====== January 11, 2025 - UMass at George Mason ======
  * Season: [[season_2024-25|2024-25]]
  * Date: Saturday, January 11, 2025
  * Opponent: [[opponent_george_mason|George Mason]]
  * Start Time: 2:00 PM ET
  * Site: [[wp>EagleBank Arena]], Fairfax VA
  * Special Event: [[Atlantic 10]] conference game
  * Television: none
  * Stream: [[https://plus.espn.com/|ESPN+]]
  * Radio: [[https://www.audacy.com/weei/wwei_springfield|WEEI (105.5 FM)]], [[https://wcrnradio.com/|WCRN (830 AM)]], [[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-varsity-network/id1574519982|Varsity Network App]]
  * Spread: UM +11½((per ESPN https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/game/_/gameId/401724361/umass-george-mason))
  * UM personnel report: No official report, but it appeared that [[Lewis Walker]], [[Josh Engel]] and [[John Brigham]] did not make the trip

  * **Result: George Mason 77, UMass 70**
  * Attendance: 3214

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===== Previews =====
  * Game notes: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/1/10/mens-basketball-minutemen-head-to-fairfax-for-face-off-with-george-mason|UM]], [[https://gomason.com/news/2025/1/10/mens-basketball-patriots-battle-minutemen-saturday-in-eaglebank-arena.aspx|GMU]]

===== Game Thread =====
See the [[https://www.umasshoops.com/newboard/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17265|UMassHoops.com Message Board thread]] for pre-game and post-game discussion.

===== Recaps =====
  * UM: [[https://umassathletics.com/news/2025/1/11/mens-basketball-minutemen-come-up-short-in-physical-game-against-george-mason-77-70|Minutemen Come Up Short In Physical Game Against George Mason, 77-70]]
  * GMU: [[https://gomason.com/news/2025/1/11/mens-basketball-patriots-improve-to-3-1-in-a-10-with-77-70-win-over-umass.aspx|Patriots Improve to 3-1 in A-10 with 77-70 Win over UMass]]
  * Mass. Daily Collegian: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2025/01/george-mason-grinds-its-way-past-umass/|George Mason grinds its way past UMass]]
  * MDC: [[https://dailycollegian.com/2025/01/umass-offense-fluctuates-against-george-mason/|UMass’ offense fluctuates against George Mason]]

===== Other content =====
  * UM video clips: [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1878171518619832692|Diggins feeds to Curry, beats the halftime buzzer]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1878177953961459877|Worthy takes it in strong]], [[https://x.com/UMassMBB/status/1878186922771710187|Diggins 3-ball]]
  * GMU video clips: [[https://x.com/MasonMBB/status/1878161019781947715|Big man Haynes with the up and under]], [[https://x.com/MasonMBB/status/1878161362305667213|Emejuru beats Malek badly on the inside]], [[https://x.com/MasonMBB/status/1878164165015015784|UM's zone D a little late to close out the 3]], [[https://x.com/MasonMBB/status/1878165779813740989|Haynes pretty proud of himself on the dunk]], [[https://x.com/MasonMBB/status/1878168401601835226|baseline angle]], [[https://x.com/MasonMBB/status/1878450948181295151|makes SportsCenter]], [[https://x.com/MasonMBB/status/1878175072218718456|ball movement pays off]], [[https://x.com/MasonMBB/status/1878181764083994676|UM loses people on D]], [[https://x.com/MasonMBB/status/1878182320345129166|baseline angle]], [[https://x.com/MasonMBB/status/1878183955137994996|alley-oop]], 

===== Box score =====
[[https://umassathletics.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25/george-mason/boxscore/15647|Standard]], [[https://gomason.com/sidearmstats/mbball/summary|SideArm]], [[https://dxbhsrqyrr690.cloudfront.net/sidearm.nextgen.sites/umassathletics.com/stats/mbball/2024/pdf/20250111035653-2555115.pdf|PDF]]

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