Game 32: Atlantic 10 Tournament - #5 GMU vs Winner of #12 La Salle vs #13 St. Bonaventure game on Thursday, March 12 at 2:00PM.

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Championship Bracket: https://atlantic10.com/documents/2026/3/7//26MBB_Bracket_Betterment.pdf?id=8677

#12 La Salle and #13 St. Bonaventure will play on Wednesday at 11:30AM for the right to play us.

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If we play #12 La Salle: KenPom - 225 NET - 238

La Salle finished the year with a record of 9-22 and 5-13 in conference.

The Explorers were 7-6 at home, 1-13 on the road, and 1-3 at neutral sites.

GMU head to head against La Salle this year: 1-0

We played La Salle at EBA on Wednesday, December 31, and won 80-75. We trailed by 7 at the half before pulling out the win. Kory Mincy (21) and Riley Allenspach (19) paced us and Emmanuel Kanga had a career high 17 points off the bench in just 18 minutes of play. He was 7-8 from the floor and also led the team with 8 rebounds. What was also very impressive is that we had 0 turnovers on the afternoon. We lost the rebounding battle and gave up 14 offensive boards, one of the reasons it was so close.

Four Explorers scored in double figures led by Jerome Brewer who had 21 off the bench. Josiah Harris (16), Jaeden Marshall (14), and Rob Dockery (10) were the others.

Box Score: https://gomason.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26/la-salle/boxscore/13857

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If we play #13 St. Bonaventure: KenPom - 154 NET - 152

Saint Bonaventure finished the year with a record of 15-16 and 4-14 in conference.

The Bonnies were 9-6 at home, 4-7 on the road, and 2-2 at neural sites.

GMU Head to head against St. Bonaventure this year: 2-0

Game 1:


We beat the Bonnies on Saturday, January 31, at Reilly Center 77-73. We started the game by giving up 6 straight points and were down 11 at the 10 minute mark. The Bonnies led 39-31 at the end of the first half. Our struggles continued in the 2nd half. We were down 14 with 11 minutes to go. We trailed by 10 with just 5:36 to go in the game. We scrapped back to tie the game with 1:17 to go. We took our first lead of the game with 33 seconds left when Fatt Hill scored on a layup.

Kory Mincy had 22, Jahari Long had 13, and Fatt Hill gave us a stellar thirty minutes and 16 points off the bench. We won despite committing 16 turnovers. Frank Mitchell led St. Bonaventure with 25 points. Dasonte Bowen (14), Cayden Charles (13), and Darryl Simmons II (10) also had solid games for the Bonnies.

Box Score: https://gomason.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26/st-bonaventure/boxscore/13866

Game 2:

We beat the Bonnies on Saturday, February 28, at EBA 71-58. This game was a complete contrast to the first meeting. We started the game with an 8-0 run and led by 12 at the half. We led by as much as 20 in the second half before closing out the win. Masai Troutman (21) and Riley Allenspach (21) paced the win with Jahari Long chipping in 11 points to go with 7 assists. We held them to 37.5% from the floor. Dasonte Bowen (16), Frank Mitchell (15), and Darry Simmons II (14) led St. Bonaventure.

Box Score: https://gomason.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2025-26/st-bonaventure/boxscore/13874

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Portlandian

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"La Salle finished the year with a record of 9-22 and 5-13 in conference.

The Explorers were 7-6 at home, 1-13 on the road, and 1-3 at neutral sites."

Good reason to root for La Salle in the Powerpuff game.
 

DRK331

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"Look, we beat a ranked team once we started being us again. Belief is a dangerous thing, with the coach they have, with the roster they have, they can make a story up there in Pittsburgh"

It's been 20 years since the 2006 Final Four run. Does Tony Skinn have another March run in him?
 

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"Look, we beat a ranked team once we started being us again. Belief is a dangerous thing, with the coach they have, with the roster they have, they can make a story up there in Pittsburgh"

It's been 20 years since the 2006 Final Four run. Does Tony Skinn have another March run in him?
If he doesn’t he needs to find a new line of work.
 
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