Duke outperforms JMU, 75-58

For the ninth time in school history, a top-10 women's basketball team visited Harrisonburg to take on JMU.
Tuesday night, JMU fell to 75-58 to No. 5 Duke. JMU dropped to 3-3 with the loss and Duke advanced to 7-0.

JMU took the lead in the beginning of the game until Duke stole it at 14-13 in the 13th minute and never gave it up again. Following the lead change, Duke went on a 24-6 run.
JMU senior Lauren Jimenez scored a season-high 19 points on 7-for-8 shooting from the field. She also recorded a double-double noting a team-leading 11 rebounds.
Madison's leading scorer was senior Dawn Evans, adding 20. Other contributors included sophomore Tarik Hislop (8), seniors Jalissa Taylor (4) and Courtney Hamner (3) and junior Lauren Whitehurst (4).
As a team, JMU shot 45.8 percent from the field in the first half, but fell drastically to 29 percent in the second.
Evans, the Colonial Athletic Association's second-leading scorer shot 8-for-22 from the field and 2-for-11 from behind the arc.
The Blue Devils had four scorers in double-digits, and the team recorded 20 assists in comparison to JMU's nine. Duke's scoring was led by freshman Chelsea Gray, with 15, and seniors Karmia Christmas and Krystal Thomas, adding 14 each.
JMU will continue play at Longwood University on Thursday.

-CH