St. Mary's game thread

[GMUheckler]

MASON MIRACLE ON CHRISTMAS DAY!!!

 

[Scythe]

A Christmas miracle indeed

 

[polepino]

Looks like SMC took a play right out of GMUs playbook, lead most of the game only to let the other team crawl back into it, lose the lead near the end, and pick up the loss. Wow, feels good to be on the other side for once

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[PoorManProfit]

4 F'ing assists on 21 made FGs? Jesus.

 

[gmutom]

We're #7! We're #7!

Seriously, nice to get out of Hawaii with a win. Not a great tournament for us record-wise, but we saw some adjustments with the roster and defensive schemes that might bode well for the future.

 

[KAOriginal]

Now when SMC makes the bubble...we'll be the bad loss...lol

 

[MASONscott]

Holloway is our player of the tourney. Nice step forward for him and a nice win...finally!

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[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

I'll take it!

 

[JimP]

Gutsy win...our D looks good, offense did just enough. I hope mason lawyer put money down on his St. Mary's team. Gives me some hope, though I am tempering my preseason expectations. It would be nice to see more assists, but I'll take the W.

 

[psyclone]

George Mason Patriots
STARTERS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Johnny Williams, F 5-10 0-0 4-5 0 4 4 0 0 0 2 4 14
Marko Gujanicic, F 2-3 0-0 1-1 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 5
Marquise Moore, G 2-3 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 0 1 1 2 4 5
Sherrod Wright, G 2-5 0-0 3-4 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 7
Bryon Allen, G 4-12 0-1 7-8 1 3 4 1 1 0 1 3 15
BENCH FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS
Erik Copes, F 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Anali Okoloji, F 0-1 0-0 0-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0
Jalen Jenkins, F 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 1 0 0 2 2 4
Patrick Holloway, G 5-8 3-4 2-2 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 15
Corey Edwards, G 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOTALS FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF PTS

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[PoorManProfit]

Still easy to see Dopes and Okaloja contributions...

 

[GMUgemini]

Looks like SMC took a play right out of GMUs playbook, lead most of the game only to let the other team crawl back into it, lose the lead near the end, and pick up the loss. Wow, feels good to be on the other side for once

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It's a lesson in not letting inferiors teams hang around. Anything can happen in the last two minutes if the game is within two possessions. It's something I wish this team would learn.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

Not readable--good intent, but maybe just a link to espn box score

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/boxscore?gameId=400524021

BA - 15
PH - 15
J2 - 14

 

[CHRISTOPHER JAMES JOLLAY]

And Hewitt amazed me by not putting Copes in at the end for some retarded reason!

You're never to old to learn from your retarded mistakes yesterday!

Retard!

Party at Tom's tonight!!! Free booze!!! Seventh place party!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

The D this tournament was way better than it has been. REALLY needed this win, any win. Good Job, Mason!!!!

 

[JimP]

J2! Keep that aggressiveness up. Dino was right about one thing - don't settle for the fade aways.

 

[gmutom]

Gutsy win...our D looks good, offense did just enough. I hope mason lawyer put money down on his St. Mary's team. Gives me some hope, though I am tempering my preseason expectations. It would be nice to see more assists, but I'll take the W.

The strange thing about our low assists is I actually thought our ball rotation and screens were very good. We just missed way too many open shots within the key. The stat I love the most -- aside from the Christmas miracle that we hit 77% of our FTs -- is that we didn't get lulled into launching a ton of 3s to counter theirs. In fact, they took 24 and we only took 5.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

The stat I love the most is that we didn't get lulled into launching a ton of 3s to counter theirs. In fact, they took 24 and we only took 5.

That is actually quite telling. Hope springs eternal. The next game is the most important game. SMC is not a bad team, good win.

 

[Leesburg Chankenstank III]

We moved up 26 spots from 151 to 125 in the RPI with this win. Just an interesting tidbit, not that it means much.

 

[AlphaMasonPatriot]

Finally a W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unbelievable