# 2012–13 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

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

## 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. ||||||