SWANSTON'S THREE-POINTERS LEAD JMU OVER FLAMES

Monday, March 23

Lynchburg, Va.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

21-14

Liberty

23-12

James Madison

Liberty

3/23/2009 4:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

LYNCHBURG, Va., March 23, 2009 ? Senior forward Kyle Swanston (Spring Hill, Fla./Hernando) had two of his team-record-tying nine three-point field goals to start a 13-0 second-half James Madison scoring run and lead the Dukes to an 88-65 win at Liberty in the quarterfinals of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament Monday.

Swanston, who finished with a career-high 27 points, broke a 50-50 tie with a three-pointer with 13:17 to play and gave the Dukes a 56-50 lead with 12:36 remaining with another three-point field goal. JMU went on to lead 63-50 by the 11:10 mark of the final half and kept a double-figure lead the rest of the way.

The victory sends 21-14 JMU into the tournament semifinals against Old Dominion, a 70-62 winner Monday over Belmont. The game will be played at Old Dominion Thursday at 7 p.m. JMU and Old Dominion split regular-season Colonial Athletic Association contests. JMU won 70-62 Jan. 7 in Norfolk, and Old Dominion won 80-74 Jan. 28 at JMU. The tournament title game is March 31.

Bradley will host Pacific Wednesday in the other semifinal game.

Liberty finished its season with a 23-12 record.

Swanston hit on nine of 20 shots for the game, all from three-point range. He tied J