Dukes Travel to Maryland

James Madison at Maryland
Xfinity Center | College Park, Md.
Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018 - Noon

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The Dukes travel to College Park to face the No. 7/8 Maryland Terrapins on Saturday. Tipoff is set for noon in the Xfinity Center.
James Madison defeated the Dayton Flyers, 68-55, on Monday night in the Convocation Center. Junior Kamiah Smalls went 9-14 from the floor and finished with a game-high 22 points. Redshirt junior Jackie Benitez tacked on 15 points and junior Devon Merritt had a double-double, scoring 10 points while grabbing 10 rebounds.
Smalls leads the teams scoring efforts so far this season, averaging 19.6 points per game while shooting 52-percent from the floor and 42-percent from behind the arc.
The Terrapins lead the all-time series 8-1 and the Dukes lone victory was on February 15, 1974. The last meeting between the two programs was in 2014 where Maryland won 80-64 in Puerto Rico.
Maryland is coming off a 92-61 win over UMBC on Sunday, Dec. 2 and its offense was led by junior forward Stephanie Jones with 17 points. Including Jones, five players scored in double figures: Jones (17), Shakira Austin (15), Sara Vujacic (13), Taylor Mikesell (11) and Kaila Charles (11).
The Terrapins average 76.8 points per game while outscoring their opponents on average 25.8 ppg.