PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Vertrail Vaughns scored a season-high 14 points as George Mason rallied from an eight-point deficit and held on to defeat Drexel 68-62 Thursday night, splitting the season series.
The Patriots (15-10, 8-5 Colonial Athletic Association) trailed 32-24 with 15:46 remaining, but chipped away to pull in front briefly at 43-42.
After four more lead changes and five ties, George Mason took the lead for good at 58-56 on Corey Edwards' 3-pointer with 1:57 left.
The Patriots hit 8 of 10 free throws in the final 48 seconds, with Edwards 4 of 4 for 10 points and Wright 3 of 4 for 11 points.
Erik Copes added 12 points for George Mason, which outshot Drexel 47.8 percent (22 of 46) to 37.5 percent (21 of 56) and outrebounded the Dragons 37-28.
Damion Lee and Derrick Thomas scored 16 apiece for Drexel (10-15, 6-7), which beat the Patriots 58-54 on Jan. 31.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| George Mason (15-10) « | 22 | 46 | 68 |
| Drexel (10-15) | 26 | 36 | 62 |
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| George Mason Patriots | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| E. Copes, F | 33 | 5-8 | 2-5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| J. Arledge, F | 30 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| B. Allen, G | 30 | 2-6 | 2-2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| C. Edwards, G | 28 | 2-5 | 4-4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| S. Wright, G | 22 | 4-9 | 3-4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Gujanicic | 18 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| V. Vaughns | 18 | 4-9 | 4-4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| V. Gray | 15 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| P. Holloway | 6 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-46 | 19-25 | 37 | 11 | 18 | 68 | |
| 47.8% | 76% | ||||||
| Drexel Dragons | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Ruffin, F | 34 | 2-6 | 3-4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| D. McCoy, F | 30 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| F. Massenat, G | 39 | 4-16 | 1-2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 |
| D. Thomas, G | 38 | 6-15 | 1-1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| D. Lee, G | 33 | 5-10 | 5-5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| K. Abif | 16 | 1-1 | 0-1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| T. Allen | 9 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| A. Younger | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 21-56 | 11-14 | 28 | 10 | 21 | 62 | |
| 37.5% | 78.6% | ||||||
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