JMU women knock off UVa., head to WNIT semis
James Madison outscored Virginia 41-26 in the second half en route to a 68-59 win in National Women’s Invitation Tournament quarterfinal-round basketball action Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center.
JMU, 28-7, advances to a 7 p.m. home March 28 semifinal game against Syracuse, a 74-73 overtime winner over Toledo on Saturday. Virginia completed its season with a 25-11 record. Read more
JMU women dominate South Florida
James Madison held South Florida to 12 first-half points and went on to beat the Bulls 72-45 in National Women’s Invitation Tournament round of 16 basketball action Friday night at the JMU Convocation Center.
JMU now hosts Virginia Sunday, March 25, in a quarterfinal-round game at 2 p.m. at the JMU Convocation Center.
The JMU Athletics Ticket Office will be open from 1 -5 p.m. on Saturday, March 24. The ticket office can be reached by phone at 540-JMU-Duke (568-3853) or by visiting JMUSports.com and clicking on TICKETS. Read more
JMU women top Wake Forest in OT in WNIT
James Madison outscored Wake Forest 14-6 in overtime to post an 84-76 come-from-behind win in National Women’s Invitation Tournament second-round basketball action Sunday afternoon at the JMU Convocation Center.
JMU advances to a round of 16 game against South Florida, to be played Friday, March 23, at JMU (7 p.m.)
The Dukes improved to 26-7 while Wake Forest finished its season with a 20-14 record.
Wake led by as many as 17 points in the opening half, and it took a 3-pointer by JMU junior forward Nikki Newman (Harrisonburg, Va./Turner Ashby) with 6.6 seconds left in regulation to tie the game at 70 and force overtime.
Freshman forward Toia Giggetts (Norfolk, Va./Lake Taylor) scored six of JMU’s 14 overtime points when she personally outscored Wake 6-2 in a span of 1:01. Her 16-foot jumper with 1:38 to play put the Dukes up 78-76, and following a Wake Forest turnover she drove for a layup at 1:09 for an 80-76 JMU lead. Wake missed three field-goal tries in the final 32 seconds, while junior guard Tarik Hislop (Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch) and sophomore guard Kirby Burkholder (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) each converted two foul shots to ice the game.
Burkholder scored a career-high 26 points and was 10-for-10 at the foul line. She hit four 3-pointers and twice was foul on 3-point attempts and converted all six of those free throws. Redshirt senior forward Lauren Whitehurst (Chesapeake, Va./Indian River) added 17 points, and Hislop scored 13. Giggetts hit 3-of-4 from the field and 5-of-8 from the foul line for 11 points.
Newman led JMU in rebounds with nine and Whitehurst had eight.
Wake junior center Sandra Garcia (Miami, Fla./Plantation American Heritage) came off the bench to lead the Demon Deacons with 19 points, and senior forward Secily Ray (Thomasville, N.C./Thomasville) added 17 points and a game-high 10 rebounds. Junior guard Lakevia Boykin (Raleigh, N.C./Southeast Raleigh) scored 10 points.
JMU women win WNIT opener
James Madison outscored Davidson 41-29 in the second half en route to a 65-49 win over the Wildcats in National Women’s Invitation Tournament first-round basketball action Thursday night at the JMU Convocation Center.
JMU advances to a second-round game against Wake Forest, a 72-61 winner over Charlotte Thursday. The Dukes host Wake at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 18.
JMU improved to 25-7 while Davidson completed its season with a 22-10 record. Read more
VCU edges Drexel, 59-56, to win CAA title
VCU built a big first-half lead behind its trademark pressure defense , and Troy Daniels’ clutch free throws in the final minute allowed the second-seeded Rams to hang on for a 59-56 victory over #1 seed Drexel in the 2012 Virginia 529 CAA Men’s Basketball Championship game. The game was played before a sellout crowd of 11,200 at the Richmond Coliseum.
VCU (28-6), which captured its fifth CAA championship overall and first since 2009, returns to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in the last six seasons a year after making a magical run to the Final Four. Read more
Hot-starting VCU holds off late Mason rally in CAA semis
Second-seeded VCU started fast and held on late to earn its seventh trip in the last 11 years to the title game of Virginia 529 CAA Men’s Basketball Championship with a 74-64 win over No. 3 seed George Mason on Sunday afternoon at the Richmond Coliseum.
The Rams scored the first 22 points of the game in route to a first-half lead as large as 28 points, but George Mason closed to within six points late in the second half before VCU held on to advance to Monday night’s championship game against top-seeded Drexel. Read more
JMU falls to UNC-W in CAA Tourney
Cedric Williams scored a career-high 22 points, and Keith Rendlemen added 14 as the duo powered ninth-seeded UNCW past eighth-seeded James Madison, 70-59, in the opening game of the 2012 Virginia 529 CAA Men’s Basketball Championship.
UNCW (10-20) notched its first victory in the conference championship since 2008 and advances to Saturday’s quarterfinals against top-seeded Drexel, scheduled for a noon start at the Richmond Coliseum. Read more
