Dukes Cruise to 83-53 Win over Idaho State at Cancun Challenge

Thursday, November 24

Cancun, Mexico

6:30 p.m.

James Madison University

3-2

Idaho State University

1-3

JMU

Idaho St.

Dukes Cruise to 83-53 Win over Idaho State at Cancun Challenge

11/24/2016 8:52:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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CANCUN, Mexico – Four Dukes finished in double figures as James Madison women's basketball cruised to an 83-53 win over Idaho State (1-3) in the Cancun Challenge.

JMU (3-2) was led by senior forward Da'Lishia Griffin, who tallied her first double-double of the season with 11 rebounds and a career-high 19 points. Freshman guard Lexie Barrier scored a career-high 10 points.

Redshirt senior guard Precious Hall had her fifth consecutive game in double figures with 10 points. Redshirt junior forward Amber Porter scored in double figures for the second straight game (12 points) and added a season-high five blocks.

As a team, the Dukes shot a season-best 50.8 percent from the floor (32-63) while limiting the Bengals to 25.8 percent shooting (17-66). JMU outscored ISU in each of the four quarters, including a 24-8 advantage in the third quarter to put the game out of reach.

JMU concludes the Cancun Challenge on Friday, Nov. 25 with a 9 p.m. contest against Iowa.

FINAL: @JMUWBasketball 83, @HeartofaBengal 53. #CancunHoops pic.twitter.com/J22wpKLXzG
— Cancun Challenge (@CancunChallenge) November 25, 2016

SPECIALTY STATS
JMU outscored ISU 30-8 in points in the paint. The Dukes also finished up 15-0 in fast break points and 21-4 in points-off-turnovers, courtesy of a 13-5 advantage in steals.

A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING
Da'Lishia Griffin posted a career-high 19 points on career bests in made field goals (7) and made 3-pointers (4). Her double-digit points (19) and rebounds (11) were her first double-digit performances of the season.

FRESHMEN FIENDS
Freshman guard Lexie Barrier scored a career-high 10 points with careers bests in made field goals (4) and made 3-pointers (2). She is the third first-year Duke to score in double figures at least once over the first five games this season.

CLIMBING THE CHARTS
With her fifth consecutive double-figure scoring performance, Precious Hall moved into sixth place on JMU's all-time career points chart. She now sits at 1,623 career points, surpassing Lesley Dickinson's marks of 1,616 and pulling to within 24 points of Kirby Burkholder's fifth-place mark of 1,647 points.
Hall is also now tied for ninth on the career made field goals chart (540) with Holly Rilinger following her 100^th career start.

UP NEXT
JMU concludes the Cancun Challenge on Friday with Iowa at 9 p.m. The Dukes and Hawkeyes have met three times previously, which Iowa won. Their last meeting was in Puerto Aventuras, Mexico.