Sports
JMU women rally to beat Wisconsin-Green Bay in OT
Senior guard Tarik Hislop (Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch) scored a career-high 32 points to lead the James Madison women’s basketball team (2-2) to an 89-86 overtime win over Wisconsin-Green Bay (2-1) in the Cancun Challenge at Moon Palace Resort.
Press Conference: Frank Beamer
Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer talks with the news media in advance of his team’s game with in-state rival Virginia on Saturday.
Dramatic rally lifts JMU to one-point win
Freshman guard Charles Cooke (Trenton, N.J./Trenton Catholic) sank two free throws with eight seconds left to cap a wild sequence as James Madison pulled out a 69-68 win over Youngstown State on Tuesday afternoon as part of the Progressive Legends Classic at Duquesne’s A.J. Palumbo Center.
Duquesne beats JMU in OT, 90-88
James Madison’s three-point attempt in the final 10 seconds fell off as Duquesne held on for a 90-88 overtime men’s basketball win on Monday night in the opening day of the Duquesne subregional in the 2012 Progressive Legends Classic at the A.J. Palumbo Center.
Press Conference: Mike London
UVa. football coach Mike London talks with members of the news media in advance of the Cavs’ game at Virginia Tech on Saturday.
UVa.-Virginia Tech football game to kick off at noon on ESPNU
The Atlantic Coast Conference announced Sunday that Virginia’s road football game at Virginia Tech on Saturday, Nov. 24, will kick off at noon. The game will be broadcast by the ESPNU.
ODU in as #4 seed, JMU left out of FCS playoff field
Fourth-ranked Old Dominion is in the 20-team FCS playoff field, while #17 James Madison was left out of the playoffs after dropping its final two games.
#4 ODU dims #13 JMU’s playoff hopes with 38-28 win
The talk in the press box at Bridgeforth Stadium at halftime was what would happen as far as the CAA title was concerned if #13 James Madison held on to its 21-10 lead. Fourth-ranked Old Dominion made the discussion moot, outscoring the Dukes 28-7 in the second half to post a 38-28 win that puts a roadblock in front of the JMU playoff bandwagon.
Governor launches Holidays Hoops Classic Food Drive
Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and university presidents Ed Ayers, Ángel Cabrera, John Broderick and Teresa Sullivan today marked the official launch of the Governor’s Holiday Hoops Classic Food Drive to benefit Virginia food banks.
George Mason advances in Paradise Jam
Redshirt junior Johnny Williams posted his first career double-double, and paired with clutch shots by classmates Sherrod Wright and Vertrail Vaughns, the George Mason men’s basketball team overtook Mercer, 52-49, in the opening game of the 2012 Ezybonds Global Payments U.S. Virgin Islands Paradise Jam.
