Morse’s milestone Men’s basketball redshirt senior guard hits 1,000 career points at JMU

By JACKSON HEPHNER The Breeze

With 5:07 left in the second half and JMU tied with Louisiana, 62-62, on Feb. 18, redshirt senior guard Vado Morse hit a

3-pointer to take the lead, scoring his 1,000th career JMU point in the process.

The crowd at the Atlantic Union Bank Center cheered, but not because of the career milestone. During the game, there was no acknowledgement of Morse’s achievement. The Dukes and Ragin’ Cajuns kept playing. After JMU’s 74-68 win, Vado was informed of it.

“I should be at two [thousand points],” he joked, “but COVID.”

Redshirt sophomore guard Terrence Edwards, at the pressor next to Morse postgame, chimed in, saying, “Four thousand?

Five thousand?”

Morse reached 1,000 points at JMU in just under three seasons after transferring from Mount St. Mary’s in 2020. But the guard moved on quickly from the topic postgame, focused on the next two games.

JMU head coach Mark Byington had a bit more to say. He reflected on how Morse had transferred to JMU in his first year coaching the Dukes, joining then-freshman forward Justin Amadi, guard Terell Strickland

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