Delaware vs. James Madison: Full Game Preview
By on January 22, 2013
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| Points | Rebounds | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | D Saddler 19.7 | J Hagins 11.7 | J Threatt 3.0 |
| James Madison | R Goins 14.3 | R Goins 7.5 | D Moore 4.4 |
Delaware visits JMU Convocation Center on Wednesday to take on James Madison. The game tips off at 7:00 EST and you can see it on CSN-MA, PHI, NE. The Fightin' Blue Hens are 2-2 against the Dukes over the last four years. The last time they met (2/4/2012) they won 85-80.
James Madison is in 6th place in the conference and will be trying to close the gap with 4th place Delaware.
In their last outing, despite 21 points and 7 assists from Jarvis Threatt, the Fightin' Blue Hens fell to Northeastern 74-70 on January 19th. He paces the team in assists per game with 3.0, and steals per game with 1.8. For the Dukes, Alioune Diouf put up 11 points in the 73-47 loss to Towson on January 19th. He contributes 4.0 rebounds per game in addition to his 5.8 points per game. From a tempo-free perspective, James Madison is strong in turnover percentage at 18.5. This is good enough for 1st in the conference and 77th in the nation.
James Madison StatSmack
- Delaware has a much better NCSA Academic Ranking than James Madison (#68 vs #104).
- The Delaware scoring leader (Devon Saddler) has more points than the James Madison scoring leader (Rayshawn Goins).
- Keep filling up on cupcakes. Delaware has a stronger schedule than James Madison this season (SOS Rank: #60 vs #256).
- Delaware beat James Madison by 5 points the last time they played (Feb 04, 2012).
- Devon Saddler is ranked 25th nationally in points, 4th in the CAA in three-pointers, and 4th in the CAA in assists.
- Delaware is better at defending the three (34.0% allowed vs 39.3% allowed) than James Madison this season.
- The Delaware blocks leader (Jamelle Hagins) has more blocks than the James Madison blocks leader (Andre Nation).
- Delaware has a better overall winning percentage over the last 20 years (0.490 to 0.449).
- Kyle Anderson is ranked 5th in the CAA in three-pointers.
- Even computers respect Delaware more. We have a better RPI this season than James Madison (RPI: #153 vs #225).
| UD Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| B | Devon Saddler | 37 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| B | Jamelle Hagins | 32 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| B- | Jarvis Threatt | 32 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Kyle Anderson | 33 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C- | Josh Brinkley | 22 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Carl Baptiste | 19 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D | Terrell Rogers | 18 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D | M. King-Davis | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D | Larry Savage | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D- | Troy Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D- | Brendan McNulty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D- | Tommy Williams | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D- | Will Townsville | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | Sean Locke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| F | T. Allshouse | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JMU Players | Mins | Pts | Reb | Ast | Stl | Blk | TO | |
| C+ | Rayshawn Goins | 29 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| C | Devon Moore | 32 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| C | Andre Nation | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| C | Andrey Semenov | 20 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C- | Ron Curry | 30 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| D+ | Charles Cooke | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| D+ | Alioune Diouf | 23 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D+ | A.J. Davis | 19 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| D | Enoch Hood | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| D | Taylor Bessick | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D | Arman Marks | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| F | Gene Swindle | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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