YOUNG'S RECORD EFFORT LEADS JMU OVER RADFORD

Thursday, March 20

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7 p.m.

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23-9

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23-12

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3/21/2008 1:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball

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HARRISONBURG, Va., March 20, 2008 ? Senior guard Tamera Young (Wilmington, N.C./Laney), the top scorer in James Madison University women's basketball history, saved what may have been her best college effort for what could have been her last home appearance, scoring a team-record 38 points to lead the Dukes to an 80-58 victory over Radford in a Women's National Invitation Tournament first-round basketball game Thursday evening at the JMU Convocation Center.

Young, who raised her career scoring total to 2,063 points, had 14 first-half points and 24 during the final period, and also finished with a game-high 14 rebounds and five assists.

Young hit on 14 of 24 shots from the field, including both of her three-point attempts, and eight of 10 free throws. She broke Mendy Childress' JMU game scoring record of 35 points, accomplished twice during the 1978-79 season. Young's previous career scoring high was 33 points against William & Mary during the 2006-07 season.

JMU, which raised its season record to 23-9 with the win, advances to second-round WNIT play to meet Indiana Saturday (March 22) in a 7:05 p.m. game in Bloomington, Ind. Indiana, in the WNIT for the third straight season, was among the 16 tournament teams with first-round byes. The Big Ten Conference member Hoosiers are 18-14. They were 1-1 in the Big Ten tournament, losing in the quarterfinals after being the event's No. 6 seed.

Young, the Colonial Athletic Association player of the year, put JMU in front to stay, 10-9, Thursday with a field goal with12:47 left in the first half. The Dukes went on to lead 30-22 at halftime, but didn't pull away from the 23-12 visiting Highlanders until the game's final five minutes.

Young had given the Dukes a 52-37 lead with a three-pointer with 9:34 remaining, but Big South Conference member Radford still was within 58-47 when she hit on two free throw