Late Burst Trips Dukes Against Delaware

Saturday, January 13

Harrisonburg, Va.

4 p.m.

James Madison University

4-15, 0-6CAA

Delaware

11-8, 4-2CAA

Delaware

James Madison

1/13/2018 8:22:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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HARRISONBURG, Va. - Delaware scored the final eight points of the game on Saturday evening, clipping James Madison on a fallaway jumper from the baseline to hand the Dukes a 61-60 loss in Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball action at the JMU Convocation Center.

The Dukes (4-15, 0-6 CAA) stymied the Delaware (11-8, 4-2 CAA) offense, which entered the contest averaging 74.1ppg, throughout the evening, as they held the Blue Hens to just 21-of-57 (36.8 percent) shooting and 2-of-14 shooting from behind the arc.

However, Delaware hit four of its final six shots while JMU missed all six of its own as the Blue Hens snatched the win on Ryan Daly's jumper from the left baseline with 14.6 seconds to play. The Dukes had a similar look from the right baseline to win in the closing seconds, but the shot caught the back of the iron to close JMU's hopes.

Junior Stuckey Mosley scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half to lead the scoring for the Dukes, while tying his career high of seven rebounds. Freshman Matt Lewis added 14 points, giving him five straight double-digit performances and 11 on the season.

QUOTING COACH ROWE
"That's a really good defensive team that stood us up and made things ugly a little bit, but I like where our defense has been the last two games. We're going to get over the hump here and there's a lot of faith in our locker room. This is a tough team and I'm proud of them."

QUICK HITS
- Freshman Darius Banks pulled down a career-high eight rebounds for the Dukes, giving him eight straight games with at least three boards and 36 (4.5 avg) across that stretch.
- The Dukes pulled down 13 offensive rebounds on the day, led by three from Banks, as they tallied 11 second-chance points.
- There were 16 lead changes in a back-and-forth game, with no team leading by more than seven for the duration of the defensive contest.

UP NEXT
The Dukes remain at home next weekend for a pair of contests, welcoming Elon to the Convocation Center at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 18, before taking on Drexel at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 20.