Dukes Open Season with No. 13/14 Tennessee at Home

Friday, November 11

Harrisonburg, Va.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

Tennessee

11/10/2016 2:37:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Pregame Banner Unveiling
Doors open at 5:30 p.m.

James Madison vs. #13/14 Tennessee
Convocation Center | Harrisonburg, Va.
Friday, November 11, 2016 - 7 p.m.

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GAME DAY NEWS (full information available here)

Gates will open at 5:30 p.m. to allow fans extra time to find their seats at the Convo. High-volume traffic is expected for the JMU women's basketball season opener against No. 13/14 Tennessee, presented by Pepsi. Fans are encouraged to arrive early, allowing extra time for parking and entry into the JMU Convocation Center.
Prior to lineups, JMU will unveil the banners celebrating their 2016 CAA Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance.
Students who attend the game will be entered to win a FREE Dell laptop. The winner will be announced during the third quarter and must be present to take home the prize.

QUICK HITS

This is the first official game for JMU under the direction of Head Coach Sean O'Regan, who took over the post in April 2016.
Late last month, JMU was picked to finish first in the CAA Preseason Coaches Poll. Redshirt senior guard Precious Hall was selected as the Preseason Player of the Year after missing the 2015-16 season due to injury.
Tennessee was picked to finished third in the SEC. The Lady Vols return eight letterwinners from a team that advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight a season ago, including leading returning scorer redshirt junior guard Diamond DeShields.
JMU is 1-2 all-time against Tennessee, with the last meeting coming on March 24, 1988. The Dukes' win (38-18) in the series history came on Feb. 21, 1925 in Knoxville, Tenn.
Friday's match-up pits two of the all-time winningest programs against each other. Tennessee leads all Division I NCAA women's basketball programs with 1,299 total victories, and JMU is fourth with 1,045 total victories.

NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RULES

FORMAT: Women's basketball games has four 10-minute periods with an intermission between the first and second periods and the third and fourth periods as well as a 15-minute halftime intermission.
FOULS: A player will be awarded two free throws for each common foul committed by a team starting with the fifth team foul in each period - there are no more 1-and-1 situations. Team foul counts will reset at the beginning of each period.
TEAM-CALLED TIMEOUTS: Each team will have four timeouts to be used during the course of the game (three 30-second timeouts and one full 60-second timeout). Three timeouts carry over to the second half; if no timeout is taken in the first half, a team loses one 30-second timeout. If the game goes past regulation, one 30-second timeout is awarded for each extra period, plus the remaining second-half timeouts.
MEDIA TIMEOUTS (2:45 in length): There will be seven media timeouts during regulation time: three prior to halftime and four after halftime. The intermission between the first and second periods as well as the intermission between the third and fourth periods will count as media timeouts. Each period will have one media timeout at either the first team-called timeout of the period OR the first dead ball at or below the five-minute mark. A floating media timeout will take place during either the third or fourth period at the first team-called timeout. This will not eliminate the set media timeout of that period.