WOMEN’S HOOPS FOR 2013-14 Look Back at 2012-13 the 2012-13 season. She was the JMU went 25-11 overall last season, including 15-3 against CAA op- 2012 CAA Defensive Player of the ponents, to post the eighth-consecutive season with 24+ wins and eight- Year and currently ranks second in school history in blocked shots (120) consecutive visit to the postseason. The Dukes advanced to the semifinal round of the CAA championship and 15th in rebounds (672). tournament before falling to even- Off the Bench tual runner-up Drexel. After sitting out the 2012-13 due to In the Women’s National transfer rules, redshirt junior Lauren Invitational Tournament, the Dukes “Lady” Okafor will make her official advanced to the quarterfinals af- debut for the Dukes this season. A ter winning against North Carolina transfer from Providence College, A&T, N.C. State and Fordham. They the center should give the Dukes a fell to Florida 85-80 in their fourth strong presence around the net. game of the tournament. Welcome to the Team 2013-14 CAA Preseason Honors There are four new faces to the The Dukes were picked by JMU women’s basketball team this Nikki Newman league coaches to win the 2013- season: freshmen Da’Lishia “Dee 14 Colonial Athletic Association Dee” Griffin and Amani Tatum, junior title, ahead of Drexel (second), Allysia Rohlehr, and senior Samantha Mitchell. Northeastern (third), Towson Griffin, a native of Chesapeake, Va., averaged 15.1 points, 12.6 reKirby Burkholder (fourth) and reigning-champion bounds, 2.7 assists, 2.4 blocks and 2.4 steals per game as a senior at Delaware (fifth). Hofstra (sixth), Western Branch High School. The forward earned the 2013 Southeastern CAA-newcomer College of District MVP honors and All-State Second Team accolades. Charleston (seventh), UNCW (eighth) and William & Mary (ninth) rounded A guard from Queens, N.Y., Tatum averaged 18.0 points per game as out the poll. a senior and tallied over 1,200 points throughout her high school ca Senior Kirby Burkholder was votreer. She graduated from Archbishop Molloy ed the Preseason CAA Player of the Year. H.S., where she was named the 2013 Queens 2013-14 Schedule Sophomore Precious Hall joined her on the Borough High School Girls’ Player of the Year DATE OPPONENT TIME Nov. 3 LENOIR-RHYNE (exh.) 12 p.m. Preseason All-CAA First Team after being and earned All-Metro First Team honors the Nov. 8 VIRGINIA 7 p.m. named the 2013 CAA Rookie of the Year. same year. Nov. 12 at Liberty 7 p.m. Back in Purple Rohlehr, a guard, transferred in from Nov. 21 at Richmond 7 p.m. Pensacola State College after beginning Burkholder, an All-CAA First Team honoree Nov. 24 ALCORN STATE 2 p.m. Nov. 29 vs. UCLA + 8:30 p.m. her career at Albany. She was a 2013 Alllast year, returns for her final season with the Nov. 30 vs. Mississippi State/Grand Canyon+ TBA Panhandle Conference Second Team and an purple & gold. As a junior, she averaged 15.0 Dec. 1 TBA+ TBA FCSAA Conference All-Academic selection. points, 9.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. Dec. 4 at Pittsburgh 7 p.m. In high school, she played at St. John the She also shot 88-percent from the line and Dec. 14 vs. Prairie View A&M% 2:30 p.m. Baptist in Island Park, N.Y., where she was a 34.7-percent from 3-point range. Dec. 15 St. John’s% 2 p.m. Dec. 18 VANDERBILT 7 p.m. McDonald’s All-American nominee in 2011. Juniors Toia Giggetts and Crystal Dec. 29 OHIO# 2:30 p.m. Mitchell joins the JMU roster as a senior Ross help lead the Dukes after solid sophomore Dec. 30 NORFOLK STATE/UMBC# TBA walk-on guard after previously working as campaigns. Giggetts dropped in an average of Jan. 2 at North Carolina 2 p.m. a team manager. At Abingdon High School, 7.5 points per game and snagged 6.4 rebounds Jan. 12 DELAWARE* 2 p.m. Mitchell was named the Female Athlete of Jan. 16 at Towson* TBA per game while Ross posted 3.1 points and 3.3 Jan. 19 at Hofstra* TBA the Year and was a First Team All-Southwest rebounds per outing after appearing in each of Jan. 23 DREXEL* 7 p.m. District and Second Team All-Western Region the Dukes’ 36 games last season. Jan. 26 at UNCW* 2 p.m. selection. Redshirt sophomore Jazmon Gwathmey led Jan. 31 College of Charleston* 7 p.m. All in the Family Feb. 4 at William & Mary* TBA the team in blocks last season with 34, the secFeb. 7 NORTHEASTERN* 7 p.m. ond-most by a first-year player in JMU history. With the addition of assistant coach Sarah Feb. 9 TOWSON* 3 p.m. She was third on the team in rebounds per Williams to the staff this offseason, head Feb. 13 UNCW* 7 p.m. game (5.5) and added 6.2 points to the board. coach Kenny Brooks’ entire staff is made of Feb. 16 at Drexel* 5:30 p.m. JMU alumni. A 2009 graduate, Williams joined Last year’s freshman class made an immediFeb. 20 at Delaware* 7 p.m. Feb. 23 HOFSTRA* 2 p.m. Brooks (’92), associate head coach Sean ate impact for the Dukes. Hall tallied 9.6 points Feb. 27 at College of Charleston* 11:30 a.m. O’Regan (’03), assistant coach Jennifer Brown per game, third-most on the team, along with Mar. 2 WILLIAM & MARY* 2 p.m. (’07) and director of operations Tim Clark (’09). 3.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists. Destiny Jones Mar. 5 at Northeastern* 7 p.m. and Angela Mickens each notched 1.6 reWilliams rejoined the Dukes after a year Mar. 13-16 CAA Championship Tournament TBA bounds per game, complemented by 2.0 points on Longwood University’s staff. Previously, *Colonial Athletic Association game per game and 2.8 points per game, respectively. Williams was a two-year starter at JMU be+ Gulf Coast Showcase; Germain Arena, Estero, Fla. fore serving as a graduate assistant for the Back in the Line-Up % St. John’s Classic; Queens, N.Y. Dukes. Redshirt senior Nikki Newman returns to # JMU Invitational; Harrisonburg, Va. the court after taking a medical redshirt for
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