George Mason won its fourth straight game (its longest streak of the season) to improve to 14-11, 11-7 in the CAA, while Hofstra dropped its seventh straight contest to fall to 7-20, 4-14 in the CAA.

Smith tied her career high with 25 points and added nine rebounds, while McBride posted her first double-double of the season with 12 points and 10 rebounds as the seniors led the Patriots. Junior Jen Derevjanik added 18 points and junior Vernessa Neamo had 11 points and nine rebounds.

Senior Jen Brickey led the Pride with 13 points and sophomore Amaka Agugua added 11 points. Sophomore Megan Scott had nine points and a team-high nine rebounds.

George Mason jumped out to an early 13-6 lead as Derevjanik scored six points, but Hofstra got four points each from Agugua and Scott in a 12-2 run that gave the Pride an 18-15 advantage with 5:34 left in the first half. The teams battled back and forth, with four ties the rest of the half, before Hofstra took a 30-28 lead at intermission.

Scott opened the second stanza with a layup to give the Pride its biggest lead at four points, but Mason responded with an 18-6 run to take the lead for good as junior Susan Otim converted two free throws for a 46-38 advantage with 13:09 remaining. Hofstra cut the margin to 51-47 on a basket by Agugua, but the Patriots quickly pushed it back to an eight-point lead and maintained at least that margin the rest of the way.

Hofstra will next be in action at the CAA Tournament next week at Old Dominion University.