JMU Returns Home for Commonwealth Clash with Hampton - James Madison University Athletics

Toy Drive to Benefit United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County

James Madison vs. Hampton
Convocation Center | Harrisonburg, Va.
Friday, December 2, 2016 - 7 p.m.

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3-4 (0-0 MEAC)
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GAME DAY NEWS

Friday's game is presented by Harrisonburg Radio Group.
Toy Drive to Benefit United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County - Fans who bring one new, unopened toy to be donated to United Way of Harrisonburg and Rockingham County will be able to purchase a $5.00 general admission ticket to the game.
Those with a ticket to Saturday's FCS Playoff game between JMU Football and New Hampshire can bring their ticket to the JMU Convocation Center for free admission to Friday's women's basketball game.

QUICK HITS

JMU went 1-1 at the Cancun Challenge, earning a 30-point victory over Idaho State before falling to Iowa.
Kamiah Smalls earned her second CAA Rookie of the Week nod after her performance at the Cancun Challenge, averaging 9.0 ppg, 3.5 rpg and a team-best 4.0 spg.
This week, Precious Hall was named to the Naismith Women's Preseason Watch List, which highlights the top Division I players in the nation.
This marks the second of four contests against fellow Virginia teams for JMU this season. The Dukes are 43-8 against in-state rivals this decade, which started with the lone loss in series history to Hampton.
JMU holds an all-time record of 4-1 against Hampton. The Lady Pirates are on a three-game win streak.
Hampton is led by Malia Tate-Defreitas, who has scored the second most career points amongst all active NCAA Division I players (2,066).

NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RULES

FORMAT: Women's basketball games has four 10-minute periods with an intermission between the first and second periods and the third and fourth periods as well as a 15-minute halftime intermission.
FOULS: A player will be awarded two free throws for each common foul committed by a team starting with the fifth team foul in each period - there are no more 1-and-1 situations. Team foul counts will reset at the beginning of each period.
TEAM-CALLED TIMEOUTS: Each team will have four timeouts to be used during the course of the game (three 30-second timeouts and one full 60-second timeout). Three timeouts carry over to the second half; if no timeout is taken in the first half, a team loses one 30-second timeout. If the game goes past regulation, one 30-second timeout is awarded for each extra period, plus the remaining second-half timeouts.
MEDIA TIMEOUTS (2:45 in length): There will be seven media timeouts during regulation time: three prior to halftime and four after halftime. The intermission between the first and second periods as well as the intermission between the third and fourth periods will count as media timeouts. Each period will have one media timeout at either the first team-called timeout of the period OR the first dead ball at or below the five-minute mark. A floating media timeout will take place during either the third or fourth period at the first team-called timeout. This will not eliminate the set media timeout of that period.

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