WHEN: Saturday, 2 p.m.
WHERE: EagleBank Arena, Fairfax, Va.
RECORDS: Mason (9-19, 3-12 A-10), La Salle (12-16, 6-9 A-10)
SERIES RECORD: Mason trails, 7-5
LAST MEETING: La Salle defeated Mason 77-65 on Jan. 29, 2020 in Philadelphia
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FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason women's basketball team wraps up the regular season on Saturday against La Salle. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. inside EagleBank Arena.
Saturday's game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN+, with commentary by
Steve Kolbe. In addition, Shawn Ouellette will call the game on the GoMason Digital Network, with pre-game coverage beginning at 1:50 p.m.
PATRIOT POINTS
* The Patriots will honor seniors
Alexsis Grate,
Jacy Bolton,
Allie McCool and
Sarah Kaminski prior to Saturday's contest.
* The Patriots dropped their final road contest of the regular season on Wednesday, falling to VCU 48-36.
* Mason scored a season-low 36 points, including a season-low three points in the first quarter. The first-quarter hole proved too large to overcome as the Patriots could not pull closer than six for the remainder of the game.
* Junior Nicole Cardaño-Hillary scored 22 of Mason's 36 points. She has scored in double figures in 25-of-28 games this season and posted 20+ points in 10 games.
* Cardaño-Hillary moved into second on Mason's all-time scoring list with 1,727 career points, passing Taylor Brown (2013-16). She is now 20 points shy of a first-place tie with Keri Chaconas (1992-96) with 1,747 points.
* Four of Mason's last seven games have been decided by five points. The Patriots are 1-3 in those games, and 2-5 overall in games decided by five points or less.
* Cardaño-Hillary is second in the Atlantic 10 in scoring (18.2 ppg) and first in steals per game (2.3).
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Jacy Bolton is ninth in the A-10 with 6.3 rebounds per game, and second on the team in points per game (8.8).
* Cardaño-Hillary is the only player in program history to rank in the top-5 all-time in scoring (1,727), 3-pt field goals made (153) and steals (213).
* Bolton sits eighth on Mason's all-time rebounding list with 725 boards. She's two rebounds shy of a seventh-place tie with Jerolyn Weathersby (1987-91) with 727.
* The Patriots continue to be efficient on the offensive glass, ranking first in the A-10 in offensive rebounds per game (14.6). In A-10 games only, the Patriots are tied for first in offensive rebounds per game (13.9) and are +43 in total offensive rebounds (208-165).
* Kaminski holds the Mason record for most games played in a career (121) while Bolton is the program record-holder for most games started with 119.
SERIES HISTORY
La Salle has a slight 7-5 edge in the all-time series. The Explorers have won the last two meetings, 77-65 in Philadelphia (Jan. 25, 2020) and 77-71 in Philadelphia (Mar. 2, 2019). The Patriots are 3-2 vs. the Explorers at EagleBank Arena.
SCOUTING LA SALLE
La Salle held a nine-point lead after three quarters of play, before falling in overtime to Davidson 70-61 on Wednesday. La Salle scored the opening bucket to start overtime, but the Wildcats finished with 12 unanswered points to claim the victory. The Explorers are now 11th in Atlantic 10 standings with a conference mark of 6-9.
Rookie Claire Jacobs leads La Salle with 13.8 ppg on 37.7 percent from the field, 32.6 percent from long range, and 77.9 percent at the stripe. She's recorded double figure scoring totals in nine straight games, and 19 this season.
In the first meeting between the Patriots and Explorers on Jan. 29, Jacobs tied her career high and La Salle freshman scoring record with 29 points. She finished 9-of-15 from the floor, including 4-of-9 from downtown. Senior Shalina Miller recorded a game-high 12 rebounds and five blocks in the 77-65 win for the Explorers.
A-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS
The Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championship begins March 3, with first round games at campus sites. The Dayton Flyers will host the quarterfinals, semifinals and the championship, Friday through Sunday, March 6-8.
