A 10 did better on Saturday (4-3) and Sunday (5 - 3.). There are 7 teams with winnings records and 7 with losing records and GW right in the middle at 4 - 4.  

Besides GW's 2 losses, results were:

Saturday
      Belmont 78.          St Louis 68
      URI 66.                Southeast Missouri State 49
     VCU 75.                Wisconsin 67.     Badgers are only 3 - 5 but it's still a win over a Big 10 team
     Fordham 78.         South Dakota 65.       Rams are 4 - 3.     
    Cleveland St. 64.    St Bona 40.     Bonnies are 1 - 5.
    Richmond 80.         Idaho 49

Sunday:

     St Louis 77.       Air Force 58.   SLU is now 2 - 7.
     URI 75.              Samford  63.      Rams are now 5 -1 after opening loss at Harvard
     St Joe's 79.        North Florida 56.      Hawks are 6 - 0
    Duquense. 77     Marshall 72.       Dukes are 5 - 1
    UMass 95.          FIU.  78,     Minutewomen are 6 -1 after sweeping FIU tournament
    N Illinois 67.        Richmond 64.     Spiders are 5 - 2.
    App State. 84.     Davidson 82.         Wildcats are 2 - 5
 

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A 10 teams were only 1 - 4 on Wednesday, but 4 - 3 on Thursday.

Wednesday:  Wofford (5-2).   72.          Davidson.  (2-6)   51
                      Bucknell (3-5). 52.           St Bona.   (1-6)     44
                      Fairfield  (3-3). 82.           Fordham   (4-4).  75. OT
                      Missouri. (7-1). 82.          St Louis.    (2-8).  52
                      UMass   (7-1).  72          Yale.         (4-4). 57.       Sam Breen had her 4th double/double with                                                .                                                                                                  25/15.   Ber'Nyah Mayo had career high 21.

Thursday:      UIC.        (7-1). 45            Loyola.  (2-6).  36.        Score was 20 - 13 at the half
                      JMU.      (5-2).  62            VCU.     (3-5). 60
                      URI.        (6-1)    71.           Buffalo. (1-4). 56
                       Tulsa.     (5-2).   65.          Duquense.(5-2). 59.   Ayanna Townsend had 21/8 for the Dukes
                       St Joe's  (7-0.)    65          Boston Univ. (4-3). 61.    Talya Brugler had 23 points
                        Mason.  (4-5).   54.          East Carolina. (5-3). 41  
                        Richmond (6-2). 74          William and Mary. (3-3). 62.     Grace Townsend scored 23 points.
                 

 

A10 teams were 4 -4 on Sunday.  By my math,  overall record is 70 - 65.

Winners:      St Joe's (8-0).     67.                 Drexel. ((5-2).      49.     Mackenzie Scott had 17 points.  Talya             Brugler had 15/11.  Rookie Laura Ziegler  scored 10.
                     URI. (7-1).    63                        Maine. (3-6).       43
                     Duquense     (6-2).   66            Delaware.  (5-3).  55.     Megan McConnell had a triple double with 12/15/10 assists.
                      Davidson.   (3-6).     71.           Jacksonville State. (3-3).    56.    Ellie Suphin scored 30 

Losers:          Florida  (8-1).     69.                 Dayton.  (0-8).    65.   
                      East Carolina. (6-3).  69.         VCU (3-6).    51     
                      Kent State.  (5-2).    64            St Bonaventure. (2-7).   49
                     Duke.  (8-1)      100                   Richmond. (6-3).   49

A10 teams went 2 3 in Saturday games.

LaSalle (8-4) won at Maryland Eastern Shore (3-9), 82-72.  Claire Jacobs scored 24 points, followed by Kayla Spruill who had 20 on 7 - 7 shooting, with 6 baskets beyond the arc.

Duquense (8-2) won at hone against Vermont (7-4), 56 - 54.

Loyola (3-8) lost at Marquette (8-2), 77 - 53.

St Joe's (9-1) fell to #25 Villanova (9-2) 82 - 59, trailing by 20 after the first quarter.

Host UMass (8-3) never led after the first few minutes, falling to Columbia (9-2) 83 -74.  Abbey Hsu had a career hight 34 points on 12 - 16 shooting, 9 - 11 beyond the arc.  She had 17 after the first quarter and 22 at the half.  Sam Breen was 6/6 at the half but finished 23/12 on 9 - 19 shooting but just 1 - 6 from beyond the arc.
In the December 9 NET rankings, UMass is 52, St Joe's 77, Fordham and URI are 86 and 87.  GW is 147.  Columbia is 34.  Maybe they'll receive UMass's poll votes next time.

On Monday, VCU fell to 3 - 8 with a home loss to Gardner-Webb (7-3), 61 - 56.

With yesterday's win, GW still has the 8th best non-conference record in the A-10.

Richmond swept the weekly player honors with Addie Budnick (6'2") picked as Player of the Week.  Rachel Ullstrom (6'1") broke Laura Ziegler''s stranglehold on Rookie of the Week, after 4 in a row for the St Joe's Frosh from Denmark.  The Spiders (7-3) have a road game at Elon and 2 in a Puerto Rico tourney before opening league play by hosting GW on 12/31.

In national D1 statistics, Asiah Dingle (5'4" SR) of Fordham is 34th in scoring average with 18.8 points per game.  Sam Breen (6'1" GR) of UMass is in a tie for 38th at 18.6.

In Assists per game, Duquense's Megan McConnell (5'7" SO) is 22nd at 5.7 assists per game.  Destiny Philoxy (5'7' GR) is 32nd at 5.2.  St Joe's Katie Jekott(5'9" SR) is 33rd at 5.1.  She didn't play in the Hawks loss to Villanova.

Brooke Flowers (6'5" SR) of St Louis lets the nation in Blocks per Game at 4.8.  The second highest average is 3.38.  I'yanna Lops (6"3") of St Bonaventure is 15th at 2.36.

In Rebounds per Game, McConnell is 15th at 10.8.  Breen is is a tie for 36th at 9.6, while Kaitlen Downey (Fordham) is 41st at 9.3.

With her 10 rebounds yesterday, Mayowa Taiwo moved from 50th position to 47th, averaging 9.2 Rebounds per Game.

With 2 afternoon wins today, A10 teams were 4 - 4 from Sat - Mon.  

Saturday:  South Florida beat LaSalle 75 - 50.  Explorers dropped to 8 -5 while USF is 10 - 3.
                  Seton Hall won at Fordham 76 - 72.  Fordham fell to 7 -5.  Seton Hall is 9 - 3, with 3 consecutive early losses to Princeton, Columbia and VCU.
                    St Louis hung tough in Memphis for 3 quarters but fell to the Tigers 83 - 71.  Billikens, 3 - 11, led by 8 going into the 4th quarter.  Kyla McMakin scored 23 for St Louis.  Memphis is 7 - 5.
                     Host George Mason rallied to beat Coppin State 59 - 51, lead by  Taylor Jameson;s 20 points.  
Sunday:         Davidson (5 - 7) beat Elon 74 - 72.  Elon fell to 4 - 5.
                      St Bonaventure (3-10) lost to Marshall (6-4) 61 - 53.

Monday:         Duquense beat Cornell 87 - 60.  Dukes (9-3) were led by Tess Myers who had a double/double, 23/10.  Cornell is now 6 - 5.
                       George Mason won in Miami 72 - 64 over Florida International (4-5).  Jameson had 26.  George Mason is 7 - 5., with another game in Miami tomorrow against Stephen F Austin,  Last year the Patriots had a non conference record of 6 -6 but finished 10 - 19 with a 3 - 12 regular season A10 mark and going 1 - 1 in the conference tournament.  

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6 A10 teams won today, including 3 improving on their losing records.  The 3 losers included the Philly schools and the Bonnies.

Duquense (10-3) beat Howard (3-9) 68 - 55.

Richmond (10-3) beat Tarleton State (6-5) 55 - 43.  Addie Budnick scored 28 points on 12 - 13 shooting, 3 -3 on 3 pointers and 1 - 1 FT..

UMass (9-3) broke its 2 games losing streak by rolling over winless St Peter's (0-9) by 81 -34.  Sidney Taylor had 17.  Sam Breen had a quiet 13/9, with 3 assists, 3 blocks, and 3 traveling violations.  Lots of moving the pivot foot violations called on both teams.  Makennah White returned from a 5 games absence with a double-double, 15/11.

Loyola Chicago (5-8) beat Idaho (5-6) 56 - 44.

Davidson improved to 6 - 7 by beating rival Charlotte (5-5) by 68 - 55, and winning the inaugural 704 Cup series trophy,  Elie Suphin had 25 points and 10 rebounds.

St Louis (4-10) beat Southern Illinois (3-6). 82 - 54.  All 82 points were scored by 6 double digit scorers.  Brooke Flowers added 14 rebounds and 7 blocks to her 13 points.

St Joe's (10-2) lost to James Madison (10-3) by 78 - 66 in the championship game of the Hawk Classic.  LaSalle (8-6) lost to Villanova (10-3) 81 - 55.  St Bonaventure (3-10) lost to Colgate (6-5) by 66 - 52.

 

On Wednesday, A10 teams went 3 - 2 in non-conference games while Loyola Chicago beat St Louis in the conference opener.

Princeton (8-3). 56.          URI (9-3)  54.     Rams led by 1 with 25 seconds left before being tied with one made FT.  They turned the ball over on an offensive foul and lost on a lay up at the buzzer,.  Maybe Toure had a double double at 15/10.  I just noticed that usual starting guard Dolly Cairns (8.6 points per game) missed both this game and the loss at Wake Forest.  Wasn't able to learn the reason.

Fordham (8-5)  85.        Post (7-7)  54.

Howard (4-9)  79.           VCU (3-9)  57.    Howard is 2 - 2 against the A10, with a season opening win over LaSalle.  GW beat them.  Another Bison win is over American.

Davidson.(7-7)  65.          Morgan State (7-6).    Elie Sutphin scored 24 points and Suzi-Rose Deegan had 19.

UMaa (10-3)  77.  Dartmouth (2-12).  58.    As usual, Minutewomen had a slow start and trailed by 1 after the first quarter.  Very sloppy.  Finished with 21 turnovers.  Sam Breen had her 7th double double,  with 20 points and 10 rebounds, plus 2 assists, 5 steals and 4 turnovers.  Ber'Nyah Mayo scorned 17 and had 7 assists to 1 turnover.  Makenna White continued to play well since her return, with 15 points and 5 rebounds.  UMass was just 3 - 17 from beyond the arc.  Sydney Taylor was 1 - 9, and finished with 9 points.  Destiny Philoxy had a tough game with 4 assists and 4 turnovers.

Loyola (6-8)  60.  St Louis (4-12). 47.  Ramblers open conference play in first place, led by 15 points each by Maya Chandler and Sam Galanopoulos.  Kyla McMakin had 16 for the Billikens, who were 0-15 from beyond the arc.  Brooke Flowers, leading the nation in blocks per game, only had 1 block, plus 2 points and 6 boards.  It was the conference play debut for both head coaches in their first seasons with these teams

A10 teams split the two Thursday games.

Buffalo  (5-4)  58.         St Bonaventure. (3-12) 49.    I'yanna Lops had 15 points, 7 boards, and 5 blocks for the Bonnies.

Dayton (1-10)  94.  Cedarville (2-8)  58.    The game was scheduled after Dayton (and Texas A&M and Purdue) pulled out of what wa an 8 team Las Vegas ballroom invitational after the debacle of the first ballroom invitational.  A&M and Purdue then scheduled a game against the other. To be fair to the organizers,of the second event  this may have been in a different arena (ballroom) with better amenities, like medical staff and towels.  Dayton counted this game towards their won-loss record.  Cedarville which is near Dayton, counted it as an exhibition.  I don't know if the NCAA cares.
 

First off, thanks to xAC and dmvpirahna for their acknowledgement of this thread.  It adds to my enjoyment of following the conference and the games by being aware of teams records and noteworthy performances.  And thanks for your threads.  Being several hundred miles from the District, this site and the threads help keep me up to date with GW.  It's been a long 2 decades since I've been to the Smith Center.

Lasalle beat winless Hartford on Monday, 77 - 30 in what I believe was the last out of conference game for the league.  Claire Jacobs had 13 points and 7 rebounds.  Her sister Mia had 6/8.  Mia, 6'2", is the 3rd Jacobs sister out of Perth play on the Explorers.  She is the most recent A10 Rookie of the Week.  All 13 Explorers played, each with somewhere between 12 - 18 minutes.  Twelve scored.  Good for the coach for taking his foot off the gas early.

Hartford is transitioning to D3, and has a bizarre schedule, with very few home games, only 4 so far.  .  Later in the season they host equally winless Chicago State for 2 games and then travel to Chicago for 2 rematches.  Hartford is last, 361, in the NET rankings.  I think Chicago State is 359.

GW's game tomorow is one of the two most interesting on the schedule, matching 2 teams with winning records.

The other is URI (10-3, 1-0) at UMass (11-3. 1-0.)  Rams swept the series last year and have won 3 in a row over the Minutewomen.  Dolly Cairns, URI starting guard who dropped 21 at Amherst last year, has missed the last 3 games after suffering a concussion during a practice.  Her status tomorrow is unknown.  Tenin Magassa hasn't played this season after transferring from Dayton.  She is 6'5" and another Frenchwomen on their roster.  I don't know what kind of injury she has.  She might be able to play soon.  (My source is a tweet from some guy apparently related to UMass radio although I didn't recognize his name,)

UMass/URI starts at 5, broadcast on NESN and ESPN+.  Followed by St Louis at UMass MBBat about 7:30.

On Thursday, George Mason won a tight defensive battle at St Bonaventure 49 - 45.  Patriots improved to
8 -7, 1-1, while Bonnies fell to 3-14, 0-2.  Jada Brown led Mason with 9 points.  Nikki Oppenheimeer was the only double digit scorer with 15 points, including 4 - 8 from beyond the arc.  I'yanna Lops had 9 points and 5 rebounds.

Host Duquense (11-4, 1-1) edged Dayton (2-11, 1-1) 70 - 69.  Dukes were led by Amaya Hamilton with 21 points.  Stats machine Megan McConnell had 6 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.  Sydney Freeman led Dayton with 15 points, all on 3s (5-11.). Ariana Smith had 13 points and 14 rebounds.

LaSalle's game at Davison was canceled due to health and safety protocols with the Davidson program.  A statement on Davidson's website said the game is considered a no - contest and will not be rescheduled,  The Wildcats next scheduled game is home on Sunday against Richmond,. Explorers are 9-7, 0-1, while Davidson is 7-8, 0-1.

While flipping channels last night, I happened upon the end of Illinois holding off in-state rival Northwestern 85-79, ending a 14 game game losing streak dating to 2014.  Illinois is 14-2, 4-1.  Northwestern is 6-8, 0-4.

This is noteworthy not just because Joe McKeown is coach of Northwestern, but Shauna Green, 6 year coach at Dayton, is in her first year at Illinois.  She brought with her junior Makira Cook, the leading scorer at 18.8 points per game, and sophomore Brynn Shoup-Hill.
 

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