No. 2 JMU to Face No. 3 Drexel in CAA Semifinals Friday Night

CAA Semifinals
Doors open at 3:30 p.m.

No. 2 James Madison vs. No. 3 Drexel
Convocation Center | Harrisonburg, Va.
Friday, March 10, 2017 - 7 p.m.

23-7 (15-3 CAA)
@JMUWBasketball | #GoDukes
JMUSports.com | Game Notes

21-9 (11-9 CAA)
@CAABasketball | #CAAChamps
CAASports.com | Game Notes

QUICK HITS

No. 2 JMU advanced to the CAA semifinals for the 13th straight season following a 52-27 victory against seventh-seeded UNCW in Thursday's quarterfinal round.
JMU set three CAA tournament records, including fewest points allowed in a game (27), fewest points allowed in a half (11 in 2nd) and lowest opposing shooting percentage (20.9%).
Precious Hall and Amber Porter were the only players on either team to record double-figure scoring, as each posted 10 points in the win.
Hall reached double figures for the 30th consecutive game and for the 108th time in her career. She now has 2,191 points, including 685 this season, which ties her single-season career mark.
Friday's match-up features a rematch from the 2016 CAA title game, in which JMU defeated Drexel 60-46 on March 12, 2016 in Upper Marlboro, Md.
It will be the sixth time the Dukes and Dragons have met at the CAA Women's Basketball Championship, with Drexel holding a 3-2 lead in the postseason.

Defense wins championships.@JMUWBasketball conceded the fewest points in CAA tournament history with a 52-27 victory over UNCW. #GoDukes pic.twitter.com/2rSfllsXyx
— JMUSports (@JMUSports) March 10, 2017

CAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT: March 8-11 in Harrisonburg, Va.
All-session ticket packages for the 2017 CAA Women's Basketball Championship, held at the JMU Convocation Center, are on sale now! Each ticket package includes a gameday parking pass. To purchase tickets, please click here. Any questions can be directed to the JMU Athletics Ticket Office, 540-568-3853.

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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