VS. 
James Madison at UNCW
Sunday, Jan. 6 | 2:00 PM | Trask Coliseum
Live Stats | JMU Audiostream | UNCW Videostream
THE BASICS
◊ Tickets: Tickets are $6
for general admission. Please click here
for specific information.
◊ Parking: Free parking is
available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Please click here
for a map of campus with possible parking options near the venue.
◊ Where: Trask Coliseum,
Wilmington, N.C. (capacity: 5,500)
◊ Multimedia:
>> Local Radio: WHBG
1360 AM (Harrisonburg, Va.)
>> JMU Audiostream:
MadiZONE on JMUSports.com (free; requires registration)
>>
UNCW Videostream: Hawk
Vision on UNCWsports.com (subscription-based service; one-game for $4.95)
LAST MATCH-UP
2/16/12,
JMU Convocation Center: JMU
63, UNCW 52
UNCW SCOUTING REPORT
♦ The Seahawks were chosen to finish seventh
in the Colonial Athletic Association by the league's head coaches prior to the
season tip-off. UNCW is currently 1-10
with its only victory coming on Nov. 28 against North Carolina Central, 59-45. The Seahawks have only played at home four
times this season leading into Sunday's CAA-opener.
♦
JMU is 49-9 against the Seahawks
all-time, which includes three consecutive wins and an 11-2 record over the
last eight seasons.
♦
Redshirt junior guard Jessica Freeman leads UNCW in scoring
(10.8), steals (2.0) and assists (2.6).
She also has a team-leading 14 made baskets from beyond the arc.
♦
Senior forward Karneshia Garrett is third for the Seahawks in points per game with
9.1. She leads the team with 12.3
rebounds per game and has converted 29 of her 47 trips to the charity stripe.
JMU FAST BREAK
♦ The Dukes will hit the road after a rare
three-game home stand over the holiday break and will open CAA play in
Wilmington. JMU won the last three games
of 2012 to move to 6-6 on the season.
Over the three-game slate, the Dukes won by an average of 39.7 points. Two of those victories rank in the top-10
largest margins of victory at JMU (54-point win over Maine, 88-34; 49-point win
over Georgia Southern, 93-44).
♦
Sunday afternoon's game will mark the
opening of CAA play for JMU. JMU has won
the last two season openers and is 3-0 against UNCW when opening against the
Seahawks, dating back to Jan. 9, 1988.
♦
On New Year's Eve, junior guard Kirby Burkholder dropped a career-high
27 points against Georgia Southern and 18 of those points came off
3-pointers. She is second on the team in
points (14.9), but leads in steals (2.1) and rebounds (7.6). Her 88.6 percent free-throw percentage leads
JMU as well as the CAA and ranks 21st nationally.
♦
Redshirt freshman guard Jazmon Gwathmey grabbed a career-high
10 rebounds against Georgia Southern to improve her season average to 4.1 per
game.
♦
Senior guard Tarik Hislop leads the Dukes with 16.8 points per game. She is also averaging a team-leading 3.1
assists per game, and her 37 this season have moved her into ninth all-time on
the JMU assists leaderboard (303).
