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	10–4 (1–0 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
St. Bonaventure	1	–	0	1.000	13	–	1	.929
Dayton	1	–	0	1.000	11	–	3	.786
George Mason	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	4	.714
Saint Joseph's	1	–	0	1.000	10	–	4	.714
Saint Louis	1	–	0	1.000	8	–	6	.571
Duquesne	1	–	0	1.000	6	–	8	.429
Richmond	1	–	0	1.000	6	–	8	.429
Loyola Chicago	0	–	0	–	9	–	4	.692
Rhode Island	0	–	1	.000	11	–	2	.846
George Washington	0	–	1	.000	11	–	3	.786
Davidson	0	–	1	.000	10	–	4	.714
VCU	0	–	1	.000	10	–	4	.714
Fordham	0	–	1	.000	8	–	6	.571
La Salle	0	–	1	.000	8	–	6	.571
UMass	0	–	1	.000	5	–	9	.357

† 2025 A-10 tournament winner As of December 31, 2024

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	13	13	31.6	.387	.294	.906	2.9	1.5	1.1	0.2	13.7
Jalen Haynes	14	14	23.0	.640	.000	.578	7.1	0.7	0.6	0.5	13.1
Brayden O'Connor	14	14	27.3	.481	.459	.733	3.0	2.9	1.3	0.2	9.9
Giovanni Emejuru	14	0	19.4	.676	.000	.593	5.2	0.1	0.5	0.6	9.1
Woody Newton	14	14	21.7	.371	.298	.846	5.0	1.1	0.9	0.5	7.3
K.D. Johnson	13	1	19.3	.383	.417	.739	3.0	2.6	0.8	0.1	6.9
Zach Anderson	14	9	21.9	.415	.438	.714	3.1	1.1	0.5	0.3	6.1
Ben Woodward	1	0	2.0	1.000	1.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
Jared Billups	12	5	27.8	.429	.200	.739	5.9	2.0	1.2	0.3	5.2
Justin Begg	12	0	11.7	.444	.227	.750	1.0	1.6	0.6	0.1	3.6
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	6	0	3.5	.667	.750	.000	0.7	0.0	0.2	0.3	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 Fairfax, VA
January 4, 2025 2:00 p.m., USA	at Rhode Island						Ryan Center Kingston, RI
January 8, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Richmond						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
January 11, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UMass						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
January 15, 2025 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Dayton						UD Arena Dayton, OH
January 18, 2025 12:30 p.m., USA	George Washington Revolutionary Rivalry						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
January 21, 2025 7:00 p.m.	at St. Bonaventure						Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, NY
January 29, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Loyola Chicago						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
February 1, 2025 4:00 p.m.	at Davidson						John M. Belk Arena Davidson, NC
February 5, 2025 7:00 p.m.	at George Washington Revolutionary Rivalry						Charles E. Smith Center Washington, D.C.
February 8, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Rhode Island						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
February 11, 2025 8:00 p.m.	at Saint Louis						Chaifetz Arena St. Louis, MO
February 15, 2025 12:30 p.m., USA	Saint Joseph's						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
February 22, 2025 4:00 p.m., CBSSN	at VCU Rivalry						Siegel Center Richmond, VA
February 26, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Fordham						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
March 1, 2025 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Duquesne						UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse 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.						Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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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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