George Mason MASON 1-3

Houston HOU 2-0

George Mason MASON

1-3

Final

Nov. 21, 2016

Houston HOU

2-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	F
George Mason MASON	26	30	56
Houston HOU	48	45	93

Box Score

George Mason Athletics

Patriots Drop Game to Houston at Gulf Coast Showcase

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | 11/21/2016 11:07:00 PM

In the opening game of the Gulf Coast Showcase, Mason fell, 93-56, to Houston. The Patriots (1-3) will play Kent State (3-1) Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Houston will face South Dakota at 7:30 p.m.

Mason had the early 6-3 lead after Ian Boyd stole the ball against Devin Davis and passed the ball ahead to the streaking Otis Livingston II. The Patriots lead would not last long as Houston would make several runs in the first half. The Cougars went on a 13-2 scoring run to make the score 13-6 with just under 13 minutes left in the half. The Cougars would put together three more scoring runs, including an 8-0 run to end the half. Livingston made Mason's first three of the game to cut the lead to 14 with 2:19 remaining, 40-26. Houston's would go into the half with a 48-26 lead.

Marquise Moore and Livingston would finish with 10 points each at the half to lead Mason. Houston had three players in double-figure scoring at the half with Rob Gray's 12 points and Damyean Dotson 11 points, including shooting 3-4 behind the arc.

The Patriots committed 11 turnovers in the first half leading to 15 points for the Cougars. Mason protected the ball better in the second half with only three miscues but the margin was too much to overcome.

The Numbers

The Cougars made 13-of-22 three-pointers led by Damyean Dotson and Wes Vanbeck with four apiece.
Mason was 3-of-12 from behind the arc.
Marquise Moore led Mason with 15 points
Houston hit first four 3-pointers in the second half before they missed one, but finished 7-of-12 in the final 20 minutes.
Mason hit 2-6 treys in the second half. Freshmen Karmari Newman and Justin Kier each got one.
Jenkins was plagued by foul trouble, limiting him to eight minutes, including only one minute of action in the second half.

Next Game: Mason will face Kent State on Tuesday. The Golden Flashes lost their first game of the season, 80-77, against South Dakota in their first round game at the GC Showcase. Kent State holds a 2-0 series lead against Mason. The two teams first met in the ESPN Bracketbuster game in 2007.

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