What do the Drexel Dragons and the New York Knicks have in common?
Answer - Both teams lost by 45 points last night.
Yup, the Dragons lost at George Mason 85-38 as the Patriots continued their solid play in the CAA season opener for both teams. Drexel tied the game at 3-3 and then it was all George Mason as the Patriots pulled out to a 40-15 halftime lead. George Mason scored the next eight points to start the second half and the rout continued on.
The most telling stat of the night for Drexel was the one.
| F. Elegar, C | 17 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Yes, the Dragons leading scorer coming into the game, Frank Elegar, had one field goal attempt the entire game. That's how tough the Patriots defense was. They held Drexel to 30 percent from the field, including 2 of 12 from the three point arc. What was more impressive about the Mason defense was that the Patriots had only 14 fouls and the Dragons only had 11 free throw attempts.
The Patriots were led by a balanced attack. Dre Smith came off the bench and scored 16 points. Folarin Campbell added 11 and Will Thomas and Chris Fleming each had 10 points. Eleven Mason players played at least 10 minutes and ten of them at least had 5 points or more. The Patriots shot 50 percent from the field and outrebounded Drexel 40-24.
Drexel fell to 5-2 and 0-1 in CAA, while Mason improved to 6-1 and 1-0 in the CAA.
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