James Madison University Basketball 2011 NCAA Tournament First & Second Rounds March 20 & 22 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Va
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James Madison University Basketball 2011 NCAA Tournament First & Second Rounds March 20 & 22 John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, Va. TV & Radio Spotting Chart 0 10 12 15 20 Jasmine Gill Courtney Hamner Debbie Smith Lauren Whitehurst Kirby Burkholder Jr.-r Guard 6-1 Sr. Guard 5-10 Fr. Guard 5-10 Jr.-r Forward 6-2 Fr. Guard 6-0 Greensboro, N.C. Manassas, Va. Hampton, Va. Chesapeake, Va. Bridgewater, Va. Page Osbourn Park Hampton Indian River Turner Ashby 22 23 24 25 30 Tarik Hislop Dawn Evans Lauren Jimenez Kanita Shepherd Nikki Newman (pronounced Tah REEK HIS lopp) Sr. Guard 5-7 (pronounced JIM enn EZZ) (pronounced Kah NEE tah) So. Guard/Forward 6-2 So. Guard 5-7 Clarksville, Tenn. Sr. Center 6-4 Jr. Forward 6-3 Harrisonburg, Va. Silver Spring, Md. Northeast North Bergen, N.J. Garner, N.C. Turner Ashby Paint Branch North Bergen Garner Magnet 32 34 35 Jalissa Taylor Kiara Francisco Rachel Connely (pronounced Jah LEE sah) (pronounced Key AIR ah) Jr. Center 6-4 Sr. Forward/Center6-3 Jr. Guard/Forward 5-10 Tamaqua, Pa. Chesterfield, Va. Lakeland, Fla. Marian Catholic L.C. Bird Winter Haven Kenny Brooks Sean O’Regan Lindsay Smith Jennifer Brown Tim Clark Head Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Director of Operations 9th Year at JMU (pronounced Oh REE gun) 2nd Year at JMU 1st Year at JMU 6th Year at JMU James Madison ‘92 4th Year at JMU Appalachian State ‘05 James Madison ‘07 James Madison ‘09 James Madison ‘03 NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT MARCH 20 & 22, 2011 CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA (14,593) ESPN RADIO 1360 AM ESPN2/ESPN3 2010-11 JAMES MADISON DUKES ASSISTANT SID/PRIMARY CONTACT: MILLA SUE WISECARVER [email protected] ASSISTANT/SECONDARY CONTACT: CHRIS BROOKS BASKETBALL [email protected] 9 NCAA Tournament Appearances 4 WNIT Appearances 6 Conference Tournament Championships 3 All-Americans CONTENTS NCAA TOURNAMENT: NO. 11 JAMES MADISON (26-7, 16-2 CAA) * Radio-TV Chart * General Team Notes JAMES MADISON PROBABLE STARTERS (BASED ON LAST GAME vs. DELAWARE) The Players No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown GP/GS PPG RPG APG MIN * Season Bios 10 Courtney Hamner G 5-10 Sr. Manassas, Va. 32/9 8.4 4.5 1.4 27.7 * Career Statistical Lists 22 Tarik Hislop* G 5-7 So. Silver Spring, Md. 33/33 10.7 3.6 1.9 32.2 * Season/Career Highs 23 Dawn Evans G 5-7 Sr. Clarksville, Tenn. 32/32 23.2 3.5 4.5 35.6 * Season Game by Game & Career Stats 24 Lauren Jimenez C 6-4 Sr. North Bergen, N.J. 27/24 14.1 8.6 0.5 23.7 The Season 30 Nikki Newman G/F 6-2 So. Harrisonburg, Va. 33/23 2.6 5.7 1.6 24.4 * Game Summaries & Box Scores Coming off the Bench Team Season Statistics 12 Debbie Smith G 5-10 Fr. Hampton, Va. 16/0 1.1 1.3 0.4 6.3 * Team Statistics 15 Lauren Whitehurst ^ F 6-2 r-Jr. Chesapeake, Va. 33/20 6.4 6.2 0.8 24.0 * NCAA National Statistics 20 Kirby Burkholder G 6-0 Fr. Bridgewater, Va. 23/0 1.3 1.8 0.3 7.4 32 Jalissa Taylor F/C 6-3 Sr. Chesterfield, Va. 30/19 3.2 6.6 0.4 20.4 Dukes in the News 34 Kiara Francisco G/F 5-10 Jr. Lakeland, Fla. 21/1 3.1 1.5 0.3 11.4 NCAA Trivia 35 Rachel Connely C 6-4 Jr. Tamaqua, Pa. 19/3 1.9 1.1 0.3 6.4 SCHEDULE/RESULTS Out for the Season DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 25 Kanita Shepherd F 6-3 Jr. Garner, N.C. 9/1 4.2 3.0 0.3 11.9 Nov. 5 Indiana (Pa.) (Exh.) W, 76-58 ^ - Redshirted in 2009-10 * - Started all 33 games this season Nov. 12 HAMPTON ^ L, 64-69 Nov. 19 ST. FRANCIS (PA.) ^ W, 64-49 BITS OF INFORMATION ON THE CAA CHAMPION DUKES Nov. 20 CENTRAL FLORIDA ^ W, 82-78 (OT) Last weekend at the 2011 CAA Tournament, top-seeded Twenty years ago, JMU advanced to the Sweet 16 in the Nov. 25 vs. #20/21 Iowa @ L, 61-67 JMU won the title for the second straight year with a 67- East Region after knocking off No. 1 Penn State 73-71 in Nov. 26 vs. Montana @ W, 76-69 (OT) 61 victory over No. 7 Delaware. State College, Pa. Nov. 30 #5/5 DUKE L, 58-75 Dawn Evans was named the Tournament’s Most After starting the season 5-5, the Dukes won 21 of their Dec. 2 at Longwood W, 66-41 Oustanding Player, and joining her on the All-Tournament last 23 games heading into the NCAA Tournament. Dec. 5 LIBERTY W, 54-51 team were teammates Courtney Hamner and Lauren Fifteen of JMU’s opponents will be in postseason play Dec. 12 at Middle Tennessee State L, 75-81 Jimenez. this year. Seven teams (Hampton, St. Francis, Pa., Central Dec. 18 at Monmouth L, 66-69 Next up for the Dukes is Oklahoma, ranked sixth in the Florida, Iowa, Montana, Duke and Middle Tennessee State) Dec. 20 VIRGINIA W, 82-80 Dayton Region. The only other time these two met, the will join the Dukes in the NCAA Tournament, while eight Dec. 30 WESTERN CAROLINA W, 82-47 Sooners defeated JMU 57-55 on Jan. 4, 1986 at the Miami schools, including fi ve CAA squads will play in the WNIT. Jan. 2 NORTHEASTERN * W, 84-61 New Year’s Classic in Miami, Fla. Both teams made their JMU set an attendance record this season, averaging 2,587 Jan. 6 at William and Mary * W, 89-75 fi rst NCAA appearance following the season. spectators per game at the Convocation Center, breaking Jan. 9 at Old Dominion * L, 55-71 The winner of this game will face the winner of No. 3 last season’s mark of 2,499. The Dukes average attendance Jan. 13 DREXEL * W, 77-73 (OT) Miami (Fla.)-No. 14 Gardner-Webb in the NCAA Second was higher than six of the CAA’s men’s teams this season. Jan. 16 at George Mason * W, 83-54 Round on Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. Head Coach Kenny Brooks is in his 9th season as head Jan. 20 WILLIAM AND MARY * W, 72-59 JMU’s senior class has combined for 4,876 points, 1,985 coach and has a record of 198-86 (.697). His last six Jan. 23 VCU * W, 69-59 rebounds, 839 assists, 368 steals and 215 blocks. The teams have averaged 25 wins per season and advanced Jan. 27 at Drexel * W, 66-60 foursome are the fourth winningest class in JMU women’s to postseason play (NCAA 2007, 2010, 2011; WNIT, 2006, Jan. 30 at Towson * W, 56-45 basketball history with a 100-36 record. 2008, 2009). Feb. 3 GEORGIA STATE * W, 62-55 Feb. 6 OLD DOMINION * W, 67-58 CAA PLAYER OF THE YEAR, DAWN EVANS BACK IN THE BIG DANCE Feb. 10 at VCU * W, 71-51 Dawn Evans was unanimously voted the 2011 CAA Player JMU won its second straight CAA tournament title and sixth Feb. 13 GEORGE MASON * W, 53-40 of the Year and honored as the CAA Tournament’s Most overall to claim the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA Feb. 17 TOWSON * W, 71-61 Outstanding Player for the second straight year. Tournament. Feb. 20 at Delaware * W, 69-64 She is the nation’s second-leading scorer, averaging 23.2 This is the Dukes’ ninth NCAA appearance (7-8) and third Feb. 24 at Georgia State * W, 93-45 points per game, and is the nation’s third-leading active scorer under Head Coach Kenny Brooks (0-2). Feb. 27 at Hofstra * L, 73-75 (2,647), behind UConn’s Maya Moore (2,921) and Ohio State’s In JMU’s fi rst NCAA Tournament in 1986, the team defeated March 2 UNC WILMINGTON * W, 79-77 Jantel Lavender (2,748). Evans is currently third on the NCAA Division I list for 3-pointers Providence 55-53 in the fi rst round. ESPN’sDoris Burke, March 11 #9 Georgia State % W, 70-51 was a member of that Providence squad. March 12 #4 VCU % W, 67-57 made (387) and sixth all-time in all three divisions of the NCAA. Evans broke Drexel’s Gabriela Marginiean’s CAA scoring record In the following round, JMU played at Virginia and took March 13 Delaware % W, 67-61 (2,581) on March 2 against UNCW on a 3-pointer with 5:25 to down the region’s top-seeded Cavaliers 71-62 to advance March 20 #6 Oklahoma + 2:30 p.m. go in the second half. to the Sweet 16. March 22 NCAA Second Round + 12:30 p.m. Evans is a nominee for six diff erent national awards this season. The last and only time JMU played at John Paul Jones Arena ^ - Preseason WNIT She is one of 10 Division I athletes up for the Lowe’s Senior (Dec. 6, 2009), the Dukes won 75-73 and Dawn Evans @ - Caribbean Challenge (Puerto Aventuras, Mexico) CLASS Award, one of 34 players on Watch List for the Wade scored a then career-high and arena-record 38 points. Trophy, among 30 midseason candidates for the Naismith % - CAA Tournament (Upper Marlboro, Md.) Dawn Evans is on the “short list” for Shootaround with + - NCAA Tournament (Charlottesville, Va.) Trophy, one of 11 fi nalists for theNancy Lieberman Award, a fi nalist for theV Foundation Comeback Award and is one Beth and Debbie’s Shootaround Shooter of the Year.