>> john: welcome back. we're in the midway stages of the 1st half. vcu up by a point. d'andra moss hasn't disappointed. >> christie: she hasn't disappointed at all. she's a strong player. she can step out and bust a jumper with ease over the defenders. she does it defensively and scraps and gets the ball. here she finds patterson. patterson knocks down the jumper in the secondary break. >> john: moss leads all scorers so far with six. >> christie: she's coming off that a.c.l. injury almost a year to the day

last year with that tear as well. >> john: jessica taylor working around the perimeter. waller back to taylor. >> christie: a little stagnant again. they need continue to move. >> john: moss. great move. nailed that jumper. >> christie: a pretty jumper right off the fingertips. >> john: she loses it. it's going to stay with james madison. >> christie: beth cunningham was looking and wondering if it was a no call. it's a tough call. it's either a no call or a wrong call. that's how it goes. >> john: taylor right back to haislip. >> christie: started every

game for the dukes. >> john: rebound foul is going against james madison. good position by chelsea snyder. >> christie: if you want the ball yhave to fight for it. who wants the ball. no i don't want it. no i want it. you have to scrap for the ball. >> john: dawn evans reenters the lineup for james madison. >> christie: looking to pick up at half court. under that screen. >> john: moss from 15. haislip push its up for jmu.

she got bumped by wallace. number two on kita waller. >> christie: that might become a factor with just under 11 minutes in the 1st half. always a tough call whether you take them out after that second foul. >> john: hamner on the floor for jmu. it's a dangerous play. that could have been a three. >> christie: it's hard. when you have that foul issue, you don't want to come off of your intensity level if you will. you want to remain intense. it's tough to do when you play all out. >> john: madison send it over for the eighth time. >> christie: it's not really hurting them right now. >> john: waller couldn't get to go. got it back and she'll go to the line. >> christie: on the other end

james madison has only forced one turnover from vcu. they have having trouble containing the penetration. >> john: a personal against shepherd. her first. vcu is really hurting themselves at the line. >> christie: under 70% on the season. just a matter of getting that confidence and rhythm. it might not hurt you now but not a good way to start the game. if you're shooting that way at the end of the game that's going to be a huge injury new. >> john: waller goes to the bench. great pass inside. shepherd on the assist and that dawn evans. >> christie: averaging five of six on the season. doesn't do it offense aisle by

shooting the ball. >> john: she comes up with a steal. she'll go to the line. >> christie: she full of fire. she got the foul. but she wanted to get the bucket also. that's what you like to see in top players, that fire that you passion for the game. >> john: foul was on moss. evans misses the free throw. >> christie: just a nice pass, nice and crisp like a knife through the lane. almost a no look. she zipped is right through. >> john: evans' third point of the night. >> christie: 79% shooting from the line. >> john: duke within one.

shuffle by lane. rebound belongs to courtney hamner. that's a pretty shot. barely touches even the bottom of the net. >> christie: that's a player you need find before half court. >> john: looking against vcu. >> christie: good position down inside. a push off happening. >> john: they got hamner for the offensive foul. the dukes

>> john: welcome back to vcu. john castleberry along with kristine mial. james madison leading. dawn evans the big story if the ball game because of the injuries she suffered although before she got hurt she was playing well. >> christie: she was playing fantastically. there's the down inside for the finish. she's going to do this to you. >> john: here's how she got hurt. >> christie: she just hands right here all of her body weight right down on the side of her ankle and like i said, you hate to see that. one good sign she's being taped up. i don't know if she's coming back or if that tape it for swelling to keep it from swelling or tape her up for h her to come back and compete.

>> john: before they started the taping process she was moving the ankle and didn't seem to be in a whole lot of pain. >> christie: a tough cookie. she wants to play. >> john: patterson connects twice. she's got four. hislop up. >> christie: that high screen trying to get lane off the hook. >> john: williams, missed a shot and a rebound going against newman. >> christie: a little late there trying to attempt to get the offensive board. afl half a second too late. >> >> john: 18 fouls against jmu. 83%. vcu 73%. >> christie: that will save you in a lot of gamings. knock down the free throws.

no defense there. knocking it in. >> john: madison 16% as a senior. not bad. one more for her. within three. after trailing by 7. >> christie: just have to turn the defense into offense. >> john: hislop a double dribble. >> christie: she cringed when she did it. >> john: franciscoo got the role. kiara francisco has 6 points. to get the rebound on the weak side. >> christie: when you go to make a move. >> john: james madison bench

done a great job tonight. >> christie: the leader picked up right now. dawn evans and that right ankle. >> john: waller. won't go. and now hislop push its up. madison. >> christie: lanee does a great job of catching the ball first. you see a lot of people dribble that ball down. got into under control. >> john: vcu within 3. she didn't finish again. >> christie: got to use the backboard. that's the bottom line. saves you from a lot of

inaccuracy on your shots. >> john: waller. gets inside. they are having all kinds of trouble. >> christie: just a smart play by moss. dropped it down inside. just couldn't finish. >> john: hislop double. >> christie: nice hedge up by moss. >> john: newman all alone. back iron. and now williams offensive foul. they have her throwing the arm. time-out on the floor. jmu up top by 3.

>> john: james james madison leads by 3. dawn evans their all american candidate on the sideline with the iceness ankle. doesn't look good for her returning on the ball game. two long time rivals a couple hours apart. vcu in richmond and james in

harrisburg. >> christie: james madison has a lot of fans here

as we said earlier, vcu won five of the last six meetings but the one they didn't win was the semi-final action in the tournament last year. >> christie: i know vcu would trade the two wins in the regular season for the victory in the tournament. it's not necessarily the wins but wins you actually win the game that count especially if you want to advance and advance.

you have the semi-finals and james madison got it done. >> christie: she has a rhythm offensively and done it that for vcu. >> john: long range. shepherd has the rebound for the dukes. >> christie: just because you go long doesn't mean you have to fire. that's what they are counting on. right at rim. >> john: hislop in deep, got it. tarik hislop now with eight. james madison has the biggest lead of the night, 8 points. waller off the mark again. rebound, james madison and it

will be the dukes who head into the locker room with an eight- point advantage despite the fact, dawn evans their outstanding player, second leading scorer in the nation out with an injured ankle. >> christie: kenny brooks has to be pleased with his group. >> john: madison's head coach kenny brooks joins us now. john castleberry along with kristine christie scott. >> the effort of the kids are coming and giving us hasn't been perfect but the effort mixture if it. when you play hard good things happen. >> christie: you changed up

defense things, coach and you went zone and that seems to have disrupted the vcu flow. >> the noon machine went good. we went to zone out of necessity. they said you have two fowls. i said everybody has fouls. we are fortunate they were missing some of their free throws. we can't rely on that. we have to play strong defense. >> john: kenny, thanks for your time. good luck in the 2nd half. james madison leading 32-24 at the spiegel center. come back at halftime from richmond right after this. families searching for loved ones; parents trying to feed their children. but we can all do something. we can help the american red cross as it delivers the food, water, and medicine that can save lives. donate $10 by texting "haiti" to 9-0-9-9-9. visit redcross.org or call 1-800-red-cross. thanks for your help.

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