Prior to today's contest, please join us for the banner unveilings from
the Dukes' 2015 CAA championship and NCAA appearance.
- JMU was picked by a poll of CAA coaches to win a third consecutive conference title. Redshirt senior guard Jazmon Gwathmey was picked as CAA Preseason Player of the Year.
- Longwood is a member of the Big South Conference, and senior guard Raven Williams was named to the All-Preseason Team.
- The Lancers open the 2015-16 season Nov. 13 on the road at Oregon State in Carvallis, Ore. before heading to Harrisonburg, Va.
- JMU leads the all-time series against Longwood 38-22, having won nine of the last 10 meetings.
- The Dukes have won their last two season openers, both on their home floor. They defeated UCLA 91-87 in overtime in 2014 after taking down Virginia 63-46 in 2013.
RULES CHANGES- FORMAT: Instead of two 20-minute halves, women's basketball games will now have four 10-minute periods with an intermission between the first and second periods and the third and fourth periods as well as a 15-minute halftime intermission.
- FOULS: A player will be awarded two free throws for each common foul committed by a team starting with the fifth team foul in each period - there are no more 1-and-1 situations. Team foul counts will reset at the beginning of each period.
- TEAM-CALLED TIMEOUTS: Each team will have four timeouts to be used during the course of the game (three 30-second timeouts and one full 60-second timeout). Three timeouts carry over to the second half; if no timeout is taken in the first half, a team loses one 30-second timeout. If the game goes past regulation, one 30-second timeout is awarded for each extra period, plus the remaining second-half timeouts.
- MEDIA TIMEOUTS (2:45 IN LENGTH): There will be seven media timeouts during regulation time: three prior to halftime and four after halftime. The intermission between the first and second periods as well as the intermission between the third and fourth periods will count as media timeouts. Each period will have one media timeout at either the first team-called timeout of the period OR the first dead ball at or below the five-minute mark. A floating media timeout will take place during either the third or fourth period at the first team-called timeout. This will not eliminate the set media timeout of that period.