JMU women rally to best Duquesne
James Madison redshirt senior forward Lauren Whitehurst (Chesapeake, Va./Indian River) scored a career-high 18 points to pace the Dukes to a 56-49 win over Duquesne in women’s basketball Tuesday night at the JMU Convocation Center.
The Dukes won their 16th consecutive home game and improved to 9-3 overall in their final non-conference game of the season. Duquesne, which lost for only the third time this season, has a 12-3 record.
Whitehurst scored 11 of JMU’s final 19 points as the Dukes outscored Duquesne 19-10 in the final 8:11 to pull out the win.
Duquesne, which trailed by 10 twice in the second half (the last time 30-20 at 17:17), rallied to take a 39-37 lead with 8:33 to play. Duquesne scored six straight points, including four points off JMU turnovers, to start a 19-7 scoring run and take its first lead of the night, 39-37, with 8:33 to go. Read more
George Mason loses at home to Duquesne
The George Mason men’s basketball team saw its 18-game home winning streak come to a close on Wednesday evening as Duquesne defeated the Patriots, 75-64, avenging a double-overtime loss from a season ago. Mason dropped to 7-4 on the year with the loss, its first at home since March 16, 2010. Duquesne, meanwhile, improved to 7-5.
Senior Ryan Pearson and sophomore Vertrail Vaughns led the way offensively for Mason with 13 points apiece while senior Andre Cornelius, making his season debut after a 10-game suspension, chipped in 11. Sean Johnson led a quartet of Dukes players in double figures with 14 points. In a game marked by 40 combined team turnovers, the Dukes edged Mason off the glass, 32-28 while the Patriots out-shot DU by a 48.1-to-46.4 percent margin. Read more
