Women's Basketball | 3/1/2018 11:33:00 PM

WHAT: Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championship Quarterfinals
WHO: No. 4 seed George Mason vs. No. 5 seed George Washington
WHEN: Friday, 2 p.m.
WHERE: Richmond Coliseum, Richmond, Va.
RECORDS: Mason (23-8, 11-5 Atlantic 10); George Washington (16-13, 10-6 Atlantic 10)
SERIES RECORD: George Washington leads 24-9
LAST MEETING: George Washington defeated Mason 65-61 on Feb. 7, 2018 in Fairfax, Va.
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RICHMOND, Va. – A nemesis stands between the George Mason women's basketball team and its first trip to the Atlantic 10 semifinals.

The Patriots will play Revolutionary Rival George Washington for the third time this season when the teams meet in the quarterfinals of the A-10 Women's Basketball Championship at 2 p.m. Friday at the Richmond Coliseum.

No. 4 seed Mason (23-8, 11-5 Atlantic 10) will be playing in the quarterfinals for the second time in three years. The Patriots last advanced to the final eight in 2016, suffering a 78-48 loss to eventual tournament champ George Washington.

The fifth-seeded Colonials (16-13, 10-6) defeated Mason twice in the regular season. They stymied the Patriots in a 62-52 victory on Jan. 7 in D.C., and then edged out a 65-61 victory on Feb. 7 in Fairfax. George Washington has won 12 straight against Mason and leads the all-time series 24-9.

GW has won four of its last five and is coming off a 69-49 victory over La Salle in the first round of the A-10 Women's Basketball Championship. The Colonials are led by senior guard Brianna Cummings, who averages a team-high 14.2 points and 5.8 rebounds. Senior forward Kelli Prange, the A-10 Sixth Woman of the Year, averages 12.1 points and 5.8 rebounds primarily off the bench.

Mason, which has won five of six, advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating St. Bonaventure 89-79 in the first round on Tuesday.

Sophomore Jacy Bolton led the way as she scored a career-high 24 points and grabbed a career-high five steals. Graduate student Natalie Butler, who was named the A-10 Player of the Year on Thursday, recorded 20 points and 19 rebounds for her NCAA-leading 30th straight double-double. Freshman Nicole Cardano-Hillary, who was tabbed the A-10 Rookie of the Year, scored 18 points. Fellow freshman Marika Korpinen scored a career-high 12 points off the bench.