George Mason vs St. Bonaventure — College Basketball, Jan 21, 2025

George Mason beat St. Bonaventure 75–62 at St. Bonaventure on Jan 21, 2025.

FinalTue, Jan 21Conference game

George Mason Patriots

25-8 · 7-7 on the road

75

St. Bonaventure Bonnies

21-11 · 12-4 at home

62

RecapPropsStatsHead to head

Line score◷History

Team	1st	2nd	Final
GMU	45	30	75
SBU	31	31	62

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

George Mason Patriots

• Zach AndersonF

  17 pts · 4 reb · 1 ast
  6-9 FG

  5-8 3PT
• Darius MaddoxG

  14 pts · 7 reb · 1 ast
  3-13 FG

  1-6 3PT
• Brayden O'ConnorG

  13 pts · 5 reb · 3 ast
  2-6 FG

  1-1 3PT

St. Bonaventure Bonnies

• Melvin Council Jr.G

  18 pts · 6 reb · 4 ast
  8-19 FG

  0-4 3PT
• Duane ThompsonF

  16 pts · 7 reb
  4-9 FG

  2-3 3PT
• Noah BolangaG

  8 pts · 1 reb
  2-5 FG

  2-3 3PT

Box score◷History

every player+

GMU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Darius Maddox	36	14	7	1	2	0	3	3-13	1-6	7-7	—
Zach Anderson	34	17	4	1	1	0	4	6-9	5-8	0-0	—
Jalen Haynes	28	7	7	3	0	2	1	3-6	0-0	1-1	—
Brayden O'Connor	23	13	5	3	0	1	0	2-6	1-1	8-8	—
Woody Newton	18	8	3	0	0	0	0	4-6	0-2	0-0	—
Jared Billups	22	2	4	3	1	1	2	0-2	0-1	2-2	—
K.D. Johnson	21	3	1	6	0	0	2	1-3	1-2	0-0	—
Giovanni Emejuru	15	11	2	0	0	0	0	5-6	0-0	1-1	—
Justin Begg	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		75	33	17	4	4	12	24-51	8-20	19-19

SBU	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Melvin Council Jr.	40	18	6	4	1	0	2	8-19	0-4	2-3	—
Jonah Hinton	40	7	2	2	3	0	2	3-11	1-7	0-0	—
Noel Brown	32	6	4	3	1	1	1	3-8	0-0	0-0	—
Lajae Jones	30	5	5	0	0	1	1	2-3	1-2	0-0	—
Noah Bolanga	21	8	1	0	0	0	0	2-5	2-3	2-2	—
Duane Thompson	21	16	7	0	1	1	2	4-9	2-3	6-9	—
Miles Rose	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	1-2	0-0	0-0	—
Xander Wedlow	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	—
Totals		62	25	9	6	3	9	23-58	6-19	10-14

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

GMUSBU

47.1%

Field goals?Made-attempted: away 24-51, home 23-58.

39.7%

40.0%

Three-pointers?Made-attempted: away 8-20, home 6-19.

31.6%

100.0%

Free throws?Made-attempted: away 19-19, home 10-14.

71.4%

35

Rebounds

27

7

Offensive rebounds

8

17

Assists

9

12

Turnovers?Fewer is better.

9

4

Steals

6

4

Blocks

3

30

Points in the paint

32

7

Fast-break points

13

14

Fouls?Fewer is better.

17

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)

GMU offensevsSBU defense

GMU offense ranks better in 0 of 4 matchups · SBU defense in 4 (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

49.7%

slight#119

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

17.6%

#335

16.6%

Stronger#76

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

32.1%

#115

26.9%

slight#47

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

29.8%

#19

17.9%

slight#18

SBU offensevsGMU defense

SBU offense ranks better in 0 of 4 matchups · GMU defense in 4 (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.

50.2%

#207

45.0%

Stronger#5

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

14.2%

#107

16.3%

slight#90

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

28.0%

#235

29.1%

Stronger#145

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

22.7%

#220

22.4%

Stronger#116

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

GMUSBU

+9.9 52ndNet rating?Points scored minus points allowed per 100 possessions99th +5.4

106.4 190thOffensive rating?Points scored per 100 possessions201st 106.2

96.6 9thDefensive rating?Points allowed per 100 possessions (rank 1 = allows least)38th 100.7

65.8 282ndPace?Possessions per game (rank 1 = fastest)323rd 64.8

Expected pace: about 65 possessions a team (the two teams' average). Rank among 360 teams, 1st = best.

Where one side has the better of it

No pairing is lopsided: each unit meets one ranked within a few spots of it.

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

last 10 days

SMTWTFSSMGame

GMU

DAY

GW

SBU

2 days rest

SMTWTFSSMGame

SBU

RICH

DUQ

GMU

2 days rest

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

GMU · last 10

25-8 · 2 days rest

• Jan 18 vs GWW 80–77
• Jan 15 @ DAYW 67–59
• Jan 11 vs MASSW 77–70
• Jan 8 vs RICHW 64–58
• Jan 4 @ URIL 59–62
• Dec 31 vs DAVW 69–57
• Dec 28 vs MSMW 64–56
• Dec 22 vs PENNW 85–53
• Dec 17 @ DUKEL 47–68
• Dec 7 vs TULNW 76–64

8-2 in these

SBU · last 10

21-11 · 2 days rest

• Jan 18 @ DUQL 57–75
• Jan 15 vs RICHW 63–49
• Jan 11 vs LASL 82–83
• Jan 8 @ SLUL 68–73
• Jan 4 @ FORW 86–66
• Dec 31 vs VCUW 77–75
• Dec 21 vs NIAW 71–52
• Dec 17 @ SIEW 65–48
• Dec 14 @ PROVW 74–70
• Dec 7 vs BUFW 65–55

7-3 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.