Fans may exchange their ticket to football's playoff game vs. Colgate for a FREE ticket to the JMU women's basketball game!
Fans are also encouraged to join in on our Toys for Tots toy drive - bring one new, unopened toy to be donated to the Marine Corps Toys for Tots and receive a FREE general admission ticket to the game.
QUICK HITS- JMU returns to its home court after a 68-56 overtime win at Hampton on Nov. 29. The Dukes overcame a 14-point deficit to force extra time before outscoring the Lady Pirates 16-4 over the final five minutes.
- Redshirt senior guard Jazmon Gwathmey was named the Colonial Athletic Assocation and Eastern College Athletic Conferene Division l Player of the Week after averaging 26.0 points per game over a 2-0 week.
- American is looking for its first win of the season after a recent 47-46 loss at UMBC.
- The Eagles have faced three CAA oppenents in the first five games of the season, falling to Hofstra (51-60), Elon (54-62) and William & Mary (51-62).
- JMU leads the all-time series against American 41-10. The Dukes have won the last 12 straight match-ups.
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.