GAME-ENDING FIELD GOAL BEATS MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM

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1/3/2005 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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GAME-ENDING FIELD GOAL BEATS MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM

Sophomore guard Ray Barbosa had a game-high 21 points Monday against UNC Wilmington

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HARRISONBURG, Va. (1/03/05) – Senior forward Halston Lane's (Oak Ridge, Tenn./Georgia Tech) follow-up shot hung on the rim as the clock expired and then tumbled through to lift North Carolina Wilmington to a 49-48 men's basketball victory over James Madison Monday. Lane scored just four points – the final four of the game.

The Seahawks defeated the Dukes for the 11th straight time and improved to 6-4 overall and 2-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association. JMU, which has lost eight in a row for the first time since the 1995-96 season, fell to 2-8 overall and to 0-2 in the CAA.

JMU had forged a 47-40 lead, the largest enjoyed by either team, with 1:58 remaining as sophomore guard Ray Barbosa (Allentown, Pa./William Allen) capped a season- and game-high 21-point performance with a pair of free throws.

On the ensuing possession by UNCW, JMU junior point guard Jomo Belfor (Mount Vernon, N.Y./Mount Vernon) fouled Seahawk junior John Goldsberry (Vandalia, Ohio/Butler) on a shot attempt. It was Belfor's fifth foul, and Goldsberry hit both free throws to pull the visitors to within 47-42 with 1:54 to play.

The Dukes then turned the ball over in the backcourt, and the Seahawks, who grabbed seven of the game last eight rebounds (five on the offensive end) missed a pair of three–point attempts. JMU freshman center Gabriel Chami (Cordoba, Argentina) claimed the rebound following the second miss, setting up a possession that led to a pair of free throws by sophomore forward Cavell Johnson (Middleburg, Va./Notre Dame Academy). Johnson hit the first but not the second, and the Dukes held a 48-42 lead with 1:16 remaining.

Junior forward Taylor Lay (Oklahoma City, Okla./Southeast) hit for his only three-pointer of the night to slice the margin in half at 48-45 with 1:07 to go. The Dukes' 19th turnover came on a transition opportunity at 52 seconds, followed by a three-point attempt by Lane. Junior forward Mitch Laue (Dallas, Texas/Bishop Lynch) tracked down the rebound and dished off a pass underneath to Lane for a layup.

With JMU clinging to a 48-47 lead, Johnson went to the free throw line for a pair of shots, but both were missed with 30 seconds to go. Lane missed a three-point try, and Laue's follow was off the mark and rebounded by Goldsberry with eight seconds to go. The Seahawks immediately used a timeout. With two seconds remaining, sophomore guard T.J. Carter (Mechanicsville, Md./Chopticon) fired up a long-range three-pointer that bounced off the rim. Lane used two hands for the rebound and launched his shot, before coming down to the floor, from the right side of the backboard. The ball stuck to the rim on the opposite side, everyone held their breath, and the ball dropped in for the decisive points.

Goldsberry, who had missed the previous two games with a strained shoulder, paced the Seahawks with 14 points. No UNCW player had more than four rebounds.

Belfor was the only other Duke in double-figure points with 10. He and sophomore forward Eddie Greene-Long (Winston-Salem, N.C./R.J. Reynolds