JMU Opens WNIT Against Radford in Friday Night Game

WNIT First Round
Doors open at 6 p.m.

James Madison vs. Radford
Convocation Center | Harrisonburg, Va.
Friday, March 17, 2017 - 7 p.m.

24-8 (15-3 CAA)
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JMUSports.com | Game Notes

24-8 (14-4 Big South)
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RadfordAthletics.com | Game Notes

QUICK HITS

JMU is making its 12th consecutive appearance in the postseason and seventh overall appearance in the WNIT.
The Dukes are 14-6 all-time in the WNIT, including a 12-1 mark at home.
Over the CAA tournament, Precious Hall averaged 26.3 points per game, including 37 points against Drexel and 32 points against Elon.
Top-seeded Radford fell in the Big South title game 49-48 to seventh-seeded UNC Asheville after two made free throws gave the Bulldogs their first and final lead of the contest with five seconds to play.
The Highlanders are led by Destinee Walker (13.8 ppg) and Jayda Worthy (11.9 ppg) on the scoring end while Worthy (7.2 rpg) and Janayla White (8.4 rpg) lead the effort on the glass.
This is the second time JMU and Radford will face off in the WNIT. The last meeting came in the 2008 First Round, an 80-58 victory for the Dukes.

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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