JMU Faces Villanova Thursday Night in WNIT Third Round

WNIT Third Round
Doors open at 6 p.m.

James Madison vs. Villanova
Convocation Center | Harrisonburg, Va.
Thursday, March 23, 2017 - 7 p.m.

26-8 (15-3 CAA)
@JMUWBasketball | #GoDukes
JMUSports.com | Game Notes

18-14 (11-7 BIG EAST)
@NovaWBasketball | #GoNova
Villanova.com | Game Notes

QUICK HITS

JMU is making its 12th consecutive appearance in the postseason and seventh overall appearance in the WNIT.
In their second round game vs. Virginia, the Dukes came back in the final two minutes of play to sink the Cavaliers 61-55.
This is the first meeting between JMU and Villanova ever on the hardwood.
The Wildcats are playing their third straight WNIT game on the road, earning wins at Princeton (59-53) and Drexel (56-51) in the first two rounds.
Villanova is led by Alex Louin and Adrianna Hahn, who each average 12.8 points per game.

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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