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Senior guard Humpty Hitchens (Chillicothe, Ohio/Chillicothe) had a career-high 27 points and James Madison used a 9-0 run in the final five minutes to pull away for a 69-61 Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball win at UNCW Wednesday evening at Trask Coliseum. The win snapped a five-game skid in conference games for JMU, which improved…
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Longwood University took an 87-83 men’s basketball victory on the road at Fairleigh Dickinson University of the Northeast Conference Monday afternoon in Hackensack, New Jersey. The Lancers (7-12) closed the first half with a 16-6 run to lead 37-33 at halftime, and secured their second road win in three games with 6-8 free throws in…
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Longwood University dropped an 83-67 men’s basketball decision on the road at Dartmouth College of the Ivy League Saturday afternoon in Hanover, New Hampshire. The Lancers (6-12) trailed 41-30 at halftime before battling back to tie the game at 52-52 with 10:24 remaining, and were within 64-59 at 5:33, before the Big Green (4-13) closed…
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VCU limited James Madison to four points in the final 12 minutes of the game, pulling away from a 42-41 lead to record a 65-45 victory in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game Thursday evening at the Stuart C. Siegel Center. VCU improved to 12-5 overall and 3-2 in the CAA while JMU dropped…
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Longwood University battled for a hard-fought 79-77 come-from-behind men’s basketball victory on the road at Brown University of the Ivy League Wednesday night in Providence, Rhode Island. The Lancers (6-11) trailed the Bears (5-11) by as many as 13 points late in the first half, and were behind 75-68 late in the game before outscoring…
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Joined on Monday by Virginia public school students, teachers, superintendents and parents, Gov. Bob McDonnell unveiled his 2012 legislative and budget actions that support his administration’s ongoing “Opportunity to Learn” K-12 education agenda. The actions, to be introduced in the 2012 General Assembly session, focus on raising standards for schools and teachers, reducing mandates on…
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Junior guard A.J. Davis (Columbus, Ohio/Harmony Community), junior forward Andrey Semenov (St. Petersburg, Russia/Blue Ridge School) and senior guard Humpty Hitchens (Chillicothe, Ohio/Chillicothe) combined for 53 points as James Madison topped Hampton 74-67 for a non-conference men’s basketball win Monday night at the Convocation Center. JMU snapped a three-game losing skid and improved to 8-7…
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Jonathan Lee and Quincy Ford each had 20 points and Northeastern used a 14-2 run at the midpoint of the second half to defeat James Madison 68-56 in a Colonial Athletic Association men’s basketball game on Saturday afternoon at the Convocation Center. JMU fell to 7-7 overall, 1-3 in the CAA and 2-4 at home…
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Longwood University took an 85-70 men’s basketball victory past the visiting New Jersey Institute of Technology from the Great West Conference Saturday afternoon at Willett Hall in Farmville. The Lancers (5-11) led early at 11-3 just 3:42 into the contest and never looked back against the Highlanders (6-8) while stopping a recent five-game losing streak. …
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Longwood University dropped a 96-77 men’s basketball decision on the road at the United States Military Academy (Army) of the Patriot League Tuesday night in West Point, New York. The Lancers (4-11) trailed 51-30 at halftime and never recovered while led by senior Jeremiah Bowman|Washington, D.C. (Harcum JC) with 17 points, a career-high and game-high…
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