George Mason Patriots vs. VCU Rams

Mar 16, 2025

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	T
GMU	28	35	63
VCU	36	32	68

Game Recap

Shulga scores 18, VCU holds off George Mason 68-63 to claim Atlantic 10 title and NCAA berth. Max Shulga scored 18 points and Joe Bamisile sealed the win with two free throws with a half-second left as Virginia Commonwealth held off George Mason 66-63 to win the Atlantic 10 Conference Tournament championship Sunday.

Player Stats

GEORGE MASON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
11Jalen Haynes	28	5-14	1-1	6-9	8	2	1	0	3	4	17
10Zach Anderson	24	3-6	2-4	2-2	5	3	1	1	0	1	10
4Brayden O'Connor	31	3-8	2-4	2-2	4	3	0	0	1	2	10
2Woody Newton	23	1-6	1-4	0-0	4	0	3	1	1	3	3
13Darius Maddox	34	4-10	2-5	2-2	0	2	3	0	1	2	12
5Giovanni Emejuru	12	1-1	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	2	2
23Justin Begg	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1Jared Billups	30	1-4	1-1	2-2	2	1	2	1	1	4	5
0K.D. Johnson	16	0-5	0-2	2-2	1	2	1	0	3	4	2
TOTAL	-	19-5633.9%	9-2142.9%	16-1984.2%	26	13	11	3	11	22	63

VCU	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
9Luke Bamgboye	28	2-3	0-0	1-2	8	1	0	4	1	3	5
4Jack Clark	35	4-8	3-5	6-7	6	1	2	3	0	2	17
11Max Shulga	37	4-9	2-6	8-9	4	3	1	0	2	2	18
1Phillip Russell	15	2-7	1-5	1-1	1	0	1	0	3	3	6
22Joe Bamisile	28	6-10	1-3	4-6	3	2	0	0	4	3	17
21Christian Fermin	12	0-2	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	1	2	3	0
8Michael Belle	10	0-0	0-0	0-0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
0Brandon Jennings	6	0-1	0-0	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
2Zeb Jackson	29	1-7	1-6	2-2	5	3	2	1	3	0	5
TOTAL	-	19-4740.4%	8-2532.0%	22-2781.5%	34	10	7	9	15	20	68

Play-by-Play

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1st halfGMUVCU

(20:00) Start game.
(19:58) Jump Ball won by VCU.
(19:58) Jump Ball lost by George Mason.
+2 (19:41) Phillip Russell made Jumper.
02
+2 (19:12) Darius Maddox made Jumper.
22
(18:44) Phillip Russell Turnover.
(18:44) Darius Maddox Steal.
(18:39) Woody Newton missed Layup.
(18:39) Jack Clark Block.
(18:36) Luke Bamgboye Defensive Rebound.
+3 (18:31) Phillip Russell made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Joe Bamisile.
25
(18:31) Foul on Jalen Haynes.
+1 (18:31) Phillip Russell made Free Throw.
26
(18:10) Brayden O'Connor missed Layup.
(18:07) Jack Clark Defensive Rebound.
(18:05) Phillip Russell missed Three Point Jumper.
(18:01) Woody Newton Defensive Rebound.
(17:52) Jalen Haynes missed Layup.
(17:50) Zach Anderson Offensive Rebound.
+2 (17:50) Zach Anderson made Layup.
46
(17:37) Foul on Darius Maddox.
(17:27) Joe Bamisile missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:24) Brayden O'Connor Defensive Rebound.
(17:12) Foul on Joe Bamisile.
(17:05) Woody Newton missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:02) Max Shulga Defensive Rebound.
(16:55) Joe Bamisile Turnover.
(16:55) Woody Newton Steal.
+2 (16:47) Jalen Haynes made Layup. Assisted by Brayden O'Connor.
66
+2 (16:25) Joe Bamisile made Jumper.
68
(15:59) Brayden O'Connor missed Layup.
(15:57) Luke Bamgboye Defensive Rebound.
(15:31) Zeb Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:28) Zach Anderson Defensive Rebound.
(15:19) Zach Anderson missed Layup.
(15:19) Luke Bamgboye Block.
(15:15) George Mason Offensive Rebound.
+2 (15:00) Darius Maddox made Jumper. Assisted by K.D. Johnson.
88
(14:29) Jack Clark missed Three Point Jumper.
(14:27) George Mason Defensive Rebound.
(14:15) Foul on Brandon Jennings.
(14:02) K.D. Johnson missed Jumper.
(13:59) Zeb Jackson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (13:53) Jack Clark made Three Point Jumper.
811
(13:32) Darius Maddox missed Layup.
(13:29) Giovanni Emejuru Offensive Rebound.
+2 (13:29) Giovanni Emejuru made Layup.
1011
(13:17) Christian Fermin missed Layup.
(13:15) Christian Fermin Offensive Rebound.
(13:12) Max Shulga missed Three Point Jumper.
(13:09) K.D. Johnson Defensive Rebound.
(12:51) K.D. Johnson Turnover.
(12:51) Jack Clark Steal.
+2 (12:46) Jack Clark made Layup.
1013
(12:46) Foul on Woody Newton.
+1 (12:46) Jack Clark made Free Throw.
1014
(12:31) Foul on Christian Fermin.
(12:23) Jalen Haynes Turnover.
(12:23) Phillip Russell Steal.
(12:18) Foul on Brayden O'Connor.
+1 (12:18) Zeb Jackson made Free Throw.
1015
+1 (12:18) Zeb Jackson made Free Throw.
1016
(12:05) Foul on Joe Bamisile.
+3 (11:48) Jalen Haynes made Three Point Jumper.
1316
(11:21) Phillip Russell Turnover.
(11:21) Zach Anderson Steal.
(11:01) Zach Anderson missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:58) Michael Belle Defensive Rebound.
+3 (10:36) Zeb Jackson made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Max Shulga.
1319
+3 (10:18) Brayden O'Connor made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jalen Haynes.
1619
(9:56) Christian Fermin missed Jumper.
(9:53) Zach Anderson Defensive Rebound.
+2 (9:36) Brayden O'Connor made Jumper.
1819
(9:09) Foul on K.D. Johnson.
(9:04) Max Shulga Turnover.
(8:48) Jared Billups missed Layup.
(8:48) Luke Bamgboye Block.
(8:46) George Mason Offensive Rebound.
(8:36) Brayden O'Connor missed Three Point Jumper.
(8:36) Zeb Jackson Block.
(8:34) Brandon Jennings Defensive Rebound.
(8:15) Brandon Jennings missed Jumper.
(8:12) Luke Bamgboye Offensive Rebound.
(8:11) Luke Bamgboye missed Jumper.
(8:08) Brayden O'Connor Defensive Rebound.
(7:58) Foul on Giovanni Emejuru.
(7:58) Giovanni Emejuru Turnover.
+2 (7:36) Max Shulga made Layup.
1821
(7:16) Justin Begg missed Jumper.
(7:14) Jalen Haynes Offensive Rebound.
(7:13) Jalen Haynes Turnover.
(7:13) Jack Clark Steal.
(7:05) Zeb Jackson missed Jumper.
(7:02) Jalen Haynes Defensive Rebound.
(7:01) Foul on Brandon Jennings.
(6:39) Woody Newton missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:35) Joe Bamisile Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:18) Joe Bamisile made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Jack Clark.
1824
+2 (5:56) Justin Begg made Jumper.
2024
(5:30) Phillip Russell missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:27) Woody Newton Defensive Rebound.
(5:05) Jared Billups missed Layup.
(5:05) Jack Clark Block.
(5:04) George Mason Offensive Rebound.
(5:03) Darius Maddox missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:00) Phillip Russell Defensive Rebound.
(4:51) Jack Clark missed Three Point Jumper.
(4:49) Luke Bamgboye Offensive Rebound.
(4:48) Luke Bamgboye Turnover.
(4:48) Woody Newton Steal.
(4:45) Phillip Russell Turnover.
(4:45) Foul on Phillip Russell.
(4:45) Foul on Phillip Russell.
+1 (4:45) K.D. Johnson made Free Throw.
2324
+1 (4:45) K.D. Johnson made Free Throw.
2424
+1 (4:45) Jared Billups made Free Throw.
2124
+1 (4:45) Jared Billups made Free Throw.
2224
(4:41) Darius Maddox missed Layup.
(4:38) George Mason Offensive Rebound.
(4:24) Jared Billups missed Jumper.
(4:21) Jack Clark Defensive Rebound.
(4:17) Foul on K.D. Johnson.
+1 (4:17) Jack Clark made Free Throw.
2425
+1 (4:17) Jack Clark made Free Throw.
2426
(3:56) Darius Maddox missed Three Point Jumper.
(3:54) Jack Clark Defensive Rebound.
(3:54) Foul on Jared Billups.
+1 (3:54) Jack Clark made Free Throw.
2427
+1 (3:54) Jack Clark made Free Throw.
2428
(3:36) Jalen Haynes missed Layup.
(3:36) Jack Clark Block.
(3:35) George Mason Offensive Rebound.
(3:28) Jalen Haynes missed Layup.
(3:25) Jack Clark Defensive Rebound.
(3:01) Max Shulga Turnover.
(3:01) Jalen Haynes Steal.
(3:01) Technical Foul on Christian Fermin.
(3:01) Technical Foul on Jalen Haynes.
(2:45) Foul on Joe Bamisile.
+1 (2:45) Brayden O'Connor made Free Throw.
2528
+1 (2:45) Brayden O'Connor made Free Throw.
2628
(2:33) Foul on Jared Billups.
+1 (2:33) Max Shulga made Free Throw.
2629
+1 (2:33) Max Shulga made Free Throw.
2630
(2:07) Foul on Brandon Jennings.
+1 (2:07) Darius Maddox made Free Throw.
2730
+1 (2:07) Darius Maddox made Free Throw.
2830
+3 (1:50) Jack Clark made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Max Shulga.
2833
(1:20) K.D. Johnson missed Three Point Jumper.
(1:17) Michael Belle Defensive Rebound.
(0:52) Max Shulga missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:49) Luke Bamgboye Offensive Rebound.
(0:49) Foul on Giovanni Emejuru.
(0:49) Luke Bamgboye missed Free Throw.
(0:49) VCU Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (0:49) Luke Bamgboye made Free Throw.
2834
(0:24) K.D. Johnson Turnover.
(0:03) Zeb Jackson missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:01) Luke Bamgboye Offensive Rebound.
+2 (0:00) Max Shulga made Layup. Assisted by Luke Bamgboye.
2836

2nd half

Team Stats

GMU

VCU

63Points68

19-56(33.9%)Field Goal(%)19-47(40.4%)

9-21(42.9%)3-Point(%)8-25(32.0%)

16-19(84.2%)Free Throw(%)22-27(81.5%)

33(14)Rebounds(Offensive)36(11)

13Assists10

11Steals7

3Blocks9

11Turnovers16

22(1)Fouls(Technical)20(1)

0Largest Lead10

Game Details

Sunday, March 16, 2025 · 1:00 PM

Capital One Arena · Washington, D.C.

attendance: 12,516 (60.8%)

tv: CBS