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| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
|---|---|---|---|
| American | 23 | 26 | 49 |
| James Madison | 29 | 36 | 65 |
12/22/2012 2:04:00 AM | Women's Basketball
HARRISONBURG, Va., Dec. 21, 2012 -- The James Madison women's basketball team (4-6) took an early lead
and pulled away to a 65-49 win over American
(5-5) Friday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.
The Dukes got their first win after dropping three straight contests, while American saw its winning streak end at three games.
Freshman guard Precious Hall (Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay), in her first game as a starter, scored a career-high 16 points. She shared game scoring honors with senior guard Tarik Hislop (Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch). Junior guard Kirby Burkholder (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) finished with her second double-double of the season with 15 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
American was led sophomore forward Arron Zimmerman (Wayside, N.J./Saint John Vianney), who scored a career-high 13 points on 5-for-5 shooting, including 3-for-3 from 3-point range. Freshman forward Michelle Holmes (Toledo, Ohio/Notre Dame Academy) added a season-high 10 points, and senior center Stephanie Anya (Germantown, Md./Holy Cross) was AU's leading rebounder with 10 and had a game-high five blocked shots.
The Dukes used an 11-2 run to pull out to a 24-13 lead with 8:32 left in the opening half. Redshirt freshman guard Jazmon Gwathmey (Bealeton, Va./Liberty) scored the first and last basket of the stretch.
The Eagles, however, ran off 10 unanswered points, the first eight by Zimmerman, to close the margin to one, 24-23, with 4:32 left.
JMU scored the final five points of the half on a 3-pointer by Hall and a jumper by Hislop, and the Dukes opened the second half by outscoring AU 8-1. Hislop scored on a 15-foot jumper and Hall and Burkholder each knocked down 3's to put JMU up 37-24 at 18:09.
AU got no closer than 11 (37-26 at 17:13) and JMU extended its lead to as many as 19 on four occasions.
JMU held a 53-34 rebounding advantage.
The Dukes got their first win after dropping three straight contests, while American saw its winning streak end at three games.
Freshman guard Precious Hall (Tallahassee, Fla./Maclay), in her first game as a starter, scored a career-high 16 points. She shared game scoring honors with senior guard Tarik Hislop (Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch). Junior guard Kirby Burkholder (Bridgewater, Va./Turner Ashby) finished with her second double-double of the season with 15 points and a game-high 11 rebounds.
American was led sophomore forward Arron Zimmerman (Wayside, N.J./Saint John Vianney), who scored a career-high 13 points on 5-for-5 shooting, including 3-for-3 from 3-point range. Freshman forward Michelle Holmes (Toledo, Ohio/Notre Dame Academy) added a season-high 10 points, and senior center Stephanie Anya (Germantown, Md./Holy Cross) was AU's leading rebounder with 10 and had a game-high five blocked shots.
The Dukes used an 11-2 run to pull out to a 24-13 lead with 8:32 left in the opening half. Redshirt freshman guard Jazmon Gwathmey (Bealeton, Va./Liberty) scored the first and last basket of the stretch.
The Eagles, however, ran off 10 unanswered points, the first eight by Zimmerman, to close the margin to one, 24-23, with 4:32 left.
JMU scored the final five points of the half on a 3-pointer by Hall and a jumper by Hislop, and the Dukes opened the second half by outscoring AU 8-1. Hislop scored on a 15-foot jumper and Hall and Burkholder each knocked down 3's to put JMU up 37-24 at 18:09.
AU got no closer than 11 (37-26 at 17:13) and JMU extended its lead to as many as 19 on four occasions.
JMU held a 53-34 rebounding advantage.
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/ Women's BasketballTeam Stats
AMERICAN
JMU
FG%
.346
.389
3FG%
.429
.462
FT%
.389
.500
RB
34
53
TO
13
12
STL
4
7
Game Leaders
Pts
16
FGM
6
3FGM
3
FTM
1
Pts
16
FGM
7
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
15
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
2
Pts
6
FGM
3
3FGM
0
FTM
0
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