2005-06 Men's Basketball Roster
Roster
Bashir Mason
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- 180
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Jersey City, N.J.
- High School:
- St. Benedict's
A defensive stopper in the backcourt...enters his final season fourth on the Drexel career steals list with 341 and seventh on the school’s career assist list with 363...needs just 233 points to become reach the 1,000-point plateau.
2005-06
Selected to the CAA’s All-Defensive Team for the third straight season...finished second in the CAA in minutes played per game (35.81)...was fifth in the league with 4.29 assists per game...scored 20 or more points three times and scored in double figures 17 times...ended the regular season with 14 points and five steals at Hofstra...had a career-best seven steals vs. W&M...had 15 points, seven assists and three steals vs. Vermont...scored all 20 of his points at Delaware in the second half and was 10-for-10 from the line...recorded 22 points and a career-best 10 rebounds at UNCW...had 21 points, including six treys, and six assists at Towson…led Drexel with 19 points and six assists vs. Hofstra....handed out eight assists with no turnovers at Northeastern and held Jose Juan Barea to only 13 pts...scored 13 points (six in the final 42 seconds) in win vs. Ball State...handed out a career-best 11 assists and had only one turnover in win against ODU...had a 16-point outing against Saint Joseph’s...had 13 points against UCLA...played extremely well against No. 1 Duke, scoring 15 points, grabbing seven rebounds and handing out five assists...named to the NIT Season Tip-Off All-Tournament Team along with NBA first-round picks Rodney Carney, Sheldon Williams and J.J. Redick...had 18 pts., seven assists and was 9-for-10 from the line vs. Rider...scored 18 and had seven assists against Sam Houston....averaged 11.3 points and shot a career-best .743 from the free-throw line.
2004-05
Named to the CAA’s All-Defensive Team...closed the regular season with 11 points and six assists at Towson...named CAA Player of the Week on Feb. 28 after leading the Dragons to two wins...scored a career-high 22 points in win vs. Delaware...was 6-for-11 from the floor and 5-for-6 from behind the arc...earlier in the week, had a 12 points and 10 assists vs. Mason...had 11 points in loss vs. UNCW...tallied 11 points in win vs. Hofstra and was 6-for-8 from the line...had a season-high 14 points in the loss at ODU...sank a game-winning three-pointer from 35 feet away at the buzzer to give Drexel the win at VCU...had six assists vs. JMU and vs. VCU...scored 10 points in loss to UNCW...had six points, five boards and five assists with no turnovers in win at Mason...was 4-for-5 from the floor with six assists against William & Mary...finished with nine points and just one turnover...had 11 points and four steals in win vs. Saint Joseph’s....shot .712 from the line overall and 77 percent in CAA games...finished fifth in the CAA in assists....had four steals vs. Towson...had nine points and seven rebounds vs. Quinnipiac...averaged 8.0 points and 2.3 rebounds per game.
2003-04
The CAA's Defensive Player of the Year and a CAA All-Rookie pick...played in every game and started 26 times...was fourth in the CAA with 4.45 assists per game and led the CAA and was 36th nationally with 2.28 steals per game...finished seventh in the CAA in assist-to-turnover ratio...was 9-for-10 from the line and finished with 11 points at JMU...handed out 10 assists with one turnover and five steals vs. Towson (2/21)...had seven assists and four steals vs. ODU (2/17)...scored 12 points and had five assists vs. Hofstra (2/11)...scored nine points with no turnovers at VCU...scored 13 points, had six steals and nine assists vs. Mason...scored 13 points, had six boards, five assists and three steals with no turnovers vs. VCU...tallied 15 points, nine rebounds and five steals in first meeting vs. Delaware...named to the All-Tournament team at the FIU Classic...scored 11 points in the championship game...named CAA Rookie of the Week on Dec. 15...tallied nine points, six assists and three steals at UNCW...had eight assists vs. Saint Joseph's...averaged 6.7 points.
Background
Graduated from St. Benedict's in Newark, N.J., where he played for Head Coach Danny Hurley...generally regarded as one of the top 20 high school players in the state...helped lead his team to two state championships and averaged 13 points and nine assists in his two years at the school…son of Kathy Mason...majoring in sport management.
