WHEN: Thursday, 7 p.m.
WHERE: Alumni Hall, Annapolis, Md.
RECORDS: Mason (4-5, 0-0 A-10), Navy (5-4, 0-0 Patriot)
SERIES RECORD: Navy leads, 8-5
LAST MEETING: Mason defeated Navy, 68-64, in overtime on Dec. 20, 2016 in Fairfax, Va.
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FAIRFAX, Va. – After a two-week break from action, Mason resumes non-conference play with a Thursday matchup at Navy.

Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Alumni Hall. Thursday's game will be broadcast nationally on the Patriot League Network. In addition, Shawn Ouellette will call the game on the GoMason Digital Network, with pre-game coverage beginning at 6:50 p.m.
 
PATRIOT POINTS
 
* Mason is on a four-game losing streak, including its most recent loss to Bucknell on Dec. 4 at EagleBank Arena (64-51). 
 
* The Patriots shot a season-low 27.5 percent from the field (14-51) and just 20.0 percent from deep (3-15). Bucknell outscored Mason 23-10 in the third quarter to claim the victory.
 
* Jacy Bolton led the Patriots with 12 points, six rebounds and three steals. She went 7-of-8 from the free throw line.
 
* In her Patriot debut, freshman Vita Stam scored six points and added six rebounds against the Bison. 
 
* Nicole Cardaño-Hillary began the season 14th all-time in Mason program history in scoring with 1,218 points. With a career-high 41 points at Penn State (Nov. 24), the junior guard cracked the top-10. Cardaño-Hillary is 22 points shy of a tie with Krista Jay (1994-98) for 8th place (1,400).
 
* Cardaño-Hillary leads the Atlantic 10 in scoring (17.8 ppg). The guard scored a career-high 41 points, shooting 50 percent from the field (13-26 FG) and missing only one free throw attempt (13-of-14 FT) at Penn State (Nov. 24).
 
* Bolton surpassed 600 career rebounds with six boards against Bradley (Nov. 29). She now sits 12th all-time with 610 rebounds. Bolton is 19 boards away from 11th place (629) held by Laura Teter (1989-93).
 
* Junior Camarie Gatling ranks seventh in the A-10 in field goal percentage (.508) and 13th in rebounds per game (6.6).
 
* Senior Alexsis Grate leads the team in assists per game (3.4) - good for ninth in the A-10. Her assist/turnover ratio (1.4) ranks seventh in the league.
 
* Mason is 4-0 when scoring over 70+ points in a contest. When the Patriots fail to reach that mark, they are 0-5.
 
* Mason averaged 71.2 points per game while shooting 40.9 percent from the field and 71.8 percent from the free throw line in its first five games of the season. The Patriots held a +33 advantage in scoring (356-323) during the stretch.  
 
* Over the last four games, the Patriots have been limited to 56.8 points per game, 33.2 percent shooting from the floor, and are -36 in scoring (263-227).
 
* The Patriots have three players among the top-15 in program history in career all-time three-point field goals made. With 17 3-point FGs this season, senior Sarah Kaminski is locked into third place with 156 total treys. Cardaño-Hillary (124) is 10th and Bolton (109) is 13th.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Mason and Navy will meet for the 14th time in program history. The Mids lead the all-time series, 8-5, and boast a 6-1 record on their home court of Alumni Hall. 
 
Thursday's matchup marks the third Patriot League opponent Mason has faced this season. The Patriots previously defeated American 73-55 on Nov. 21 but fell to Bucknell 64-51 on Dec. 4.
 
SCOUTING NAVY
The Mids recently wrapped up a busy stretch in which they played six games in 12 days in four different states. Navy went 3-3 during this span of play and now sit at 5-4 through nine non-conference games. 
 
Last time out, Navy fell to Fairfield 66-52 on Dec. 4 in Annapolis, Md. A 23-11 advantage in the second quarter spurred Fairfield onto victory at Alumni Hall. The Mids were led by a pair of individuals in double figures as Morgan Taylor posted a team-best 14 points on 5-9 shooting from the floor and a 4-5 mark from three-point territory. Jennifer Coleman joined Taylor with a double-double performance of 12 points and 11 rebounds
 
Navy has won 11 or more games in Alumni Hall in eight of the last nine seasons beginning in 2010-11 season. Navy returns four of five starters and eight letterwinners from 2018-19. 
 
UP NEXT
Mason returns to EagleBank Arena for a matchup with Howard on Saturday at noon.