BOSTON (AP) - Quincy Ford and Joel Smith scored 15 points apiece and Northeastern defeated George Mason 71-51 Sunday night to take a three-game lead in the Colonial Athletic Association.
Reggie Spencer scored 14 points and Dinko Marshavelski added 11 points for the Huskies (13-7, 8-0), who have won eight in a row and nine of their last 10. One of those wins was at George Mason on Jan. 3, 84-74.
Northeastern is off to its best start in CAA play since becoming a member in 2005.
The Huskies, coming off a double-overtime win Wednesday night over William & Mary, shot 57 percent in the second half and 53 percent for the game.
Vertrail Vaughns scored 13 points and Sherrod Wright scored 12 to lead the Patriots (12-8, 5-3), whose three-game winning streak ended. George Mason fell into a second-place tie with James Madison in the CAA.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| George Mason (12-8) | 21 | 30 | 51 |
| Northeastern (13-7) « | 29 | 42 | 71 |
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| George Mason Patriots | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Williams, F | 24 | 2-5 | 0-2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| E. Copes, F | 19 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| C. Edwards, G | 26 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Wright, G | 25 | 4-9 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| B. Allen, G | 23 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| V. Vaughns | 24 | 5-10 | 2-3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 |
| M. Gujanicic | 22 | 0-6 | 3-4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| J. Arledge | 16 | 3-5 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| P. Holloway | 11 | 2-7 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| V. Gray | 10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-59 | 7-11 | 29 | 11 | 17 | 51 | |
| 33.9% | 63.6% | ||||||
| Northeastern Huskies | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| Q. Ford, F | 35 | 4-7 | 5-7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| R. Spencer, F | 26 | 5-8 | 4-4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| J. Smith, G | 38 | 5-11 | 2-2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 15 |
| J. Lee, G | 36 | 3-10 | 0-1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| D. Walker, G | 35 | 2-3 | 2-4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Marshavelski | 10 | 5-6 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| D. Pollard | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Z. Stahl | 9 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| C. Avenant | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Peck | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25-47 | 14-20 | 36 | 17 | 15 | 71 | |
| 53.2% | 70% | ||||||
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