# 2013–14 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

The 2013–14 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was the 48th season for the program. The Patriots, led by third year head coach Paul Hewitt, played their inaugural season in the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10), after spending the past 28 years in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 11–20, 4–12 in A-10 play to finish in 12th place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 tournament to Fordham.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
| Paris Bennett | 1 | F | 6'6" | 226 | RS Junior | Elizabeth, NJ | Graduate transfer |
| Bryce Lewis | 25 | G | 5'9" | 175 | Senior | Union, NJ | Graduated |
| Vertrail Vaughns | 11 | G | 6'2" | 184 | RS Junior | Mesquite, TX | Transferred to North Texas |

## Stats

| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Sherrod Wright | 31 | 30 | 30.9 | .448 | .318 | .704 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 15.6 |
| Bryon Allen | 29 | 29 | 34.0 | .451 | .391 | .836 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 15.4 |
| Patrick Holloway | 31 | 3 | 20.9 | .400 | .411 | .706 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 8.7 |
| Jalen Jenkins | 31 | 17 | 22.8 | .490 | .000 | .693 | 6.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 7.2 |
| Marko Gujanicic | 31 | 13 | 18.9 | .410 | .208 | .794 | 3.2 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 6.2 |
| Johnny Williams | 26 | 17 | 19.9 | .482 | .000 | .623 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 5.5 |
| Erik Copes | 25 | 14 | 20.6 | .581 | .000 | .370 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 4.4 |
| Marquise Moore | 26 | 19 | 22.2 | .404 | .000 | .784 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 3.9 |
| Corey Edwards | 25 | 12 | 13.5 | .297 | .273 | .808 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 2.7 |
| Vaughn Gray | 19 | 0 | 9.6 | .380 | .370 | .375 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 2.7 |
| Anali Okoloji | 17 | 0 | 8.0 | .333 | .667 | .536 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 2.1 |
| Jonathan Arledge | 1 | 1 | 25.0 | .000 | .000 | .500 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 8, 2013* 7:00 pm | | American | W 63–60 | 1–0 | 20 – Allen | 6 – Wright | 3 – Allen | Patriot Center (6,602) Fairfax, VA |
| November 12, 2013* 8:00 pm | | at Lamar | W 68–54 | 2–0 | 13 – Holloway, Wright | 10 – Gujanicic | 5 – Allen, Moore | Montagne Center (3,984) Beaumont, TX |
| November 16, 2013* 4:00 pm | | Northern Iowa | W 76–70 | 3–0 | 23 – Wright | 10 – Gujanicic | 4 – Gujanicic | Patriot Center (4,367) Fairfax, VA |
| November 19, 2013* 7:00 pm | | St. Francis (PA) | W 58–46 | 4–0 | 14 – Wright | 8 – Gujanicic | 2 – Edwards, Holloway | Patriot Center (4,013) Fairfax, VA |
| November 23, 2013* 2:00 pm | | at Iona | L 73–89 | 4–1 | 12 – Gujanicic, Wright | 6 – Gujanicic | 5 – Allen | Hynes Athletic Center (1,738) New Rochelle, NY |
| November 26, 2013* 8:00 pm | | at Princeton | L 66–71 | 4–2 | 27 – Wright | 8 – Wright | 6 – Allen | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,672) Princeton, NJ |
| November 30, 2013* 4:00 pm, MASN | | Rhode Island | W 61–54 | 5–2 | 16 – Wright | 11 – Jenkins | 6 – Allen | Patriot Center (4,014) Fairfax, VA |
| December 4, 2013* 7:00 pm, MASN | | South Florida | L 66–68 | 5–3 | 22 – Wright | 6 – Copes, Williams | 2 – Allen, Wright | Patriot Center (4,587) Fairfax, VA |
| December 8, 2013* 1:00 pm | | vs. Oklahoma BB&T Classic Basketball Tournament | L 66–81 | 5–4 | 15 – Allen | 6 – Copes | 3 – Allen, Edwards | Verizon Center (9,183) Washington, D.C. |
| December 22, 2013* 5:30 pm, ESPNU | | vs. No. 17 Iowa State Diamond Head Classic Quarterfinals | L 67–79 | 5–5 | 19 – Holloway | 5 – Allen | 4 – Allen | Stan Sheriff Center (8,694) Honolulu, HI |
| December 23, 2013* 2:30 pm, ESPNU | | vs. Oregon State Diamond Head Classic Consolation 2nd round | L 54–58 | 5–6 | 15 – Allen | 6 – Jenkins, Okoloji | 4 – Wright | Stan Sheriff Center (7,140) Honolulu, HI |
| December 25, 2013* 1:30 pm, ESPN3 | | vs. Saint Mary's Diamond Head Classic 7th place game | W 65–63 | 6–6 | 15 – Allen, Holloway | 5 – Jenkins | 2 – Gujanicic | Stan Sheriff Center (1,535) Honolulu, HI |
| January 2, 2014* 7:30 pm, NBCSN | | Penn | W 80–77 | 7–6 | 24 – Allen | 6 – Jenkins | 2 – Allen, Wright | Patriot Center (3,531) Fairfax, VA |
| January 4, 2014* 7:00 pm | | at Old Dominion | L 66–71 | 7–7 | 25 – Wright | 10 – Williams | 4 – Allen | Ted Constant Convocation Center (7,511) Norfolk, VA |
| Atlantic 10 regular season |||||||||
| January 9, 2014 7:00 pm, CBSSN | | at VCU | L 57–71 | 7–8 (0–1) | 13 – Allen | 12 – Jenkins | 2 – Allen, Moore | Stuart C. Siegel Center (7,741) Richmond, VA |
| January 11, 2014 8:00 pm, CBSSN | | Saint Joseph's | L 80–84 | 7–9 (0–2) | 20 – Allen, Jenkins | 7 – Jenkins | 4 – Allen | Patriot Center (5,027) Fairfax, VA |
| January 15, 2014 7:00 pm, MASN | | No. 16 Massachusetts | L 87–88 | 7–10 (0–3) | 26 – Wright | 9 – Jenkins | 4 – Allen, Moore | Patriot Center (4,014) Fairfax, VA |
| January 18, 2014 12:30 pm, NBCSN | | at Rhode Island | L 69–71 $^{OT}$ | 7–11 (0–4) | 12 – Wright | 9 – Jenkins | 3 – Allen, Jenkins | Ryan Center (4,810) Kingston, RI |
| January 22, 2014 7:00 pm | | at Fordham | L 70–76 | 7–12 (0–5) | 21 – Wright | 11 – Jenkins | 3 – Edwards | Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,352) Bronx, NY |
| January 25, 2014 12:30 pm, NBCSN | | George Washington | L 69–75 | 7–13 (0–6) | 18 – Williams | 11 – Jenkins | 7 – Moore | Patriot Center (7,714) Fairfax, VA |
| February 1, 2014 2:30 pm, NBCSN | | at No. 19 Saint Louis | L 75–81 $^{OT}$ | 7–14 (0–7) | 30 – Allen | 9 – Copes | 7 – Moore | Chaifetz Arena (9,148) St. Louis, MO |
| February 5, 2014 7:00 pm, MASN | | Dayton | L 67–84 | 7–15 (0–8) | 18 – Wright | 9 – Copes | 2 – Allen, Edwards | Patriot Center (3,863) Fairfax, VA |
| February 8, 2014 2:00 pm | | at Duquesne | W 74–68 | 8–15 (1–8) | 23 – Wright | 6 – Copes, Jenkins | 4 – Moore | A.J. Palumbo Center (2,923) Pittsburgh, PA |
| February 12, 2014 7:00 pm | | at Massachusetts | W 91–80 | 9–15 (2–8) | 22 – Wright | 15 – Copes | 5 – Moore | Mullins Center (5,322) Amherst, MA |
| February 15, 2014 6:00 pm, MASN | | St. Bonaventure | L 73–85 | 9–16 (2–9) | 26 – Allen | 8 – Jenkins | 6 – Moore | Patriot Center (7,838) Fairfax, VA |
| February 19, 2014 7:00 pm, NBCSN | | No. 10 Saint Louis | L 85–89 $^{OT}$ | 9–17 (2–10) | 34 – Wright | 8 – Jenkins | 4 – Allen | Patriot Center (4,057) Fairfax, VA |
| February 26, 2014 7:00 pm, MASN | | Richmond | W 69–60 | 10–17 (3–10) (3–10) | 19 – Wright | 9 – Jenkins | 5 – Jenkins | Patriot Center (4,011) Fairfax, VA |
| March 2, 2014 2:00 pm, NBCSN | | at George Washington | L 58–66 | 10–18 (3–11) | 16 – Wright | 12 – Copes | 3 – Allen, Jenkins | Smith Center (4,307) Washington, D.C. |
| March 6, 2014 8:00 pm, NBCSN | | at La Salle | W 59–57 | 11–18 (4–11) | 15 – Gujanicic | 10 – Copes | 4 – Jenkins | Tom Gola Arena (1,503) Philadelphia, PA |
| March 8, 2014 7:00 pm, MASN | | Duquesne | L 69–81 | 11–19 (4–12) | 25 – Wright | 9 – Copes | 4 – Jenkins, Moore | Patriot Center (5,724) Fairfax, VA |
| Atlantic 10 tournament |||||||||
| March 12, 2014 7:00 pm | (12) | vs. (13) Fordham First round | L 67–70 | 11–20 | 22 – Allen | 11 – Copes | 3 – Allen | Barclays Center (3,842) Brooklyn, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||||||

## Recruiting

The following is a list of players signed for the 2014–15 season:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Therence Mayimba F | Hagerstown, MD | St. James School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Oct 15, 2013 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 70 ||||||
| Isaiah Jackson F | Gainesville, FL | The Villages Charter High School | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | 200 lb (91 kg) | Jan 21, 2014 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 69 ||||||
| Eric Lockett F | Atlanta, GA | Whitefield Academy | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | 180 lb (82 kg) | Oct 6, 2013 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 69 ||||||
| Trey Porter C | Dumfries, VA | Potomac Senior | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | 190 lb (86 kg) | Oct 12, 2013 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 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. "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. ||||||