Game 2: GMU (1-0) vs Akron (0-1) on Thursday, November 5th at 7:00 PM

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Game thread for the home game against Akron. Akron is 0-1 so far on the season, losing to South Alabama 75-74.

Here are highlights from our home win over Temple

 

[Portlandian]

Scouting the Zips in their own words:

Women’s Basketball Carries Optimism and Toughness Heading Into 2026-27 Campaign - University of Akron Athletics

AKRON, Ohio — Akron head women's basketball coach Ryan Gensler sees plenty of reasons for optimism heading into the 2026-27 season.

gozips.com

In the conference's pre-season poll they were picked to finish 11th out of 12th.

MAC Announces 2026-27 Women's Basketball Preseason Poll & Teams

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Ball State Cardinals have been selected as MAC regular season favorites in the 2026-27 Women's Basketball Preseason Poll, as voted on by the league's head coaches. Head coaches were not allowed to vote for themselves in the poll.

getsomemaction.com

SHOULD be another W at home.

 

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Patriots Host Akron on Thursday Night - George Mason University Athletics

FAIRFAX, Va. - The George Mason women's basketball team hosts the Akron Zips on Thursdays, November 5 at 7 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Steve Kolbe

gomason.com

 

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Torvik has us as 8.3 favorites against Akron.

https://barttorvik.com/ncaaw/team.php?team=George+Mason&year=2027

 

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GAME DAY

BEAT AKRON

 

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Mason up 3 at the half, 34-31. Yancy keeping us in it with about half our points. Mary with 3 early turnovers and 2 fouls hasn't scored.
Less than a dozen students next to the band. Maybe an attendance of a few hundred.

 

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Mason up 62-59 with 38 seconds left

 

[GMUgemini]

This is one of those no one wants to win the game scenarios.

 

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Mason wins 66-60

Great to see Debbie Taneyhill (former GMU women's basketball player and coach) on the Mason sidelines

2-0 through two games for Vanessa Blair Lewis

 

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Last 20 seconds was better.

 

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Post game presser with Summer and Mary Kate

 

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This is one of those no one wants to win the game scenarios.

Yeah, Mason only gave up 1 FG in the last 7+ minutes, but our offense wasn't a lot better. Couldn't seem to make a clutch FG despite getting some open shots until Mary-Kate made an 18 footer with about 2 min left, and Lourdes made a 3 with 1:3O left to break a tie. The rest of the scoring came off of FTs with everyone missing one of their 2 fts each time they went to the line.

Looking at the team stats, both teams were close on most of the major categories, fg%, 3 pt fg%, rebounds, and turnovers. Certainly, we shot poorly from 3 and the ft line and had too many TOs. So there's a lot to work on.

 

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https://gomason.com/news/2026/11/5/womens-basketball-patriots-overcome-akron-66-60.aspx?utm_source=blog.patriotbrew.net&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=patriot-brew-11-6-yancy-leads-wbb-to-victory&_bhlid=40024f9bba8fb21abe3ec03eb078f73f242998fb

 

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Mason up 3 at the half, 34-31. Yancy keeping us in it with about half our points. Mary with 3 early turnovers and 2 fouls hasn't scored.
Less than a dozen students next to the band. Maybe an attendance of a few hundred.

Listed attendance at 835. So I somewhat (but only somewhat) underestimated the crowd.