Patriots Journey to Ohio to Tackle Flyers in Midweek Matchup

George Mason (15-7, 10-1 A-10) at Dayton (13-11, 6-7 A-10)

WHEN: Wednesday, February 11, at 11 a.m. ET

WHERE: UD Arena; Dayton, Ohio

LIVE VIDEO: ESPN+

LIVE STATS: LINK

LIVE AUDIO: GoMason Digital Network

GAME NOTES: LINK

DAYTON, Ohio – The George Mason ladies’s basketball workforce heads to Ohio to face the Flyers  on Wednesday, February 11. The sport can be broadcast on ESPN+ with tip-off set for 11 a.m ET. Tommy Buckles can be on the GoMason Digital Network beginning at roughly 10:45 a.m. 

This is the seventeenth matchup between the Patriots and the Flyers, with Dayton main the collection 7-9. George Mason took the sport between the 2 groups earlier this season, 74-59. 

SCOUTING THE FLYERS 

The Dayton Flyers are 13–11 general and 6–7 in Atlantic 10 play in the course of the 2025–26 season. As a workforce, Dayton averages 66.3 factors per sport whereas permitting 67.5 factors per contest. The Flyers shoot 43.3% from the sector, 31.0% from three-point vary, and 65.9% on the free throw line. Dayton averages 38.8 rebounds per sport with a +5.3 rebounding margin and data 11.4 assists per sport. Defensively, the Flyers common 6.5 steals and three.7 blocks per sport, whereas committing 18.3 turnovers per sport.

Individually, Nayo Lear leads the Flyers in scoring at 14.9 factors per sport, capturing 47.3% from the sector. Nicole Stephens provides 10.7 factors per sport, capturing 48.1% general and 36.8% from three-point vary, and leads the workforce with 85 assists. Olivia Leung averages 8.3 factors per sport and has made 32 three-point area objectives. In the frontcourt, Fatima Ibrahim shoots 57.6% from the ground and averages 6.6 rebounds per sport, whereas Molly O’Riordan and Ajok Madol mix to common 10.8 rebounds per contest.

In convention play, Dayton averages 64.7 factors per sport whereas permitting 67.1 factors. The Flyers shoot 41.8% from the sector, 30.6% from three-point vary, and 64.9% on the free throw line in opposition to Atlantic 10 opponents. Dayton averages 39.3 rebounds per sport with a +5.0 rebounding margin and data 10.8 assists per sport in league motion. Nicole Stephens leads convention scoring at 12.6 factors per sport, adopted by Nayo Lear at 12.2 factors per sport, with Olivia Leung contributing 10.3 factors per sport in convention play.

PATRIOT POINTS

• Freshman Mary Amoateng was named A-10 Rookie of the Week for the week of February 2 for her career-high 17-point efficiency vs. the Richmond Spiders
• The Patriot’s January twenty fifth sport vs. Richmond was postponed to February sixteenth at 4 p.m. as a result of climate
• The Patriots had been named the U.S. Basketball Writers Association Team of the Week for the week of January 26
• Zahirah Walton was named to the 2026 Becky Hammon Player of the Year Midseason Watch List
• Head coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis received her four-hundredth profession sport on January 4, 2026 vs. VCU, 68-58
• The Patriot’s January twenty fifth sport vs. Richmond was postponed to February sixteenth as a result of climate
• Head coach Vanessa Blair-Lewis is the longest tenured Black feminine head coach in D1 (27 years)
• The Patriots received the Atlantic 10 championship for the primary time in program historical past in 2024-25, giving them their first NCAA Tournament berth
• Three Patriots had been named to the 2025-26 A-10 Preseason groups: Zahirah Walton and Kennedy Harris had been named to the Preseason First Team and Hawa Komara was named to the Preseason Second Team. Walton and Komara had been additionally named to the Preseason All-Defensive Team.
• The Patriots had been picked to complete second within the A-10 Preseason Poll
• Zahirah Walton and Kennedy Harris had been named to the Becky Hammon Player of the Year Watch List for the 2025-26 season
• Redshirt juniors Page Greenburg and Zahirah Walton and junior Kennedy Harris had been named workforce captains for the 2025-26 season
• Two switch graduate college students joined the Patriots this season: MJ Johnson (Texas A&M/Ball St.) and Hawa Komara (Rhode Island)
• There are seven freshman making their collegiate debuts with the Green & Gold this season: Sanyiah Littlejohn (Philadephia, Pa./Lansdale Catholic), Kayla Johnson (Upper Marlboro, Md./Elizabeth Seton), Mary Amoateng (Baltimore, Md./Bishop McNamara), Kailani Merrell (Daytona, Fla./Sprunce Creek), Matilde Motta (Saronno, Italy/S.M. Legnani), Leah Keyes (Stafford, Va./Virginia Academy), and Sara Blair (Ft. Lauderdale, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas).
• The George Mason teaching employees added just a few new items and promoted two key employees members this off season. Demetria Frank was promoted to Associate Head Coach and Nigel Bowden was promoted to Director of Basketball Operations. Lauren Stack and Kate McCarney joined as graduate assistants, and Brandon Stewart was appointed Director of Player Personnel.

UP NEXT

The Patriots return dwelling for a packed weekend: On Saturday, they face the undefeated Rhode Island Rams at 3 p.m. and on Monday, they host a rematch with the Richmond Spiders at 4 p.m.