Second-Half Surge Comes Up Short as JMU Falls 84-64 at #12 Florida State

Sunday, November 20

Tallahassee, Fla.

1 p.m.

James Madison University

2-2

Florida State

3-1

James Madison

Florida State

Second-Half Surge Comes Up Short as JMU Falls 84-64 at #12 Florida State

11/20/2016 3:41:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A second-half surge was not enough for James Madison women's basketball as the Dukes fell 84-64 at No. 12/12 Florida State on Sunday afternoon.

FSU took a 48-25 lead into halftime courtesy of a 56.25-shooting percentage from the field. The Dukes turned the tables in the second half, shooting 44.8 percent over the last 20 minutes of play while limiting the Seminoles to 35.5-percent shooting. JMU outscored FSU 39-36 over the final two quarters.

Redshirt senior guard Precious Hall poured in a game-high 27 points while redshirt junior forward Amber Porter posted 12 points, her first double-digit scoring effort as a Duke.

JMU finished shooting 38.1 percent from the field and held the edge in second-chance points 14-10, despite FSU holding the rebounding advantage 39-35.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS
Precious Hall used her fourth straight double-digit scoring effort to move into seventh place on JMU's career scoring chart. Having scored 1,613 career points, Hall moved past Holly Rilinger's mark of 1,607. She needs just four points to take over sixth place from Lesley Dickinson (1,616).

UP NEXT
JMU makes the trek to Cancun, Mexico for the Cancun Challenge, hosted at the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya. The Dukes will face Idaho State on Thursday, Nov. 24 at 6:30 p.m. and Iowa on Friday, Nov. 25 at 9 p.m.