FIRST ROUND UPDATE: #5 St. Joseph's 38, #12 George Mason 25 (HALF)

Taylor Brown had a career-high 35 points for George Mason in their overtime victory last night over UMass in the opening game of the 2014 Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament, and is doing all she can to keep her Patriots alive in First Round action.

Brown leads with 12 points, but cold shooting has given St. Joseph's, defending tournament champions, the opportunity to open a 38-25 halftime margin. The lead has been at or more than ten for most of the final 12 minutes of game play, as Ilze Gotfrida leads the Hawks with 9 points in a balanced scoring attack. All seven of their players who have seen action have at least three points.

The Hawks are 43.3% from the field, while George Mason began the game 3-of-16, finishing at 26.5% (9-of-34).

The winner will face #4 George Washington in a 2:30pm Quarterfinal tomorrow at the Richmond Coliseum!

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(Taylor Brown (#31) leads George Mason with 12 points...)

(Erin Shields, Second Team All-Atlantic 10, talks to St. Joseph's HC Cindy Griffin...)