Wildcats Score First A-10 Win, Hold Off George Mason, 58-54

Wednesday, January 18

Davidson, N.C.

7:00 p.m.

Davidson College

3-15, 1-5 A-10

George Mason

10-10, 3-4 A-10

George Mason

Davidson

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Wildcats Score First A-10 Win, Hold Off George Mason, 58-54

1/18/2017 10:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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DAVIDSON, N.C. — Sophomore Justine Lyon hit the 20-point mark for the third time this year and junior Chloe Johnson hit the go-ahead bucket to help lead Davidson to its first Atlantic 10 win of the season with a 58-54 decision over visiting George Mason Wednesday night in women's basketball inside John M. Belk Arena.

Tied at 54-all with 53 seconds left, Johnson drove down the lane with the shot clock running down and hit a layup with 26 ticks left for a 56-54 lead. The Wildcats (3-15, 1-5 A-10) then forced a turnover on Mason's next possession, and sealed up the win with one free throw each from Johnson and Lyon in the last 13 seconds.

Lyon drained 9-of-17 shots on her way to a game-high 22 points to go with five rebounds, two assists and two steals. Season-leading scorer Mackenzie Latt finished with 14 points, seven rebounds and a career-best six steals, while Johnson added nine points.

GMU (10-10, 3-4 A-10) had a pair of double-digit scorers, paced by Kara Wright's 14 points, 10 of which came at the free-throw line. She added eight rebounds. Sarah Kaminski had 10 points and seven rebounds.

Davidson was up 52-46 with six minutes left in the final period after a Lyon layup, but the Patriots made one last push. It went on a 8-2 run, tying the game up on a pair of free throws from Wright before Johnson hit the go-ahead bucket for the 'Cats.

The third period had the Wildcats leading by as many as 10 points three different times, with the last one coming on another Lyon layup with 4:37 to go for a 44-34 lead.

The duo of Latt and Lyon combined for 23 points in the first two periods to give Davidson a 32-26 lead at halftime. Each had six points in the second period when the Wildcats used a 7-1 run in the closing minutes, getting five of those points from Lyon, to break up a 25-all game.

Those first two periods featured a combined 10 lead changes, seven of them coming in the first period.

Davidson saw its streak of reaching double digits in offensive rebounds come to an end at 18 games with just eight boards. It did have a season-low nine turnovers, while forcing Mason into 19 and converting those into 18 points.

Next up, the Wildcats will wrap up a two-game homestand Saturday with a 2 p.m. contest against La Salle.

GAME NOTES: This was just the third meeting all-time between the two schools women's basketball programs … Davidson has won the last two meetings … Latt has scored in double figures in the last 15 straight games, while Lyon is on career-best nine-game streak … the Wildcats streak of double-digit assists came to an end at nine consecutive games, with just nine dimes … Davidson scored a game-high 34 points in the paint … led by Latt's six steals, the 'Cats had their eighth game with double-digit steals by pocketing 11 … head coach Michele Savage collected her 93rd career win ... the win snapped a seven-game overall skid, an eight-game A-10 skid and a three-game home skid.