James Madison Women's Basketball 2014 NCAA Tournament Capsule

James Madison Dukes
CAA (28-5, 15-1)

 

Big Wins: 11/8 Virginia (63-46), 11/29 vs UCLA (77-67), 12/15 at St. John’s (64-51)
Bad Losses: 11/30 vs Mississippi State (52-65), 12/01 vs Wright State (77-79), 2/27 at Charleston (78-85)
Coach: Kenny Brooks (11 seasons at James Madison)

Probable Starters:
Kirby Burkholder, Senior, Guard, 18.3 ppg, 1.9 apg, 8.3 rpg
Precious Hall, Sophomore, Guard, 13.6 ppg, 2.1 apg
Jazmon Gwathmey, Sophomore, Guard, 10.1 ppg, 1.6 apg, 5.3 rpg, 1.7 bpg
Nikki Newman, Senior, Guard/Forward, 5.4 ppg, 4.1 apg, 5.4 rpg, 1.4 bpg
Toia Giggetts, Junior, Forward, 13.2 ppg, 5.9 rpg

Key Roleplayers:
Lauren Okafor, Junior, Center, 5.1 ppg, 4.5 rpg
Angela Mickens, Sophomore, Guard, 4.4 ppg, 4.1 apg

By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 76.2 (38th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Defense: 55.5 (11, 1)
Field-Goal Percentage: 43.3 (52, 1)
Field-Goal Defense: 34.5 (6, 1)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 6.6 (75, 3)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 35.4 (42, 1)
Free-Throw Percentage: 73.3 (58, 2)
Rebound Margin: 11.1 (7, 1)
Assists Per Game: 15.9 (46, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 15.3 (118, 4)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2013    NIT    First Round win over North Carolina A&T
2013    NIT    Second Round win over North Carolina State
2013    NIT    Third Round win over Fordham
2013    NIT    Quarterfinal loss to Florida
2012    NIT    First Round win over Davidson
2012    NIT    Second Round win over Wake Forest
2012    NIT    Third Round win over South Florida
2012    NIT    Quarterfinal win over Virginia
2012    NIT    Semifinal win over Syracuse
2012    NIT    Championship loss to Oklahoma State
2011    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Oklahoma
2009    NIT    First Round win over American
2009    NIT     Second Round loss to Richmond
2008    NIT    First Round win over Radford
2008    NIT    Second Round win over Indiana
2008    NIT    Third Round loss to Kentucky
2007    NCAA    Round of 64 loss to Pittsburgh
2006    NIT    First Round loss to Charlotte

*all team stats through 3/6

 

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