candyfan
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03-24-17 12:01 AM - Post#228056
FAIRFAX, Va. – The George Mason University men's basketball team fell to Loyola (Md.) by the score of 73-58 on Wednesday night inside EagleBank Arena.
The Greyhounds move on to the CBI quarterfinals, while Mason ends its season with a 20-14 record. The 20-win season was Mason's first since the 2012-13 season. The Patriots set a new record for Atlantic 10 victories (9) and won the first A-10 Tournament game in school history.
Mason ended the season as one of the top-20 most improved teams in the country.
Sophomore Otis Livingston II led the Patriots with 19 points, three rebounds and two assists, while Jaire Grayer chipped in 17 points (6-11 FG) and grabbed eight rebounds in 37 minutes.
Freshman Justin Kier tallied 11 points – his highest scoring output since Dec. 12 – and made a pair of 3-pointers in 29 minutes of work.
The Greyhounds took advantage of a night in which Mason shot just 33.3 percent (20-60) for the game, which marked the team's lowest shooting percentage of the season. Loyola also held a +10 advantage (43-33) on the glass.
"I give credit to Loyola. They played hard, played well and wanted this game," head coach Dave Paulsen said. "Guys hit some big shots for them when we started to crawl back into the contest. I'm disappointed in our effort and our intensity. This is a teachable moment and a learning experience. I want to thank our seniors. In the big picture, our team made a lot of progress this year."
Mason grabbed an early 10-6 lead, but from there, the Patriots went without a point over the next 7+ minutes as the Greyhounds pushed ahead 17-10. A Loyola 3-pointer moved the visitors ahead by 11 (23-12) at the 6:03 mark of the half. The Greyhounds led by that margin at the half (31-20).
The Greyhounds extended the lead to 19 at 41-22, then moved in front by 24 (50-26) with 12:16 left in the contest. With Loyola leading by 25 (56-31), the Patriots began to mount a comeback.
Mason utilized an 11-0 run to cut the lead to 14 (56-42) with 6:32 remaining. Then, after Loyola made it 60-45, the Patriots forced a number of Greyhound turnovers and trailed by just 10 at 60-50 and 62-52.
But the Patriots could not move closer for the remainder of the game and Loyola left EagleBank Arena with the victory.
Senior Marquise Moore posted nine rebounds in his final collegiate game and ended his senior season with a school record 369 rebounds. He posted 694 rebounds in his career. Redshirt-senior Jalen Jenkins added six points in 11 minutes. The duo and fellow senior Myles Tate have much to be proud of and were irreplaceable parts of the Patriots turnaround this season.
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Bison89
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03-24-17 10:19 AM - Post#228066
In response to candyfan
Congratulations to Coach Paulsen!
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Raymond Bucknell
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03-24-17 08:50 PM - Post#228103
In response to Bison89
Sources (JDBison) tell me he's losing 3 players to transfer.
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Bison137
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Dave Paulsen - season at Geo Mason ends 20-14
03-25-17 12:43 PM - Post#228112
In response to Raymond Bucknell
Sources (JDBison) tell me he's losing 3 players to transfer.
Yes, but they are three scholarship players at the end of the bench who DP no doubt wanted to transfer: SF DeAndre Abram, PF/C Danny Dixon and SG Kameron Murrell. These three were among five late signees DP made when he first got to GMU and had a number of players decommit or transfer out. The three who are leaving were very unlikely to ever contribute. That is a luxury DP has at GMU that a Bucknell coach does not have, i.e. that poor players leave one way or another, freeing up room for new scholarship players. That has not happened even one time at Bucknell to date.
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Doktore K
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Re: Dave Paulsen - season at Geo Mason ends 20-14
03-26-17 11:09 AM - Post#228144
In response to Bison137
Sounds like the old "addition by subtraction" story! I saw GMU several times on TV this year and was impressed by G Marquise Moore, who did it all for the Patriots. But he is a senior and so is Jenkins, a key front court player.
Will be interesting to see how DP reloads next year and works to keep climbing up the league standings. Sounds like these 3 transfers will make it easier to quickly reload.
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