George Mason (13-6, 8-0 A-10) at Davidson (15-7, 7-2 A-10)
WHEN: Wednesday, January 28, at 7 p.m. ET
WHERE: John M. Belk Arena; Davidson, N.C.
LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+
LIVE STATS: LINK
LIVE AUDIO: GoMason Digital Network
GAME NOTES: LINK

DAVIDSON, N.C. - The George Mason women's basketball team heads south this week to face the Davidson Wildcats on Wednesday, January 28. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with tip-off set for 7 p.m ET. Tommy Buckles will be on the GoMason Digital Network starting at approximately 6:45 p.m. 

This is the 17th matchup between the Patriots and the Wildcats. George Mason won the last matchup in the semi-finals of 2025 A-10 Tournament to send them to their first A-10 Championship. 

SCOUTING THE WILDCATS

The Davidson Wildcats enter the matchup with a 15–7 overall record and a 7–2 mark in Atlantic 10 play. Davidson is averaging 68.5 points per game while allowing 58.3 points per contest. The Wildcats are shooting 43.4 percent from the field and 35.3 percent from three-point range, making an average of 8.0 three-pointers per game. From the free throw line, Davidson is shooting 69.7 percent. On the boards, the Wildcats average 34.9 rebounds per game and post a +2.5 rebounding margin, while recording 14.0 assists per game.

Charlise Dunn leads Davidson with 14.9 points per game, adding 7.8 rebounds and averaging 33.8 minutes per contest. Katie Donovan follows with 11.6 points per game and has converted 42 three-pointers this season. Kyra Bruyndoncx contributes 10.3 points per game while shooting 39.8 percent from beyond the arc. Edina Strausz averages 7.2 points and 3.9 rebounds per game, and Ines Garcia Monje adds 5.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per contest. Overall, eight Wildcats average at least 12 minutes per game.

Defensively, Davidson averages 10.1 steals and 3.2 blocks per game while forcing 17.9 turnovers per contest. Opponents are shooting 40.8 percent from the field and 32.2 percent from three-point range against the Wildcats. Through 22 games, Davidson has scored 1,508 total points and allowed 1,282 points, with scoring distributed across all four quarters.

• The Patriots are 8-0 in conference play for the first time in program history
• Zahirah Walton was named to the 2026 Becky Hammon Player of the Year Midseason Watch List
• Head coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis won her 400th career game on January 4, 2026 vs. VCU, 68-58
• The Patriot's January 25th game vs. Richmond was postponed to February 16th due to weather
• Head coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis is the longest tenured Black female head coach in D1 (27 years)
• The Patriots won the Atlantic 10 championship for the first time in program history in 2024-25, giving them their first NCAA Tournament berth
• Three Patriots were named to the 2025-26 A-10 Preseason teams: Zahirah Walton and Kennedy Harris were named to the Preseason First Team and Hawa Komara was named to the Preseason Second Team. Walton and Komara were also named to the Preseason All-Defensive Team.
• The Patriots were picked to finish second in the A-10 Preseason Poll
• Head coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis was named to the Kathy Delaney-Smith Coach of the Year Watch List for the third year in a row
• Zahirah Walton and Kennedy Harris were named to the Becky Hammon Player of the Year Watch List for the 2025-26 season
• Redshirt juniors Page Greenburg and Zahirah Walton and junior Kennedy Harris were named team captains for the 2025-26 season
• Two transfer graduate students joined the Patriots this season: MJ Johnson (Texas A&M/Ball St.) and Hawa Komara (Rhode Island) 
• There are seven freshman making their collegiate debuts with the Green & Gold this season: Sanyiah Littlejohn (Philadephia, Pa./Lansdale Catholic), Kayla Johnson (Upper Marlboro, Md./Elizabeth Seton), Mary Amoateng (Baltimore, Md./Bishop McNamara), Kailani Merrell (Daytona, Fla./Sprunce Creek), Matilde Motta (Saronno, Italy/S.M. Legnani), Leah Keyes (Stafford, Va./Virginia Academy), and Sara Blair (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas). 
• The George Mason coaching staff added a few new pieces and promoted two key staff members this off season. Demetria Frank was promoted to Associate Head Coach and Nigel Bowden was promoted to Director of Basketball Operations. Lauren Stack and Kate McCarney joined as graduate assistants, and Brandon Stewart was appointed Director of Player Personnel. 

UP NEXT
The Patriots return home to take on the Saint Louis Billikens on Saturday, January 31 at 3 p.m. for their annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+.