Box Score The George Mason men's basketball team defeated Bradley today, 77-66, to finish the Gulf Coast Showcase with a 2-1 record. Mason lost to Houston, but defeated Kent State.

 The teams got off to a slow start, playing in their third straight game, but Mason struck first with an Otis Livingston II layup at 18:28 then jumped out to an early 8-0 lead in the first five minutes of the game. Bradley got their first field goal with 14:42 on the clock, a layup by Callum Barker. Mason scored five straight points to extend its lead to 15-4. At 18-13 all five Mason starters were on the board led by the seniors Marquise Moore and Jalen Jenkins with five points each.

Bradley would make a 16-5 run to get their first tie of the game as Luuk Van Bree connected on a three-pointer with 6:41 left to knot the game at 18. The Braves would have a field goal drought the final 4:34 of the half but would make five free throws. Mason would finish with four from the charity stripe and a layup by Jaire Grayer and go into the locker room up one, 26-25.

Two buckets by the Braves to start the half gave Bradley an early 29-27 lead, but Mason would answer with a 14-0 run led by two Otis Livingston II three-pointers, two Justin Kier baskets and four points from Moore. A Darrell Brown 3-pointer ended the run.

Bradley's Brown would score the next five points, but Mason responded with several players getting on the board, including back-to-back Patriot threes by Jaire Grayer and Karmari Newman to increase their lead to 57-40. The Braves Darrell Brown tried to keep them close scoring nine points in that span, including two threes.

Mason would build their largest lead of 21 points with 4:18 left in the game. Bradley pressured the ball and fouled down the stretch trying to cut into the Patriots lead. Mason would turn the ball over three times, but made all eight of their free throws in the final 1:07 to secure the 77-66 win.
 
Notes: 

• Nine Patriots scored in the game.
• Marquise Moore had his fourth double-double with 17 points and 15 boards.
• Otis Livingston led the Patriots in scoring with a career-high 22 points. He made 8-of-13 FGs, 2-5 treys.
• Freshman Justin Kier had a career-high 10 rebounds with eight points.
• Mason had a season-high 50 rebounds
• The Patriots shot a season-high 31 free throws, making 23
• Fouls in the first half: 12 for Mason 11 for Bradley
• Both teams shot under 30% in the first half: Mason 23% Bradley 28%
• Second half shooting: Mason 65%, Bradley 48%
• Darrell Brown, 15 points, and Antoine Pittman 12 points led the Braves.