Women’s Basketball Drops CAA Opener To James Madison, 61-42

Brizendine Leads Tribe With 13 Points

12/03/04 9:44PM

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - Four James Madison players reached double digit points and held William and Mary to just 27% shooting from the floor as the Dukes gained a 61-42 win over William and Mary this evening in the CAA opener for both schools. The Dukes improve to 4-1, 1-0 in the CAA while the Tribe falls to 1-5, 0-1. The win places the Dukes at the top of the CAA standings for at least one month, as the rest of the conference schedule will not begin play until January.

JMU, which shot 34% from the field and never trailed in the contest, was led by Shirley McCall’s 17 points on 5-9 shooting from the field. Freshman Tamera Young added 13 points and 10 rebounds, while Meredith Alexis also added 13. Lesley Dickinson tallied 11.

For the Tribe, senior forward Lindsey Brizendine (West Point, VA) led the way with 13 points on 5-15 shooting from the field. Freshman Devin James (Pipersville, PA) finished with nine points and a team-high six rebounds.

After the Tribe tied the game at two on a basket by James, the Dukes raced out to a 16-4 lead with just under five minutes gone by. W&M would get within 10 at 18-8 with 14:01 left on a bucket by Maria Sazonova (Wayne, PA), and neither team scored again until the 77:42 mark on a three-point basket by Dickinson which raised the JMU lead to 21-8. W&M would get no closer than 12 points, at 23-11 with 5:37 left, as the Dukes ended the half on a 10-2 run to take a 33-13 lead at the break.

The Tribe outscored the Dukes 29-28 in the second half, but could only get as close as 13 points, which happened on two occasions, at 48-35 on a Brizendine free throw, and again at 50-37 with 6:32 left on a Brizendine jumper. After that basket, the Dukes outscored the College 11-5 to seal to 61-42 win.

The Dukes outrebounded the Tribe 40-36 with Young’s 10 boards leading all players. Alexis finished with nine. W&M was hurt by 25 turnovers, and forced 20 Duke miscues.

W&M will now take a 15-day break for exams, and will not play again until December 18th, when it will travel to Tampa, Florida to play in the Image Depot Shootout, hosted by the University of South Florida. W&M will face Indiana State at 5:00.



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