James Madison Dukes at Elon Phoenix
· CAA CHAMPIONSHIP - 1st ROUND
61 - 63
Elon tops James Madison 63-61 in CAA first round
The Phoenix (12-20) advance to Sunday's quarterfinal against No. 2 William & Mary (21-10).
Kris Wooten made back-to-back 3-pointers and Elon closed to 61-59 with 1:39 to play before Sheffield tied it at 61 with a dunk. JMU's Matt Lewis missed two jumpers before Sheffield hit his game-winner and a 3 by Lewis at the buzzer missed.
Hunter Woods scored 15 points and made four steals and Federico Poser added 14 points for Elon, which trailed 34-28 at halftime. Hunter McIntosh had 12 points and Wooten had 10.
Lewis scored 17 points and Dwight Wilson had seven rebounds and he and DeShon Parker scored 11 apiece for the Dukes (9-21).
Darius Banks, who was second on the Dukes in scoring heading into the contest with 12 points per game, shot only 20% in the game (1 of 5).
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| 2nd 0:00 | End of Game | 61 - 63 |
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| 2nd 0:00 | James Madison Offensive Rebound. | 61 - 63 |
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| 2nd 0:03 | Marcus Sheffield II made Jumper. | 61 - 63 |
Statistics
 JMU |
 ELON |
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|---|---|---|
| 24-53 | FG | 24-60 |
| 45 | Field Goal % | 40 |
| 3-16 | 3PT | 8-29 |
| 19 | Three Point % | 28 |
| 10-17 | FT | 7-9 |
| 59 | Free Throw % | 78 |
| 40 | Rebounds | 30 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 8 |
| 30 | Defensive Rebounds | 22 |
| 6 | Assists | 15 |
| 4 | Steals | 6 |
| 2 | Blocks | 2 |
| 11 | Turnovers | 8 |
| 1 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 11 | Total Turnovers | 8 |
| 2 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 2 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Flagrant Fouls | 0 |
| 11 | Points Off Turnovers | 17 |
| 5 | Fast Break Points | 7 |
| 36 | Points in Paint | 28 |
| 12 | Fouls | 18 |
| 14 | Largest Lead | 2 |
Game Information
Location: Washington, DC
Attendance: 1,763 | Capacity:
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| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNC Wilmington | 15-3 | - | 27-7 |
| Charleston | 14-4 | 1 | 21-11 |
| Hofstra | 12-6 | 3 | 24-11 |
| Monmouth | 11-7 | 4 | 19-15 |
| William & Mary | 10-8 | 5 | 20-12 |
| Drexel | 10-8 | 5 | 17-16 |
| Towson | 9-9 | 6 | 19-15 |
| Stony Brook | 9-9 | 6 | 17-15 |
| Campbell | 8-10 | 7 | 16-18 |
| Hampton | 7-11 | 8 | 13-19 |
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| North Carolina A&T | 4-14 | 11 | 11-19 |
| Northeastern | 2-16 | 13 | 7-24 |