Hey! It’s been a minute since I last wrote one of these! I hope you’ll forgive the break, given all that’s been going on in the world, I imagine you understand.
But on with the good news! Losing streak snapped! After consecutive loses to Dayton, VCU and Richmond, the Patriots go back in the win column to get back to .500 overall this season.
Mason FINALLY got off to a good start from the field, and took advantage of La Salle’s slow start.
12-2 start for Mason MBB against La Salle!
— Daniel Frank (@n1a2v3y4) January 14, 2021
Josh Oduro was EATING tonight! He got it going early on and kept it up throughout the night!
Big boy Josh Oduro! Mason leading 18-5!
— Daniel Frank (@n1a2v3y4) January 14, 2021
Mason’s defense was stellar, especially in the first half. The Explorers shot just 22% in the first 20 minutes, going 10/31 from the floor. Mason on the other hand shot 50%, going 15/27.
8 minutes left in the half, and La Salle is just 3/17 from the floor.
Mason is all over the Explorers, up 24-7.
— A10 Talk (@A10Talk) January 14, 2021
AJ WILSON DID SOME AJ WILSON THINGS
AJ WILSON JUST KILLED A MAN pic.twitter.com/WzIPEw7UQ9
— GMU Giant Killer (@GMUGiantKiller) January 14, 2021
And they got off to another good start in the second half!
Another hot start for Mason, as they are off to a 10-2 start to the second half.
Patriots lead La Salle 49-25.
— A10 Talk (@A10Talk) January 14, 2021
One of the real highlights of the night was seeing Josh and AJ work the high-low, and just EATING in the paint!
Double-team⁉️ No prob…@Aj12Wilson | #GetPatriotic pic.twitter.com/55aeQ2TZyn
— Mason Men's Basketball (@MasonMBB) January 14, 2021
And that defense? Oh yeah, it was just as good in the second half!
La Salle is just 3/18 from the field thus far in the second half.
George Mason leads 53-30 with 9:09 left to play in Fairfax.
— A10 Talk (@A10Talk) January 14, 2021
In the latter stages of the game, Javon Greene hit two free throws to reach 1,000 career points at Mason!
Welcome to the club, @_javon23!
Javon Greene becomes the 39th player in school history to score 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ career points! 💪 pic.twitter.com/wPJUlhxNVV
— Mason Men's Basketball (@MasonMBB) January 14, 2021
And the final key stats!
Final:
Mason 75
La Salle 42This one was all Mason from start to finish. 4 Patriots in double figures:
Greene 18PTS/8REB
Oduro 17PTS/4REB/4AST
Wilson 15PTS/8REB
Miller 10PTS/10REB— A10 Talk (@A10Talk) January 14, 2021
Nice to see George Mason FINALLY win a game comfortably. It’s so hard to understand the A-10, as this very La Salle team just knocked off Dayton like a week ago. Now Mason manhandled them tonight.
We’ll see pretty soon if the Patriots can take the positive momentum from this one, as they travel to face Rhode Island on Saturday at 2:00 on NBCSN.
