CHICAGO, Ill. – The George Mason women's basketball team scored the most points in a game in almost four years to pick up a huge road win over Loyola Chicago, 80-63.
 
The Patriots (13-14, 6-8) were led offensively by senior Tamia Lawhorne, who scored 16 points on 6-10 shooting from the field and a season-high four three-pointers.
 
Senior Nalani Kaysia posted her fifth double-double in the last seven games on 11 points and 10 rebounds.
 
The two teams traded points and the lead throughout the first quarter, with the Ramblers (6-20, 1-12) taking their last lead of the night with 1:16 on the clock, 14-13. However, Mason rattled off the last seven points of the quarter, capped by a Sonia Smith three-pointer at the buzzer, to take a 20-16 lead at the first quarter break.
 
The Patriots (13-14, 6-8) extended their lead in the second, led by five points from Lawhorne and scoring from six different players. After Loyola Chicago tied the game at 22-apiece, Mason went on another seven-point run. Two Rambler free throws cut the lead to five at the 3:46 mark, but Mason closed the quarter on 5-5 shooting and led by 13 at the halfway point.
 
Lawhorne led a hot-shooting Mason team in the third, shooting 4-4 from the field and 3-3 from deep as the Patriots connected on 11-15 from the field. Mason's lead ballooned to as many 28 on Lawhorne's fourth three-point field goal with 1:03 remaining in the quarter.
 
The Ramblers were able to cut into the lead a bit in the fourth, but Mason continued to push, with four different Patriots registering a point, leading to every player that stepped on the court for Mason to register at least two points during the game.
 
PATRIOT POINTS

• Junior Taylor Jameson paced the offense with a career-high six assists, adding to the team's season-high 18
• Sophomore Paula Suárez filled the stat sheet, posting nine points, five rebounds, five assists, two steals and a block
• The Patriots' 80 points are the most since March 5, 2019 when they lost 86-80 to Massachusetts in the A-10 tournament
• Mason out-rebounded Loyola 45-23
• Sonia Smith recorded her ninth-straight double-digit scoring performance with 13 to go along with three assists, two rebounds and a block

 
UP NEXT
Mason will remain on the road for their last regular-season away contest on Sunday, Feb. 19 to take on the Rams of Fordham. Tip-off in from the Bronx is set for 3:30 p.m. on ESPN+.