2012–13 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

2012–13 George Mason Patriots men's basketball
CBI, Runner-Up
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	22–16 (10–8 CAA)
Head coach	Paul Hewitt
Assistant coaches	Roland Houston Mike Wells Chris Kreider
Home arena	Patriot Center Recreation and Athletic Complex

2012–13 CAA men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northeastern	14	–	4		.778			20	–	13		.606
Towson*	13	–	5		.722			18	–	13		.581
Delaware	13	–	5		.722			19	–	14		.576
James Madison †	11	–	7		.611			21	–	15		.583
George Mason	10	–	8		.556			22	–	16		.579
Georgia State**	10	–	8		.556			15	–	16		.484
Drexel	9	–	9		.500			13	–	18		.419
William & Mary	7	–	11		.389			13	–	17		.433
UNC Wilmington*	5	–	13		.278			10	–	20		.333
Hofstra	4	–	14		.222			7	–	25		.219
Old Dominion**	3	–	15		.167			5	–	25		.167
† 2013 CAA tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Ineligible for postseason play due to APR penalties **Ineligible for conference tournament due to changing conferences in 2013

The 2012–13 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the 47th season for the program. The Patriots, led by head coach Paul Hewitt, were members of the Colonial Athletic Association and played their home games at the Patriot Center, with one home game at the Recreation and Athletic Complex. They finished the season 22–16, 10–8 in CAA play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the CAA tournament where they lost to Northeastern. They were invited to the 2013 College Basketball Invitational where they defeated the College of Charleston, Houston, and Western Michigan to advance to the best-of-three games finals series vs Santa Clara. They lost the series to Santa Clara 2 games to 1 to be the CBI Runner-Up.

This was the Patriots final season as a member of the CAA. They joined the Atlantic 10 Conference in July, 2013.

Awards

Second Team All-CAA

• Sherrod Wright

CAA Player of the Week

• Bryon Allen - Nov. 12
• Sherrod Wright - Dec. 24

Roster

2012–13 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
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Stats

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3FG%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Sherrod Wright	38	38	32.3	.465	.351	.777	4.9	1.5	1.0	0.3	16.6
Jonathan Arledge	38	22	19.4	.488	.414	.814	4.8	0.8	0.6	0.5	9.0
Bryon Allen	38	28	27.0	.465	.333	.750	3.0	4.0	1.3	0.1	8.3
Johnny Williams	20	20	24.8	.410	.000	.667	4.1	0.7	0.9	0.7	7.0
Erik Copes	34	34	25.0	.474	.000	.551	6.0	0.5	0.4	1.1	5.9
Marko Gujanicic	37	0	19.8	.387	.290	.639	3.7	1.3	0.7	0.1	5.3
Patrick Holloway	38	0	13.1	.363	.343	.571	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.0	5.3
Vertrail Vaughns	36	0	15.3	.408	.338	.763	1.1	0.4	0.5	0.0	5.0
Corey Edwards	38	30	20.4	.459	.500	.688	1.7	2.8	1.3	0.0	4.9
Anali Okoloji	33	18	12.4	.348	.229	.750	2.6	0.3	0.5	0.2	2.9
Paris Bennett	24	0	10.3	.424	.250	.737	1.9	0.2	0.2	0.2	2.7
Vaughn Gray	16	0	7.5	.367	.273	.400	0.7	0.1	0.4	0.1	1.7
Michael Rudy	2	0	2.0	.500	.000	.500	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5
Bryce Lewis	2	0	3.0	.500	.000	.000	1.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	1.0

Game log

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 25, 2012* 7:00 pm		Bowie State	W 76–72		– -	– -	– -	Patriot Center (3,044) Fairfax, VA
Non-conference regular season
November 9, 2012* 7:00 pm, MASN		Virginia	W 63–59	1–0	15 – Wright	7 – Gujanicic	5 – Allen	Patriot Center (9,840) Fairfax, VA
November 13, 2012* 7:00 pm		at Bucknell	L 56–61	1–1	16 – Wright	6 – Gujanicic	2 – Allen, Edwards	Sojka Pavilion (3,272) Lewisburg, PA
November 16, 2012* 1:30 pm		vs. Mercer Paradise Jam Quarterfinals	W 52–49	2–1	16 – Williams	10 – Williams	2 – Allen, Williams	Sports and Fitness Center (N/A) Saint Thomas, VI
November 18, 2012* 6:00 pm, CBSSN		vs. New Mexico Paradise Jam Semifinals	L 69–70	2–2	22 – Wright	8 – Williams	4 – Edwards	Sports and Fitness Center (N/A) Saint Thomas, VI
November 19, 2012* 8:30 pm, CBSSN		vs. Quinnipiac Paradise Jam Tournament 3rd place game	W 74–58	3–2	14 – Wright	7 – Wright	4 – Allen	Sports and Fitness Center (3,022) Saint Thomas, VI
November 24, 2012* 4:00 pm		Boston University	W 48–45	4–2	10 – Williams	9 – Wright	5 – Allen	Patriot Center (4,375) Fairfax, VA
November 28, 2012* 8:00 pm, CBSSN		at Rhode Island	W 55–52	5–2	14 – Wright	11 – Copes	3 – Arledge	Ryan Center (4,056) Kingston, RI
December 2, 2012* 2:30 pm, MASN		vs. Maryland BB&T Classic Basketball Tournament	L 62–69	5–3	17 – Holloway, Wright	7 – Wright	7 – Allen	Verizon Center (10,256) Washington, DC
December 4, 2012* 7:00 pm, MASN		UMBC	W 74–63	6–3	23 – Wright	7 – Arledge, Okoloji	3 – Okoloji	Patriot Center (3,509) Fairfax, VA
December 8, 2012* 6:00 pm, NBCSN		Northern Iowa	L 77–82 OT	6–4	20 – Wright	7 – Okoloji	3 – Allen, Edwards	Patriot Center (6,487) Fairfax, VA
December 22, 2012* 3:00 pm, NBCSN		vs. Richmond Governor's Holiday Hoops Classic	W 67–64	7–4	22 – Wright	8 – Arledge	3 – Gujanicic, Edwards, Wright	Richmond Coliseum (6,944) Richmond, VA
December 29, 2012* 7:00 pm, MASN/ESPN3		at South Florida	L 57–61	7–5	22 – Wright	6 – Copes, Wright	4 – Wright	USF Sun Dome (4,856) Tampa, FL
CAA regular season
January 3, 2013 7:00 pm, NBCSN		Northeastern	L 74–84	7–6 (0–1)	19 – Wright	9 – Arledge, Copes	7 – Edwards	Patriot Center (3,724) Fairfax, VA
January 5, 2013 2:00 pm, CSNMA		at William & Mary	W 73–66	8–6 (1–1)	28 – Wright	7 – Wright	5 – Edwards	Kaplan Arena (3,506) Williamsburg, VA
January 10, 2013 7:00 pm, NBCSN		Old Dominion	W 71–46	9–6 (2–1)	15 – Holloway	3 – Tied (5)	5 – Allen, Edwards	Patriot Center (4,011) Fairfax, VA
January 12, 2013 2:00 pm, CSNMA		at UNC Wilmington	L 74–82	9–7 (2–2)	25 – Wright	6 – Williams, Wright	3 – Edwards, Holloway	Trask Coliseum (3,031) Wilmington, NC
January 15, 2013 7:00 pm, CSNMA		James Madison	W 68–57	10–7 (3–2)	23 – Wright	10 – Gujanicic	3 – Allen, Edwards	Patriot Center (4,241) Fairfax, VA
January 19, 2013 5:00 pm, NBCSN		Hofstra	W 57–46	11–7 (4–2)	21 – Wright	7 – Arledge	2 – Allen, Edwards	Patriot Center (5,810) Fairfax, VA
January 23, 2013 7:00 pm, MASN		at Towson	W 77–67	12–7 (5–2)	24 – Wright	9 – Gujanicic	6 – Allen	Towson Center (2,005) Towson, MD
January 27, 2013 8:00 pm, CSNMA		at Northeastern	L 51–71	12–8 (5–3)	13 – Vaughns	7 – Gujanicic	3 – Tied (3)	Matthews Arena (1,971) Boston, MA
January 31, 2013 7:00 pm, NBCSN		Drexel	L 54–58	12–9 (5–4)	15 – Wright	6 – Copes	2 – Tied (3)	Patriot Center (4,365) Fairfax, VA
February 2, 2013 4:00 pm, CSNMA		at James Madison	W 74–63	13–9 (6–4)	22 – Wright	11 – Wright	7 – Allen	JMU Convocation Center (5,170) Harrisonburg, VA
February 4, 2013 7:00 pm, NBCSN		at Old Dominion	W 85–74	14–9 (7–4)	21 – Arledge	9 – Wright	8 – Allen	Ted Constant Convocation Center (6,290) Norfolk, VA
February 9, 2013 2:00 pm, CBSSN		Delaware	L 72–79	14–10 (7–5)	15 – Arledge	11 – Arledge	8 – Allen	Patriot Center (5,567) Fairfax, VA
February 14, 2013 7:00 pm, CBSSN		at Drexel	W 68–62	15–10 (8–5)	14 – Vaughns	8 – Copes	4 – Allen	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,623) Philadelphia, PA
February 16, 2013 4:00 pm, CSNMA		Georgia State Homecoming	L 60–78	15–11 (8–6)	19 – Wright	6 – Copes	4 – Edwards	Patriot Center (8,010) Fairfax, VA
February 20, 2013 7:00 pm		at Hofstra	W 79–50	16–11 (9–6)	20 – Arledge	10 – Copes	5 – Edwards	Mack Sports Complex (1,506) Hempstead, NY
February 23, 2013 4:00 pm, CSNMA		William & Mary	W 60–58	17–11 (10–6)	15 – Holloway	9 – Arledge	4 – Allen	Patriot Center (6,215) Fairfax, VA
February 26, 2013 7:00 pm, CSNMA		Towson	L 81–85 OT	17–12 (10–7)	17 – Arledge	15 – Copes	4 – Allen	Patriot Center (3,956) Fairfax, VA
March 2, 2013 2:00 pm, NBCSN		at Delaware	L 77–82	17–13 (10–8)	21 – Gujanicic	6 – Vaughns	5 – Edwards	Bob Carpenter Center (3,011) Newark, DE
CAA tournament
March 9, 2013 3:30 pm, CSNMA	(4)	vs. (5) Drexel Quarterfinals	W 60–54	18–13	23 – Wright	8 – Arledge	1 – Tied (3)	Richmond Coliseum (4,655) Richmond, VA
March 10, 2013 2:00 pm, CSNMA/NBCSN	(4)	vs. (1) Northeastern Semifinals	L 67–69	18–14	20 – Allen	6 – Gujanicic	4 – Allen, Edwards	Richmond Coliseum (4,065) Richmond, VA
College Basketball Invitational
March 19, 2013* 7:00 pm, AXS TV		at College of Charleston First Round	W 78–77	19–14	20 – Wright	5 – Arledge	6 – Allen	TD Arena (1,713) Charleston, SC
March 25, 2013* 7:00 pm, AXS TV		Houston Quarterfinals	W 88–84 OT	20–14	29 – Wright	9 – Arledge	9 – Allen	Patriot Center (2,044) Fairfax, VA
March 27, 2013* 7:00 pm, AXS TV		Western Michigan Semifinals	W 62–52	21–14	23 – Arledge	5 – Arledge, Copes	7 – Allen	Patriot Center (1,684) Fairfax, VA
April 1, 2013* 10:00 pm, AXS TV		at Santa Clara Finals Game 1	L 73–81	21–15	21 – Arledge	14 – Copes	8 – Allen	Leavey Center (1,154) Santa Clara, CA
April 3, 2013* 7:00 pm, AXS TV		Santa Clara Finals Game 2	W 73–66	22–15	20 – Wright	10 – Wright	4 – Allen	Recreation and Athletic Complex (1,280) Fairfax, VA
April 5, 2013* 7:00 pm, AXS TV		Santa Clara Finals Game 3	L 77–80	22–16	24 – Wright	11 – Copes	4 – Allen, Edwards	Patriot Center (2,440) Fairfax, VA
*Non-conference game. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

Recruiting

The following is a list of players signed for the 2013–14 season:

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Marquise Moore G	Oakdale, CT	St. Thomas More	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	May 2, 2013
	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:   247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "ESPN". ESPN.com. "2013 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.