WOMEN'S BASKETBALL DEFEATS GEORGIA STATE 93-49

Thursday, January 10

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9-4, 2-0

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3-10, 0-2

Georgia State

James Madison

1/10/2008 5:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

HARRISONBURG, Va., Jan. 10, 2008 -? Five James Madison players scored in double figures as the Dukes (2-0, 9-4) defeated Georgia State (0-2, 3-10) 93-49 in Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball Thursday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.

JMU senior guard Tamera Young (Wilmington, N.C./Laney) led all players with 18 points. Also in double figures for the Dukes were freshman center Lauren Jimenez (North Bergen, N.J./North Bergen) with 15 and senior guard Jasmin Lawrence (Queens, N.Y./Frances Lewis) with 13.

The Dukes got 10 points each from redshirt senior forward Jennifer Brown (Brooklyn, N.Y./Martin Luther King) and freshman point guard Dawn Evans (Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast). Evans also had a career-high nine assists.

Two Panthers scored in double figures as junior guard Brittany Hollins (Columbia, S.C./Columbia) led her team with 13 and freshman guard Traci Haltiwanger (Summerville, S.C./Summerville) chipped in 10.

It was the 20th consecutive home CAA win for the Dukes, who have not lost a league game at the Convo the last three seasons.

The Dukes pulled away in the first half with a 14-3 scoring run that expanded a four-point lead (22-18 at 10:50) to 15. Five different players contributed points in the run that put JMU ahead 36-21 with 4:40 to play.

Georgia State responded by outscoring the Dukes 10-4 to cut the margin to nine, 40-31, with 1:39 remaining. Haltiwanger scored six and Hollins four points for the Panthers.

JMU pushed the lead back into double-digits by halftime as the Dukes entered intermission ahead 44-32.

The Dukes then scored the first 10 points of the second half and outscored Georgia State 20-4 in the opening 5:45 of the half. That put JMU up by 28, 64-36, with 14:15 to play.

JMU shot better than 50 percent (34-67, 50.7%) from the field while the Panthers hit only 31.3 percent (21-67) of their field-goal tries. The Dukes held a 54-32 rebounding advantage.

Young had a game-high nine rebounds, and Brown and Jimenez each had eight boards.