Justin Short led three Randolph-Macon players in double figures as he led the Yellow Jackets to a 73-72 exhibition win over Division I and defending CAA champion George Mason.

The Jackets shot 56 percent and got eight points from both Short and Kevin Voekel in the first half to take head to the locker room up 36-33.

Back-to-back three-pointers by Jordan Brown and Boris Varela extended the Jackets lead to 42-33 two minutes into the second-stanza. Brown would give Randolph-Macon a double-figure advantage with 15:29 left to go in the game when he convert a lay up to make the score 49-39.

George Mason went on a 17-7 run, tying the game on a running layup by Andre Cornelius and taking the lead 57-56 when John Vaughan made one of two from the charity stripe with 8:42 to play in the game.

&&b-boxl&&A lay-up by Danny Jones put R-MC up 58-57 and a three-pointer by Thomas Scheeler extended the Jackets advantage to 66-59 with just under six minutes to play

GMU went on a 12-3 run over the next five plus minutes, cutting the R-MC advantage to 71-69 with 46 seconds left in the contest. After a defensive stop by the Patriots, GMU had a chance to tie the game but a Cornelius floater in the lane fell short and was rebounded by R-MC�s Andre Hunter who was fouled and made both ends of a one-and-one to put the Jackets up 73-69.

George Mason made a long three pointer with a half second remaining but R-MC was able to get the ball in bounds and time expired.