2011–12 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 June 2025 Basketball 2011–12 George Mason Patriots George Mason Patriots wordmark.svg Colonial Athletic Association CAA 24–9 14–4 Paul Hewitt Roland Houston Mike Wells Chris Kreider Patriot Center 1 The 2011–12 George Mason Patriots men's basketball team represented George Mason University during the 2011–12 college basketball season. This was the 46th season for the program. The Patriots, led by first year head coach Paul Hewitt, are members of the Colonial Athletic Association and played their home games at the Patriot Center. They finished the season 24–9, 14–4 in CAA play. They lost in the semifinals of the 2011 CAA men's basketball tournament to VCU. Awards NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans Ryan Pearson - Honorable Mention CAA Player of the Year Ryan Pearsonhttps://gomason.com/news/2012/3/1/205389993.aspx Ryan Pearson Named CAA Men's Basketball Player of the Year George Mason Patriots March 1, 2012 June 30, 2025 First Team All-CAA Ryan Pearson CAA Player of the Week Ryan Pearson - Jan. 2 Ryan Pearson - Jan. 30 Roster 2011 George Mason Patriots y y Bryon Allen y 0 G 6 3 214 SO Largo, MD St. Thomas More Jonathan Arledge 21 F 6 9 228 SO Washington, DC KIMA Paris Bennett 1 F 6 6 226 SO y Elizabeth, NJ St. Patrick's Jordan Baird 15 G 5 11 160 JR Gainesville, VA Stonewall Jackson Erik Copes y 4 C 6 8 244 FR Philadelphia, PA Imhotep Charter Andre Cornelius 45 G 5 10 174 SR Charlotte, NC Victory Christian Corey Edwards 13 G 5 11 177 FR Middle Village, NY Christ the King Vaughn Gray 12 F 6 5 185 FR Elmwood Park, NJ St. Benedict's Jacob Hoxie 30 G 6 3 203 SO Garner, NC Montreat College Bryce Lewis 2 G 5 9 175 JR Union, NJ Union Mike Morrison 22 F 6 9 237 SR St. Petersburg, FL Lakewood Anali Okoloji 14 F 6 8 232 SO Brooklyn, NY Impact Academy Ryan Pearson basketball 24 F 6 6 237 SR Far Rockaway, NY Christ the King y Vertrail Vaughns 11 G 6 2 184 SO y Mesquite, TX Mesquite Johnnie Williams 32 F 6 8 266 JR Memphis, TN Briarcrest Christian y Sherrod Wright 10 G 6 4 196 SO y Mount Vernon, NY Mount Vernon Paul Hewitt (St. John Fisher) Chris Kreider (Lebanon Valley) Roland Houston (Rhode Island) Mike Wells (Mount Vernon Nazarene) https://web.archive.org/web/20120204165804/http://gomason.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/gema-m-baskbl-mtt.html 2011-10-20 Stats Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG Ryan Pearson 33 33 30.7 .503 .350 .725 8.2 1.8 1.3 0.5 17.0 Mike Morrison 33 33 26.8 .592 .000 .550 6.6 1.4 0.5 1.9 9.8 Sherrod Wright 32 15 26.4 .529 .404 .859 3.3 1.3 0.8 0.3 9.6 Vertrail Vaughns 33 33 25.3 .416 .356 .763 1.8 1.1 0.7 0.0 8.8 Bryon Allen 33 31 27.7 .407 .167 .737 2.6 3.7 1.0 0.2 7.5 Andre Cornelius 23 17 21.3 .400 .341 .735 2.3 1.1 0.8 0.0 6.7 Jonathan Arledge 31 2 12.0 .404 .200 .793 3.1 0.4 0.3 0.5 4.3 Vaughn Gray 32 0 11.3 .355 .405 .634 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.0 3.4 Erik Copes 27 0 15.0 .452 .000 .419 3.7 0.1 0.3 1.9 3.3 Corey Edwards 31 2 15.2 .338 .265 .727 1.3 2.2 1.0 0.0 2.5 Paris Bennett 16 0 5.8 .500 .333 .556 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 1.6 Jacob Hoxie 2 0 1.5 1.000 .000 .000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 Jordan Baird 4 0 1.3 .333 .000 .000 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.5 Bryce Lewis 5 0 2.2 .000 .000 .000 0.0 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 Game log yes yes yes yes |- !colspan=12 style=George Mason Patriots| Exhibition October 31, 2011 7:00 pm w yes 2011-12 Lycoming Warriors Lycoming College Lycoming Patriot Center Fairfax, VA 90–62 - - -   |- !colspan=12 style=George Mason Patriots| Non-conference regular season November 11, 2011 7:30 pm w yes 2011–12 Rhode Island Rams University of Rhode Island Rhode Island Patriot Center Fairfax, VA 92–90 OT 1–0 Pearson 28 Pearson 12 Allen 7 6,644 November 14, 2011 9:30 pm l yes yes 2011–12 Florida International Golden Panthers Florida International University Florida International Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA NIT Season Tip-Off ESPN3 76–79 OT 1–1 Pearson 18 Morrison, Pearson 10 Allen 5 3,052 November 15, 2011 8:30 pm w yes yes Monmouth Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA NIT Season Tip-Off 71–39 2–1 Pearson 16 Pearson 12 Edwards 5 3,148 November 19, 2011 7:00 pm l yes yes Florida Atlantic FAU Arena Boca Raton, FL 75–80 OT 2–2 Vaughns 21 Pearson 7 Edwards 4 2,854 November 21, 2011 7:30 pm w yes 2011–12 Brown Bears Brown University Brown Patriot Center Fairfax, VA NIT Season Tip-Off - Consolation Bracket 74–48 3–2 Pearson 23 Copes 8 Edwards 4 1,536 November 22, 2011 7:30 pm w yes Albany Patriot Center Fairfax, VA NIT Season Tip-Off - Consolation Bracket 66–46 4–2 Pearson 24 Morrison 9 Edwards, Vaughns 4 1,384 November 30, 2011 7:00 pm w yes Bucknell Patriot Center Fairfax, VA MASN 61–57 5–2 Pearson 16 Allen, Morrison 7 Allen 5 5,057 December 3, 2011 7:00 pm w yes 2011–12 Towson Tigers Towson University Towson Towson Center Towson, MD 65–53 6–2 1–0 Morrison, Pearson 14 Morrison 8 Allen, Morrison 3 1,202 December 6, 2011 7:00 pm l yes yes Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA ESPN3 48–68 6–3 Morrison, Pearson, Vaughns 9 Copes 6 Edwards 4 8,954 December 10, 2011 4:00 pm w yes yes 2011–12 Radford Highlanders Radford University Radford Dedmon Center Radford, VA 76–61 7–3 Morrison 17 Morrison 11 Allen 6 1,811 December 21, 2011 7:00 pm l yes 2011–12 Duquesne Dukes Duquesne University Duquesne Patriot Center Fairfax, VA MASN 64–75 7–4 Cornelius, Vaughns 13 Pearson 9 Allen 5 4,054 December 23, 2011 7:00 pm w yes Manhattan Patriot Center Fairfax, VA 81–61 8–4 Pearson 25 Morrison 11 Allen 6 4,014 December 30, 2011 7:00 pm w yes yes College of Charleston Carolina First Arena Charleston, SC ESPN3 84–76 9–4 Pearson 35 Pearson 14 Allen 5 5,008 |- !colspan=12 style=George Mason Patriots|CAA regular season January 2, 2012 12:00 pm w William & Mary Patriot Center Fairfax, VA 70–56 10–4 2–0 Cornelius 20 Morrison 6 Allen 6 5,017 January 5, 2012 7:00 pm yes Old Dominion Ted Constant Convocation Center Norfolk, VA CSN 63-54 11–4 3–0 Pearson 16 Pearson 14 Cornelius 2 7,783 January 7, 2012 7:00 pm w Georgia State Patriot Center Fairfax, VA CSN 61–58 12–4 4–0 Vaughns 17 Morrison 15 Allen 3 5,191 January 12, 2012 8:00 pm l yes Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA ESPNU 53–60 12–5 4–1 Morrison 10 Pearson 11 Pearson 4 2,532 January 14, 2012 7:00 pm w yes James Madison JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, VA CSN 89–83 13–5 5–1 Gray, Pearson 19 Pearson 7 Allen 3 4,312 January 18, 2012 7:00 pm w Delaware Patriot Center Fairfax, VA ESPN3 89–63 14–5 6–1 Pearson 24 Pearson 10 Allen, Edwards 4 3,927 January 21, 2012 4:00 pm w 2011–12 Towson Tigers Towson University Towson Patriot Center Fairfax, VA CSN 72–60 15–5 7–1 Wright 22 Wright 5 Edwards 5 5,663 January 23, 2012 9:00 pm w UNC Wilmington Patriot Center Fairfax, VA MASN 67–61 16–5 8–1 Pearson 20 Pearson 12 Cornelius, Morrison 3 4,147 January 25, 2012 7:00 pm w yes 2011–12 Hofstra Pride Hofstra University Hofstra Hofstra Arena Hempstead, NY 55–50 17–5 9–1 Wright 15 Pearson 10 Allen, Pearson 2 2,703 January 28, 2012 2:00 pm w James Madison Patriot Center Fairfax, VA CSN 89–79 18–5 10–1 Pearson 29 Pearson 15 Allen 4 8,014 February 1, 2012 7:00 pm l yes Delaware Bob Carpenter Center Newark, DE 60–65 18–6 10–2 Pearson 25 Pearson 8 Allen 4 2,091 February 4, 2012 5:00 pm w Old Dominion Patriot Center Fairfax, VA Homecoming ESPNU 54–50 19–6 11–2 Pearson 17 Pearson 10 Pearson 3 9,840 February 8, 2012 7:00 pm w 2011–12 Hofstra Pride Hofstra University Hofstra Patriot Center Fairfax, VA ESPN3 72–62 20–6 12–2 Pearson 16 Wright 7 Edwards 7 4,343 February 11, 2012 7:00 pm w yes UNC Wilmington Trask Coliseum Wilmington, NC MASN 75–69 21–6 13–2 Wright 16 Pearson 7 Allen 8 3,513 February 14, 2012 9:00 pm w VCU Patriot Center Fairfax, VA CSN 62–61 22–6 14–2 Pearson 24 Pearson 11 Allen 5 6,734 February 18, 2012 4:30 pm w yes Lamar Patriot Center Fairfax, VA ESPN BracketBusters 75–71 23–6 Pearson 17 Pearson 10 Pearson 4 7,014 February 22, 2012 7:00 pm l yes 2011–12 Northeastern Huskies Northeastern University Northeastern Matthews Arena Boston, MA 82–85 OT 23–7 14–3 Morrison 19 Morrison 6 Allen 13 1,827 February 25, 2012 6:00 pm yes VCU Stuart C. Siegel Center Richmond, VA ESPN2 77–89 23–8 14–4 Pearson 24 Pearson, Morrison 9 Morrison 4 7,617 |- !colspan=12 style=George Mason Patriots|CAA tournament March 3, 2012 8:30 pm 3 yes Georgia State 6 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Quarterfinals 11,200 Comcast Network 61–59 24–8 Morrison 12 Morrison 7 Pearson 5 March 4, 2012 4:30 pm 3 yes VCU 2 Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA Semifinals 11,200 Comcast Network 64–74 24–9 Morrison 20 Morrison 11 Allen, Wright 3 |- |colspan=9| Notes: 1 - Denotes Daily Attendance Eastern Time Recruiting The following is a list of players signed for the 2012–13 season: no no 2012 Marko Gujanicic F Cacak, Serbia Stoneridge Prep 6 9 220 29 January 2012 Patrick Holloway PG Stafford, VA Paul VI 6 1 160 04 August 2011 3 3 83 Jalen Jenkins F Yonkers, NY Cardinal Hayes 6 7 185 09 June 2012 85 2012 George Mason Basketball Commitments 2012 George Mason Basketball Commits ESPN 2244 yes References Category:George Mason Patriots men's basketball seasons George Mason George Mason George Mason