WOMEN'S BASKETBALL LOSES IN OVERTIME TO HOFSTRA, 69-62

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1/29/2010 2:13:00 AM | Women's Basketball

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HARRISONBURG, Va., Jan. 28, 2010 -- Senior guard Sam Brigham (Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury) scored 19 points, including two layups at the end of regulation to tie the game, as Hofstra (11-9, 4-4) defeated James Madison (15-4, 5-3) 69-62 in overtime in Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball Thursday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.

Hofstra outscored JMU 13-6 in overtime and never trailed in the period. Redshirt sophomore guard Candice Bellocchio (Staten Island, N.Y./St. Peter's) opened the period with a three-pointer at 4:28. Freshman guard Candace Bond (Fort Washington, Md./Riverdale Baptist) scored Hofstra's next three points, all at the foul line, to put the Pride up 62-56 at 2:26.

After a JMU basket on a putback by junior center Lauren Jimenez (North Bergen, N.J./North Bergen) at 2:02, Hofstra scored six straight points to pull ahead by 10, 68-58, with 44.5 seconds to go. Bond hit a 10-foot jumper on the right baseline at 1:39, Brigham knocked down two free throws with 55.7 seconds to go, and Bond converted two foul shots to push the lead to 10.

In the overtime period, Hofstra held the Dukes to shooting 13.3 percent (2-15) from the field, including 0-for-6 from the three-point line. The Pride hit two of three field-goal tries and was 8-for-10 on free throws in overtime.

Bellocchio finished with 15 points for the Pride, while junior guard Aamira Terry (Atlanta, Ga./W.D. Mohammed) had 11 and freshman forward Shante Evans (West Chester, Pa./Henderson) had 10 points to go with a team-high eight rebounds.

Junior guard Dawn Evans (Clarksville, Tenn./Northeast) scored a team-high 15 points for the Dukes, while Jimenez and redshirt senior guard Sarah Williams (Wilmington, Del./Ursuline Academy) had 14 and 11 points, respectively. Williams also had a game-high 12 rebounds and junior forward/center Jalissa Taylor (Chesterfield, Va./L.C. Bird) pulled down 11.

JMU used a 12-2 run, starting with an Evans three-pointer with 13:48 to go in the first half, to jump out to a 20-11 lead. The Pride was able to get back within one (27-26) on a three-pointer by Bellocchio with 5:37 to go, but couldn't get closer as the Dukes extended their lead to 35-28 at the break.

After halftime, the Dukes were held without a point until the 15:32 mark, when freshman forward Nikki Newman (Harrisonburg, Va./Turner Ashby) sank the second of two free throws. The Pride used the cold shooting of JMU to come back and take its first lead when a Bellocchio jumper made it 37-36 with 14:33 to play. JMU did not have a field goal in the second half until Evans sank a layup with 14:13 to go.

The Evans layup keyed a 15-5 JMU run over the next 5:12 in which Evans scored nine points and was 4-for-5 from the field, including a three-pointer. That gave the Dukes their largest lead of the half, 51-42, with 9:02 remaining.

Hofstra then went on a 14-5 run of its own and tied the game at 56-56 on Brigham's coast-to-coast layup with 11.9 seconds left in regulation. In the run Bellochio, Evans and Brigham each scored four points.

The Dukes out-rebounded Hofstra 51-39 for the game.

Evans' 15 points marked her school-record 50th consecutive game in double figures, and her three-pointer with 13:48 left in the first half gave her 26 consecutive games with at least one basket from behind the arc, also a school record. Evans also moved from fifth to third on JMU's career scoring list and now stands at 1,618.