O'Regan Tallies First Win with 83-57 Triumph over St. Francis Brooklyn

Sunday, November 13

Harrisonburg, Va.

4:30 p.m.

James Madison University

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St. Francis Brooklyn

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St. Francis Brooklyn

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O'Regan Tallies First Win with 83-57 Triumph over St. Francis Brooklyn

11/13/2016 8:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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HARRISONBURG, VA. – James Madison women's basketball dominated on both ends of the floor to top St. Francis Brooklyn 83-57 at the Convocation Center on Sunday afternoon, notching the first victory in the Sean O'Regan era.

Redshirt senior guard Precious Hall tallied 24 points, garnering 63 over her first two games of her comeback season. Freshman guard Kamiah Smalls netted a career-high 16 points to open her career with back-to-back double-digit scoring efforts and added seven rebounds, one assist and a steal. Freshman forward Devon Merritt also chipped in a career-best 11 points while adding four rebounds and a steal.

Sophomore forward Savannah Felgemacher led the Dukes in rebounding (11) as JMU outrebounded SFC 55-32, including a 30-7 advantage in offensive boards as JMU racked up 27 second-chance points.

SFC led by as many as six in the first quarter, but Hall continued where she left off Friday evening, scoring 13 of the first 17 points for the Dukes to lock the game at 21-all through the opening quarter. JMU opened the second quarter on a 16-4 run and held St. Francis to a field-goal drought of over six minutes to take an eight-point lead into the half (38-30). JMU continued to pressure in the second half, outscoring the Terriers 45-27, to cruise to the victory.

Leading the turnover battle 29-16, the Dukes netted 36 points off turnovers and held St. Francis to five. The Dukes shot 33.3 percent from the field (27-81) while hitting their first 13 free throws to finish with a 78.1 percentage at the charity stripe (25-32).
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Alex Delaney and Jade Johnson led the Terriers, each finishing with 10 points. Delaney added five rebounds and two assists for St. Francis.

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Logan Reynolds tied her career highs in both steals and assists.

BACK WITH AUTHORITY
Redshirt senior guard Precious Hall opened her weekend back to play with 63 points, including a game-high 24 points against St. Francis Brooklyn. She moved into eighth on JMU's career scoring chart (1,569), surpassing former teammate and current WNBA player Jazmon Gwathmey (1,555).

CRASHING THE GLASS
JMU pulled down 55 rebounds to SFC's 32 boards. The Dukes also held a 30-7 edge in offensive boards, closing out with a 27-4 advantage in second-chance points. Sophomore Savannah Felgemacher led with 11 rebounds, including nine on the offensive end, in her best rebounding performance in the 2015-16 season opener (12 pts vs. Longwood).

FRESHMEN HUSTLE
Kamiah Smalls continued the strong start to her career, posting a career-high 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting from the floor and a 4-for-4 performance from the free-throw line. She has 31 points through her opening weekend. Devon Merritt also posted her first double-digit scoring game with 11 points in the victory, including a 7-for-8 performance at the charity stripe.

JMU powers past SFC to pick up their first win of the @CoachOJMU era! #GoDukes pic.twitter.com/iIlXVe2RSH
— JMU Dukes WBB (@JMUWBasketball) November 13, 2016

UP NEXT
The Dukes close their three games in five days swing to start the year with a trip to Liberty on Tuesday, Nov. 15. The contest is set for a 5 p.m. start and will be available on ESPN3.