UNC Wilmington coach Buzz Peterson was scouring game film last week when he came upon George Mason's strong, dogged point guard who barely made a difference as a freshman.
A blowout of a perennial second-division team is in its immediate past. A meeting with a historically inept team is up next. And no games against opponents with winning records await for another two weeks.
The prevailing theme of George Mason's 89-63 bludgeoning of Delaware on Wednesday night was perhaps the Patriots' efficient offense.

Erik Copes was 11 or 12 when he asked his uncle during Thanksgiving dinner to teach him how to play basketball.
The final statistics Saturday looked plenty appetizing to George Mason forward Mike Morrison.

There's no shortage of roles forward Mike Morrison fills for George Mason.
George Mason endured a rare moment Wednesday night when it walked out of Patriot Center with a loss.

Mike Lonergan had never lost five games in a row until last week.
Paul Hewitt didn't think George Mason was ready to play Wednesday.