George Mason women's basketball beats Akron 66-60 at EagleBank Arena

George Mason women's basketball improved to 2-0 with a 66-60 win over Akron on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax. The Patriots are 2-0 at home. Akron fell to 0-2.

Yancy leads the way

Summer Yancy led all scorers with 21 points on 9-of-14 shooting, adding 7 rebounds, 3 assists and a block in 37 minutes. Mary-Kate Tshibuabua scored 10 points on 4-of-6 shooting with 7 rebounds and 2 blocks. Anovia Sheals also had 10 points. Mary Amoateng finished with 8 points and a team-high 4 assists.

Trinity Massenburg scored 7 points on 3-of-3 shooting in six minutes off the bench. Lourdes Da Silva Costa added 7 points and 7 rebounds.

How the game unfolded

The teams were tied 14-14 after the first quarter. Mason outscored Akron 20-17 in the second for a 34-31 halftime lead, then 19-21 in the third was a narrow loss for the period, leaving the Patriots up 53-52 going into the fourth. Mason closed with a 13-8 fourth quarter to win by six.

The game had seven lead changes. Mason's largest lead was 9 points and Akron's was 5. The Patriots led for 52 percent of the game.

By the numbers

Mason shot 24-of-55 (44 percent) from the field and 5-of-18 from three-point range. The Patriots made 13 of 22 free throws. They outrebounded Akron 38-36 and had 14 assists to the Zips' 9. Mason blocked 4 shots to Akron's 1 and scored 13 fast-break points to Akron's 10.

Both teams were careless with the ball. Mason committed 17 turnovers and Akron 16, with the Zips scoring 17 points off turnovers to Mason's 12. Akron had the edge in the paint, 38-28.

Akron shot 24-of-59 (41 percent) and made 3 of 15 from deep. Shaena Brew led the Zips with 11 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. Jessie Joaquim, Macey Fegan, Tyla Heard and Kaylah Thornton each scored 8. Attendance was 835.

Next up

Mason travels to face Maryland on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. ET.