FAIRFAX, Va. – Swarmed by length and depth, the George Mason women's basketball team succumbed to the top team in the Atlantic 10 Conference on Sunday.

The Patriots were handed a 62-38 loss by in-state rival VCU in front of a season-high crowd of 2,725 at EagleBank Arena on Girl Scout Day. It marked Mason's fewest points in a game since scoring just 34 in a loss at VCU on Feb. 24, 2016.

Eight players scored in double figures for the Rams (20-6, 12-1 Atlantic 10), who sit alone atop the A-10 standings and have won seven straight. VCU, which has six players 6-foot or taller, registered eight blocks and was boosted by 17 points from Olga Petrova.

Sophomore Nicole Cardaño-Hillary scored 12 points and fellow sophomore Camarie Gatling added 10 points for Mason (13-12, 5-7).

The Patriots trailed just 16-10 after one quarter as junior Sarah Kaminski sunk a 3-pointer with six seconds left in the period. But Mason mustered only six points in the second quarter, shooting just 13.3 percent (2 of 15) from the field in the stanza to trail 26-16 at the break.

VCU, aided by 58.8 percent shooting from beyond the 3-point arc (10 of 17), pulled away in the third quarter. A 16-3 run boosted the Rams' lead to 46-25 on a layup by Ksenyia Malashka with 48 seconds left in the period.

Mason shot a season-low 24 percent from the field (12 of 50) and committed 15 turnovers. The Patriots were also outrebounded, 33-31, and outscored by the Rams' bench, 30-5.

The Patriots will try to bounce back on the road against Richmond at 7 p.m. on Thursday.