Samford Bulldogs @ George Mason Patriots

NIT - 1st Round

22-11, 9-7 Away

Final

	1	2	T
Samford SAM	24	45	69
George Mason GMU	45	41	86

George Mason PatriotsGeorge MasonGMU

27-8, 18-1 Home

Samford Bulldogs

starters
Jaden BrownellJ. Brownell#33
Collin HollowayC. Holloway#5
Josh HollowayJ. Holloway#1
Trey FortT. Fort#3
Rylan JonesR. Jones#21
bench
Riley AllenspachR. Allenspach#35
Larry OlayinkaH. Olayinka#11
Grayson WaltersG. Walters#15
Lukas WallsL. Walls#2
Zion WilburnZ. Wilburn#8
Julian BrownJ. Brown#13
Paulie StramagliaP. Stramaglia#7
Isaiah WestI. West#4
team

MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF
27	27	3	4	7	0	0	0	1	9-16	56.3	6-10	60.0	3-4	75.0	1
19	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	0-5	0.0	0-4	0.0	2-2	100.0	3
22	9	2	1	3	3	0	0	2	4-8	50.0	0-1	0.0	1-2	50.0	4
25	5	2	7	9	2	0	0	1	2-9	22.2	1-6	16.7	0-0	0.0	2
30	0	0	2	2	8	2	0	2	0-2	0.0	0-2	0.0	0-0	0.0	3
MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF
14	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1-2	50.0	1-2	50.0	4-6	66.7	3
5	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	4
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0
26	10	1	2	3	0	3	0	3	3-4	75.0	2-3	66.7	2-2	100.0	3
3	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0.0	2
20	9	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	3-6	50.0	2-5	40.0	1-2	50.0	3
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0
7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0
	69	13	21	34	15	7	0	18	22-54	40.7	12-34	35.3	13-18	72.2	28

George Mason Patriots

starters
Jalen HaynesJ. Haynes#11
Zach AndersonZ. Anderson#10
Brayden O'ConnorB. O'Connor#4
Woody NewtonW. Newton#2
Darius MaddoxD. Maddox#13
bench
Stas SivkaS. Sivka#9
Giovanni EmejuruG. Emejuru#5
Bryson CokleyB. Cokley#7
Justin BeggJ. Begg#23
Jared BillupsJ. Billups#1
K.D. JohnsonK.D. Johnson#0
team

MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF
26	14	0	4	4	2	1	1	1	4-8	50.0	0-0	0.0	6-13	46.2	4
34	19	5	5	10	2	0	0	2	6-8	75.0	3-5	60.0	4-5	80.0	1
32	2	0	4	4	4	2	0	0	1-1	100.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	2
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0.0	0
32	17	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	5-13	38.5	5-12	41.7	2-2	100.0	1
MIN	PTS	OREB	DREB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	FG%	3PT	3PT%	FT	FT%	PF
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0-0	0.0	0
14	6	3	2	5	0	0	0	0	3-5	60.0	0-0	0.0	0-2	0.0	0
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0.0	0-1	0.0	0-0	0.0	0
6	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1-2	50.0	1-2	50.0	0-0	0.0	2
26	5	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	0-2	0.0	0-2	0.0	5-6	83.3	5
23	20	0	3	3	5	4	1	3	6-10	60.0	1-4	25.0	7-8	87.5	1
	86	11	22	33	17	8	2	10	26-52	50.0	10-27	37.0	24-36	66.7	16

Samford Bulldogs vs. George Mason Patriots: Game Highlights

2:07

K.D. Johnson gets the hoop and the harm

0:19

Jalen Haynes with the massive stuff at the rim

0:16

EagleBank Arena

7:00 PM, March 19, 2025Coverage: ESPN+

Fairfax, VA

Attendance: 2,021

Referees:
Tony Crisp
Ryan Sassano
Ben Stirt

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
Chattanooga	15-3	-	29-9
UNC Greensboro	13-5	2	20-12
Samford	12-6	3	22-11
East Tennessee State	12-6	3	19-13
Furman	11-7	4	25-10
Wofford	10-8	5	19-16
VMI	7-11	8	15-19
Mercer	6-12	9	14-19
Western Carolina	4-14	11	8-22
The Citadel	0-18	15	5-25

Team	CONF	GB	OVR
VCU	15-3	-	28-7
George Mason	15-3	-	27-9
Dayton	12-6	3	23-11
Loyola Chicago	12-6	3	25-12
Saint Joseph's	11-7	4	22-13
Saint Louis	11-7	4	19-15
St. Bonaventure	9-9	6	22-12
George Washington	9-9	6	21-13
Duquesne	8-10	7	13-19
Rhode Island	7-11	8	18-13
Massachusetts	7-11	10	12-20
Davidson	6-12	9	17-16
La Salle	5-13	10	14-19
Richmond	5-13	10	10-22
Fordham	3-15	12	12-21

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