JMU Tips Off Early at St. John's in Wednesday Showdown

James Madison at St. John's
Carnesecca Arena | Queens, N.Y.
Wednesday, December 21, 2016 - 11 a.m.

5-3 (0-0 CAA)
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7-3 (0-0 BIG EAST)
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QUICK HITS

This will be just the second all-time meeting between these two programs. The first time they met (Dec. 15, 2013) resulted in a 64-51 win for JMU.
Redshirt senior guard Precious Hall poured in a school-record 46 points to power James Madison women's basketball to a thrilling 82-76 double overtime victory at Rutgers two weeks ago. She now has 1,707 career points (fifth all-time).
On the offensive glass, the Dukes have doubled up opponents on second-chance points. JMU is averaging 16.6 points per game following offensive boards while opponents are making just 8.2 ppg.
The Dukes are on game seven of a stretch that includes seven of eight games away from the JMU Convocation Center. They have been on a 16-day gap between games that included finals week.
JMU is 2-1 in true road games this season while St. John's is 4-2 at home. This mark's the Red Storm's fifth home game in six outings.
St. John's is on a five-game win streak that includes a 65-39 win over Rutgers on Dec. 7, just two days after JMU's overtime victory.

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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