By Justin Barrow (October 5, 2001)

The George Mason girls’ basketball team pulled off a close 29-27  win  over district rival Brentsville on the Tigers’ home court last night. 
The Mustangs started off sluggish in the beginning of the game and could not put together an offense the first couple of times down the floor. They committed three turnovers before scoring their first points of the game. 
The Tigers also had trouble putting an offense together and by the end of the first quarter the score was only 10-8. After the first, both teams struggled to try and defeat each other’s grueling defense but to no avail. The half ended with the Mustangs up 17 – 12. 

In the third quarter the Mustangs struggled tremendously with scoring and did not score a single point. The Tigers made a few baskets to bring the score to 17–16. The fourth quarter brought the game alive. Both teams felt an urgency to score and give it all they had for the last eight minutes of play.      Seniors, Meagan Ireland and Jessica Szymanski showed a remarkable amount of heart by diving and hustling any chance they got. 
The score went back and forth with Brentsville leading and the Mustangs trying to battle back. With about a minute to go the Mustangs took the lead by a single point. Adrienne Thompson fouled out and that put Brentsville’s Colleen Thomas on the line. She made one out of two free throws to tie the game at 27. 
With about 15 seconds to go, Brentsville fans thought that it was going to go into overtime. Beth Pyne thought otherwise and marched down the floor to score a basket off a pick from Amanda Harrington from right inside the three-point line with three seconds to go. This gave the Mustangs the lead and the win. 
The high scorer of the game was Christina Sedney with 11. The team’s next game is Tuesday, October 9 in the Pit.