Cold Shooting Fells Dukes at Old Dominion

Saturday, December 1

Norfolk, Va.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

6-4

Old Dominion

5-3

James Madison

Old Dominion

12/1/2018 11:16:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score @JMUMBasketball JMU MBB on Instagram Box Score

NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion used a 23-2 run on either side of halftime to put James Madison in a hole it couldn't battle out of on Saturday evening, handing the Dukes a 67-42 loss in non-conference men's basketball at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.

Sophomore guard Matt Lewis led the Dukes with 15 points, his 31st career double-digit performance, while sophomore forward Dwight Wilson pulled down 12 boards on the evening.

The Dukes (6-4) kept things close early, limiting the ODU (5-3) offense to a 10-9 lead with 9:46 to play in the first half, but the Monarchs would hold JMU to just one field goal over the next 14:13 as they pushed the lead to 33-11 before sophomore Darius Banks got a tough layup to fall in traffic with 15:33 to play.

JMU would chip away at the lead early in the second half, pulling as close as 14 before the Monarchs put together a quick 14-2 run that included a pair of three-pointers to push the lead back to 52-26.

B.J. Stith led the Monarchs, going a blistering 12-of-16 from the field on his way to 28 points.

QUOTING COACH ROWE
"We know we can't put ourselves in the type of position we did tonight. Against a team as good as we faced here, we can't have the failures in execution that we did, because they'll make you pay. We saw that very clearly tonight."

QUICK HITS
- With 12 boards on Saturday, sophomore Dwight Wilson has turned in five performances of 12 or more rebounds in just 10 contests after entering the year without a game in double-digits.
- Freshman Matt Lewis pulled down six rebounds, matching his season high.
- Saturday night marked the first game this season in which the Dukes did not lead.

UP NEXT
The Dukes will return home to start next week, welcoming another in-state foe to Harrisonburg as Radford comes to the Convocation Center for a 7 p.m. tip on Tuesday, Dec. 4. On Thursday evening, the Highlanders took down No. 17 Texas in a 62-59 win in Austin.