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2018-19 Men's Basketball Roster

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  • Redshirt Senior
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  • Greenfield, Mass.
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  • 6'1
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  • 185
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  • Hotchkiss School
    High School
  • Hotchkiss School/Yale
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Makai Mason
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Makai Mason
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Redshirt Senior
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Greenfield, Mass.
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Biography

First graduate transfer in Baylor program history ... Started all 28 games played during lone season at Baylor, leading team with 14.9 points per game on way to earning All-Big 12 second team honors ... Scored in double-figures in 58 of 90 career Division I games, including 23 of 28 at Baylor ... Recorded 14 games with 20-plus points during collegiate career, including five times in lone season with Bears ... Named NCAA.com National Player of the Week and Big 12 Player of the Week on Feb. 4, 2019, after posting 40 points vs. TCU two days prior ... Committed to Baylor in summer 2017, prior to final season at Yale ... Played 61 games over first two seasons at Yale, but limited to just one game over final two seasons due to injury ... Helped Bulldogs to 45-17 record in 62 career games played, including 24-5 in Ivy League ... Three-time Ivy League Player of the Week and 2016 first team All-Ivy selection.
    
2018-19 (Redshirt Senior, Baylor):
Started all 28 games played during lone season at Baylor, missing six games due to injury ... Earned All-Big 12 second team and Big 12 All-Newcomer team honors from league’s coaches ... Led team with 14.9 points per game, 3.2 assists per game, 32.1 minutes per game, 2.1 made 3-pointers per game and 3.2 made free throws per game ... Scored in double-figures in 23 of 28 games, including five games of 20-plus points and one 40-point effort ... Sat out first three games of season recovering from lingering foot injury, but missed only three more games the rest of the way ...  Made Baylor debut vs. Nicholls State (11/16), posting 11 points in season-low 21 minutes ... Posted 18 points in each of next two games vs. Ole Miss (11/23) and George Mason (11/24) ... Recorded first 20-point game at BU with 22 points in 35 minutes to lead Bears to win at Arizona (12/15), snapping UA’s 52-game non-conference home winning streak ... Arizona game started streak of 13 consecutive games scoring in double-figures and playing at least 26 minutes in each game ... Posted then-season-high 25 points in 38 minutes to lead Bears to win over Iowa State (1/8) ... Improved season-high to 29 points in 38 minutes of win at West Virginia (1/21), going 8-of-8 on 2-point field goals ... Tabbed as Big 12 co-Newcomer of the Week on Jan. 28 ... Recorded seventh 40-point game in program history by going 14-of-20 from field, 9-of-12 from 3-point range and 3-of-4 at foul line to post 40 points in 33 minutes of win over TCU (2/2) ... Tied most 3-pointers made in a Big 12 game by a BU player with nine vs. TCU and was named Big 12 Player of the Week and NCAA.com National Player of the Week two days later ... Limited to 23 minutes with injury in next game at Texas (2/6), then sat out two of next three games ... Returned to lead Bears to win at Iowa State (2/19) with 14 points in 31 minutes ... Recorded 19 points in 37 minutes vs. Oklahoma State (3/6), but sat out regular-season finale at Kansas (3/9) ... Returned to lineup at Big 12 Championship, recording 14 points in 33 minutes vs. Iowa State (3/14) ... Led Bears to NCAA Tournament win over Syracuse (3/21), posting team-high 22 points along with four assists and three steals in 35 minutes ... Made four 3-pointers as part of team’s onslaught of 16 made treys ... Led team with 17 points, five assists and zero turnovers in 36 minutes of loss to No. 1 seed Gonzaga (3/23) in NCAA Tournament second round ... Earned Google Cloud Academic All-District 7 honors and fall Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2017-18 (Redshirt Junior, Yale):
Named team captain, but limited to one game due to injury ... Played at Harvard (2/17), recording eight points in 21 minutes off bench.

2016-17 (Junior, Yale):
Sat out as redshirt after suffering an injury in closed scrimmage with Boston University one week before start of season ... Missed entire season ... Had been selected NBCSports.com Ivy League Preseason Player of the Year.

2015-16 (Sophomore, Yale):
Started all 30 games, helping team to 23-7 overall record and Ivy League title with 13-1 conference mark ... Became fourth sophomore in school history to earn first team All-Ivy recognition ... Named to NABC All-District 13 second team ... Led team with 16.0 points per game, 3.8 assists per game, 25 steals and 32.7 minutes per game ... Finished fifth in Ivy League in scoring (16.0), third in assists (3.8), sixth in free throw percentage (.806) and third in minutes played (32.7) ... Led team with 55 made 3-pointers, which tied ninth-best single-season total in school history ... Three-time Ivy League Player of the Week, including final two weeks of the season ... Played at least 23 minutes in all 30 games ... Scored at least 20 points in a game nine times, including three of season’s first four games ... Had 23 points in season opener vs. Fairfield (11/13) ... Scored 21 points in 36 minutes vs. Sacred Heart (11/16) ... Posted 24 points in 36 minutes of two-point loss at SMU (11/22) ... Recorded 13 points and career-high eight assists in 36 minutes at Duke (11/25) ... Started streak of seven-straight double-figure scoring games with 17 points vs. Bryan (12/2) ... Recorded 15 points at Illinois (12/9) and 18 points at USC (12/13) ... Had fourth 20-point game with 24 points in 35 minutes vs. NJIT (1/6) ... Posted 20 points in 32 minutes vs. Brown (1/16) ... Had 22 points in four-point win over Princeton (1/30) ... Scored career-high in Ivy League game with 25 points in 39 minutes of win at Dartmouth (2/12) ... Made jumper with five seconds left to force overtime in eventual win vs. Dartmouth (2/27) ... Recorded 22 points in 35 minutes of regular-season finale at Columbia (3/5) ... Scored career-high 31 points in NCAA Tournament first-round win over No. 5 seed Baylor in Providence (3/17) ... Broke Yale single-game NCAA Tournament scoring record and set career highs in field goals (9), rebounds (6) and free throws made (11) against Bears ... Went perfect 11-for-11 at free-throw line in upset over BU ... Followed with career-high 40 minutes in NCAA Tournament second-round game against Duke (3/19), recording eight points, seven assists and four rebounds ... Shared team’s Dutch Arnold Most Valuable Player Award with Justin Sears ... Recipient of Bill Madden Toughness Award ... Declared for the NBA Draft following the season but later withdrew.

2014-15 (Freshman, Yale):
Came off bench in 31 games, playing at least 10 minutes in every game after sitting out season opener ... Helped team to 22-9 record and 11-3 conference mark in games played ... Averaged 6.2 points in 19.2 minutes per game, but raised numbers to 7.1 points in 21.6 minutes per game in conference play ... Finished third on team with 49 assists ... Had first double-digit scoring game with 10 points in 18 minutes vs. Lafayette (11/26) ... Posted 12 points in 19 minutes at Providence (11/28) ... Scored then-career high 17 points on 7-of-9 shooting in 27 minutes at NJIT (1/9), earning Ivy League Rookie of the Week honors ... Made all five field goals on way to 11 points in 26 minutes of win at Princeton (2/14) ... Played season-high 29 minutes and made 9-of-11 shots as part of 19-point effort at Dartmouth (3/7) ... Recipient of team’s John C. Cobb Outstanding Freshman Award.

High School:
NEPSAC Class A Player of the Year as senior at The Hotchkiss School ... Four-time all-league selection ... Averaged 20 points, five rebounds and eight assists ... Holds single-game school record with 45 points ... Helped Hotchkiss to pair of Founders League championships ... Team was Class A runner-up in his senior season ... Played with Marquette’s Derrick Wilson and Virginia’s Michael Tobey at Hotchkiss.

Personal:
Son of Dan Mason and Jody Sieben ... Has three brothers — Sandino, Akira and Yukio ... Graduated from Yale in May 2018 with political science degree ... Enrolled in graduate school, seeking master’s degree in sports management.