Lights Out Second Half Propels JMU to 60-57 Victory at Northeastern

Sunday, December 31

Boston, Mass.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

6-7, 2-0CAA

Northeastern

6-7, 1-1CAA

James Madison

Northeastern

Lights Out Second Half Propels JMU to 60-57 Victory at Northeastern

12/31/2017 3:20:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

BOSTON, Mass. – James Madison women's basketball shot 62.96 percent from the floor in the second half to complete the comeback victory, securing the 60-57 win at Northeastern on Sunday afternoon.

The Dukes improved to 2-0 in Colonial Athletic Association action (6-7 overall) and stretched its win streak to three games as they handed the Huskies their first league loss (6-7, 1-1 CAA).

After a 17-4 run by NU in the second quarter gave the Huskies a 10-point lead, the Dukes slowly chipped away at the deficit before utilizing a 10-0 run late in the third quarter to take its own one-point lead. The Huskies regained the lead twice more before a 7-0 JMU stretch pushed the Dukes ahead for good.

BARRIER SQUARED
Sophomore Lexie Barrier tallied the first double-double of her career with 17 points and a career-high 10 rebounds. She added a season-high three steals and three assists.

LUCKY 13
Sophomore Kamiah Smalls scored in double digits for the 13th straight game, knocking down a game-high 18 points for the Dukes. She added nine rebounds and two assists as well as tied a career high in steals (6).

FROM BEYOND THE ARC
Northeastern scored six of its 11 first-half field-goals from 3-point range, but was limited to just three makes from beyond the arc and finished 9-of-21 from beyond the arc. JMU made three 3-pointers over the first 20 minutes

ON THE BLOCK
JMU had six blocks as a team for the third time in the last four games. Redshirt sophomore Kayla Cooper-Williams, sophomore Devon Merritt and junior Aneah Young each tallied two blocks on Sunday. This tied career highs for both Merritt and Young as well as pushed Cooper-Williams' career total to 93 blocks.

FOR CONSISTENCY'S SAKE
Senior Hailee Barron came off the bench to make her 114th consecutive appearance for the Dukes, now tied for the 10th-longest streak in JMU history with Kisha Stokes ('09).
Barron also drained a 3-pointer in the second quarter to move into a tie for 11th all-time in 3-point makes with Krissy Heinbaugh ('96). She surpassed Heinbaugh with her second make from beyond the arc, now sitting at 115 for her career.

UP NEXT
The Dukes head home for a three-game CAA home-stand, beginning Friday, Jan. 5 against Towson at 7 p.m. at the Convo.