JMU Game Summaries 2011-12

JMU Game Summaries 2011-12 Game 1: JMU 81, Quinnipiac 73 AU Leaders: Lisa Strack leading scorer with 13… Stephanie Anya double-double with 10 points and team-high 10 rebounds. Game Flow: JMU trailed by as many as 5 (9:18 1st)… took 22-21 lead at Of Note: 200th career win for Kenny Brooks, in only his 10th season of 6:14 and did not trail after that… led by 22 (59-37 at 9:59) and then by coaching. only 1 (67-66 at 3:43)… in the next 2:36, Quinnipiac was 0-6 FGs with 3 turnovers while JMU scored 10 points on FTs (10-12, Tarik Hislop 5-6, Lauren Whitehurst 3-4, Tanica Anderson 2-2) to build lead to 11 (77- 66) with 38 seconds left JMU Stats Standouts: Hislop tied then-career-high with 20 points, Whitehurst then career-high 17 points (6-7 FG, 5-8 FT) & 6 rebounds… in her 1st career start Kirby Burkholder 10 points, team-high 7 rebounds. Quinnipiac Leaders: Felicia Barron leading scorer with 14… Camryn Warner double-double with 12 points and game-high 11 rebounds.

Game 3: JMU 61, Maryland-Eastern Shore 53

Game Flow: JMU led by 9 at 9:03 of 1st and was up 35-27 at half… UMES cut lead to 3 (38-35) at 16:35 of 2nd but got no closer. JMU Stats Standouts: Kirby Burkholder 16 points, all in 1st… Tarik Hislop 16 points… Jasmine Gill then season-high 13 points & 8 rebounds… Nikki Newman game-high 9 rebounds. Game 2: JMU 68, American 64 (2 OT) UMES Leaders: Chelsea Sanders leading scorer with 14 and team-high 7 rebounds… Caitlyn Dillard Anya 10 points. "To win on the road in college basketball is one of the hardest things to Of Note: 13th straight home win do. You have the elements, you have the atmosphere against you, coming into a gym you've never been in before. The crowd's screaming against you. These kids have some resiliency, and they stayed together." - Kenny Brooks Game Flow: 12 ties, 15 lead changes… JMU up by 9 in 1st (23-14 at 4:59), up 25-23 at half… AU led by 8 at 12:59 2nd… tied 54 end of regulation & tied 60 end of 1st OT… Dukes outscored AU 8-4 in 2nd OT. JMU Stats Standouts: Tarik Hislop then-career-high 22 points, including the game's final 5 pts & 7 seven of the 14 OT pts (2-3 FG, 3-4 FT in OT)… Jasmine Gill 10 points, Lauren Whitehurst 9 pts, game- high 13 rebounds before fouling out with 8 secs left in regulation.

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Game 3: JMU 61, Maryland-Eastern Shore 53 con't

Game 5: JMU 62, Liberty 58

Game Flow: 1st half: Liberty ran off 9 unanswered points to take a 9-2 Game 4: JMU 60, Middle Tennessee State 46 lead at 14:08... trailing 11-5 at 12:30, JMU scored 17 straight to lead 22- 11 with 5:01 to play (Nikki Newman hit two 3s, Jasmine Gill scored 7 "One of the top three defensive efforts we've ever had" - Kenny Brooks and Tarik Hislop added 4)… Liberty outscored JMU 10-7 in the final 4:38 of the half, which ended with the Dukes up 29-21… JMU's largest lead Game Flow: JMU trailed only once (4-2 at 17:57)… led by as many as 13 was 11, twice (last 28-17 at 2:38). twice in 1st half… was up 30-19 at half… MTSU cut lead to 5 twice in 2nd (last 39-34 at 10:21) but got no closer… Dukes held double-digit lead for 2nd half: Liberty outscored JMU 14-7 to open half, finishing run with 6 final 7:45 straight to cut lead to 1, 36-35, at 14:05… JMU went on 12-2 run (Gill 8 points, Hislop 4 points) to take its largest lead of the half, 48-37, at JMU Stats Standouts: Jasmine Gill then season-high 18 points… 12:05… with Liberty still down by 9 (52-43) at 7:58, Flames used 9-2 run Kirby Burkholder 14 points, 9 rebounds … Lauren Whitehurst 11 to get within 2, 54-52, at 3:07 (Warley 1st four points, Brown layup off a points, 10 rebounds for her 1st double-double of season & 4th JMU long pass from Danika Dale, and Reagan Miller capped run with her only career double-double… Nikki Newman game-high 9 rebounds … Tarik 3 of game). Hislop season-high 7 assists in 1st game not in double figures (7 points) Down the Stretch: 16-foot jumper by Hislop followed by a layup by MTSU Leaders: Ebony Rowe leading scorer with 14… Icelyn Elie Lauren Whitehurst off a Hislop pass put the Dukes up 58-52 at 2:20… double-double with 12 points and game-tying-high 10 rebounds. Flames cut the lead to 60-58 after a Warley layup at 1:28 followed by two Of Note: 46 pts was a low for both MTSU and a JMU opponent this FTs throws by Brown with 55 seconds left… Gill knocked down 18-foot season… 14th straight home win for JMU. jumper with 34.5 seconds left to push lead to 62-58. On Liberty's next possession, Miller missed a layup and then Warley missed an attempted put-back, and JMU's Nikki Newman got the rebound with 23 seconds left. Liberty, which only had 3 team fouls, fouled 4 times in less than 5 seconds, finally sending Hislop to the foul line for a 1+1 at 18.6 seconds. After a Hislop miss, the Dukes' defense kept Liberty from getting anything but a desperation 3-point heave by Brown with 6 seconds remaining.

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Game 5: JMU 62, Liberty 58 con't Of Note: Towson beat JMU for only the third time in 31 meetings… Towson's other two wins came on Jan. 29, 2009 (61-51) and on Feb. 4, JMU Stats Standouts: Gill matched her career high with 24 points… 1984 (75-67). Hislop scored 20, two below her then-career high….With Whitehurst on JMU lost its first game of the season… Towson, whose only losses had the bench in foul trouble, Rachel Connely played a career-high 28 mins, come to Top 25 teams Maryland and Connecticut, upped its record to 5-2. had 7 points and 5 rebounds (each 1 below her career high), 3-4 FGs, 1-2 FTs, 1 block. JMU shot a then season-low 32 percent (22-69) from the floor, while Towson shot a then-JMU opponent season-high 42 percent (19-46)… Liberty Leaders: Avery Warley had a team-high 18 points and also the Dukes outscored Towson 46-40 from the field, but the Tigers won the eight rebounds… Devon Brown the only other Flame scoring in double game at the foul line, where they held a 25-12 advantage… Towson hit 76 figures with 113… Dale & Brown game's top rebounders with nine percent (25-33) from the free-throw line, while JMU hit 67 percent (12- apiece. 18)… Towson's Krystal Parnell led the way, converting 11 of 15 attempts… JMU took 23 more FGAs (69-46) but was out-rebounded 45- 38. Towson Leaders: Five in double figures, 2 with double-doubles (Deree Fooks 13-13 and Nyree Williams 11-14)… other double-figure scorers Krystal Parnell (13), Tanisha McTiller (12), Krystin Fields (12).

Game 6: Towson 65, JMU 58

"Towson out-played us; they deserved to win." - Kenny Brooks Game Flow: Towson jumped out to an 18-10 lead at 11:02 in 1st, scoring 10 of those points in the paint and another four at the foul line… JMU

outscored Towson 15-6 over 4:17 to take its only lead of the game, 25-24, at 6:42 of 1st… Debbie Smith scored five and Crystal Ross four of the 15 JMU points…. Dukes' starter Nikki Newman sat out most of the half after picking up her second foul at 13:38…. Only player in double figures at half was Towson's Nyree Williams with 10… Towson's Deree Fooks had nine points and nine rebounds at half. Towson scored first four points of 2nd half and led by as many as eight on two occasions, the last time 49-41 at 9:03… with Towson leading by six, 53-47 at 4:52, JMU outscored the Tigers 7-1 to tie the game at 54-54 at 2:26… Tarik Hislop scored the last four points of the run, the last on a steal followed by a layup… Towson outscored JMU 9-2 in the final 1:16, with all of the Tigers' points coming at the foul line, where Towson converted nine of 10 tries. JMU Stats Standouts: Tarik Hislop led all scorers with 14 points and also made three steals… one of three Dukes to score in double figures, joined by Lauren Whitehurst with 12 and Jasmine Gill with 10…. Whitehurst and Nikki Newman had eight rebounds apiece.

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Game 7: JMU 64, Maine 47 CCSU scored the first four points of the second half to pull within three, 38-35, at 18:35… JMU used a 9-5 run to build its biggest lead of the half, Game Flow: JMU never trailed in the game… the Dukes outscored 57-48, at 11:03… Lauren Whitehurst scored 10 of JMU's first 19 points Maine 24-6 over a 10-minute span to take an 18-point (26-8) lead with of the half, including eight of the Dukes' first 10 points… CCSU rallied to 8:50 left in the opening half… JMU entered halftime leading by 17, 34-17, cut the margin to two, 60-58, with 5:56 remaining… Kirsten Daamen after shooting 37 percent (15-41) while limiting Maine to 23 percent (7-30) scored the final four points in a 9-5 run that got the Blue Devils within shooting from the floor… Maine scored the first six points of the second two… in a span of 4:33, Nikki Newman had four rebounds, scored back- half, cutting the JMU lead to 11 (34-23), but got no closer… the Black to-back layups (at 5:35 and 4:33) and hit a foul shot as JMU built a 69-62 Bears turned the ball over 24 times, including 16 times in the first half, lead with 52 seconds to play. with the Dukes forcing most of those turnovers. JMU Stats Standouts: Nikki Newman, career tying-high of 10 points JMU Stats Standouts: Three Dukes scored in double figures, led by and 10 rebounds for her first career double-double in only 24 minutes… Jasmine Gill and Tarik Hislop, with each with 13, and Lauren Newman was one of four Dukes in double figures, led by Lauren Whitehurst with 11…Gill and Nikki Newman tied for game rebounding Whitehurst, who tied her then-career high with 17, and Kirby honors with eight apiece. Burkholder and Tarik Hislop with 16 apiece… Burkholder handed out a Maine Leaders: Samantha Wheeler led all players with 18 points; she career-high seven assists. was the only Maine player to score in double figures… she converted five CCSU Leaders: Kirsten Daamen game-high 23 points… also in double of eight field-goal tries and was eight-for-eight at the foul line. figures, Jaclyn Babe with 16 and Jessica Babe with 10. Of Note: Maine's third straight loss… first JMU win over Black Bears in Of Note: JMU's 15th straight home win. three visits to Orono.

Game 9: Virginia 59, JMU 53

Game 8: JMU 71, Central Connecticut State 64 " We played hard enough to win the game (but) we didn't play smart enough, particularly down the stretch, when we lost our composure It Game Flow: JMU never trailed in the game… JMU scored the game's started when we got into foul trouble, probably about the 12- or 13-minute first nine points (eight of them following CCSU turnovers)… the Dukes' mark. We had to play some unconventional lineups and it really threw us biggest lead of the opening half was nine, on three occasions… CCSU cut off kilter." - Kenny Brooks the lead to one twice in the first half (27-26 at 2:40 and 30-29 at 2:39)… JMU closed out the half with an 8-2 run to lead 38-31 at intermission, Game Flow: Virginia guard China Crosby went down with an injury just ending the half with Tanica Anderson driving the court and finishing with 36 seconds into the game & did not return… JMU jumped out to 7-0 lead, a scoop shot in the lane with one-tenth of a second remaining. with first five points coming off UVa turnovers… Virginia scored eight straight to take its first lead, 8-7, at 14:23… lead changed hands three times on the next three possessions… JMU used 8-2 run to build 18-12 lead at 9:18; Jasmine Gill scored five of those points….

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Game 9: Virginia 59, JMU 53 con't Game 10: Richmond 74, JMU 66 Cavaliers cut lead to two, 18-16, at 7:48 with back-to-back baskets by Game Flow: First Half: Richmond led for most of the half, by as many Ataira Franklin and Ariana Moorer… Dukes outscored UVa 10-4 to take as five, on four occasions (the last time 17-12 at 10:37)… JMU led only their largest lead of 1st half, 28-20, at 2:58; Gill started the run with a long twice -- the opening basket, and at 28-26 with 1:05 left… UR scored all 11 3-pointer, and Tarik Hislop scored five straight points to close out the of its 1st-half field goals on layups and its remaining six points at the foul run… JMU matched its largest lead at half, ahead 30-22 after a Lauren line, where the Spiders were 6-for7… game tied at 28 at halftime. Whitehurst put-back with 8/10ths of a second left… teams combined for Second Half: JMU opened the half with two free throws by Nikki 27 first-half turnovers (UVa 14, JMU 13) Newman, taking a 30-28 lead at 18:23… that was the Dukes' only lead of Second Half: Dukes scored first four points for a 34-22 lead at 18:01… the half… UR outscored JMU 10-2 to take a 38-32 lead with 14:38 with JMU still leading by 12 (36-24 at 17:17), Virginia used a 13-4 run to remaining… after the teams traded baskets, JMU used an 8-3 run to pull get within three, 40-37, at 10:57… Franklin scored 10 of those points, within one, 43-42, on a 3-point play by Kiara Francisco with 11:24 left… including a 3-pointer that capped the run… Dukes led by six, 48-42, with Francisco scored six of the Dukes' points during the rally… UR scored 10 8:22 to go… Virginia used a 13-5 scoring run to take a 55-53 lead with straight in a 13-2 run over 4:02 to pull away to a 56-44 lead with 6:50 to 2:26 left… JMU was unable to regain the advantage as the Dukes play… eight of the Spiders' points came at the foul line, where UR committed turnovers on their next three possessions… in the final 8:03 connected on eight of 10 tries… JMU trailed by double-digits for most of Virginia outscored JMU 17-5… in that span the Cavaliers connected on 7- the rest of the game… the Dukes hit two 3-pointers in the final 1:20 to get 11 FGs while JMU was 1-11 FGs… for the game JMU had 23 turnovers within six, 72-66, with 11.8 to play. and Virginia 22 turnovers. Of Note: Game in 1st round of Lehigh Christmas City Classic… fifth JMU Stats Standouts: Jasmine Gill, who scored 12 of her team-high 19 straight UR win… UR scored 46 points from the field and 25 from the foul points in the first half… Tarik Hislop 14 points… Nikki Newman seven line, where the Spiders hit 25 of 33 attempts… in the opening half all 11 rebounds. UR field goals were scored on layups… JMU allowed a season-high 74 points. Virginia Leaders: Ataira Franklin game-high 22 points… Chelsea Shine and Ariana Moorer each 12 points… Shine and Moorer eight UR Leaders: Genevieve Okoro career- and game-high 27 points (8-13 rebounds apiece. FGs, 11-15 FTs), game-high 10 rebounds… Abby Oliver 14 points. Of Note: Virginia, which had been receiving votes in the Associated Press JMU Stats Standouts: Kiara Francisco career-high 20 points off the Top 25 poll, improved to 10-2 overall and 6-0 at home… the Cavaliers bench… Tarik Hislop 16 points… Nikki Newman 9 rebounds, Lauren won their fourth straight game. Whitehurst 7 rebounds.

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Game 11: JMU 77, Rhode Island 42 Whitehurst scored 11 of JMU's final 19 points as the Dukes outscored Duquesne 19-10 in the final 8:11… JMU maintained its lead the rest of the Game Flow: JMU's Jasmine Gill scored the game's first six points and way, although Duquesne trailed by only one (45-44) at 4:32 and was the Dukes never trailed… leading 12-10 at 12:48, the Dukes outscored down by two (49-47) at 3:33… Duquesne hit only one of four field-goal URI 22-4 from 12:40 to 3:33 to build a 34-14 advantage… six JMU tries in the final three minutes, while JMU got two baskets from Whitehurst players scored during the run, including seven by Tarik Hislop and six by and connected on three of four foul shots in that span. Lauren Whitehurst… JMU opened the second half by outscoring Rhode JMU Stats Standouts: Lauren Whitehurst career-high 18 points… Island 20-4 over the first 4:41 to lead by 30, 50-20, at 15:19…the Dukes' Tarik Hislop nine points, season-high seven rebounds, five assists… largest lead was 37 (75-38 at 1:46) Kirby Burkholder nine points, all on 3-pointers… Nikki Newman then- JMU Stats Standouts: Jasmine Gill game-high 18 points, Tarik Hislop season-tying high 10 rebounds. 13 points, Kirby Burkholder 12 points, Lauren Whitehurst 10 points. Duquesne Leaders: Wumi Agunbiade and Orsi Szecsi, each with 13 URI Leaders: Emilie Cloutier 15 points, Ashley Rivera 12 points. points… Szecsi team-high nine rebounds. Of Note: the 42 points allowed by the Dukes marked the lowest point total Of Note: JMU's 16th straight home win… Duquesne (12-3) lost for only by a JMU opponent this season and the lowest opponent point total since the third time this season…. JMU held an opponent to 16 first-half points JMU held George Mason to 40 points in a 53-40 home win on Feb. 13, for the second game in a row. 2011… 11th straight defeat for Rhode Island

Game 13: JMU 64, VCU 43 Game 12: JMU 56, Duquesne 49 "Tonight I felt like a kid in the candy store. I have options. I can play Nikki Game Flow: JMU did not trail in the first half… largest JMU lead in first (Newman) at the small forward, at the four, at the five… we could go with half was eight (24-16 at half)… in first half teams combined for 24 different guard lineups. So I was very comfortable tonight coaching them. turnovers (Duquesne 14, JMU 10) and Duquesne shot only 19 percent (6- They did a fantastic job." - Kenny Brooks 32) from field… in the opening period, JMU's Kirby Burkholder was 3-3 from the field, all from 3-point range. Game Flow: The game was tight in the early going, with six ties and six lead changes in the first 14 minutes… with the score tied at 17 with 6:34 In the second half Duquesne, which trailed by 10 twice (the last time 30- to play, the Dukes closed out the half by outscoring the Rams 12-4 to take 20 at 17:17), rallied to take a 39-37 lead with 8:33 to play… Duquesne a 29-21 lead into intermission… five JMU players scored during the run, scored six straight points, including four points off JMU turnovers, to start capped by a Kirby Burkholder 3-pointer with 4.3 seconds on the clock. a 19-7 scoring run and take its first lead of the night, 39-37, with 8:33 to go… JMU used back-to-back 3-point plays, one by Lauren Whitehurst at JMU scored the first five points of the second half on a put-back by 8:11 and the second by Toia Giggetts at 7:37, to regain the lead, 43-39. Jasmine Gill and a 3-pointer by Burkholder to go up by 13, 34-21 at 18:56… the Dukes held a double-digit lead the rest of the way.

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Game 13: JMU 64, VCU 43 con't Of Note: JMU won its fourth straight... the Dukes held an opponent to 50 or fewer points for the fourth game in a row. JMU Stats Standouts: Jasmine Gill game-high 15 points, Lauren Whitehurst 11 points, team co-leading seven rebounds… Kirby Burkholder 11 points, team co-leading seven rebounds, team-high six assists and team-high five steals… Toia Giggetts off the bench to tie her then season highs with six point and seven rebounds in 19 minutes VCU Leaders: Aprill McRae team-high 11 points… Christina Carter 10 points… Courtney Hurt had a game-high 15 rebounds but scored only eight points... Hurt, guarded primarily by Nikki Newman, entered the contest ranked third in the NCAA in scoring at 24.6 points per game. Of Note: JMU's 17th straight home win… Dukes held an opponent under 50 points for the third game in a row… VCU, which shot only 24% (15-63) from the field, had its lowest-scoring game since a 42-37 loss at Delaware on Feb. 7, 2008.

Game 15: Drexel 60, JMU 43 "Drexel played phenomenal, and we played bad. They played better. Even when game was out of reach they were still scrapping and clawing." - Kenny Brooks Game Flow: In the first half, JMU's Lauren Whitehurst led all players with 12 points (6-9 FG); she scored all 10 of JMU's points from 17:09 to 10:48… there were 11 lead changes and one tie in the opening 13:43… trailing 15-12 at 9:24, JMU scored 13 straight points to build a 25-15 lead with 1:27 left… Nikki Newman scored the first basket and ended the run with a 3-pointer… Drexel was 0-for-9 from the floor and committed four turnovers in the final nine minutes; the Dragons' only points in that span came on two free throws by Hollie Mershon with 26.3 seconds left… Game 14: JMU 62, Georgia State 50 JMU led 25-17 at intermission. Game Flow: JMU never trailed, and there was one tie (4-4 at 16:50) in The Dragons outscored JMU 43-18 in the second half… Drexel opened the first half… JMU outscored GSU 19-4 from 16:14 to 10:13 to lead by the half by outscoring JMU 24-10 over the first 11:30 to lead 41-35 with 15, 23-8… the Dukes' largest lead was 16, 28-12 with 5:08 left… GSU 8:30 to go… Mershon scored 13 of those points including seven in a row outscored JMU 13-6 in final 4:57 to cut the lead to nine, 34-25, at half… (capped by a 3-pointer) that gave Drexel its first lead of the half, 36-33 at seven of those 13 points came at the foul line, where the Panthers hit 7- 10:51… the Dragons never trailed after that. of-8… GSU scored 11 of its last 17 points at the foul line… GSU shot only JMU Stats Standouts: Lauren Whitehurst, team-high 14 points and 27 percent (7-26) from the field… the Dukes extended their lead to as eight rebounds. many as 20 on two occasions in the second half (the last time 60-40 at 5:22). Drexel Leaders: Hollie Mershon career-high 27 points (10-16 FG, 4-6 3pt FG, 3-4 FT)… Kamile Nacickaite 15 points JMU Stats Standouts: Three Dukes finished in double figures, led by 14 points by Jasmine Gill… Kirby Burkholder added 13 on 4-for-6 shooting Of Note: The loss ended JMU's home winning streak at 17 games and from the field and 3-for-4 shooting at the foul line, and Tarik Hislop added ended the Dukes' season win streak at four…JMU had its lowest-scoring 12 points…. Lauren Whitehurst grabbed a game-high 10 rebounds, Gill game since losing 61-43 at VCU on Feb. 15, 2009…. it was Drexel's first had eight rebounds, and Nikki Newman finished with seven rebounds. regular-season win at JMU… the Dragons' only other win at JMU came in the 2009 CAA championship game (64-58). Georgia State Leaders: Miranda Smith with 10 points.

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Towson Leaders: Krystal Parnell 17 points, Tanisha McTiller 14 points, Sheree Ledbetter 11 points off the bench… eight rebounds apiece for Deree Fooks and Nyree Williams. Of Note: Towson out-rebounded JMU 40-37 but the Dukes took 63 shots to only 50 for the Tigers. Towson turned the ball over 18 times, and JMU had 10 turnovers.

Game 16: JMU 67, Towson 57 "Tarik Hislop was a leader for us… She helped everyone else, set everyone else up, and was a good point guard. That helped us to become a different type of basketball team." - Kenny Brooks

Game Flow: JMU outscored Towson 16-5 in the final 6:39 to pull away Game 17: JMU 81, Hofstra 63 for the win… First Half: Towson scored the game's first five points, then JMU scored the next six and led for the rest of the half… JMU's biggest Game Flow: First Half: JMU scored eight straight points to start a 16-5 lead was eight, 27-19, at 5:28, after scoring six unanswered points… run that put the Dukes up by nine, 27-18, with 8:16 left… Toia Giggetts Towson outscored JMU 11-4 in the final 5:10, including a 3-pointer by scored 12 of the Dukes' 16 points and finished the half with a then-career- Tanisha McTiller and two jumpers by Deree Fooks… the Tigers were high 15 points (5-8 FGs, 5-7 FTs) and a career-tying and game-high of down by only one (31-30) at halftime. eight rebounds… Tarik Hislop scored 16 first-half points… the Dukes led 35-32 at halftime. Second Half: The Tigers used a 6-1 scoring run, with Sheree Ledbetter scoring four of the six points, to take their first lead since the opening Second Half: Hofstra's Shante Evans scored on a put-back at 19:20 to minutes, 45-44, with 11:12 remaining… JMU regained the lead at 47-45 cut the JMU lead to one, 35-34… with JMU still leading by only one (39- on a 3-point play by Toia Giggetts at 10:57… Lauren Whitehurst saved 38 at 18:05), JMU scored six straight points (four by Jasmine Gill, two by a ball that was going out of bounds on the baseline and flipped the ball in Hislop), to go ahead 45-38 at 16:31… Hofstra cut the lead to 45-41 at the lane to Giggetts, who hit a layup, was fouled and netted the ensuing 15:52, but Gill and Nikki Newman hit the Dukes' first 3-pointers of the free throw…. with JMU leading 51-47, Ledbetter hit a 3-pointer with the game to start a 22-11 JMU run that put the Dukes up 67-52 with 8:07 to shot clock about to expire and Krystal Parnell scored on a layup after play… JMU finished off the run with 12 unanswered points, including 3- Jasmine Gill turned the ball over on an offensive foul, giving Towson a pointers by Gill and Kirby Burkholder. 52-51 advantage. JMU Stats Standouts: Three scored 20+ -- Tarik Hislop game- and The Dukes, however, responded with six straight points… Whitehurst career-high 25 (including 13-15 FTs), Toia Giggetts career-highs of 21 scored inside off a pass from Tarik Hislop, and then Whitehurst points (7-10 FGs, 7-9 FTs) and 11 rebounds, Jasmine Gill 21 points, 19 rebounded a missed Fooks jumper on the other end of the floor... Hislop of them in the second half… Nikki Newman game- and career-high 16 hit a layup, and after McTiller missed a layup, Whitehurst again got the rebounds… Kirby Burkholder matched her then career-high with 12 rebound… Giggetts completed the run with a layup off a pass from Kirby rebounds. Burkholder to put JMU up 57-52 with 5:29 remaining… Burkholder nailed Hofstra Leaders: Shante Evans 14 points, 8 rebounds, Katelyn Loper a three from the top of the circle with 3:08 to go to give JMU an eight-point 11 points, Nicole Capurso 10 points, Andreana Thomas 10 points, (62-54) cushion, and the Dukes held on down the stretch. Candace Bond 9 rebounds. JMU Stats Standouts: Tarik Hislop led all players with 21 points, one below her career high, and was one of four Dukes to score in double figures… Toia Giggetts then career-highs of 12 points and a game-high eight rebounds… Kirby Burkholder 11 points, Jasmine Gill 10 points. `

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Game 17: JMU 81, Hofstra 63 con't Of Note: The Dukes finished with a season-high 64 rebounds and out- rebounded Hofstra by 19… Hofstra had its second-lowest scoring game and lowest-scoring home game of the season (lowest was 59 in a loss at Hartford on Dec. 7)… JMU won for the sixth time in its last seven outings… Hofstra saw its winning streak end at four games.

Game 19: JMU 76, Georgia State 45 "Coming out and really being aggressive can set the tone for the rest of the game. And tonight we did that. I'm very pleased that they kept their foot on the pedal." - Kenny Brooks Game Flow: JMU never trailed and led by 23 points, 43-20, at intermission… the Dukes' largest lead was 37 (68-31 at 8:51 of second half). Game 18: JMU 50, William and Mary 40 JMU Stats Standouts: Kirby Burkholder, then career-high 22 points (8- Game Flow: JMU outscored W&M 22-2 in the final 10:30 to pull out the 10 FG, 6-8 3pt) and career-high six 3-pointers, including 15 points in the win… First Half: After scoring a season-low 16 first-half points, the first half, and a team-high eight rebounds… Tarik Hislop 16 points, Dukes trailed 26-16 at intermission. Second Half: Still down by 10, 38- game-high six assists. 28 with 10:42 to play, JMU scored 20 unanswered points and led 48-38 GSU Leaders: Alana Beroth 11 points and game-high 11 rebounds… with 49.3 seconds left…. Tarik Hislop scored 13 of those 20 points, Chan Harris 11 points. including 13 of JMU's 16 points between 8:56 and 49.3 seconds. Of Note: Fourth straight JMU win & seventh straight Georgia State loss JMU Stats Standouts: Hislop game-high 17 points… Nikki Newman … the Dukes held an opponent under 50 points for seventh time. tied her then career high with 10 points and tied for game rebounding honors with nine… Toia Giggetts contributed eight points and nine rebounds, and Lauren Whitehurst finished with nine rebounds. W&M Leaders: Jaclyn McKenna 11 points and a game-high 11 rebounds… Emily Correal with 10 points Of Note: The Dukes held an opponent under 50 points for the sixth time and won for the seventh time in its last eight games… W&M suffered its fifth consecutive loss.

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Game 19: JMU 76, Georgia State 45 JMU Stats Standouts: Tarik Hislop 17 points, Kirby Burkholder 15 points, Jasmine Gill 10 points… Hislop scored her 1,000th career point with 8:59 left in the 1st half, becoming the 25th player in school history to score 1,000 points. Delaware Leaders: Elena Delle Donne game highs of 23 points and nine rebounds (13-15 FTs)… Lauren Carra 22 points (9-10 FTs)… Danielle Parker 10 points. Of Note: The game was played before a crowd of 4,637, a then-season- high for JMU and the 11th-biggest crowd in school history…. Blue Hens won their eighth in a row and remained unbeaten in league play at 9-0… JMU winning streak ended at four games.

Game 20: #15/16 Delaware 72, JMU 65 "It was an exciting game, great for our league. We played hard enough, we didn't play well enough. When we had the lead we took some ill- advised shots and bailed them out on the defensive end, (fouling them). That was a big key to the game, their 37 attempts to our 16." - Kenny Brooks Game 21: JMU 57, Old Dominion 55 Game Flow: Delaware scored more second-half points from the foul line than from the floor… for the game JMU outscored Delaware 57-39 from "Just a gutsy effort, I'm very proud of our kids. To win games like this on the floor but the Blue Hens converted 33 of 37 free-throw attempts, the road, I think it really shows character." - Kenny Brooks including 22 of 25 in the second half when Delaware scored 39 total Game Flow: Tarik Hislop's driving shot off the glass dropped in the points… the Dukes hit eight of 16 foul shots. basket with 3.7 seconds left to lift JMU to the win… the Dukes rallied from First Half: Delaware used 11-0 run, with Elena Delle Donne scoring 14 points down in the second half. eight of those, to lead 14-7 at 10:50… Delaware held its largest lead, First Half: ODU did not trail in the half and used a 15-5 run to pull ahead nine, 22-13 at 8:13… JMU scored 10 unanswered points to lead 23-22 to a 19-9 lead at 12:52… five ODU players scored during the run… JMU after a Kirby Burkholder 3-pointer, at 5:35… lead changed hands seven closed to within five, 26-21, on a Kirby Burkholder 3-pointer at 4:53… times in the next three minutes, and Delaware led 33-29 with 2:07 left… ODU outscored JMU 10-5 in the final 4:32 to take a 36-26 lead at JMU finished the half with nine straight points, including 3-pointers by halftime… Burkholder led all players with 14 points; she hit four 3- Tarik Hislop and Burkholder, to lead 38-33 at intermission. pointers… JMU shot only 25 percent (9-36) from the floor, while ODU shot Second Half: Delaware rallied from seven points down, 58-51, with 39 percent (14-36), and ODU out-rebounded JMU 29-21. 10:08 to play, as the Blue Hens outscored the Dukes 21-7 in the final Second Half: ODU led 36-26 at halftime and opened the second half 7:18… Delle Donne scored five straight points to start an 11-1 Delaware with a 6-2 run to open up its biggest lead, 14 points, 42-28 at 17:54… scoring run that put the Blue Hens up 62-59 with 4:46 left…. JMU missed JMU then outscored ODU 18-3, including 13 unanswered points, to lead four straight shots during Delaware's run, and the Dukes connected on 46-45 on a layup by Crystal Ross with 10:00 to play… the Dukes held only three of 14 field-goal tries in the final 7:00… JMU cut the lead to one, the lead until Tia Lewis scored on a layup with 45.6 seconds left to tie the 66-65, on an 18-foot jumper by Hislop with 2:17 to play… but the Dukes game at 55-55. went 0-for-6 from the floor the rest of the way, while Delaware scored all its points at the foul line, where the Blue Hens connected on six of eight tries. JMU Game Summaries 2011-12

Game 21: JMU 57, Old Dominion 55 con't First Half: There were two ties and six lead changes… Mason scored six in a row, including 3-pointers by Rahneeka Saunders and Talia Moton, Game Flow, con't: On JMU's next possession Hislop drove the length of to build its biggest lead of the half, 24-17, with 7:33 left… JMU held the court, but ODU freshman Ashley Betz-White stole the ball with 37 Mason scoreless (0-9 FG, 0-2 FT, 3 turnovers) for the remainder of the seconds remaining… however, ODU's Jackie Cooke turned the ball over half and the Dukes finished the half with a 9-0 run over the final 5:01… on a bad pass, giving the Dukes the ball and setting up Hislop's game- Tarik Hislop scored from just inside the three-point line with 0.2 seconds winning basket. left to send JMU into halftime leading 25-24. JMU Stats Standouts: Kirby Burkholder game-high 20 points and Second Half: JMU did not trail, although Mason tied the game at 32 with career-high-tying six 3-pointers; also four assists and three steals… 13:26 to play… the Dukes' largest lead was seven, 41-34, after a Tarik Jasmine Gill 14 points… Lauren Whitehurst team-high nine rebounds… Hislop three-point play with 10:41 left… Mason used a 5-0 run to cut the Crystal Ross six blocked shots, tying a JMU freshman single-game lead to two, 41-39, with 6:53 left but did not score for the next 4:10, while record. JMU pushed its lead to 44-39 with 3:05 remaining… Mason got as close as three on three occasions, the last 48-45 after a Saunders layup with ODU Leaders: Tia Lewis 17 points and game-high 10 rebounds… Mairi 13.9 seconds left. Buchan 10 points, nine rebounds… Jackie Cooke nine points, 10 rebounds. JMU Stats Standouts: Lauren Whitehurst and Tarik Hislop nine points each… Debbie Smith off the bench for a career-high eight points on 4- Of Note: Hislop, the Dukes' leading scorer, was only 2-of-19 from the for-8 shooting… Whitehurst and Kirby Burkholder 12 rebounds apiece… field but had a game-high six assists… the 36 first-half points scored by Toia Giggetts nine rebounds... Burkholder, who tied her career ODU was a JMU opponent first-half high this season… ODU out- rebounding high, also had game-highs of five assists and three blocks rebounded JMU by 21 (59-38), and that tied (with two other games) for and made a steal. the biggest rebounding margin for a Dukes' opponent in Kenny Brooks' 10 JMU seasons. Mason Leaders: Taleia Moton game-high 13 points, well below her team-leading 22.0 average…. Rahneeka Saunders a double-double with 11 points and 11 rebounds. Of Note: The Dukes shot a season-low 22 percent (15-68) from the field and had their second-lowest scoring game of the season… it was JMU's lowest scoring game in a win since a 49-48 victory over Old Dominion on Feb. 18, 2001… JMU held its eighth opponent under 50 points… JMU's win, combined with Hofstra's loss to Old Dominion, moved the Dukes into a tie with Hofstra for second place in the CAA…. JMU played without injured starter Nikki Newman, who missed her first career game after playing 88 consecutive games.

Game 22: JMU 49, George Mason 45 "We shot extremely poorly, we didn't play our best floor game, and we didn't have one of our better players (Nikki Newman), and we were still able to muster up a win. I've never seen so many shots hit the back of the rim. We missed some early, and it snowballed. We were almost shooting not to miss as opposed to shooting to make." - Kenny Brooks Game Flow: The teams combined for 30 points in the final 13:03, when JMU outscored Mason 17-13 to break a 32-32 (13:26) tie… JMU did not score a field goal in the final 10:30 and tallied its last nine points at the foul line… the Dukes converted nine of 19 attempts in the final 10:41…George Mason outscored JMU 44-31 from the field, but the Dukes connected on 18 of 29 free throws while Mason was 1-for-4 from the line.

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Game 23: JMU 56, Drexel 51 (OT) Game 24: JMU 65, Va. Commonwealth 64 "We stayed composed down the stretch, and Tarik shot the ball well at the "Great team effort and great team win." - Kenny Brooks end of the game." - Kenny Brooks Game Flow: Tarik Hislop's 12-foot jumper with 1:09 left lifted the Dukes Game Flow: Tarik Hislop scored 10 of the Dukes' final 15 points… she to the win… the game had 14 lead changes and three ties, and the lead hit a 17-foot jumper with 1:18 left in regulation to tie the game at 43 and changed hands eight times in the final nine minutes. force overtime… she scored eight of JMU's 13 OT points. First Half: Trailing 10-6, JMU scored 11 straight to lead 17-10 at 10:08… First Half: Tyler Hale scored six straight to start an 11-0 Drexel run and four Dukes scored in the run, led by four points by Lauren Whitehurst… give the Dragons a 13-7 lead with 9:52 left… JMU responded with eight JMU led by as many as nine, 25-16 at 4:14, and was up 31-24 at halftime. points in a row to lead 15-13 at 3:49… the lead changed hands on the Second Half: JMU used a 6-0 run early to build its biggest lead, 37-26, at next four possessions, and JMU took a 19-18 lead into halftime. 17:46… VCU scored 12 unanswered points, including six following JMU Second Half: Kirby Burkholder scored five straight points, the first four turnovers, to lead 38-37 at 14:12… Courtney Hurt scored eight of those off offensive rebounds, to start a 9-2 run that gave JMU its biggest lead of 12… the lead changed hands six times and was tied once before VCU the game, 32-24, at 15:04… Lauren Whitehurst scored the last four held its largest advantage, 56-52, with 6:31 to play… JMU outscored the points… with JMU ahead 38-30, Drexel ran off 11 unanswered points, Rams 13-8 in the final 6:09. Kiara Francisco scored the first five of those including five from Kamile Nacickaite and four from Hollie Mershon, to 13 and Tarik Hislop added six… after Hislop hit a 15-foot jumper at 2:20 go up 41-38 at 5:10… six points during the run followed JMU turnovers… to put JMU up 63-60, VCU reclaimed the lead when Chelsea Snyder Kiara Francisco's layup at 4:34 followed by her foul shot at 2:32 tied the scored on a short jumper at 2:01 and Robyn Parks hit a layup at 1:26, game at 41… Mershon's driving layup at 2:07 put Drexel ahead 43-41. putting the Rams up 64-63… following Hislop's jumper that put JMU ahead 65-64, a 10-foot baseline jumper by Snyder hit the rim, and Nikki OT: JMU scored four straight points following Drexel turnovers to start a Newman got the rebound with 35.6 seconds left… JMU used up most of 10-2 run that put the Dukes up 53-45 at 1:06… Hislop scored the last six the shot clock before a Hislop 3-pointer missed and was rebounded by points of the run, including four at the foul line where she twice hit both VCU… the Rams failed to get a shot off before time expired. ends of 1+1s… Drexel pulled within three, 54-51, with 15.1 seconds remaining, but Hislop's two free throws at 12.7 seconds sealed the win. JMU Stats Standouts: Kirby Burkholder 15 points (6-9 FG, 3-6 3FG)… Lauren Whitehurst 13 points (6-12 FG)… Tarik Hislop 12 points and JMU Stats Standouts: Tarik Hislop game-high 22 points & six assists… season-tying high seven assists… Kiara Francisco 10 points (4-8 FG)... Nikki Newman game-high 10 rebounds… Kirby Burkholder 12 points Nikki Newman team-high nine rebounds. and nine rebounds… Lauren Whitehurst 10 points and nine rebounds VCU Leaders: Courtney Hurt game-highs of 17 points and 19 Drexel Leaders: Hollie Mershon 17 points, Kamile Nacickaite 12 rebounds… Andrea Barbour 16 points. points, Tyler Hale 11 points and a team-high nine rebounds. Of Note: JMU won its fourth game in a row… the Dukes shot a then- Of Note: JMU won its third straight game…. with Hofstra's loss at VCU, season-high 46 percent (29-63) from the field and VCU hit a JMU- the Dukes claimed sole possession of second place in the league opponent season-high 47 percent (27-57). standings… Drexel lost its third straight home game.

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Game 25: JMU 63, N.C. Wilmington 52 Game Flow: Northeastern converted 20 of 25 free throws in its first-ever win over JMU… the Huskies held a 23-21 lead at intermission and Game Flow: First Half: JMU scored the game's first 12 points and outscored JMU 38-29 in the second half... Northeastern outscored JMU never trailed…. after missing its first shot of the game, JMU hit seven of only 41-40 from the field but the Huskies had 20 free throws to 10 to JMU. its next eight field-goal tries… UNCW got as close as five, 22-17, at 7:08 … JMU used 8-0 run, including two 3's-pointer by Kirby Burkholder, to First Half: With JMU ahead 10-9 at 7:13, Northeastern scored six go ahead 31-17 at 5:15 … Burkholder scored 12 points, all from 3-point straight to lead 15-10 at 5:25… JMU used an 9-2 run to reclaim the lead range, and Tarik Hislop scored 11 on 5-for-8 shooting…. JMU shot 54 at 19-17 with 1:49 to play… however, Northeastern's Dani Iervolino and percent (14-26) from the field while UNCW shot only 24 percent (9-38)… Deanna Kerkhof each knocked down 3-pointers in the final 1:23 to take a however, the Dukes committed 12 turnovers to only five for UNCW. 23-21 lead into halftime. Second Half: JMU led by as many as 18, 49-31, at 11:18 but then went Second Half: Northeastern opened the half with six unanswered points 3:35 without scoring a point…. UNCW got within nine on two occasions, for a 29-21 lead at 17:11… 3-pointers by Iervolino and Kerkhof helped NU the last 52-43 at 6:01, but could get no closer. push its lead to nine, 39-30, at 12:05… JMU outscored NU 13-6 over the next 6:09 to pull within two, 45-43, with 5:42 left. JMU Stats Standouts: Kirby Burkholder game-high 18 points, all 3's (6--8, tying her career-high for 3's)… Tarik Hislop 17 points… Nikki With JMU trailing by three, 47-44 with 4:00 left, NU's Kerkhof and Newman team-high 12 rebounds & six assists… Lauren Whitehurst nine Christine Huber each nailed 3-pointers to push the Huskies' lead back to points (4-9 FG), seven rebounds & tied her then-career-high with four nine, 53-44, with 1:53 to play… the Dukes again got within three after blocks. Tarik Hislop and Kirby Burkholder hit 3-pointers at 1:41 and 58.5 seconds, respectively… with JMU forced to foul down the stretch, the UNCW Leaders: Three players scored 11: Abria Trice, Alisha Huskies were 8-8 from the foul line in the final 51.4 seconds, including 6-6 Andrews and Karneshia Garrett… Garrett game-high 13 rebounds. by Kerkhof. Of Note: JMU posted its seventh straight 20-win season… Dukes' fifth Northeastern Leaders: Deanna Kerkhof game-high 23 points… Jamie straight victory, tying the team's longest win streak of the season… JMU Conroy 12 points… Christine Huber game-high 13 rebounds. shot a season-high 51 percent (26-51) after shooting a then season-high 46 percent (29-63) in its last outing at VCU… JMU held an opponent JMU Stats Standouts: No JMU player scored in double figures. Kirby under 30 percent shooting from the field for the fourth time this season Burkholder and Tarik Hislop were Dukes' scoring leaders with eight and held an opponent under 32 percent shooting for the 11th time… in points apiece… Nikki Newman team-high 11 rebounds… Lauren four of the Dukes' last five games opponents have shot under 32 percent. Whitehurst blocked a career-high six shots. Game Notes: JMU shot only 28 percent (17-60) from the field, its third- worst shooting game of the season, and Northeastern shot only 28 percent (17-61) from the floor… the loss ended a five-game JMU winning streak, and the Dukes lost a road game for the first time in its last seven outings.

Game 26: Northeastern 61, JMU 50 "Northeastern played much better than we did. From start to finish we didn't have it. We were searching the whole game, and we were very fortunate to be down just one possession (in the final minute). We uncharacteristically made mistake after mistake, when we haven't made those mistakes (all year). It was the first time, if ever, that not one of our kids played well, and as a coach I had no answer." - Kenny Brooks

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Game 27: JMU 80, Hofstra 61 Game 28: JMU 63, Old Dominion 44 "We did a really good job taking them out of rhythm, and that's what you "We got off to a bad start (due to the emotions of Senior Day). (Then the) have to do against Hofstra. We played a complete game. Lauren kids calmed down, and we dug in and played great defense." - Kenny Whitehurst and Toia Giggetts were fantastic, Nikki Newman did some Brooks really good things early for us, Jasmine Gill hit some timely shots, Kirby Game Flow: First Half: ODU scored the game's first seven points and Burkholder got to the free throw line. Tarik Hislop calmed us down and led by 11, 13-2, at 16:47… but JMU used a 12-2 scoring run in a span of had a great floor game, and Kiara Francisco came up with some big just under five minutes to take its first lead, 19-17, on a long three-point shots, especially when they were trying to press us." - Kenny Brooks bank shot by Nikki Newman at 9:51… with JMU ahead 22-21 at 6:47, the Game Flow: First Half: JMU led from the opening basket…: the Dukes Dukes outscored ODU 10-2 in the final 6:24 to take a 32-23 lead into scored the game's first four points and were ahead 11-4 at 14:51… an 8-2 intermission. scoring run put JMU ahead 30-19 at 5:55… Kirby Burkholder started the Second Half: ODU opened the second half by outscoring JMU 6-2 to get run with four straight free throws… JMU's largest lead was 13, on two within five, 34-29… but the Monarchs did not score a field goal for more occasions, the last time at the halftime break… four Hofstra players had than 14 minutes while JMU increased its lead to as many as 24, 61-37, two fouls at halftime, when Hofstra had 11 fouls to five for JMU… each with 5:08 to play. team scored 29 points from the floor. JMU was 14-for-16 at the foul line and Hofstra was 1-for-3 at the line. JMU Stats Standouts: Tarik Hislop game-high 20 points… Lauren Whitehurst 10 points, 10 rebounds for her second consecutive double- Second Half: Hofstra got no closer than 11 (43-32 at 19:35) in the double. second period. JMU was up by as many as 24 (62-38 at 13:27) in the second half.. ODU Leaders: Ashley Betz-White was the only Monarch in double figures with 10. JMU Stats Standouts: Kiara Francisco career-high-tying game-high 20 points (8-14 FG, 4-5 FT)… Lauren Whitehurst 15 points (6-9 FG, 3-5 Of Note: JMU held an opponent under 50 points for the ninth time this FT), game-high 10 rebounds... Tarik Hislop 11 points… Jasmine Gill season, a school record… the Dukes also limited ODU to 27.7 percent and Kirby Burkholder 10 points each… Toia Giggetts career-high-tying (13-47) shooting from the field, marking the sixth time this season that game-high 11 rebounds. JMU held an opponent under 30 percent shooting… the Monarchs dropped their fourth straight game… the Senior Day game was played in Hofstra Leaders: Shante Evans 17 points… Candice Bellocchio 10 front of a season-high 5,179 fans, the fifth-highest attendance in school points… Evans, Bellocchio and Candace Bond seven rebounds apiece. history. Of Note: JMU clinches No. 2 seed in CAA Tournament… first time this season as many as five Dukes scored in double figures.

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Game 29: JMU 66, George Mason 54 Game 30: CAA Quarterfinals: JMU 64, George Mason 54

"They were playing us man and then went to zone, and we got a little "We had a little bit of rust and nerves in the beginning. In the first half we stagnant. We missed some easy layups, and we stopped rebounding. were hoping for everything. We were hoping that the shot would go in, Mason is a much improved team, they play hard, and they're very hoping to get a stop, hoping that we were going to win the game." - Kenny talented. We focused on rebounding in the second half, and Nikki Brooks Newman and Kirby Burkholder were remarkable." - Kenny Brooks Game Flow: First Half: In a competitive half that featured seven lead Game Flow: First Half: JMU used a 7-0 scoring run to lead 11-6 at changes, Mason scored the final five points to take a 26-22 advantage at 15:03… an 8-0 run put the Dukes up 19-10 at 10:30 (4 points each from the break… Taleia Moton and Amber Easter combined for 19 of the Tarik Hislop and Kirby Burkholder)… Mason outscored JMU 13-5 in Patriots' 26 first-half points. final 10:22 and took its only lead of the game, 23-21, on a Taleia Moton 12-foot jumper with 37.3 seconds to play… a Nikki Newman 3-pointer Second Half: JMU scored eight of the first 10 points to open the half and from the corner with 13.3 seconds left gave JMU a 24-23 lead at the half. took the lead for good at 30-28 on a Kirby Burkholder layup with 16:35 remaining… the Dukes led just 47-46 with 6:22 remaining after a Moton Second Half: JMU scored the first eight points, including back-to-back 3- three-pointer, when JMU reeled off nine unanswered points… Jasmine pointers by Burkholder to open the half, for a 32-23 lead at 16:57… the Gill began the run with a short jumper in the lane and Burkholder sank a Dukes increased their lead to as many as 12 points (the last time 53-41 pair of free throws… Hislop followed with three straight points, and a Toia with 6:16 left)... but the Patriots outscored JMU 11-3 to get within four, 56- Giggetts jumper gave JMU its largest lead, 56-46, with 2:35 to go… 52, with 4:07 to play… however, Mason missed its next four shots while Mason climbed back to within 59-54 on five straight points by Janaa Hislop hit four straight free throws to extend the JMU lead to 60-52 with Pickard, but could get no closer as JMU made 8-of-10 free throws over 1:16 remaining, and the Patriots got no closer than six the rest of the way. the final 1:11. JMU Stats Standouts: Tarik Hislop team-high and game-tying high18 JMU Stats Standouts: Tarik Hislop team-high 16 points, career-high six points… Nikki Newman career-high 15 points and 11 rebounds for her steals … Nikki Newman 13 points, game-high 10 rebounds for her eighth seventh double-figure rebounding game of the season and fourth in the double-figure rebounding game of the season and fifth in the last seven last six games… Newman's 16th career double-figure rebounding game... games… Newman's 17th career double-figure rebounding game... Kirby Lauren Whitehurst 14 points… Kirby Burkholder 13 points, career-high Burkholder 12 points. 13 rebounds. Mason Leaders: Taleia Moton game-high 22 points, seven rebounds Mason Leaders: Amber Easter game-tying high 18 points and game- Amber Easter 11 points, team-high eight rebounds. high 16 rebounds… Taleia Moton 15 points… Evelyn Lewis 10 points. Of Note: JMU reached the CAA semifinals for the eighth year in a row…. Of Note: JMU tied a school record with its 11th win on an opponent's the Dukes shot just 33.9% from the floor for the game, but outscored the court.... 1986-87 and 2006-07 teams also won 11 games on opponents' Patriots 24-12 at the free throw line... JMU was 21-of-26 from the charity courts… JMU upped its total "away from home" wins total to 12 (including stripe in the second half after making only 3-of-11 over the first 20 neutral sites), which ties for the second-most in school history… the minutes… Mason made just 30.6% of its field goal attempts and was also school record is 15 (1986-87), and two other teams (1987-88 and 2006- hurt by 18 turnovers. 07) also won 12 away/neutral games… Kirby Burkholder hit three 3- pointers to increase her season total to 72…that's the fifth-highest season total in school history… only one other player in school history -- Dawn Evans ('11) -- has higher season totals than Burkholder (112, 98, 92, 85).

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Game 31: CAA Semifinals: Drexel 67, JMU 50 Game 32: WNIT 1st Rd: JMU 64, Davidson 49 "Drexel outplayed us in all aspects. The way they dictated the tempo of "It was a battle, and that's what you can expect this time of year. We're the game took us out of our rhythm right from the start. We did not play fortunate to come away with a win and a chance to play another day." - well in any aspect, and you have to give them credit because they made Kenny Brooks us play that way." - Kenny Brooks Game Flow: First Half: Davidson, which trailed by as many as eight Game Flow: First Half: Drexel used an 8-1 scoring run to break open a (21-13 at 3:58), closed the half by outscoring JMU 7-3 to enter 14-14 tie in the latter stages of the half… Taylor Wootton and Fiona intermission down 24-20. Flanagan combined for the eight points, capped off by a Flanagan 3- Second Half: JMU outscored Davidson 41-29 in the half to secure the pointer, to make the score 22-15 with 3:44 left… the Dragons entered win… Davidson opened the period by outscoring JMU 9-4 to gain a 29-28 intermission with a 30-22 advantage. advantage at 14:18… Sophia Aleksandravicius, who started the first- Second Half: The Dragons opened the half with an 11-3 run to extend half ending run with a three-point play at 3:49, scored the Wildcats' first their lead to 41-25 with 15:18 left… Drexel held JMU without a field goal seven points of the half... the Dukes then used a 19-7 run to take their first for more than nine minutes… the Dragons were a perfect 18-for-18 from double-digit lead of the night… Lauren Whitehurst scored 10 of the the free throw line, icing the game in the final minutes. Dukes' points, including back-to-back layups off passes from Hislop… a Kirby Burkholder 3-pointer capped the run and put JMU up 47-36 with JMU Stats Standouts: Nikki Newman seven points, team-high nine 5:48 to play... the Wildcats had a cold shooting spell during the Dukes' rebounds, five steals, game-high four blocked shots and three steals… run, hitting only 3-for-14 from the floor and committing four turnovers in a Tarik Hislop team-high 14 points… Kirby Burkholder 11 points, eight span of nearly eight minutes. rebounds, five steals. JMU Stats Standouts: Tarik Hislop team-high 15 points, game-high six Drexel Leaders: Kamile Nacickaite double-double with game-highs of assists… Lauren Whitehurst 14 points, 12 of them in the second half, 16 points and 15 rebounds… Hollie Mershon 15 points… Tyler Hale 12 seven rebounds… Kirby Burkholder 11 points, seven rebounds… Toia points Giggetts and Nikki Newman nine rebounds apiece. Of Note: Drexel shot 42.1% (22-51) from the floor and turned 14 JMU Davidson Leaders: Sophia Aleksandravicius game-high 25 points, tied turnovers into 20 points… the Dukes shot just 33.3% (20-60) from the for game rebounding honors with nine... the Southern Conference Player field and hit only 3-16 from three-point range… the Dragons also held a of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year was the only Wildcat to 39-31 rebounding advantage… Drexel's 18-18 FT shooting tied the score in double figures. tournament record set by George Mason in the 2012 quarterfinals… only second time since 2005 that the Dukes did not advance to the CAA Of Note: Lauren Whitehurst, who had two blocked shots, set a JMU championship game. season record with 56 blocks… she entered the game sharing the record of 54 with Hollee Franklin, who set the previous mark in 2000-01… JMU held its 10th opponent of the season under 50 points, extending the team record… freshman Toia Giggetts got only her second start of the season.

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Game 33: WNIT 2nd Round: JMU 84, Wake Forest 76 (OT) Game 34: WNIT Round of 16: JMU 72, South Florida 45 "Wake was making some tough shots (early), and we were flat… and then "It was a total team effort and one of our better defensive performances. we were trying to get it all back at one time. We finally settled down, we It was a battle of two physical, quick teams. They took us out of a lot of stopped forcing shots, we played good defense, and then we put together things we wanted to do early by aggressive switching (but) our defense a really nice stretch, the last 30 minutes." - Kenny Brooks kept us in it. To hold them to 12 points in the first half is just unbelievable. (We had) so good a defense that at halftime we were nitpicking at three Game Flow: First Half: Wake hit 7 straight FGs and led 16-4 at 15:30 baskets that they shouldn't have scored." - Kenny Brooks before JMU scored its first FG… 8 of those 16 points were scored after JMU TOs… Wake led by as many as 17 twice, the last time 32-15 at Game Flow: First Half: JMU held South Florida to 12 first-half points… 7:36… in the final 7:21 Wake was 0-for 10 FG, committed four TOs and Dukes trailed only at the opening basket and outscored USF 13-3 in the scored its only two points from the foul line… in that same span JMU 6- final 5:39 of the half to expand a two-point (11-9) lead to 24-12 at 10 FG, outscored Wake 12-2 and trailed 34-29 at intermission. intermission. Second Half: JMU outscored Wake 13-8 in the first 3:31 to tie the game Second Half: USF opened the half with an 8-3 run to cut the margin to at 42 after Kirby Burkholder hit a 3-pointer at 17:08 and a layup at seven, 27-20, at 16:40… JMU responded by outscoring the Bulls 12-5 in 16:29… 10 lead changes and seven ties in the final 16:29... a 3 by Nikki under three minutes to stretch the lead to 14, 39-25, at 13:22. Toia Newman with 6.6 seconds left tied the game at 70 and forced overtime. Giggetts scored four points and Nikki Newman and Kirby Burkholder each hit 3-pointers during the run… after that point, USF got no closer Overtime: JMU outscored Wake 14-6 … Toia Giggetts scored six of than 12 the rest of the game. JMU's 14 points when she personally outscored Wake 6-2 in a span of 1:01… her 16-foot jumper at 1:38 put the Dukes up 78-76, and after a JMU Stats Standouts: Tarik Hislop led all scorers with 17 points and Wake turnover she drove for a layup at 1:09 for an 80-76 JMU lead… was 7-for-8 at the foul line… Kirby Burkholder scored 15 (8-10 FTs).... Wake missed three field goals in the final 32 seconds, while Tarik Hislop Jasmine Gill 11 points (9-11 FTs)… Nikki Newman nine points from a and Kirby Burkholder each converted two foul shots to ice the game. career-high three 3-pointers, and nine rebounds... Lauren Whitehurst game-high 11 rebounds. JMU Stats Standouts: Kirby Burkholder career-high 26 points, 10-for- 10 FTs, 4 3-pointers and twice was fouled on 3-point FGA and converted USF Leaders: Inga Orekhova team-high11 points… Jasmine Wynne all six of those FTs… Lauren Whitehurst 17 points, eight rebounds… 10 points. Tarik Hislop 13 points… Toia Giggetts hit 3-of-4 from the field and 5-of-8 Of Note: USF hit only 21.7 percent (13-60) from the field, a JMU from the foul line for 11 points… Nikki Newman nine rebounds. opponent-low this season.... a combined 48 fouls were called and the Wake Leaders: Sandra Garcia 19 points off the bench… Secily Ray 17 teams combined to shoot 69 foul shots… JMU had season highs of 32 points, game-high 10 rebounds… Lakevia Boykin 10 points. free throws and 43 free throw attempts…the Dukes out-rebounded USF 62-33… that margin of 29 is the largest for the Dukes since JMU out- Of Note: The comeback from 17 points down was the biggest in 10 rebounded Wagner 50-21 on 12/13/07 -- 192 games ago. seasons under Kenny Brooks… 12th time in Brooks' career and the 4th

time this season JMU had trailed by 10 or more and won… seventh straight overtime win by a Kenny Brooks-coached team and the Dukes' third OT victory this season.