2006-07 SCHEDULE/RESULTS GAME #23 NOVEMBER George Mason (8-14. 2-10) vs. Hofstra (17-6, 7-5) 12 at #1 Maryland% ..........................L, 44-99 14 LIBERTY .....................................L, 56-61 February 11 2 p.m. Patriot Center (10,000) 28 at Howard ....................................W, 80-77 Fairfax, Va. DECEMBER George Mason women’s basketball home games can be heard exclusively on the Internet this season by Mason’s 2 SIENA .........................................W, 61-44 athletics Web site: GoMason.com. George Malenich will handle play-by-play responsibilities and Susan Otim, 5 at Northeastern* ..........................W, 67-61 a former Mason women’s basketball player, will serve as the analyst. 8 at American .................................W, 60-53 SERIES RECORD… who ended with a team-high 16 points, netted a 20 #11 GEORGIA .............................L, 51-76 Mason owns an 8-2 advantage against Hofstra 2-pointer to put the score at 36-24. The Blue Hens 29 Florida International$ ...................L, 59-73 in the overall series, including a 4-1 mark when had their largest lead with about eight minutes remaining after Smith sank a free throw to give 30 Rice$ ...........................................W, 68-58 playing at the Patriot Center. The last time these two teams competed in Fairfax, the Pride won UD a 22-point lead (66-44). Junior guard Casey JANUARY by a score of 77-64 on Jan. 6, 2005. The Patri- Quigley (Springfi eld, Va.) scored Mason’s fi nal 2 at Fordham ..................................W, 59-42 ots have won the last two meetings, including fi eld goal of the night off of a pass from Bur- 4 UNC WILMINGTON* ................L, 57-59 a 67-65 overtime win in Hempstead, N.Y. on roughs to give Mason its total of 58 points. 7 at William & Mary* .....................L, 46-47 Jan. 29. Smith scored a game-high 22 points, while 9 BROWN ......................................W, 73-50 Alena Koshansky and Chrissy Fisher added 11 JAMES MADISON* ...................L, 38-68 LAST TIME OUT… double fi gures for the Blue Hens with 17 and 11, 14 GEORGIA STATE* .....................L, 57-70 George Mason University’s women’s respectively. Courtney Irving came off the bench 18 OLD DOMINION* ......................L, 49-69 basketball team dropped a 76-58 decision to to grab a game-best nine boards and added six 21 at Towson* ...................................L, 54-64 Delaware in a Colonial Athletic Association points for UD. 25 NORTHEASTERN* ...................W, 68-53 match-up at the Patriot Center on Feb. 8. Mason shot 35 percent from the fi eld (17- 28 at Delaware* ................................L, 47-67 The Patriots cut the defi cit to fi ve (13-8) of-48), while the Blue Hens made 25 of their 55 attempts (44 percent). Rebounds were even at 34 FEBRUARY with 6:58 reading on the clock after sophomore forward Tiffany Burroughs (Washington, D.C.) and Mason ended with a 92 percent showing at 1 at UNC Wilmington* ...................L, 58-59 made both of her attempts at the charity stripe. the line (22-of-24). 4 VA. COMMONWEALTH* .........L, 54-57 Mason ended up closing out the fi rst half with a 8 DELAWARE* ..............................L, 58-76 perfect showing of 12-of-12 from the line. Dela- TAKING FROM CHARITY… 11 HOFSTRA* ...................................2 p.m. ware had its largest lead of the opening stanza As a team, Mason shot 92 percent (22-of-24) 15 at James Madison* ..........................7 p.m. of 15 (23-8) after Tyresa Smith netted the fi rst of from the free throw line against UD on Feb. 4 18 at Virginia Commonwealth*% ........2 p.m. her two free throws with just over four minutes for a new season-high. 22 at Old Dominion* ...........................7 p.m. remaining. Courtney Irving made a layup for UD 25 WILLIAM & MARY* ....................2 p.m. as time expired to give the Blue Hens a 34-20 PUT ME IN COACH… MARCH advantage at the break. Redshirt freshman center Becky Rautzhan tallied 1 at Drexel* ........................................7 p.m. The closest Mason would get to UD in the a new career-high in minutes played on Thursday 8- Colonial Athletic Association Tournament second half was in the opening minutes after with 23. 11 at Bob Carpenter Ctr. (Newark, Del.) junior guard Lateisha Wade (Willingboro, N.J.), HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS POSSIBLEStarting Line-Ups GEORGE MASON All home games at Patriot Center Pos. No. Player GP/GS Ppg. Rpg. A FG% FT% * - Colonial Athletic Association Game F 44 Moni Akintunde (Jr., 5-11) 22/21 9.8 6.9 28 .423 .565 $ - Florida International Tourn. (Miami, Fla.) F 31 Tracy Ann Holness (Sr., 6-1) 22/16 10.4 3.8 24 .410 .776 % - Televised on Comcast SportsNet C 05 Jessica Smith (So., 6-1) 22/22 4.3 4.7 5 .461 .667 G 33 C’Vette Henson (Jr., 5-8) 21/5 3.2 1.4 23 .267 .480 G 2 Lateisha Wade (Jr., 5-8) 21/18 12.4 3.7 48 .365 .778 HOFSTRA Pos. No. Player GP/GS Ppg. Rpg. A FG% FT% C 43 Vanessa Gidden (Sr., 6-3) 23/23 14.2 8.0 11 .367 .624 G 10 Cigi McCollin (Sr., 5-7) 23/23 14.0 3.5 52 .349 .807 F 35 Lana Harshaw (Sr., 6-0) 22/22 11.9 6.9 19 .495 .727 F 15 Lizanne Murphy (Sr., 6-1) 23/23 11.2 9.5 62 .429 .734 G 34 Niki Williams (So., 5-6) 23/11 4.4 3.0 56 .395 .632 Mason’s 2006-07 Women’s Basketball Notes 1 ASSISTING OTHERS… consecutive contests was during the 2003-04 COLONIALAthletic Association Junior forward Moni Akintunde tied her career- season when Mason won fi ve in a row during CURRENT STANDINGS (as of 2/9) high in helpers against Delaware as she dished the month of February. School Conference Overall James Madison 12-0 1.00 21-2 .913 out a team-high four assists on the evening. Delaware 11-1 .917 20-3 .870 LONE FRESHMAN... Old Dominion 10-1 .909 14-8 .636 ON TELEVISION… Guard Raushana Hobbs is Mason’s lone fresh- Hofstra 7-5 .583 17-6 .739 Towson 7-5 .583 16-6 .727 Mason’s contest at Virginia Commonwealth on man this season. Hobbs is from Bowie, Md. William & Mary 6-6 .500 14-9 .609 Feb. 18 will be televised on Comcast SportsNet and graduated from Riverdale Baptist. Hobbs’ Georgia State 6-6 .500 14-9 .609 at 4 p.m. dad is Carl Hobbs, the head coach of George VCU 4-8 .333 11-11 .500 UNC Wilmington 3-8 .273 7-15 .318 Washington’s men’s team. George Mason 2-10 .167 8-14 .364 TRYING A TRIFECTA… Northeastern 2-10 .167 3-20 .130 Junior guard Casey Quigley is now tied with Toni NEW SIGNEES... Drexel 1-11 .083 6-17 .261 Battle (1987-91) in 3-point fi eld goals with 70 in George Mason University’s head women’s bas- Upcoming Games Mason’s record books. ketball coach Debbie Taneyhill has announced that four student-athletes have signed National Feb. 11 BURROUGHS SETTING HIGHS… Letters of Intent to play for the Patriot basket- Delaware at OLD DOMINION, 1 p.m. VCU at DREXEL, 1 p.m. Sophomore walk-on Tiffany Ann Burroughs ball squad, beginning with the 2007-08 season. William & Mary at UNC WILMINGTON, 2 p.m. played a personal-best 16 minutes against The signees include: Eugenia Broadus (F, 6-1, Northeastern at JAMES MADISON, 2 p.m. Delaware on Feb. 4. Burroughs also added four Washington, D.C./Archbishop Carroll), Brittany Hofstra at MASON, 2 p.m. points for the Patriots after netting a 2-pointer and Eley (G, 5-11, Waldorf, Md./West Lake), Tayler Towson at GEORGIA STATE, 2 p.m. making both of her attempts at the line. Wejnert (G, 5-11, Ramsey, N.J./Academy of Holy Angels) and Brittney Wilkins (F/C, 6-3, Last Week’s Results SEASON-HIGH FOR SLADE… Cincinnati, Ohio/Montrose Christian/Louisburg Jan. 28 Senior guard Nikkia Slade came off the bench JC). DELAWARE 67, Mason 47 against UD to score a team second-best 11 points, UNC Wilmington 64, NORTHEASTERN 56 which is also a new season-high. Slade shot 4-of- IN THE PROFESSIONAL RANKS... GEORGIA STATE 78, Drexel 67 OLD DOMINION 63, William & Mary 47 6 from the fi eld and also made three of her four Former Mason standout Jen Derevjanik became JAMES MADISON 73, Hofstra 59 attempts at the charity stripe. just the second Patriot to play in the WNBA. Towson 59, VCU 52 Derevjanik played the 2006 season with the Feb. 1 LONG RANGE… Phoenix Mercury and was on the Connecticut Georgia State 87, TOWSON 81 Tracy Ann Holness is two away from tying Sun’s roster for both the 2004 & 2005 seasons. Delaware 82, VCU 51 WILLIAM & MARY 75, Drexel 50 Jill Bartley (1996-2000) at the tenth spot in Both years the Sun made it to the WNBA Fi- JAMES MADISON 79, Old Dominion 50 Mason’s all-time record books in 3-point fi eld nals. Hofstra 72, NORTHEASTERN 63 goals made. Holness currently owns 83 career UNC WILMINGTON 59, Mason 58 treys and Bartley ended with 85. Feb. 4 Drexel 51, UNC WILMINGTON 48 TWO TO GO… DELAWARE 82, Georgia State 66 Stat Comparison VCU 57, MASON 54 Mason has just two games left to play at the Old Dominion 69, HOFSTRA 62 Patriot Center this season: Hofstra (Feb. 11) and Mason vs. Hofstra James Madison 72, WILLIAM & MARY 59 William & Mary (Feb.