James Madison Dukes vs Troy Trojans

Sun Belt Championship - Semifinal

22-10, 13-5 Sun Belt

Final

	1	2	T
Troy TROY	40	39	79
James Madison JMU	23	37	60

James Madison DukesJames MadisonJMU

20-12, 13-5 Sun Belt

Troy Trojans

starters
Thomas DowdT. Dowd#1
Jackson FieldsJ. Fields#15
Myles RigsbyM. Rigsby#4
Tayton ConerwayT. Conerway#12
Marcus Rigsby Jr.M. Rigsby Jr.#2
bench
Victor ValdesV. Valdes#11
Kerrington KielK. Kiel#0
Theo SengT. Seng#33
Randarius JonesR. Jones#24
Jackson PorchJ. Porch#20
Cooper CampbellCoo. Campbell#3
Braydon WhitakerB. Whitaker#21
Kameryn MitchellK. Mitchell#14
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
29	18	6-8	2-4	4-5	11	1	0	0	3	6	5	1
33	21	8-13	5-8	0-0	6	3	1	2	2	0	6	1
30	5	1-6	0-2	3-4	1	1	3	0	0	0	1	4
33	22	7-10	2-3	6-7	1	4	2	1	1	0	1	3
23	6	1-4	0-3	4-4	4	3	2	0	1	0	4	4
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
13	2	1-5	0-3	0-1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	1
4	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1
10	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2	2	0	0	1	0	2	2
6	2	0-0	0-0	2-2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	3	1-7	1-5	0-0	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	79	25-53	10-28	19-23	41	14	13	5	8	11	30	19
		47%	36%	83%

James Madison Dukes

starters
Eddie Ricks IIIE. Ricks III#3
AJ SmithAJ Smith#21
Elijah Hutchins-EverettE. Hutchins-Everett#4
Bryce LindsayB. Lindsay#2
Xavier BrownX. Brown#1
bench
Matt HainM. Hain#7
Shane FedenS. Feden#35
Ebenezer DowuonaE. Dowuona#10
Aidan MckeonA. Mckeon#30
Jarrell PopeJ. Pope#20
Redd Thompson Jr.R. Thompson#24
Justin TaylorJ. Taylor#5
Mark FreemanM. Freeman#0
Noah WilliamsN. Williams#13
team

MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
21	1	0-5	0-1	1-2	3	1	1	1	0	1	2	2
17	2	0-3	0-1	2-3	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	5
31	9	3-8	0-1	3-3	6	0	0	2	1	4	2	3
36	6	2-10	1-6	1-2	9	2	2	2	0	2	7	4
31	5	2-14	0-7	1-1	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
MIN	PTS	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	TO	STL	BLK	OREB	DREB	PF
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	34	12-19	6-10	4-6	2	1	4	1	0	1	1	2
17	3	1-3	0-1	1-2	2	0	1	0	1	1	1	3
	60	20-62	7-27	13-19	34	5	8	6	2	14	20	21
		32%	26%	68%

Jackson Fields elevates for the big-time swat

0:13

Thomas Dowd denies James Madison Dukes with swat

0:25

Elijah Hutchins-Everett throws down big jam vs. Troy Trojans

0:23

Game Information

Pensacola, FL

Referee:K.B. Burdett

Referee:Bart Lenox

Referee:Steve Orkus

NCAA Division I

Sun Belt Conference	CONF	GB	OVR
Troy	12-6	-	22-12
South Alabama	11-7	1	21-12
Arkansas State	11-7	1	20-12
Texas State	11-7	1	19-13
Marshall	11-7	1	19-13
Coastal Carolina	11-7	1	19-13
App State	11-7	1	19-13
James Madison	9-9	3	18-15
Southern Miss	9-9	3	19-16
Georgia Southern	8-10	4	21-16
Old Dominion	7-11	5	12-21
Louisiana	7-11	5	11-22
Georgia State	7-11	5	10-22
UL Monroe	1-17	11	4-28

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