FAIRFAX, Va. – Cheered on by its largest home crowd of the season, the George Mason women's basketball team roared back from an early double-digit deficit.

But the Patriots' first lead since the first quarter was short-lived.

Mason scored just two points over the final 3:43, falling 67-62 to Fordham on Sunday in front of a season-high crowd of 2,380 on Girl Scout Day at EagleBank Arena. The loss snapped a program-record 13-game home winning streak that spanned back to last season for the Patriots (16-6, 5-3 Atlantic 10). Mason was 12-0 at EagleBank Arena this year before Sunday's matchup. The attendance of 2,380 was Mason's most at a home game in nearly four years.

Senior Tayler Dodson had a season-high 16 points as four Patriots scored in double figures. Graduate student Natalie Butler posted her 21st straight double-double with 14 points and 20 rebounds. She leads the country in rebounding (15.8 rpg) and double-doubles (21) and is tied for the fourth-longest double-doubles streak in Division I women's basketball history.

Despite trailing by 12 points early in the third quarter and by six midway through the final period, the Patriots stormed back. Senior Tayler Dodson sunk her second 3-pointer of the game – and the season – with 3:43 left to propel Mason in front, 60-58, for its first lead since the opening quarter.

But Fordham (17-5, 8-1) knotted the game up on a pair of free throws by G'mrice Davis on the ensuing possession. Then, after a Mason miss, the Rams' Lauren Holden drained a 3-pointer with 2:43 left to give Fordham the lead for good.

Mason's Natalie Butler cut the deficit to one on an offensive putback and the Patriots had a chance to go back in front but missed a jumper. Fordham made its final four free throws and held the Patriots scoreless the final 2:18. Mason has lost five straight to the Rams.

Freshman Nicole Cardaño-Hillary recorded 14 points, four assists and three steals. But the point guard fouled out with 16.9 seconds to go. Sophomore Jacy Bolton added 11 points. Mason committed 18 turnovers and shot just 37.7 percent from the field. They were just 7 of 23 at halftime (30.4 percent), falling into a 12-point hole.

Fordham shot 46.7 percent in the first half and 42.9 percent for the game. The Rams were led by Davis, who scored 18 points and 13 rebounds for her 19th double-double – third-most in the country. Freshman Bre Cavanaugh scored 14 points as the Rams had six players with eight points or more.

Mason begins a two-game road trip at 7 p.m. on Wednesday against St. Bonaventure in Olean, N.Y.