WHEN: Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: CHASE Fieldhouse, Wilmington, Del.
RECORDS: No. 14 George Mason (10-18, 3-12 A-10); No. 6 Fordham (17-9, 8-6 A-10)
SERIES RECORD: Fordham leads, 10-3
LAST MEETING: Fordham defeated Mason, 73-64, on Jan. 12, 2022 in Fairfax
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WILMINGTON, Del. – The George Mason women's basketball team will face sixth-seeded Fordham on Thursday night in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championships. Tip-off is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. inside CHASE Fieldhouse in Wilmington, Del.

Thursday's game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN+ with commentary by Shane White and Debbie Taylor. In addition, Brian McSweeney will call the game on the GoMason Digital Network, with pre-game coverage beginning at 7:20 p.m.

ESPN+ will stream Wednesday's first-round games through Friday's quarterfinals. CBS Sports Network will air the semifinals Saturday at 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. while the championship final will get underway Sunday at 2 p.m. via a national broadcast on ESPN2.

PATRIOT POINTS
* No. 14 Mason will face No. 6 Fordham in the second round of the Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championships on Thursday. With a win, Mason would advance to the quarterfinals and face No. 3 Massachusetts at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
 
* A week ago against Saint Louis, Mason was held to 35 points, but Wednesday the Patriots were able to best the 11th-seeded Billikens 65-50 in the first round of the Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championship.
 
* The Patriots earned their first Atlantic 10 Championship win since 2018, and the first of the Blair-Lewis era. Mason is the first No. 14 seed to upset its opponent in the A-10 Championships, dating back to the league expansion in 2015.
 
* Mason reached double-figure wins for the first time since the 2018-19 season. The Patriots have more than tripled their win total from a season ago.  
 
* Junior Tamia Lawhorne led the Patriots with a career-high 24 points. She made a career-best six three-pointers to go along with five rebounds. Her six three-pointers are the second-most made in a single game in A-10 Championship history.
 
* Junior Jazmyn Doster added 14 points (7-11 FG) and a team-high seven rebounds. She has led the team in boards in 11 games this season. She ranks 10th in the A-10 with 6.4 boards per game.
 
* Senior Amaya Scott was the third Patriot in double figures with 11 points to go along with six rebounds and three assists. She has scored in double figures in all but five games this season. She has led the team in scoring 13 times and rebounding nine times.
 
* Mason shot an efficient 42.4 percent from the field (25-59) and made seven three-pointers (.333). The Patriots outscored the Billikens 39-24 in a dominant second half of play.
 
* Sophomore Taylor Jameson came alive for the Patriots in conference play, posting 10 double-digit scoring performances. In league action, she averaged 11.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game while shooting 38.2 percent from the field. 
 
* Mason is 9-2 when leading at the half, and 7-1 when leading with five minutes to go. Conversely, the Patriots are 0-15 when trailing at the half.
 
* Scott ranks eighth in the Atlantic 10 in scoring with 15.4 points per game. She sits 12th in rebounding (6.3) and 14th in field goal percentage (.457). She also ranks in the top-100 nationally in field goals made (171) – good for second in the A-10.
 
* Tamia Lawhorne ranks 11th in the A-10 in three-point field goal percentage (.360) and ninth in three-pointers per game (1.9). She's recorded eight games with three-or-more three-pointers.
 
* Redshirt sophomore Jayla Adams is currently averaging 3.5 assists per game – good for eighth in the A-10. She's led the team in assists 18 times this season and has dished out five-plus assists in nine games.
 
* Adams is three assists shy of 100 assists this season. She'd be the first Patriot to eclipse 100 assists in a season since Taylor Dodson (110) and Nicole Cardano-Hillary (102) in 2017-18.
 
* In league action only, Jameson sits eighth in three-pointers made per game (1.9) and 17th in three-point field goal percentage (.350). She has made 2-or-more three-pointers in seven A-10 games, nine overall.
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Patriots are looking for their first win over Fordham since 2008, and their first win over the Rams since joining the A-10 in 2013-14. The Rams have won nine straight in the series for a 10-3 all-time lead. This will be the first meeting between the two teams in the Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championships.
 
SCOUTING THE RAMS (17-9, 8-6 A-10; NET 66)
Fordham earned the No. 6 seed in the Atlantic 10 Championships after compiling a record of 8-6 in the Atlantic 10. The Rams are led by First Team All-Conference selection Anna DeWolfe. She ranks 46th nationally in scoring (18.6 ppg), 27th in field goals made (190) and 79th in three-pointers made (59). 

Asiah Dingle, who was named Third Team All-Conference, ranks 72nd nationally in steals per game (2.2). She adds 14.1 points per contest – good for 10th in the A-10. As a team, the Rams rank 33rd in turnovers per game (13.1) and 52nd in scoring defense (57.5).