Upcoming Event: Women's Basketball versus Kent State on November 3, 2025 at 6 p.m.
WBB
6 p.m.
James Madison
vs Kent State
James Madison University | Official Athletics Site
Wednesday, December 7
Home
James Madison University
5-1
76
vs
60
Longwood
2-6
1
2
F
Longwood
29
31
60
James Madison
34
42
76
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: JAMES MADISON 76, LONGWOOD 60
12/7/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Game Statistics
HARRISONBURG, Va., Dec. 7, 2005 -- Sophomore Tamera Young (Wilmington, N.C./Laney) scored 21 points while pulling down a season high 14 rebounds to lead James Madison (5-1) to a 76-60 win over Longwood (2-6) in women's basketball Wednesday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.
JMU junior Lesley Dickinson (Queens Village, N.Y./Christ the King) led all scorers with a season high 22 points while shooting 10-for-14 from the field. Junior Andrea Benvenuto (Ancaster, Ontario/St. Mary's) tied her career high with 11 points and had a season high eight assists for the Dukes.
Leading by just one point (16-15 at 12:30), JMU scored 10 straight points to take a 26-15 lead with 7:19 left in the first half
The Dukes opened the second half with an 11-2 scoring run to push their lead to 45-31 at 17:47. In that span JMU hit three three-pointers, two by Dickinson and one by Young.
Longwood closed to within six points (51-45 at 13:01) after outscoring JMU 12-2 in under three minutes. Senior Ashley Mason (Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne) scored the first six points and freshman Cassandra Smith (Fredericksburg, Va./Massaponax) the last five for the Lancers.
Longwood scored only one point in three minutes while JMU scored 12 points to push their lead to 17 (63-46) at 9:17 to put the game away.
Three Longwood players reached double figures with Mason scoring 17 points, senior Amber Mason (Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne) scoring 16 and Smith adding another 10.
The victory is the fourth straight for JMU while Longwood suffered its fourth straight loss.
HARRISONBURG, Va., Dec. 7, 2005 -- Sophomore Tamera Young (Wilmington, N.C./Laney) scored 21 points while pulling down a season high 14 rebounds to lead James Madison (5-1) to a 76-60 win over Longwood (2-6) in women's basketball Wednesday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.
JMU junior Lesley Dickinson (Queens Village, N.Y./Christ the King) led all scorers with a season high 22 points while shooting 10-for-14 from the field. Junior Andrea Benvenuto (Ancaster, Ontario/St. Mary's) tied her career high with 11 points and had a season high eight assists for the Dukes.
Leading by just one point (16-15 at 12:30), JMU scored 10 straight points to take a 26-15 lead with 7:19 left in the first half
The Dukes opened the second half with an 11-2 scoring run to push their lead to 45-31 at 17:47. In that span JMU hit three three-pointers, two by Dickinson and one by Young.
Longwood closed to within six points (51-45 at 13:01) after outscoring JMU 12-2 in under three minutes. Senior Ashley Mason (Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne) scored the first six points and freshman Cassandra Smith (Fredericksburg, Va./Massaponax) the last five for the Lancers.
Longwood scored only one point in three minutes while JMU scored 12 points to push their lead to 17 (63-46) at 9:17 to put the game away.
Three Longwood players reached double figures with Mason scoring 17 points, senior Amber Mason (Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne) scoring 16 and Smith adding another 10.
The victory is the fourth straight for JMU while Longwood suffered its fourth straight loss.
Team Stats
LONGWOOD
JMU
FG%
.365
.500
3FG%
.333
.455
FT%
.667
.500
RB
36
43
TO
24
23
STL
14
10
Game Leaders
Pts
22
FGM
10
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Pts
21
FGM
8
3FGM
2
FTM
3
Pts
11
FGM
3
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
0
FTM
2
JMU Women's Basketball | Oh, Don't You Wanna Go 18-0?
Saturday, May 10
JMU Women's Basketball | Coach O'Regan Postgame Presser vs. Belmont - March 27, 2025
Tuesday, April 01
JMU Women's Basketball | The Season Continues | Dukes Defeat Davidson in WBIT
Sunday, March 23
JMU Women's Basketball | Postseason Presser - March 14
Friday, March 14
