2024–25 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

2024–25 George Mason Patriots men's basketball
2024–25 George Mason Patriots men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic 10 Conference
Record	22–7 (13–3 A–10)
Head coach	Tony Skinn (2nd season);
Associate head coach	Steve Curran
Assistant coaches	Louis Hinnant; Serge Clement;
Home arena	EagleBank Arena
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 Atlantic 10 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
VCU	14	–	2	.875	24	–	5	.828
George Mason	13	–	3	.813	22	–	7	.759
Dayton	10	–	6	.625	20	–	9	.690
Loyola Chicago	10	–	6	.625	19	–	10	.655
Saint Joseph's	10	–	6	.625	19	–	10	.655
Saint Louis	10	–	6	.625	17	–	12	.586
Duquesne	8	–	8	.500	13	–	16	.448
George Washington	8	–	9	.471	19	–	11	.633
St. Bonaventure	7	–	9	.438	19	–	10	.655
UMass	7	–	9	.438	12	–	17	.414
Rhode Island	6	–	10	.375	17	–	11	.607
Davidson	6	–	10	.375	16	–	13	.552
Richmond	5	–	12	.294	10	–	20	.333
La Salle	4	–	12	.250	12	–	17	.414
Fordham	3	–	13	.188	11	–	18	.379

† 2025 A-10 tournament winner As of March 1, 2025

The 2024–25 George Mason Patriots Men's basketball team represents George Mason University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season is the 59th for the program, the second under head coach Tony Skinn, and the twelfth as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10). The Patriots play their home games at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Virginia.

Previous season

The Patriots finished the previous season 20–12, 9–9 in A-10 play, to finish in eighth place. They lost to Saint Joseph's in the second round of the A-10 tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Pos.	Year	Notes
Berke Arslan	G	Freshman	Transferred to Macalester College
Devin Dinkins	G	Sophomore	Transferred to Manhattan
Kam Johnson	G	Junior	Transferred to Elizabeth City State
Ronald Polite III	G	Senior	Transferred to UNC Greensboro
Baraka Okojie	G	Freshman	Transferred to Memphis
Keyshawn Hall	F	Sophomore	Transferred to UCF
Amari Kelly	F	Graduate Senior	Graduated
Malik Henry	F	Senior	Transferred to UNC Greensboro

Arrivals

Name	Pos.	Year	Notes
Giovanni Emejuru	F	Junior	Transferred from Siena
Brayden O'Connor	G	Junior	Transferred from UMass Lowell
Jeremiah Quigley	G	Sophomore	Transferred from Iona
K. D. Johnson	G	Senior	Transferred from Auburn
Zach Anderson	F	Senior	Transferred from FGCU

Source^[1]

Honors and awards

Roster

2024–25 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	K. D. Johnson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Auburn	Atlanta, GA
G	1	Jared Billups	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Siena	Waldorf, MD
G/F	2	Woody Newton	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	206 lb (93 kg)	GS	Oklahoma State	District Heights, MD
G	3	Jeremiah Quigley	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	167 lb (76 kg)	So	Iona	Accokeek, MD
G	4	Brayden O’Connor	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	212 lb (96 kg)	Jr	UMass Lowell	Ottawa, Ontario
F	5	Giovanni Emejuru	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	RS Jr	Siena	Leicester, England
G	7	Bryson Cokley	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	Fr	The Christ School	Whiteville, NC
F	9	Stas Sivka	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Celje, Slovenia
F	10	Zach Anderson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	GS	FGCU	Apopka, FL
F	11	Jalen Haynes	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	Sr	East Tennessee State	Fort Lauderdale, FL
G	13	Darius Maddox	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	GS	Virginia Tech	Bowie, MD
G	14	T.J. Prosise	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Life Christian Academy	Chesterfield, VA
G	23	Justin Begg	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Episcopal	Houston, TX
G	24	Austin Ball	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	The Miller School	Man, WV
G	30	Chase Tucker (W)	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Mount Pisgah Christian School	Alpharetta, GA

Head coach

Tony Skinn (George Mason)

Assistant coach(es)

Steve Curran (Merrimack)
Louis Hinnant (Boston College)
Mike Ekanem (Texas Lutheran)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: August 6, 2024

Player statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Darius Maddox	26	26	32.3	.397	.331	.878	3.0	1.1	0.9	0.2	13.6
Jalen Haynes	27	27	25.2	.571	.071	.538	7.0	1.1	0.7	0.7	12.7
Brayden O'Connor	27	27	27.8	.429	.352	.789	2.9	2.7	0.9	0.3	9.1
Woody Newton	27	27	21.6	.410	.372	.786	3.9	0.9	0.7	0.6	7.4
Giovanni Emejuru	27	0	17.7	.701	.000	.588	4.3	0.1	0.6	0.6	7.3
K.D. Johnson	27	1	21.5	.389	.352	.701	2.9	2.6	1.1	0.0	7.0
Ben Woodward	1	0	2.0	1.000	1.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
Zach Anderson	27	22	22.6	.392	.391	.652	3.5	0.9	0.5	0.2	5.3
Jared Billups	25	5	26.9	.367	.231	.787	6.2	1.6	1.3	0.4	5.0
Justin Begg	25	0	10.1	.412	.308	.684	0.8	1.3	0.5	0.0	3.2
Chase Tucker	1	0	4.0	.250	.000	.000	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	2.0
T.J. Prosise	1	0	2.0	1.000	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0
Bryson Cokley	6	0	3.3	.667	.333	1.000	0.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.8
Stas Sivka	8	0	4.0	.714	.750	.333	1.0	0.0	0.3	0.1	1.8
Jeremiah Quigley	9	0	8.1	.182	.250	.600	0.8	1.2	0.1	0.0	1.2

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 26, 2024* 2:00 p.m.	St. Mary's (MD)	W 91–62	–	19 – Emejuru	8 – Emejuru	6 – Begg	EagleBank Arena (1,844) Fairfax, VA
Non-conference regular season
November 4, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	North Carolina Central	W 75–58	1–0	17 – Maddox	10 – Billups	4 – Johnson	EagleBank Arena (3,207) Fairfax, VA
November 8, 2024* 9:00 p.m., Peacock	at No. 18 Marquette Marquette Classic	L 63–82	1–1	20 – Maddox	7 – Billups	3 – O'Connor	Al McGuire Center (3,750) Milwaukee, WI
November 11, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Stony Brook Marquette Classic	W 94–56	2–1	20 – Maddox	9 – Newton	6 – Johnson	EagleBank Arena (2,916) Fairfax, VA
November 13, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Central Michigan Marquette Classic	L 69–70	2–2	15 – Maddox	9 – Billups	3 – Billups	EagleBank Arena (2,248) Fairfax, VA
November 16, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at East Carolina	L 77–78 ^2OT	2–3	20 – Maddox	9 – Emejuru	3 – Tied	Williams Arena (3,916) Greenville, NC
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Coppin State	W 93–55	3–3	21 – Anderson	7 – Emejuru	4 – Tied	EagleBank Arena (2,290) Fairfax, VA
November 23, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Ferrum	W 100–55	4–3	26 – Newton	7 – Johnson	5 – O'Connor	EagleBank Arena (2,608) Fairfax, VA
November 29, 2024* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at James Madison	W 66–61	5–3	20 – Haynes	8 – Haynes	3 – Tied	Atlantic Union Bank Center (4,611) Harrisonburg, VA
December 3, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UNC Asheville	W 74–52	6–3	25 – Haynes	10 – Haynes	5 – O'Connor	EagleBank Arena (2,340) Fairfax, VA
December 7, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Tulane	W 76–64	7–3	17 – Tied	12 – Haynes	4 – O'Connor	EagleBank Arena (2,725) Fairfax, VA
December 17, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ACCN	at No. 5 Duke	L 47–68	7–4	18 – Haynes	10 – Emejuru	2 – Tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
December 22, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Penn	W 85–53	8–4	15 – Haynes	10 – Haynes	6 – Maddox	EagleBank Arena (2,955) Fairfax, VA
December 28, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Mount St. Mary's	W 64–56	9–4	18 – Haynes	16 – Haynes	3 – Billups	EagleBank Arena (3,295) Fairfax, VA
Atlantic 10 regular season
December 31, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Davidson	W 69–57	10–4 (1–0)	19 – O'Connor	6 – Emejuru	4 – Tied	EagleBank Arena (3,105) Fairfax, VA
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., USA	at Rhode Island	L 59–62	10–5 (1–1)	14 – Maddox	12 – Haynes	4 – Johnson	Ryan Center (5,803) Kingston, RI
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Richmond	W 64–58	11–5 (2–1)	16 – O'Connor	8 – Emejuru	4 – O'Connor	EagleBank Arena (2,389) Fairfax, VA
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UMass	W 77–70	12–5 (3–1)	18 – Maddox	8 – Haynes	5 – Begg	EagleBank Arena (3,214) Fairfax, VA
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Dayton	W 67–59	13–5 (4–1)	20 – Maddox	6 – Billups	4 – Tied	UD Arena (13,407) Dayton, OH
January 18, 2025 12:30 p.m., USA	George Washington Revolutionary Rivalry	W 80–77 ^2OT	14–5 (5–1)	17 – Tied	16 – Billups	3 – Johnson	EagleBank Arena (4,397) Fairfax, VA
January 21, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at St. Bonaventure	W 75–62	15–5 (6–1)	17 – Anderson	7 – Tied	6 – Johnson	Reilly Center (3,729) St. Bonaventure, NY
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Loyola Chicago	W 58–53 ^OT	16–5 (7–1)	14 – Haynes	7 – Billups	2 – Tied	EagleBank Arena (3,423) Fairfax, VA
February 1, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Davidson	W 64–60	17–5 (8–1)	12 – Tied	7 – Emejuru	4 – Johnson	John M. Belk Arena (2,965) Davidson, NC
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at George Washington Revolutionary Rivalry	W 53–50	18–5 (9–1)	17 – Haynes	7 – Haynes	4 – Begg	Charles E. Smith Center (2,407) Washington, D.C.
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Rhode Island Homecoming	W 82–67	19–5 (10–1)	24 – Maddox	7 – Haynes	3 – Haynes	EagleBank Arena (6,861) Fairfax, VA
February 11, 2025 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Saint Louis	W 76–74 ^OT	20–5 (11–1)	27 – Newton	8 – Haynes	4 – Tied	Chaifetz Arena (6,237) St. Louis, MO
February 15, 2025 12:30 p.m., USA	Saint Joseph's	W 58–57	21–5 (12–1)	22 – Haynes	8 – Haynes	4 – O'Connor	EagleBank Arena (5,219) Fairfax, VA
February 22, 2025 4:00 p.m., CBSSN	at VCU Rivalry	L 54–70	21–6 (12–2)	12 – Maddox	8 – Haynes	3 – Johnson	Siegel Center (7,637) Richmond, VA
February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Fordham	W 74–64	22–6 (13–2)	25 – Haynes	8 – Billups	4 – O'Connor	EagleBank Arena (3,385) Fairfax, VA
March 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Duquesne	L 68–85	22–7 (13–3)	14 – Haynes	7 – Haynes	4 – O'Connor	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (2,581) Pittsburgh, PA
March 5, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	La Salle						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
March 8, 2025 6:00 p.m.	at Richmond						Robins Center Richmond, VA
Atlantic 10 tournament
March 11–16, 2025 TBA	vs.						Capital One Arena Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source^[2]

References

↑ "Verbal Commits". verbalcommits.com. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
↑ "2024-25 George Mason Patriots Schedule". gomason.com. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

[1] "Verbal Commits". verbalcommits.com. Retrieved March 20, 2024.

[2] "2024-25 George Mason Patriots Schedule". gomason.com. Retrieved August 6, 2024.

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