Patriot Brew 1/5: Make It A Dozen!

Hall, Patriots Roll To Win In A-10 Opener

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Patriot Brew Crew
January 05, 2024

TGIF Patriots. Who doesn’t love some Friday donuts at the office?

No better way to celebrate a dozen Ws for Mason’s men’s hoops squad than a dozen delicious treats.

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🏀 Make It A Dozen
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🏐 California Clash
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📈 STOCK UP

🔺 Make It A Dozen. While it wasn’t West Philadelphia, Keyshawn Hall gave us some old school Fresh Prince thoughts with a dominant second half in the Atlantic 10 opener for Mason’s men’s hoops squad.

Hall dropped a 27-point, 13-rebound effort on La Salle as the Patriots blitzed the Explorers in the second half en route to a 77-62 road win on Wednesday night.

Mason ratcheted up the Patriot Pressure in the second half and held La Salle to just 19 second half points to reach 12-2 for the first time since 1983-84.

🔺 Go DJ! He’s Our DJ!. He may not be spinning turntables, but he’s doing work on the mats.

For the second time already this season, Mason redshirt freshman DJ McGee earned Co-East Wrestler of the Week accolades from the Mid-American Conference.

McGee also earned the award on November 21st and teammated Nathan Higley grabbed the accolade in early December for the Green & Gold.

McGee finished fourth at the 59th Ken Kraft Midlands Championships, tying the second-best finish in program history at the prestigious tournament. The weekend was highlighted by his win over a returning MAC Champion and top-ranked wrestler in the conference, Johnny Lovett of Central Michigan.

🔺 California Clash. Omar Hoyos and Jack Bolz each unleashed double-digit kills, but it wasn’t enough as Mason’s men’s volleyball squad dropped a tough 3-1 decision to UC San Diego on Thursday night to open up its 2024 season.

Troy McDonald dished out 30 assists and had seven digs to help the Patriots grab the second set 25-23 to even things up, but the Toros responded with back-to-back set wins to close out the season opener.

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🤔 PATRIOT TRIVIA

In Wednesday’s win at La Salle, Keyshawn Hall recorded his eighth double-double of the season with 27 points and 13 rebounds.

Where does that rank nationally in double-doubles?

Got a guess?

Scroll on down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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Friday, January 5
🏐 Men’s Volleyball at at UC Santa Barbara @ 7:30pm

Saturday, January 6
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Saint Louis @ 2pm
🤼‍♂️ Wrestling at ARMS Classic (at UVA) @ 3pm
🏐 Men’s Volleyball at CSUN (at UC Santa Barbara) @ 5pm

Sunday, January 7
🏀 Women’s Basketball at Duquesne @ 12pm
👟 Track & Field vs. VCU Rams Invitational (Virginia Beach, Va.)

Tuesday, January 9
🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. VCU @ 7pm
🏐 Men’s Volleyball at UC Irvine @ 6pm

Wednesday, January 10
🏀 Women’s Basketball vs. Davidson @ 7pm

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Sixth.

Hall’s eight double-doubles are tied for the sixth-most in the country by any Division I player. He is tied with Hampton’s Kyrese Mullen as the most by an underclassmen. They are the only two underclassmen to rank in the top-30 nationally in double-doubles.

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