that was a good move by pearson. they'll have to try to double- team pearson to get the ball out of his hands. as you let him roam around there freely by himself, it will be buckets all night. >> mike: pearson has a team high seven points so far for george mason. they're back in it. it they were down six. it's down to two. bigby finds bataille. now bataille. good fake. the runner doesn't go. pearson on the rebound forgeorge mason. >> mark: he has to finish that when gets in there. that was a good movement he wasn't able to finish it. >> mike: good look for three that time. no good -- by sherrod wright. no point. advantage here for northeastern. here is cam long able to make the play for the patriots in his first two points of the night. let's get a look at cam long. >> mark: cam long sought open. no one came to help. >> mike: cam long, leg cramps earlier in the season didn't play against villanova in the earlier game this year with george mason only lost by one point. villanova ranked sixth in the country. rebound by

rebound and put back for ryan pearson.t is the tip and then an offensive rebound. >> al: brady wanted a call. he could not believe the way that bowles was run out therefore it opened things up for pearson who has come alive with the 8 rebounds for them on the offensive end. he is starting to get on track offensively as well. take another look. , there is the tip and pearson the last place at the right time. watch the hook on the arm of bowles. that's what brady was pleading for. that's great work inside by the big men. >> glenn: they're very active and they both, they play off each other very well. one guy tips it to another. right now -- right now he is trying to make sure they close the door. you do not want to keep them in. and from one guy to another. and the offensive rebound. bound and a number of ill luminous i'll use that word, alumni. that's a guy i travel with and play by play guy of the wizards. i spend more time with than with my wife. he is proud of his school. >> al: he should be. a great program. a steal. th

in pearson. he's not only a post player, but he's player who can knock down a three. he's shooting 35%. >> mike: 37% from the field from his career. matt janning an nba-range three and that's pretty. >> mike: -- >> mark: this is going to be a three-point shootout tonight. both teams shooting very well from the arc. they're going to have to try to make these guys put the ball on the floor and take the ball to the basket. >> mike: matt janning trying to respond. he's scored in double figures in every game this season except the last one although it was a big win over vcu. he only had eight. after that three, he's already got eight here in the first half. >> mark: one thing i like about janning is he doesn't rush anything. he takes what the defense gives hymns him. if the defense only gives him two shots, that's what he'll take. [ whistle ] >> mike: spin move by pearson and called. looks pretty good. ryan pearson called for a traveling violation. >> mark: that was a tough call. looked like good move

and despite the contact pearson will convert. >> glenn: pearson passed up the jump shot and in. >> al: and hitting 2 3 pointers. back from bowles. off the left hand portion of the window. that's great work for bowles. four assists now. he is a great offensive. >> glenn: well parker saw limb lead him. you have to do because you have to expect to double team his partner bowles. >> al: hancock. and johnny williams. >> glenn: he has impressed me this year, hancock. he has something that's unusual for a freshman. a great off financessive feel to the game. and he has a knack of the game. >> al: and that's a long, long for wells. >> glenn: not going away, al. >> al: not going away. you look at this james madison team they are 10-11 record. 3-7 in the caa. most of the losses have been at the buzzer. and wright answers. , watching them. mason is better defending the perimeter than madison. you can see it. it is ease is i for madison to get to the rim. >> bowles called for traveling. that takes us to break. and hancock, a very impressive and hancock, a very impressive top 25 freshman so far in

rebound from ryan pearson we heard a lot from in the first half. pearson had 12. he has six here in the second half, but there hasn't been much going on for george mason at all a foul is called down low on northeastern. >> mark: on that previous possession, when you saw northeastern, they were taking their time patching up a couple of opening shots. >> mike: to get better shots. foul on adako. that will be his first. four team fouls on northeastern. second half, 18-point advantage. it will stay that way. neither team has missed a free throw until that one right there. northeastern 6-6. george mason, now 2-3. really haven't seen much of that. it hasn't been -- northeastern with seven turnovers in the game, 11 for the patriots. the numbers besides the three- point shooting, that's what's going to stick out at you in this ballgame. other stuff has come that's kind of even. it's just george mason has given up threes all night. >> mark: george mason is letting northeastern setup and have target practice at the rim. >> mike: and a turnovers that mason has had tonight, a

pearson knocks the ball loose. tate gives it back to pearson. george mason go on to win it 59-46. 14th straight conference victory at the patriot center. that's your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> thanks. a long with those athletes grabbing gatorade. take a look at this gatorade bottle. someone has been putting fake labels on gatorade bottles in colorado. they show tiger woodsnd his wife elin and unfaithful. the fake labels have been spotted at three different stores so far. there's no word where the fake labels have come from or how many there are. gatorade recently announced they are discontinuing the tiger woods drink but the decision had been made before the scandal broke. gatorade has not commented on the recent matter. >>> a final tribute for a cia employee killed in a suicide bombing in afghanistan nrly two weeks ago. harold brown jr. was laid to rest in massachusetts yesterday. the 37-year-old was one of seven agents killed in the attack. brown lived in northern virginia for the past several years. he leaves behi

the guards and others have to contribute and help ryan pearson out. i don't think he should settle for the long distance shot. northeastern, they're blistering tonight. they're shooting 60% from the three-point arc, 6-10 and they're shooting 52% from the field. mason is going to have to push these guys off the line, put pressure on the ball to make it a better contest. >> mike: mark, you saw it right there. chaisson allen with four three- pointers. matt janning with two. we'll come whack and -- back and show you the stats of this one here at the half. huskies lead by 12 over the patriots >> mike: the 2010 caa men's basketball championship march 5- 8 at the richmond coliseum. >> mike: halftime from northeastern. huskies with a 12-point advantage over the george mason patriots. 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 defensiv

wright to ryans, pearson finishes it off with authority, a team high 17 points and george mason cruises past odu, 71-55. >> taking on george washington. the drive, extends for the lay- in and foul. misses the free-throw. the bison down, 38-34 and inside to airplane wade and draws the foul and the colonials led. gw pulls away with this one. damion holes a into the lane, banks home 18 points, george washington defeats howard, 81- 63 and improving to 10-3. the others, american beat brown, 76-58. >>> else where virginia tick facing, the governor's cup and jeff all own the steal here. with 23 points, the game went into overtime, even at 80. in o.t., a wild sequence. this is great. to hudson, hits the game- pointer and here comes seton hall, pushes it up the court and kick it out. uses all the rim for this one and getting the 3-pointer to fall. you better pay attention. jeff allen throws it down court for the dunk. virginia tech outruns seton hall, 103-94 in overtime. what a good pace. >>> it's break time, folks. don't go away. when we come back, can the caps avoid the third straight loss and

pearson, your lawsuit is absolutely baseless. case dismissed. he was not renewed as a judge. what. he is now bringing a suit against the d.c. government because they won't let him be a judge. >> really? wow. i worked in d.c. a bunch of us covered that. >> it will never end, it seems zblik that was a great one. you have your authorities enthusiasts and you have your sports enthusiasts. this was what, a world series woman that put an ad on craig as list saying what? >> thank goodness for susan finkelstein. she was number one. a philadelphia fanatic wanted tickets for the world series. as many people did, of course, brooke. she went on craigslist and advertised her physical attributes saying that she would basically do anything for tickets. well, guess who contacted her none other than some undercover policemen. >> whoops. >> and she made the offer as everyone expected. the truth is that she's now been charged with prostitution for trying to get those tickets. absolutely ridiculous. number one, for -- 2009. >> avery friedman, such a pleasure. happy new year to you. you stay righ

nice bounce pass to ryan pearson. 17 points. george mason cruises 71-55. all right. seth greenburg and the hokies playing seton hall i cancun. harvey drives, lays it up and ties it at 80. we go to overtime. less than a minute to play. allen throws the pass to adkins, out front by his lonesome. the hokies win it in overtime. their ninth win in a row. that's your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> now to that story we tried to bring you earlier. president obama had some serious crises to deal with during his hawaiian vacation. lee cohen has our story. >> reporter: the mere mention of hawaii brings jealousy, especially during the winter months when most of the nation is hunkered down in layers. >> i'm from pennsylvania and i usually surf in new jersey and right now it's about 25 degrees there. so beautiful here. >> reporter: the president is no different. plenty who argue this was no time to be on a beach even though a good portion of his time was spent working. but unlike most of us, for him hawaii isn't just a getaway, it's a coming home and the r

on the fast break, white to ryan pearson. finishes it off with authority and had a team high 17 points. george mason off a 27-point loss. old dominion, 71-55. >>> elsewhere, carl hobs andw hosting howard and foggy bottom. in the blue jerseys, mike phillips, drives and extends for the lay-in and the foul. he would miss the free-throw, the bison down, 38-34 and hollas into the lane, banks on two of his game high, 18 points. george washington defeats howard, 81-63 to improve to 10- 3. the baseon, 1-13 and american beats brown brown. >>> >> more coming up on geico sports extra at 11:15, including a word from dave ross who is nice and warm with the skins in california. >>> we're jealous, right? >> oh, yes. >> thank you, lindsay. >>> taking it to the storm force for more on the top story amount live look outside on a blistery cold and windy night. a wind advisory in effect right now. gwen is coming back with a look at the next five days and the tumbling temps after the break.  ( sighs ) ( music throughout ) hey bets, can i borrow

sophomore ryan pearson led the way. george mason improves to 7-6 overall. tech playing seeton hol in cancun. check out many atkins, out front all by his lonesome. throws it down. the hokies go on to win it 103-94 in overtime. it's their ninth win in a row. and the redskins py their season finale today in san diego. have a great day. >>> a wacky preview of 2010 and an up close look at the natural world. here's joe krebs now with this week's "kidspost." >> this week on kiss"kidspost," dates to know and queen of snow. tracy grant, good to see you again. >> good to be here. happy new year. >> se to you. it seems like the new year is all wrapped up, but really they're just getting started. "kidspost" knows lots of kids get calendars as holiday presents, but every year we like to point out some of the lesser known holidays. so we do that in monday's "kidspost." for example, february 7th to 13 is jell-o week. eat as much jell-o as you can. and march 17th through 13th is celebrate nor name week. we celebrate tongue twister day, no socks day, and haunted refrigerato

we can save lives i was talking to katherine pearson last -- katharine pierce evening and i figure willdifficult to measure how manymany people will not come forward and tell us. long after they graduate, when we teach is education, we are teaching them life skills. it is no different than anything else that we teach in health class. we teach them about heart disease prevention, the chances of becoming involved in abusive relationships in high school are for > them developing heart disease in high school. >> i recall in 1999 when i was attorney-general, we did a film and high school and distributed to all the high schools. that program did not meet the test of persisted. i will take that lesson from you today. >> i was trying to find that tape to see if we could duplicated and handed out to our schools >> in my last seconds, for maxwell's, -- four of ms. wells, suspected perpetrators of sexual assault and obtaining dna samples, what level of suspicion do you recommend be reached before the testing can take place? do you require full probable cause or a more clearly articulated suspicion

pearson good defense the steal and the slam. he leads all scores with 17. part of a george mason run. morrison gets behind the defense after a missed shot and it is another throw down. mason runs 71-55. here's jim. >> coach, you told me before the game the biggest question mark about your team and you used the word the ability to sustain. sustain intensity and sustain poise. you guys certainly did that today. >> we really did glen. i'm proud of the kids. had an awful performance on wednesday night and had to take thursday off because of ncaa rules. we had one day to prepare. this is about defense and toughness and rebounding the basketball. we rebounded and defending. >> it seemed to me that coming into this game your goal was to match the intensity of old dominion but it looked like old dominion had to flip the switch and match the intensity of your team. >> well, we have a great support group at the patriot center. our student body and alumni and fans. they came and cheered cheered us on and our student prep band. we have an exciting environment and i thi