorrow.
Hopefully this was just a warmup game.
Anyway.
George Mason takes on St. Bonaventure tomorrow at 2:30pm.
See you there.
