Game 14 - Start of A10 Play: GMU (12-1 / 0-0) at La Salle (4-9 / 0-0) on Wednesday, December 31, at 2:00 PM.

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Preseason predictions:
La Salle was picked to finish 13th in A10 Preseason Polls, slightly ahead of Fordham.

The game is on ESPN+.

KenPom:
Gives us a 77% chance of winning.
GMU - 86
La Salle - 261
NET:
GMU - 75
La Salle - 272

History:
We are10-3 against La Salle all-time.
Tony Skinn is 2-0 against La Salle as head coach at Mason.

La Salle is currently 4-9 on the season. They are 3-1 at home, 0-5 on the road, and 1-3 at neutral sites.
The Explorers are 0-2 agains Quad 1 teams, 0-2 vs Quad 2, 0-4 vs Quad 3, and 3-1against Quad 4 teams.

Schedule: https://goexplorers.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Wins: Coppin St. (87-59), Monmouth (73-60), Lancaster Bible (75-46), Drexel (69-64)
Losses: Temple (90-63), Penn St. (83-69), Villanova (70-55), Hofstra (63-58), Penn (73-71), Merrimack (66-60), LIU (70-60), High Point (84-72), #2 Michigan (102-50)

Probable Starters: 12 Explorers have started games this year. Players below started their last game against Michigan on December 21.
6’5” Jaeden Marshall - 12.8 ppg - Grad Student
6’5” Ashton Walker - 8.7 ppg - Freshman
6’9” Josiah Harris - 8.2 ppg & 5.6 reb - Grad Student
6’6” Rob Dockery - 6.8 ppg & 4.5 reb - Sophomore
7’0” Bowyn Beatty - 1.1 ppg - Junior

Reserves/starters averaging double figure minutes:
6’9” Jerome Brewer - 9.4 ppg - Junior - 5 starts but has only played 8 games. Has not played since 11/25. Was supposed to return on Dec. 19 but did not. Undisclosed injury.
6’2” Eric Acker - 7.9 ppg - Junior - 9 starts
6’7” Justin Archer - 6.3 ppg & 4.5 reb - Grad Student - 4 starts
6’9” Edwin Daniel 4.9 ppg & 4.5 reb- Junior - 1 start
6’3” Damon Strand - 3.4 ppg - Senior - 2 starts
6’9” Noah Collier - 3.7 ppg - Grad Student - Injured after just 3 games
6’2” Truth Harris - 2.0 ppg - Grad Student - 3 starts but has only played in 5 games

Roster: https://goexplorers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

Team Stats:
La Salle averages 66.3 points per game (last in the A10) while giving up 71.5 (9th in the A10).

The Explorers shoot 42.0% from the floor (13th in the A10) and 29.5% from 3 (13th in the A10).
Opponents are shooting 44.3% from the field and 37.0% from 3.

The Explorers shoot 73.5% from the free throw line (7th in the A10).

They have out rebounded opponents by 4.6 boards per game and average 14.0 turnovers per contest.

Stats: https://goexplorers.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats

Thoughts: They will be coming off a 10 day break between games and a 52 point loss at #2 Michigan. Jaeden Marshall was the only Explorer to score in double figures against the Wolverines with 15 points.

12 guys have started this year for new coach Darris Nichols, he must be searching for answers. Freshman guard Ashton Walker has impressed so far and leads La Salle with 11 starts. Leading scorer Jaeden Marshall also leads the team in 3’s with 21 made on the year.

A win on the road in the A10 is never easy, but it sure it would be nice to get off on the right foot and grab a W at Glaser Arena. Shut down or limit Marshall and our chances improve.

Discuss.
 
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I don’t think any conference games will be a gimme until this team proves they can play defense to the Mason standard for 40 minutes.
This season will be a marathon --- take each game one at a time. Tony is going to have to get the team to respond to his adjustments as we will need to adapt game to game. We have talent and can compete - but we have seen breakdowns on defense and/or offense that put each game at risk.
 

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Preseason predictions:
La Salle was picked to finish 13th in A10 Preseason Polls, slightly ahead of Fordham.

The game is on ESPN+.

KenPom:
Gives us a 77% chance of winning.
GMU - 86
La Salle - 261
NET:
GMU - 75
La Salle - 272

History:
We are10-3 against La Salle all-time.
Tony Skinn is 2-0 against La Salle as head coach at Mason.

La Salle is currently 4-9 on the season. They are 3-1 at home, 0-5 on the road, and 1-3 at neutral sites.
The Explorers are 0-2 agains Quad 1 teams, 0-2 vs Quad 2, 0-4 vs Quad 3, and 3-1against Quad 4 teams.

Schedule: https://goexplorers.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule

Wins: Coppin St. (87-59), Monmouth (73-60), Lancaster Bible (75-46), Drexel (69-64)
Losses: Temple (90-63), Penn St. (83-69), Villanova (70-55), Hofstra (63-58), Penn (73-71), Merrimack (66-60), LIU (70-60), High Point (84-72), #2 Michigan (102-50)

Probable Starters: 12 Explorers have started games this year. Players below started their last game against Michigan on December 21.
6’5” Jaeden Marshall - 12.8 ppg - Grad Student
6’5” Ashton Walker - 8.7 ppg - Freshman
6’9” Josiah Harris - 8.2 ppg & 5.6 reb - Grad Student
6’6” Rob Dockery - 6.8 ppg & 4.5 reb - Sophomore
7’0” Bowyn Beatty - 1.1 ppg - Junior

Reserves/starters averaging double figure minutes:
6’9” Jerome Brewer - 9.4 ppg - Junior - 5 starts but has only played 8 games. Has not played since 11/25. Was supposed to return on Dec. 19 but did not. Undisclosed injury.
6’2” Eric Acker - 7.9 ppg - Junior - 9 starts
6’7” Justin Archer - 6.3 ppg & 4.5 reb - Grad Student - 4 starts
6’9” Edwin Daniel 4.9 ppg & 4.5 reb- Junior - 1 start
6’3” Damon Strand - 3.4 ppg - Senior - 2 starts
6’9” Noah Collier - 3.7 ppg - Grad Student - Injured after just 3 games
6’2” Truth Harris - 2.0 ppg - Grad Student - 3 starts but has only played in 5 games

Roster: https://goexplorers.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster

Team Stats:
La Salle averages 66.3 points per game (last in the A10) while giving up 71.5 (9th in the A10).

The Explorers shoot 42.0% from the floor (13th in the A10) and 29.5% from 3 (13th in the A10).
Opponents are shooting 44.3% from the field and 37.0% from 3.

The Explorers shoot 73.5% from the free throw line (7th in the A10).

They have out rebounded opponents by 4.6 boards per game and average 14.0 turnovers per contest.

Stats: https://goexplorers.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats

Thoughts: They will be coming off a 10 day break between games and a 52 point loss at #2 Michigan. Jaeden Marshall was the only Explorer to score in double figures against the Wolverines with 15 points.

12 guys have started this year for new coach Darris Nichols, he must be searching for answers. Freshman guard Ashton Walker has impressed so far and leads La Salle with 11 starts. Leading scorer Jaeden Marshall also leads the team in 3’s with 21 made on the year.

A win on the road in the A10 is never easy, but it sure it would be nice to get off on the right foot and grab a W at Glaser Arena. Shut down or limit Marshall and our chances improve.

Discuss.
As of today, Mason dropped from 75 to 84 in the NET. 9 spots off a 4 pt win. 43 spots since the Tech loss.
 

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Road games in conference always give me agita. However, we generally have done well against Lasalle and that is a reasonable expectation.

Hoping that we get back to our basics and finally defending better. Seems like Tony is on the guys to correct and improve defensively. It needs to start against Lasalle and they need to defend at a high clip for all or the majority of the game (80-90%)

Mason 75
Lasalle 65
 
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