Today is the annual Pink Game. JMU Athletics will honor those that have been affected by breast cancer and encourage all fans to wear pink.
The first 300 fans in attendance will receive a "Pink Out the Convo" rally towel.
QUICK HITS- The first 300 fans in attendance will receive a "Pink Out the Convo" rally towel. Towels will be distributed at the marketing table outside of the Gate D ticket office.
- The Dukes welcome the Tribe to the Convocation Center where they are undefeated on the season with an 11-0 record at home. JMU is coming off a 57-42 decision over Hofstra on Valentine's Day, JMU's 11th straight win that began on Jan.8.
- Earlier this season, JMU fell to W&M 65-59 in overtime in Williamsburg, Va. on Jan. 3 for their only conference loss of the season. The Dukes were led by junior forward Da'Lishia Griffin who recorded a career-high 20 rebounds in the contest.
- William & Mary is looking to snap a four-game losing streak, including losses to Hofstra (53-61) and Delaware (53-69) in a two-game homestand last weekend.
- Senior guard Angela Mickens currently has 604 career assists, just three shy from claiming second in the JMU all-time record books, currently held by Andrea Benvenuto (2003-07) with 606. Mickens is currently averaging 7.0 dishes per game.
- Freshman center Kayla Cooper-Williams earned her third CAA Rookie of the Week honor after a 2-0 weekend where she averaged 11.0 rebounds, 8.0 points on a 66.7 shooting percentage and 1.5 steals per game in 65 minutes played. She also added five blocks against Hofstra to give her 48 this season.
- JMU holds a 65-16 advantage over W&M in the all-time series, winning 17 of the last 19 meetings. The last time the Dukes lost to the Tribe at home was in a 55-53 decision on Feb. 12, 1999.
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.