NCAAB

George Mason Patriots at VCU Rams

· Atlantic 10 Championship - Final
26-8, 7-6 Away
Final
63 - 68
28-6, 15-1 Home

Shulga scores 18, VCU holds off George Mason 68-63 to claim Atlantic 10 title and NCAA berth

VCU, George Mason have to be separated early in the first half

VCU led by eight at the break, 36-28, but George Mason got back-to-back 3-pointers from Jared Billups and Woody Newton to trail by just two, 45-43 with more than 12 minutes to play. Shulga answered with a 3 and hit a pair of free throws before finding Jack Clark for a 3 to push the VCU lead to 53-43.

Darius Maddox hit a 3 with 2:27 left to get the Patriots within one at 59-58. Coming out of a timeout, Shulga held the ball at the top of the key, then calmly knocked down a step-back 3 with 1:59 left. Jalen Haynes' layup with 39 seconds left got George Mason within 3 but Zach Anderson missed a 3-pointer with :04 left and Newton was forced to foul Bamisile with a half-second left.

Bamisile and Jack Clark each scored 17 points for VCU (28-6). Shulga, the Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, hit 8 of 9 from the line as the Rams converted 22 of 27.

Haynes led George Mason (26-8) with 17 points and eight rebounds. Maddox had 12 points to go with three steals and Anderson and Brayden O'Connor each added 10 points.

Virginia Commonwealth and George Mason finished the regular season tied for the regular season championship with 15-3 records. The Rams reached the conference championship game for the ninth time since joining the A-10 in 2012-13.

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Recent Plays

2nd 0:00 End of Game 63 - 68
2nd 0:00 End of 2nd half 63 - 68
2nd 0:00 Joe Bamisile made Free Throw. 63 - 68
2nd 0:00 Giovanni Emejuru subbing in for George Mason 63 - 67
2nd 0:00 Jalen Haynes subbing out for George Mason 63 - 67

Statistics

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19-56 FG 19-47
33.9 Field Goal % 40.4
9-21 3PT 8-25
42.9 Three Point % 32.0
16-19 FT 22-27
84.2 Free Throw % 81.5
33 Rebounds 36
14 Offensive Rebounds 11
19 Defensive Rebounds 25
13 Assists 10
11 Steals 7
3 Blocks 9
11 Turnovers 16
0 Team Turnovers 1
11 Total Turnovers 16
1 Technical Fouls 1
1 Total Technical Fouls 1
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
16 Points Off Turnovers 15
8 Fast Break Points 12
18 Points in Paint 16
22 Fouls 20
0 Largest Lead 10

Game Information

Capital One Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 12,516 | Capacity:

2024-25 Atlantic 10 Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
VCU 15-3 - 28-7
George Mason 15-3 - 27-9
Dayton 12-6 3 23-11
Loyola Chicago 12-6 3 25-12
Saint Joseph's 11-7 4 22-13
Saint Louis 11-7 4 19-15
St. Bonaventure 9-9 6 22-12
George Washington 9-9 6 21-13
Duquesne 8-10 7 13-19
Rhode Island 7-11 8 18-13
Massachusetts 7-11 8 12-20
Davidson 6-12 9 17-16
La Salle 5-13 10 14-19
Richmond 5-13 10 10-22
Fordham 3-15 12 12-21
Full Standings