Lucy Mason Named Blue Chip Performer

GREENSBORO, N.C. - UNCG women's basketball freshman guard Lucy Mason (Stone Mountain, Ga./Chamblee Charter) has been named this week's Blue Chip Performer sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina. The Blue Chip Performer will be chosen weekly from all sports in season and will run throughout the 2012-13 UNCG athletics campaign. 

Mason set or matched a number of career highs in the 71-63 victory over Norfolk State Saturday at Fleming Gymnasium. She produced 22 points (personal best), seven rebounds, a trio of three-point field goals, four assists (career high) and two steals. Mason was also 5-for-8 from the line as the Spartans were 26-for-34 as a team (77 percent). She ended up at 50 percent from the field, draining seven of her 14 attempts.

Mason continues to lead the team in scoring, averaging 15.1 points per game which is also good for seventh in the Southern Conference. She is the only league freshman in the top 10 in scoring while there are just two rookies in the top 30. Mason also paces UNCG in steals (18) and is tied for the team lead in assists with 15.

Not only is Mason in the top 10 in the league rankings in scoring, but she is also eighth in steals per game (2.3) and three-point field goal percentage (.371) as well as ninth in three-point field goals made per game (1.6).

The Blue and Gold continues a five-game homestand Wednesday evening, hosting North Carolina Central. Tipoff at Fleming Gymnasium is set for 7 p.m.