Coastal Carolina 56, at James Madison 72

HARRISONBURG, Va. (Interstat) — In a game defined by a dominant first-half performance, the James Madison Dukes used a stifling defensive effort to build an insurmountable lead and cruised to a 72-56 victory over the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers in a women’s NCAA Division I basketball game Friday night at a raucous JMU Convocation Center. A crowd of 2,349 watched the Dukes, now 23-8, overwhelm the visiting Chanticleers early, holding Coastal Carolina to a frigid 7-for-29 shooting performance in the first half. James Madison’s 43-18 halftime advantage proved too deep a hole for Coastal Carolina, which fell to 14-17 despite a… Read more...