VS. 
Hofstra at James Madison
Sunday, Jan. 27 | 5:35 PM | JMU Convocation Center
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THE BASICS
◊ Tickets: Tickets range in
price from $7-10. Please click here
for specific information.
◊ Parking: Free parking on
first-come, first-serve basis. Please
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for a parking map.
◊ Where: JMU Convocation Center,
Harrisonburg, Va. (capacity: 7,156)
◊ Multimedia: *Game to be
televised on CSN-MA, CSN-NE, SNY, TCN-P*
>> Local Radio: WHBG
1360 AM (Harrisonburg, Va.)
>> Audiostream &
Videostream: MadiZONE on JMUSports.com (free; requires registration)
EXTRA, EXTRA: Duke
Dog Reading Day
◊ Sunday's match-up against Hofstra
marks the first of two Duke Dog Reading Days with JMU women's basketball,
presented by Bruster's and O'Neill's Grill.
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The Duke Dog Reading
Program, in its 24th year, encourages reading by area elementary school
students.
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Some 14,000 student readers from
33 schools in 10 school systems (Augusta, Frederick, Greene, Page, Rockingham
and Shenandoah counties and the cities of Harrisonburg, Staunton, Waynesboro
and Winchester) participated in the program, and more than 4,000 students met
the reading goals and are eligible to attend the designated games.
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Students are given a set number
of books to read over the course of four weeks.
Those who complete their reading goals are rewarded with a voucher for a
scoop of ice cream from Bruster's Real Ice Cream in Harrisonburg and tickets
for themselves and two others to the designated JMU women's basketball games. There is also a halftime recognition (to be
held at the March 3 George Mason game) for the top three reading schools, and
the classes that reach 100% participation receive a poster autographed by the
JMU women's basketball team.
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The success of the program has
garnered national attention. In June
2007, the Duke Dog Reading Program was identified by the National Association
of Collegiate Marketing Administrators as the Gold Winner of the single day
attendance promotion for women's basketball.
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The program traditionally draws
large crowds, and in 1996-97 a Convocation Center-record 6,500 fans attended
the Jan. 17 game with Old Dominion. Last
year's two games drew season-highs of 5,179 (Feb. 26 ODU) and 4,637 (Jan. 29
Delaware) fans, ranking number five and 12, respectively, among all-time home
attendance in JMU history.
LAST MATCH-UP
2/23/12 JMU Convocation Center, Harrisonburg, Va.: JMU 80, Hofstra 61
SCOUTING HOFSTRA
♦ After a
1-7 start to the season, the Pride has won seven of its last eight games to
move to 8-8. Hofstra is 4-1 in Colonial
Athletic Association play, with its only loss coming 59-53 at first-place
Drexel on Jan. 17.
♦
A preseason All-CAA First Team
selection, senior forward Shante Evans
leads the Pride with 16.9 points per game and 10.5 rebounds per game, having
tallied a CAA-leading eight double-doubles this season. In league play, she is shooting 59.6 percent
from the field and 73.1 percent from the free-throw line.
♦
Sophomore guard Andreana Thomas is leading the Pride and the CAA in assists per
game (6.1), dishing out 97 this season.
Her assist average is the 20th-best in the country, and her single game
career-high of 13 is tied for third-most in a game in the NCAA this season.
♦
Hofstra leads the CAA in steals per
game, averaging 11.6 thefts per game.
Many of those are credited to senior forward Candace Bond, who is committing 3.3 steals each game to lead the
team and the league as well as rank 20th in the nation.
JMU FAST BREAK
♦ After a
71-55 win at George Mason on Jan. 24, the Dukes have won their last four and
eight of their last nine to improve to 11-7 this season and 5-1 in conference
action. JMU is third in league
standings, behind Drexel (6-0) and Delaware (5-0).
♦ Freshman
guard Precious Hall is making a case
for CAA Rookie of the Year as she averages 13.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 2.5 assists
and 2.3 steals per game when facing conference opponents. Hall also had a career night against Mason
when she posted career highs with 20 points and seven steals, adding in six
rebounds. Her seven steals set a JMU freshman record, with the previous record
of six shared by four players (last achieved by Kia Cole, 1997-98).
♦ Senior
guard Tarik Hislop leads the Dukes
with 16.2 ppg and 3.6 apg while junior guard Kirby Burkholder is tops on the team with 7.9 rpg and 92.2 percent from the charity stripe, which leads the CAA and is eighth in the nation. On Jan. 24, Burkholder sank four 3-pointers, moving
into sixth all-time at JMU with 143 career makes from beyond the arc. She passed 2008 JMU graduate Tamera Young,
who had 142 made 3-pointers in her career as a Duke.
♦ Since
beginning conference play, JMU has increased its rebounding margin over
opponents from 3.2 to 6.7. The Dukes are
also holding opponents to an average of 51.3 points per game after allowing
opponents an average of 61.4 points per game in non-conference play.
