Jan. 31, 2005

George Mason hosts Delaware Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Patriot Center. The Patriots (10-8, 5-4 CAA) have won three straight contests, while the Fightin' Blue Hens (7-13, 4-5 CAA) have dropped four straight. The two teams last met on Jan. 12 with the Hens taking an 81-78 overtime win over the Patriots in Newark.

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George Mason leads Delaware in the all-time series, 8-5.

This evening's contest is the fifth meeting at the Patriot Center between these two teams where the Patriots are 3-1 against the Fightin' Blue Hens and have won two straight, including a 75-61 win last year.

Mason is 4-1 overall in Fairfax against Delaware. The Blue Hens' only victory occurred during the 2001-02 season on Dec. 22 (83-56).

In the overall series, George Mason has won two of the last three and five of the last eight meetings. Delaware's overtime win on Jan. 12 snapped Mason's two-game win streak over UD.

The only season sweep in the series occurred in 2002-03 with Mason winning both contests.

The Patriots have played the Fightin' Blue Hens to overtime in their last two meetings.

Mason is in the middle of a tough stretch of three games in five days and four games in eight days.