Mount St. Mary's vs George Mason — College Basketball, Dec 28, 2024

George Mason beat Mount St. Mary's 64–56 at home on Dec 28, 2024.

FinalSat, Dec 28

Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers

20-12 · 12-8 on the road

56

George Mason Patriots

25-8 · 18-1 at home

64

RecapPropsStatsHead to head

Line score◷History

Team	1st	2nd	Final
MSM	30	26	56
GMU	28	36	64

Top performersiEach team's three leading scorers in this game, with rebounds and assists. The full box score is below.◷History

Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers

• Dola AdebayoF

  13 pts · 7 reb
  5-13 FG

  0-3 3PT
• Terrell Ard Jr.F

  11 pts · 9 reb · 4 ast
  4-10 FG

  1-1 3PT
• Arlandus KeyesG

  7 pts · 3 reb
  3-7 FG

  1-5 3PT

George Mason Patriots

• Jalen HaynesF

  18 pts · 16 reb · 1 ast · Double-double
  6-9 FG
• Darius MaddoxG

  13 pts · 3 reb · 2 ast
  5-11 FG

  1-5 3PT
• Brayden O'ConnorG

  9 pts · 2 reb · 2 ast
  2-5 FG

  2-3 3PT

Box score◷History

every player+

MSM	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Xavier Lipscomb	32	6	2	5	0	0	3	2-9	2-6	0-1	—
Carmelo Pacheco	28	3	3	0	1	0	0	1-5	1-4	0-0	—
Dola Adebayo	27	13	7	0	1	1	0	5-13	0-3	3-5	—
Jedy Cordilia	25	4	3	0	0	0	2	1-4	0-0	2-3	—
Javon Ervin	18	3	1	0	1	0	1	1-5	1-3	0-4	—
Terrell Ard Jr.	26	11	9	4	0	2	2	4-10	1-1	2-2	—
Arlandus Keyes	17	7	3	0	0	0	1	3-7	1-5	0-0	—
Abdou Khadre Kébé	14	4	1	1	2	0	1	2-4	0-2	0-0	—
Dallas Hobbs	12	5	2	2	2	0	0	2-5	1-2	0-0	—
Trey Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		56	31	12	7	3	10	21-62	7-26	7-15

GMU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Brayden O'Connor	31	9	2	2	2	0	2	2-5	2-3	3-4	—
Jalen Haynes	28	18	16	1	2	1	3	6-9	0-0	6-12	—
Darius Maddox	27	13	3	2	0	0	0	5-11	1-5	2-3	—
Zach Anderson	25	5	5	1	0	1	1	1-3	1-2	2-3	—
Woody Newton	11	2	2	1	0	1	1	1-6	0-2	0-0	—
Jared Billups	31	4	8	3	0	0	1	1-3	0-1	2-2	—
K.D. Johnson	21	4	1	2	2	0	5	1-5	1-3	1-4	—
Justin Begg	13	5	0	1	1	0	3	2-2	1-1	0-0	—
Giovanni Emejuru	13	4	3	0	0	0	0	2-2	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		64	40	13	7	3	16	21-46	6-17	16-28

Starters first, then by minutes. +/- is the team's point margin while he was on the floor.

Team statsiTeam stats: green marks the better side; a longer bar is a bigger number, not always a better one.◷History

MSMGMU

33.9%

Field goals?Made-attempted: away 21-62, home 21-46.

45.7%

26.9%

Three-pointers?Made-attempted: away 7-26, home 6-17.

35.3%

46.7%

Free throws?Made-attempted: away 7-15, home 16-28.

57.1%

33

Rebounds

44

10

Offensive rebounds

9

12

Assists

13

10

Turnovers?Fewer is better.

16

7

Steals

7

3

Blocks

3

26

Points in the paint

26

10

Fast-break points

5

20

Fouls?Fewer is better.

14

This game's box score totals; green marks the better side (fewer turnovers and fouls are better).

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Going into the game · matchup numbers, form, rest+

Offense vs defense: the four factorsiEach offense's league rank against the defense it faces in shooting, turnovers, rebounding and free throws; longer = better.◷History

ranks betterranks worseStronger72+ places apartleague middleLonger bar = better rank of 360 (#1 = best)

MSM offensevsGMU defense

MSM offense ranks better in 1 of 4 matchups · GMU defense in 3 (3 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

51.2%

#145

45.0%

Stronger#5

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

19.0%

#354

16.3%

Stronger#90

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

31.0%

#144slight

29.1%

#145

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

22.5%

#227

22.4%

Stronger#116

GMU offensevsMSM defense

GMU offense ranks better in 1 of 4 matchups · MSM defense in 3 (1 by a clear margin)

Shooting · effective FG%?Field-goal percentage with threes counted at 1.5; the defense's number is what it allows.

51.5%

#133

48.2%

Stronger#58

Turnovers · per 100 plays?Turnovers the offense commits (fewer is better) and the turnovers the defense forces.

17.6%

#335

13.8%

slight#272

Offensive rebounding %?Share of its own misses the offense rebounds; the defense's number is what it allows.

32.1%

#115

28.3%

slight#99

Free throw rate?Free throws made per field-goal attempt; the defense's number is what it allows.

29.8%

#19slight

19.9%

#54

Season box-score numbers; ranks of 360 teams. A defense ranks well for allowing less and forcing more turnovers.

Key numbers and mismatchesiHeadline ratings, then the biggest mismatches between one team's offense and the other's defense.◷History

MSMGMU

−1.1 195thNet rating?Points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions52nd +9.9

102.4 284thOffensive rating?Points scored per 100 possessions190th 106.4

103.6 87thDefensive rating?Points allowed per 100 possessions (rank 1 = allows least)9th 96.6

68.0 176thPace?Possessions per game (rank 1 = fastest)282nd 65.8

Expected pace: about 67 possessions a team (the two teams' average). Rank among 360 teams, 1st = best.

Where one side has the better of it

• 
  GMU getting to the line

  GMU offense 29.8% (19th) vs MSM defense allowing 19.9% (54th)
  +35 spots

ContextiEach team's last ten days going into this game (filled = home, outline = road; travel distance is not tracked)◷History

last 10 days

TFSSMTWTFGame

MSM

MIA

GMU

6 days rest3rd straight road game

TFSSMTWTFGame

GMU

PENN

MSM

5 days rest

homeroadday offthis gameFrom the schedule; travel distance is not tracked.

MSM · last 10

20-12 · 6 days rest

• Dec 21 @ MIAW 78–74
• Dec 18 @ LIUW 80–72
• Dec 14 vs L-MDL 69–77
• Dec 8 vs FAIRW 101–94
• Dec 6 @ MRSTL 50–53
• Nov 30 @ HOWW 79–75
• Nov 23 vs DSUW 76–66
• Nov 20 @ GTWNL 51–79
• Nov 13 @ BUCKW 93–89
• Nov 8 @ MDL 52–86

6-4 in these

GMU · last 10

25-8 · 5 days rest

• Dec 22 vs PENNW 85–53
• Dec 17 @ DUKEL 47–68
• Dec 7 vs TULNW 76–64
• Dec 3 vs UNCAW 74–52
• Nov 29 @ JMUW 66–61
• Nov 20 vs COPPW 93–55
• Nov 16 @ ECUL 77–78
• Nov 13 vs CMUL 69–70
• Nov 11 vs STBKW 94–56
• Nov 8 @ MARQL 63–82

6-4 in these

From box scores. Ratings are per 100 possessions (possessions estimated from box scores). Prop lines from DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM and Caesars; hit rates are past games against a number, not a forecast or a pick. For information only, not betting advice. 21+ only. Gambling problem? Call or text 1-800-GAMBLER.