WHAT: George Mason Women's Basketball at George Washington
WHEN: Saturday, 2 p.m.
WHERE: Charles E. Smith Center, Washington D.C.
RECORDS: Mason (13-14, 6-8 Atlantic 10), George Washington (18-8, 11-3 Atlantic 10)
SERIES RECORD: George Washington leads 18-10
LAST MEETING: George Washington defeated Mason 79-71 on Jan. 11, 2017 in Fairfax, Va.
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FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason women's basketball team heads to the nation's capital to begin its final road trip of the regular season.
The Patriots play Revolutionary Rival George Washington at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Charles E. Smith Center in Washington, D.C. The rivals have met 28 times, with the Colonials holding an 18-10 edge, including winning the last nine meetings.
GW defeated Mason 79-71 in overtime in the teams' previous meeting this season on Jan. 11 in Fairfax. Senior
Kara Wright had 23 points and made a game-tying 3-pointer with a second left in regulation to force overtime. But the Colonials' Hannah Schaible scored 13 of her 20 points in overtime to help GW pull away.
Mason (13-14, 6-8 Atlantic 10) is coming off a 60-51 victory against Rhode Island on Wednesday on Senior Night. Senior
Tiffany Padgett scored 14 points, grabbed seven rebounds and had a career-high tying four steals. Wright filled the stat sheet with 13 points, six rebounds and a career-high tying six assists. Freshman
Alexsis Grate also had 10 points.
George Washington (18-8, 11-3) has won five in a row, which included snapping A-10 frontrunner Dayton's 11-game winning streak last Sunday with a 52-39 victory. George Washington is led by the senior trio of Lexi Martins (12.4 ppg, 7.4 rpg), Caira Washington (12.2 ppg, 8.0 rpg) and Schaible (10.0 ppg, 6.2 rpg).
The Colonials, who won a share of the A-10 regular-season title last year and captured the conference tournament crown, are near the top of the league in several categories. George Washington, which is tied for second in the A-10 with Saint Louis, ranks first in rebound (42.1 rpg), second in scoring offense (65.9 ppg) and third in scoring defense (57.6 ppg).
With two regular-season games remaining, the Patriots are tied for ninth in the A-10 with VCU. Mason holds the tiebreaker over the Rams thanks to a 70-59 victory last month in Fairfax. The Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championship begins next weekend with first-round games to be played on campus sites. The top two seeds will receive byes and the No. 3 through No. 8 seeds will host first-round games. The quarterfinals, semifinals and championship game will be played on March 3-5 at the Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, Va.
