FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Jonathan Lee scored 20 points and Quincy Ford had 18 to lead Northeastern to an 84-74 victory over George Mason in the Colonial Athletic Association opener for both teams.
Zach Stahl chipped in 15 points for the Huskies (6-7), who snapped a five-game losing streak.
Sherrod Wright led the Patriots (7-5) with 19 points, and Vertrail Vaughns scored 13.
Northeastern shot 52.8 percent from the field (28 of 53) and 56.3 percent from 3-point range (9 of 16). The Huskies outscored the Patriots 19-11 from the foul line.
Trailing 37-30 at halftime, the Huskies tied it at 42 on David Walker's dunk 3:46 in. The Patriots led 50-44 on Sherrod Wright's layup with 13:15 to go, but Northeastern finally pulled ahead 60-58 on Demetrius Pollard's 3-pointer with 6:55 left.
Zach Stahl's three-point play made it 73-63 with 3:09 to go, and the Huskies cruised to the victory.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Northeastern (6-7) « | 30 | 54 | 84 |
| George Mason (7-6) | 37 | 37 | 74 |
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| Northeastern Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Q. Ford, F | 32 | 4-12 | 7-8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 18 |
| R. Spencer, F | 27 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| D. Walker, G | 35 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Lee, G | 34 | 8-13 | 2-2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 20 |
| J. Smith, G | 32 | 2-6 | 4-4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Z. Stahl | 20 | 5-8 | 3-3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| D. Pollard | 13 | 3-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| D. Marshavelski | 5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| D. Peck | 2 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Totals | 28-53 | 19-22 | 27 | 18 | 15 | 84 | |
| 52.8% | 86.4% | ||||||
| George Mason Patriots | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Okoloji, F | 17 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| J. Williams, F | 10 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| E. Copes, C | 32 | 3-4 | 1-1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| S. Wright, G | 37 | 7-16 | 4-4 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 19 |
| C. Edwards, G | 22 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| V. Vaughns | 23 | 5-11 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| J. Arledge | 21 | 3-9 | 2-2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| M. Gujanicic | 18 | 2-5 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| B. Allen | 17 | 4-6 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| P. Holloway | 3 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 28-61 | 11-11 | 34 | 15 | 21 | 74 | |
| 45.9% | 100% | ||||||
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