Women's basketball falls to GMU

The VCU women's basketball team (11-7, 4-3) fell to George Mason (9-9, 3-4) 71-58 at the Patriot Center Sunday afternoon.

Senior forward Courtney Hurt led the Rams with 17 points and five rebounds but turned the ball over seven times. Hurt is now just five points away from passing Kelly Hoover as the program's all-time leading scorer.

Taleia Moton led all scorers with 29 points for the Patriots and Amber Easter chipped in 20 points.

VCU turned the ball over 17 times to George Mason's 13. The Patriots outrebounded the Rams 20-18.

VCU went 23-for-53 from the floor while George Mason shot 31-for-57.

Andrea Barbour added 15 points and three rebounds for the Rams, who host Drexel Thursday. CT