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Wednesday, December 21
Baltimore, Md.
11 a.m.
James Madison University
at
Coppin State
Men's Basketball Caps Non-Conference Slate at Coppin State
12/20/2022 6:05:00 PM | Men's Basketball
James Madison Dukes (9-3, 0-0) at Coppin State (4-9, 0-0)
December 21, 2022Â -- 11 a.m.
Baltimore, Md.. -- Physical Education Complex
Game Links
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CoppinStateSports.com · @CoppinMBB
QUICK HITS
- James Madison men's hoops travels to Baltimore to close out non-conference play in a Wednesday morning tilt against Coppin State.
- The Dukes are coming off a 115-79 romp over LIU on Sunday, as a 65-point first half powered JMU to as much as a 62-point lead early in the second half. Making his season debut and playing against his father and LIU head coach Rod Strickland, redshirt sophomore Terell Strickland tied a career high with eight assists to go with eight points, five steals, and a pair of boards.
- The Dukes were undefeated in home non-conference play for the second straight season.
- In their six wins over Division I opponents, the Dukes have won by an average of 30.2 points, with margins of 48, 35, 26, 19, 17, and 36 points. In contrast, just one defeat of JMU's three have been by double-digits (16 at then-#1 North Carolina).
- JMU made a bit of defensive history against LIU, racking up 16 steals on the day. Combined with 19 against Gallaudet in the game prior, this marked the first time JMU had grabbed 35 steals in a two-game span.
- Redshirt junior Julien Wooden, who put up a career-high 18 points against the Sharks, led the Dukes on Sunday afternoon. He shot 6-of-7 from the field and made both of his threes in just 13 minutes of play.
- Redshirt senior Vado Morse leads the scoring for the Dukes at 13.0 points per game.
- Nationally, JMU is inside the top 10 in seven statistical categories - first in scoring margin (29.4), scoring offense (92.6) and bench points per game (38.8), third in steals per game (11.9), fifth in turnovers forced per game (20.3), and seventh in field goal percentage (.513) and turnover margin (6.9). JMU amassed 65 bench points against LIU to move into the top three nationally.
- The Dukes' field goal percentage numbers have been boosted by Justin Amadi (.731), Mezie Offurum (.641) and Terrence Edwards (.609), who are all shooting above 60% with at least 30 field goal attempts this season.
- JMU has scored 100 points or more five times this season, the first team to do so since the 1970-71 squad scored 100 six times.
- Coppin State is 4-9 and has lost three straight heading into Wednesday's matchup.
- The Eagles are led by Sam Sessums, who ranks fourth in the nation with an average of 23.7 points per game.
- Despite losing five of its last six games, Coppin State has scored at least 70 points in each of those contests.
- JMU and Coppin State have met four times, with JMU taking the first three and Coppin State winning the most recent matchup. The Eagles won for the first time in a 94-78 victory on Nov. 26, 2019 at the JMU Convocation Center in Harrisonburg.
- This will be the first meeting in Baltimore between the two schools, with the previous four taking place at JMU.
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