nobody is going quietly in any caa contest. i mean, you've seen northeastern be in close ballgames this year. george mason had very tight ones as well. >> mark: both this the experience because they have played a tough preseason schedule and been in enough games where they've been down and fought back to try to get victory. >> mike: bigby, shot clock at seven. it's another three in the corner and that one is no good by muo and rebounded by the patriots. here they come. >> mark: what mason needs to do the last 2:00 of the game, try goat quality possession, -- possessions, gets goods shot and -- good shots and try to go out on a high note. >> mike: like you're saying, i think mason thinks they'll be able to shoot in it right now and they miss the last couple. >> mark: he might have been open, but he's had it going on in the post. i think he needs to get back down to the post, take those shots in transition. [ whistle ] >> mark: on your transition break or secondary break, you take those because you're the trailer. >> mike: it's a

they are mason and 9-1 on top of the caa.hat is unstoppable. >> glenn: he is protecting the ball one thing you notice he has great hands. >> al: the second foul on bowles. , there you go two quick fouls and both of those fouls and concerned right now his top player. he comes in out of nowhere again watching and that hand came down. you have to learn to keep the hand up. you put the hand down even if it is a block it looks like a foul. >> al: ad something that he is frustrated. flores and wells in there and the block shot. and rolling the tice here. the superior big man bowles with two early personal fouls and 16:50 to go in the first half. >> glenn: and wells has to make sure he gets open shoots. and a clean up pass. very good looking down and. >> al: curtis got the miss. white for 3. off the mark. mike morrison pearson. the miss. that was blocked in the way by flores. then the into the hands of bowls. and flores not bowls. they picked up the foul. >> glenn: flores did a good job and it did not come down on that block. >> al:

look at the numbers the caa teams represented from the top 20. you have five representatives and number 6 but it sets up my colleague for his program. a lot of the schools. i don't like the term because they have been in the ncaa and but they have you know very successful year. and by the dukes. a lot of the time out there is now going to be 5 seconds for bowles. and the bucket and clears the glass. , they looked tired. >> al: we will step aside. wayne and mary met in kindergarten. they've been together ever since. for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. vows that were tested and kept. evn caitd co and cost them their life savings. tofoode ta hear ho mary: the wood stove helps us save on oil, t ittingrd ha izengy, we hu must feel. we k's hr proule tfor st w letnow how we at we f a h han ver t we woulold own maryks to d the people of ve. i'm nned frizen pany use no e >> al: the george mason band pump. pumps up here. the lead is 12. part is because of the great work from long. 12 points 2 of 5 from the 3- point line. and a story about lo

preseason caa third selection in '09. needs just 16 points for 1,000 in his career here at northeastern. after the free throws, put the husks up 17-15. adako right now tonight with four points with 12 away from the thousand mark. tate along with wright, pearson, williams on the court for the patriots who give it up. good play. bataille pass up. that was close. >> mark: that was a good, head's up play. a streaking janning down court. easy lay-up. >> mike: didn't waste any time. that baptiste bataille, the little guy, the 5'10" senior from france, great assist formatt janning. >> mark: you have to gil give credit because he created -- [ whistle ] >> mark: getting it to bataille and throwing it out to a streaking janning for an uncontested lay-up. >> mike: so, northeastern has regained the leepd lead here by four pointsment look again a great hustle by muo down low on the deck and pass to bataille. >> mark: the coaches always say when you see a ball on the floor, get down for if. that's what he did and get the steal and get

there are your caa three-point leaders. andre cornelius actually for mason comes in leading the way, but i think chaisson allen is chasing him now. >> mark: chasing allen -- chaisson allen is definitely chasing him. he's shooting 3-8 -- 6-8 from the three-point line. chaisson allen is doing a wonderful job. he's taking open shots and cashing them in. >> mike: he certainly is averaging 42.5% from the field. you saw the stat. after tonight, 6-8. that's certainly going up. northeastern with a 16-point advantage here. [ whistle ] >> mike: nice feed underneath and foul. going to the three-point line, -- >> mark: what makes that play effective on the opposite end is you have chaisson allen and matt janning both cam of knocking down the three. janning driefts lane and has lay-up to muo. >> mike: morrison will have to come out this have ballgame. he has four fouls for george mason. here comes the substitution. kevin foster checking in for morrison. foster, the red-shirted freshman. red-shirted last year. morrison who they count on

thank you for being with us tonight for the caa matchup. george mason trying to stay undefeated. they have work to in the second half to see if they can stay that way. they're 3-0 in league play huskies on their tail. >> mark: they have work to do. it has to start on the defensive enend. it's not danger zone here. you need to -- they need to take care of the ball, but they need to push northeastern from the three-point line because they're shooting well from the three-point line and they have nine turnovers. you look at the three- pointdifference thearks where the lead is right there. >> mike: you heard coach jim larranaga talk about it when we talked to him before the beginning of the half, they have to get to outsite shooters. we'll hear from head coach bill coen has to say for northeastern when we come back. >> mike: welcome back to the start of the second half from northeastern. the huskies with a 12-point lead over george mason. moments oskars we caught up with the northeastern -- moments ago, we caught up with the northeastern head coach bill coen. coach, good first half to

every game in caa is talking about possession for them.and learning how to create some separation to put that team away. certainly that's the one kid that deserves that. >> the only team in the nation with the one-point losses this season. to get you the defensive plays to come out of it. >> and some of these teams, very offensively minded. >> early numbers as you see there, knocked out of the couple of field goal for them. and now their offensive sides. and they will be fouled. she's like what, three right now? >> yeah. all-time leading offense for them and the basketball and working the weak side for them where so much offensive rebound out there for the efforts that you cannot down play these instings. we see it with them. and really good for these things to take to that basketball. >> 13 fouls for them first on pushers. and the rout hand out there to go for al aldridge. all right, holding the ball out there today. knocked that one out. >> and that did not start earlier until the season. the coach was trying to motivate her outstanding

we have a caa showdown coming at you on comcast sportsnet, plus george mason taking on northeastern. right here on comcast sportsnet, it's the senators- capitals at 7:00. we encourage to you joint chat. sport express, caps post-game live follows and another edition of "geico sportsnite" at 10:00. that's going to do it for us here on "geico sportsnite". for the very late he have from around -- latest from around our area and the sports world, get on csnwashington.com. now let's head over to the verizon center. the caps take on the senators. papa john's opening face-off coming up next on comcast sportsnet. jose theodore between the pipes for the red, white and also blue. jose has been not playing recently. he's having a big night tonight for the csps. caps, caps, ca

caa will be a walk in the park for mason, taking on old dominion. later, ty stretched their lead, 63-47. the dish, the flush. mason wins the game. >>> g.w. planning how word this afternoon. the slick pass over to thomas. he knows how to make it count. george washington, slicing into the lane, the hard way. he had 18. the colonials turn back howard. >>> virginia tech hokies had to go into overtime tonight to beat seton hall. that is sports. >> old dominion asked george mason telling everyone to wake up. mason telling everyone to wake up. [ drill whirring ] thank you. excuse me, sir! can you tell me which coffee tastes better? "a," definitely. this one. thank you. in a national taste test, more hard-working americans preferred the taste of dunkin' donuts over starbucks. try the coffee that won. excuse me, sir! thank you. start your morning off at dunkin' donuts with a freshly brewed hot coffee. it will clean so deep, she'll never go back to you again. sorry. ♪ love stinks ♪ love stinks, yeah, yeah [ laughs ] [ female announcer ] new swiffer wetjet is

second in the caa. he protects the rim for the team. moral of the story, as larry sanders go, so go the rams. >> trey hampton has been on fire. the head coach calls him his most consistent player in a year where he struggled for consistency. >> a smart kid with one degree from georgia state university in sociology. working on another already. they need him to have a big game game. >> two teams. what are the keys for each team to win? >> getting going into transition. both teams like the pressure and the back work. if you are profect the basketball and get out and run that will be between them tonight. they rock the atmosphere here in richmond, virginia. it is snowing like crazy outside. that means the students have built up this 7500-seat arena to cheer on the rams as the georgia state panthers. >>> the panthers are now in a tie for 8th place. rams 4-5 tied for fifth with william and mary. here are the starters for tonight's game. >> rodriquez had 21 points. seven assists and three rebounds. dukes only 6'1" five-year senior senior. he a

it was not the caa. >> ron: what was it?eve: many, many moons ago. but he is, of course, maryland's all-time winningest coach past lefty four seasons ago who had 348 wins in college park. gary coming into, tonight, 429, and he got his 600th career victory season before last in that game at boston college. only eight active head coaches in division 1 have 600 or more career wins, just 5 of them have more than gary. mashefski, calhoun, bayheim, huggins and tenders. >> ron: pretty good company. >> steve: i would say so. >> ron: maryland has grown a lot. you know, i've done a lot of their games this year, a lot of their games early on. and they are starting to mature a little bit. i can see them not settling for the first shot. i can see them working their offense. passing up a good shot for a better shot. that is the kind of growth and match maturation process that you are proud to see. and need to see. >> steve: working on baltimore, sean mosley lookedded like his lower back when he came out of the game. back at the other end,

caa men's basketball returns to comcast sports tkefb tomorrow night at 7 when northeastern squares off. we'll check more to find out the game. today's game produced by john, directedly wade rollen. and our entire crew from williams pwáur, i'm mike corey saying so long. have a great rest of the weekend everybody. it's been a presentation of comcast sports desk on the colonial athletic association. >> bob: we welcome you back to raleigh, north carolina, and the rbc center for the florida/nc state game on acc sunday night hoops. the starting lineups today, brought to you by golden corral. for florida, terrific duo in the back court of kenny boynton ander ving walker. former georgetown hoya, vernon macklin starts at center. dan warner and alex tyus are the forwards. for the wolf pack, the hub of this team is in the middle. tracy smith, outstanding junior. fourth in the acc in scoring and rebounding. flanked by gonzalez and williams. scott wood, the freshman, and the senior, dennis horner fills the other forward position. when we come back, we've got today's tipoff. these clubs played a gre

women's volleyball team staged a stunning come-from-behind victory and took home their third consecutive caa national championship -- consecutive ncaa championship. they have a 102-match winning streak that began in september, 2007. it is the longest division i women's winning streak and the second longest in ncaa history. the volleyball team has won 65 consecutive big ten matches. the women were led by seniors megan hodge and alisha glass who owned a career record of 142 wins and only five losses. theirs is the best four-year winning percentage of any graduating class at penn state. hodge finished her career ranking second on penn state's career kills list with 1,042. she is just the second lady lion in the program's history to reach the 2002 career milestone. glass finished fourth on the list with 5,799. hodge, glass and junior blair brown and arielle wilson were named the american volleyball coach's association first team all americans. hodge was also named coach's association national player of the year for 2009. freshman darcy dorton was named the big ten freshman of the year and the co