Women's basketball to host the Duke University Blue Devils

Here is a good bit of information off Duke's website. If you ask me, I think the JMU ladies are going to lose. But stranger things have happened. Here's hoping it's not a blowout. 


Duke Readies for Trip to James Madison; Tuesday, Nov. 30 at 7:00 PM...
Entering the third leg of a four-game road swing, the fifth-ranked Duke women’s basketball team (6-0) will travel to Harrisonburg, Va., for a Tuesday, Nov. 30 contest at 7:00 p.m., at James Madison (3-2).  The game will be played at the JMU Convocation Center. Following Tuesday’s matchup against JMU, the Blue Devils will travel to Wisconsin to conclude the road swing on Dec. 2.  The four-game road swing marks only the second time Duke has featured road straight road games over the last 23 years.
The Blue Devils are currently ranked No. 5 in the Associated Press and No. 6 in the ESPN/USA Today Division I Coaches Polls.

Noting Duke...
Senior Jasmine Thomas has started 66 straight games ... senior Krystal Thomas played in her 100th consecutive game at Charlotte ... Duke holds a 228-84 advantage in points in the paint ... as a team, Duke has taken 11 charges with Shay Selby and Chelsea Gray leading with three each ... the Blue Devils return three starters -- Jasmine Thomas, Karima Christmas and Krystal Thomas off a squad that posted a 30-6 overall record a year ago and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight ... Duke has been ranked in the Associated Press for 209 straight weeks, which dates back to the 1999-2000 season ... the Blue Devils have been listed in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches poll for 257 consecutive weeks - dating back to the 1997-98 campaign.


A Look At James Madison...
James Madison enters the contest with a 3-2 overall record and is coming off a 76-69 overtime victory over Montana in the Caribbean Challenge in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico. The Dukes are coached by Kenny Brooks, who is in his ninth season with JMU. James Madison is led by All-America candidate Dawn Evans, who is averaging 26.6 points, 4.4 rebounds and leads the team with 21 assists.  Lauren Jimenez (9.0 points), Tarik Hislop (8.8 points) and Lauren Whitehurst (7.2 points) are also producing well for JMU.


Series With James Madison...
Duke and James Madison will meet for the seventh time in school history with the Blue Devils leading the overall series, 5-1.  In the series, JMU won the first game, 76-75, on Jan. 15, 1982, but Duke has won the last five in a row. Last year in Durham, the Blue Devils won 79-65


Duke Versus the CAA...
Duke holds an all-time record of 38-8 against teams from the Colonial Athletic Association -- Delaware (1-0), George Mason (3-0), Georgia State (1-1), Hofstra (2-0), James Madison (5-1), UNC Wilmington (7-2), Northeastern (2-0), Old Dominion (7-3), VCU (6-1) and William & Mary (4-0). The last loss to a CAA squad was on Dec. 7, 1996 against sixth-ranked Old Dominion, 89-77.  Duke has won 10 straight contests against the Colonial Athletic Conference, which is dating back to the 1999 East Regional Sweet 16 victory versus fifth-ranked Old Dominion.


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-CH