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A-10 Championship Preview: Billikens to Host George Mason in First-Round Contest

Jaidah Stewart
GAME 30 No. 13 George Mason (9-20, 3-13) at No. 4 Saint Louis (17-12, 9-7)
WHEN Tuesday, March 3 • 7 p.m.
WHERE Chaifetz Arena (St. Louis, Mo.)
STREAM ESPN+ (Jeff Vernetti and Madison Gits)
TICKETS Tickets
LIVE STATS Live Stats
GAME NOTES Saint Louis | George Mason | Atlantic 10 
 

THE BASICS

• Saint Louis is the No. 4 seed for the 2020 Atlantic 10 Conference Women's Basketball Championship, hosting No. 13 George Mason.
• With a win over George Mason, the Billikens would advance to the quarterfinals to take on the winner of No. 5 Massachusetts and No. 12 St. Bonaventure Friday, March 6, at UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio.
• Saturday's semifinals and Sunday's final also will be played at UD Arena. The winner of the A-10 Championship earns the league's automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
• For the full A-10 Championship bracket, click here.
• Saint Louis leads the all-time series 6-3 over George Mason, including a 64-51 win in Fairfax, Va., earlier this month.


A LOOK AT THE BILLIKENS

• In the previous meeting this season, Kendra Wilken and Ciaja Harbison combined for 46 points to lead the Billikens.
• Wilken collected her second straight 20-point game, tallying a career-high 25 points, along with six rebounds, three blocks and two assists in the contest, while Harbison recorded 21 points on a career-best 10 field goals.
• Harbison tallied her 50th career double-digit scoring effort (60 games) Saturday against Dayton, netting 19 points and five assists.
• In the last seven games, Harbison has averaged 18.7 points, 4.4 assists, 1.9 steals and 37.9 minutes.
• Rachel Kent's 65 3-point field goals are second in the A-10 and eighth among rookies in the NCAA.
• With three in the last game against Dayton, Kent passed Mia Johnson (64, 2004-05) to become Saint Louis' all-time leader in 3-point field goals by a freshman.
• That number ranks fifth overall in a season by a Billiken.
• Myriama Smith Traore ranks first in the A-10 with 8.6 rebounds per game, and she is one of two Billikens who rank in the league's top seven (Wilken, 7.4 - seventh).
• The forward has grabbed 95 offensive rebounds, tied with Nicole Jorgensen for the conference lead.


A LOOK AT THE PATRIOTS

• George Mason finished the season 9-20, 3-13 in conference play, and earned the No. 13 in the A-10 Championship.
• GMU ended the year dropping 5-of-6 games.
• In the meeting earlier this season, Nicole Cardano-Hillary led the Patriots with 23 points, five assists and four steals, while also pulling down four rebounds.
• Cardano-Hillary is second in the conference with 17.9 points per game, along with a league-best 2.3 steals per game.
• Jacy Bolton grabs a team-best 6.3 rebounds per game and scores an average of 8.8 points.

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Players Mentioned

Ciaja Harbison

#2 Ciaja Harbison

G
5' 6"
Sophomore
Rachel Kent

#22 Rachel Kent

G/F
5' 11"
Freshman
Myriama Smith Traore

#35 Myriama Smith Traore

F
6' 2"
Redshirt Sophomore
Kendra Wilken

#34 Kendra Wilken

F
6' 2"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Ciaja Harbison

#2 Ciaja Harbison

5' 6"
Sophomore
G
Rachel Kent

#22 Rachel Kent

5' 11"
Freshman
G/F
Myriama Smith Traore

#35 Myriama Smith Traore

6' 2"
Redshirt Sophomore
F
Kendra Wilken

#34 Kendra Wilken

6' 2"
Senior
F