Women’s Basketball Falls At George Mason, 70-51

Kaylor Leads All Scorers With 20 Points

01/15/06 8:39PM

FAIRFAX, VA - Four George Mason players reached double figures as the Patriots shot 44.3% from the floor and held the Tribe to a 35.3% effort to record its first conference win of the year in five tries with a 70-51 win over William and Mary this afternoon at the Patriot Center. George Mason improves to 5-9 and 1-4 in the CAA, while the College falls to 6-8 overall and 2-3 in the CAA.

Patriot forwards Moni Akintunde and Jessica Smith led the way with 14 points apiece, while senior guard Jen Daniels finished with 11 and Scarlett Williams added 10. Akintunde also pulled down 11 rebounds.

For the Tribe, sophomore forward Kyra Kaylor (Pittsburgh, PA) led the way with 20 points while grabbing seven rebounds. Classmate Devin James (Pipersville, PA) added nine points and seven rebounds as the College outrebounded the Patriots 37-36 in the contest.

The Patriots opened the game by grabbing an early 10-5 lead just three minutes and 19 seconds into the contest before the Tribe responded with a 10-4 run to take its first lead of the game at 15-14 with 11:10 left to play in the half. The run included two baskets apiece by Kaylor and Jalen Boone (Falls Church, VA) and a pair of free throws from Dani Kell (Lutherville, MD). Kaylor added another layup to extend the Tribe’s lead to three at 17-14, but George Mason went on a 14-0 run over the next 5:33 to take its biggest lead of the half, 11 points, at 28-17 with 4:26 left.

W&M would close the lead to as few as six on three free throws from senior guard Lizzie Schiel (Wayne, PA), but the Patriots answered to take a nine-point lead into the break at 37-28.

The Patriots opened the second half by outscoring the Tribe 12-5 in the first 8:34 to extend its lead to 16 at 49-33, and from there the Tribe could get no closer than 10 points as the Patriots went on to win, 70-51.

Kell finished with seven points, five rebounds and a team-high three assists in 27 minutes. Boone added four points and four rebounds in 14 minutes.

W&M is back in action Friday night when it will host Virginia Commonwealth at 7:00 p.m.

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