JMU Still Hot
Goins, Dukes Nip ODU, 58-55
Posted: January 3, 2013
NORFOLK — In two meetings last season, Old Dominion bashed James Madison by 17 rebounds each game, and, not coincidentally, swept the series. Even though the Monarchs entered this year’s matchup with the worst non-conference record in the Colonial Athletic Association, they still led the league in rebounding differential.
It was obvious which area JMU would focus on most heading into Wednesday’s basketball game.
“They not typically good on their first shot; they get a lot of second-chance opportunities,” Dukes power forward Rayshawn Goins said. “So we wanted to limit them on their rebounds. That’s what we kind of did. We just boxed out. We went over that a lot. That’s all we really practiced on in practice.”
The results were evident.
JMU (7-6) hung with ODU (2-12) on the boards and grinded out a 58-55 road victory to begin its CAA schedule on the right track and improve its overall win streak to four straight – its longest mark since a nine-game run from December 2010 to January 2011. It all happened without starting point guard Devon Moore, who missed the game to be with his ill mother in Ohio.
“We’re excited to start the conference race with a win – a quality win on the road,” JMU coach Matt Brady said. “To me, throw out the records. Old Dominion and JMU, whenever we play here, it seems to me this is always the kind of game that it is. We’re fortunate we came out with a win tonight. We made a couple more plays than they did tonight at the end of the game. When you play Old Dominion, you’ve clearly got to battle on the glass, and we did a reasonable job of trying to check guys out.”
Old Dominion (0-2 in the CAA), which held a plus-6.7 rebounding differential through its first 13 games, beat Madison on the glass by a mere 40-37 margin. Led by Goins’ nine boards, the Dukes gang rebounded – with all nine active players grabbing at least one.
Goins also led the Dukes in scoring with 16 points and a season-high three blocks. He was matched up against DeShawn Painter, a senior transfer from North Carolina State who had at least 3 inches on Goins. The two played to a relative stalemate (Painter finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds), and JMU’s supporting cast was just a bit more reliable.
“He’s quicker than he looks,” Painter said of Goins after the game. “He’s wide, got a good touch.”
The only other Duke to reach double figures in scoring was freshman Ron Curry, who played 33 minutes filling in at point guard for Moore. Curry matched a career-high with 13 points and added four assists, compared to a single turnover. He made a pair of layups in the final five minutes that stretched two-point leads to four, and showed none of the nerves you’d expect from a rookie who was bumped into a leading role in front of the biggest crowd (6,094) of his life.
“Playing against a good team, an atmosphere like this, my first CAA game… It’s definitely a confidence booster,” Curry said.
ODU began the game on an 11-2 run, but JMU later used a 10-0 spurt to move ahead 19-15. The Dukes shot a meager 28.6 percent in the first half but led 25-24 at the break.
Goins scored nine consecutive JMU points early in the second half to extend the Dukes’ lead to its largest of the night – 40-32 – with 11:27 remaining. The Monarchs pushed back but were never able to tie the score or take the lead from that point. They got within two points on three occasions, but Madison responded with the next hoop each time.
ODU entered with an eight-game win streak against JMU.
“We knew coming into this building, despite their record, that this was going to be a battle,” Goins said.
ODU made 20 of 54 shots (37 percent) for the game; JMU made 20 of 55 (36.4 percent). Both teams made six 3-pointers. The Monarchs had 15 turnovers to the Dukes’ 10.
The Dukes, who next play on Saturday at Georgia State, could be without senior forward Andrey Semenov for that game. After shooting just 1-for-9 on Wednesday, Semenov injured his left foot on a play in which Goins drove to the hoop and appeared to roll into his teammate as he fell to the ground. Semenov was still limping close to an hour after the game was over.
Moore’s status, meanwhile, is still not clear.
“The rotation is certainly different, and we’re going to go on the perimeter with whoever the guy is who’s gonna be hot,” Brady said of adjusting without Moore.
The Dukes had won just seven road games combined in the last three seasons, and Wednesday’s triumph at ODU is its sixth overall victory in its last seven games.
JAMES MADISON
Semenov 1-9 0-0 3, Goins 6-15 3-6 16, Curry 5-10 1-2 13, Diouf 4-5 1-3 9, Nation 1-6 2-4 5, Davis 2-7 0-0 5, Hood 0-1 0-0 0, Cooke 0-0 5-6 5, Bessick 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 20-55 12-21 58.
OLD DOMINION
Painter 6-12 1-1 14, Ross 2-5 1-2 5, Bacote 1-2 0-0 2, Clark 2-8 2-2 7, Hill 2-7 3-4 7, Wright 2-5 1-4 6, Palmore 1-1 0-0 2, Batten 4-12 1-2 12, Larsen 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-54 9-15 55.
Halftime—James Madison 25-24. 3-Point Goals—James Madison 6-14 (Curry 2-3, Goins 1-1, Nation 1-2, Davis 1-4, Semenov 1-4), Old Dominion 6-17 (Batten 3-8, Painter 1-1, Wright 1-2, Clark 1-2, Larsen 0-1, Bacote 0-1, Hill 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—James Madison 37 (Goins 9), Old Dominion 40 (Painter 13). Assists—James Madison 12 (Curry, Nation 4), Old Dominion 14 (Hill 6). Total Fouls—James Madison 14, Old Dominion 14. Technical—Goins. A—6,094.
It was obvious which area JMU would focus on most heading into Wednesday’s basketball game.
“They not typically good on their first shot; they get a lot of second-chance opportunities,” Dukes power forward Rayshawn Goins said. “So we wanted to limit them on their rebounds. That’s what we kind of did. We just boxed out. We went over that a lot. That’s all we really practiced on in practice.”
The results were evident.
JMU (7-6) hung with ODU (2-12) on the boards and grinded out a 58-55 road victory to begin its CAA schedule on the right track and improve its overall win streak to four straight – its longest mark since a nine-game run from December 2010 to January 2011. It all happened without starting point guard Devon Moore, who missed the game to be with his ill mother in Ohio.
“We’re excited to start the conference race with a win – a quality win on the road,” JMU coach Matt Brady said. “To me, throw out the records. Old Dominion and JMU, whenever we play here, it seems to me this is always the kind of game that it is. We’re fortunate we came out with a win tonight. We made a couple more plays than they did tonight at the end of the game. When you play Old Dominion, you’ve clearly got to battle on the glass, and we did a reasonable job of trying to check guys out.”
Old Dominion (0-2 in the CAA), which held a plus-6.7 rebounding differential through its first 13 games, beat Madison on the glass by a mere 40-37 margin. Led by Goins’ nine boards, the Dukes gang rebounded – with all nine active players grabbing at least one.
Goins also led the Dukes in scoring with 16 points and a season-high three blocks. He was matched up against DeShawn Painter, a senior transfer from North Carolina State who had at least 3 inches on Goins. The two played to a relative stalemate (Painter finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds), and JMU’s supporting cast was just a bit more reliable.
“He’s quicker than he looks,” Painter said of Goins after the game. “He’s wide, got a good touch.”
The only other Duke to reach double figures in scoring was freshman Ron Curry, who played 33 minutes filling in at point guard for Moore. Curry matched a career-high with 13 points and added four assists, compared to a single turnover. He made a pair of layups in the final five minutes that stretched two-point leads to four, and showed none of the nerves you’d expect from a rookie who was bumped into a leading role in front of the biggest crowd (6,094) of his life.
“Playing against a good team, an atmosphere like this, my first CAA game… It’s definitely a confidence booster,” Curry said.
ODU began the game on an 11-2 run, but JMU later used a 10-0 spurt to move ahead 19-15. The Dukes shot a meager 28.6 percent in the first half but led 25-24 at the break.
Goins scored nine consecutive JMU points early in the second half to extend the Dukes’ lead to its largest of the night – 40-32 – with 11:27 remaining. The Monarchs pushed back but were never able to tie the score or take the lead from that point. They got within two points on three occasions, but Madison responded with the next hoop each time.
ODU entered with an eight-game win streak against JMU.
“We knew coming into this building, despite their record, that this was going to be a battle,” Goins said.
ODU made 20 of 54 shots (37 percent) for the game; JMU made 20 of 55 (36.4 percent). Both teams made six 3-pointers. The Monarchs had 15 turnovers to the Dukes’ 10.
The Dukes, who next play on Saturday at Georgia State, could be without senior forward Andrey Semenov for that game. After shooting just 1-for-9 on Wednesday, Semenov injured his left foot on a play in which Goins drove to the hoop and appeared to roll into his teammate as he fell to the ground. Semenov was still limping close to an hour after the game was over.
Moore’s status, meanwhile, is still not clear.
“The rotation is certainly different, and we’re going to go on the perimeter with whoever the guy is who’s gonna be hot,” Brady said of adjusting without Moore.
The Dukes had won just seven road games combined in the last three seasons, and Wednesday’s triumph at ODU is its sixth overall victory in its last seven games.
JAMES MADISON
Semenov 1-9 0-0 3, Goins 6-15 3-6 16, Curry 5-10 1-2 13, Diouf 4-5 1-3 9, Nation 1-6 2-4 5, Davis 2-7 0-0 5, Hood 0-1 0-0 0, Cooke 0-0 5-6 5, Bessick 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 20-55 12-21 58.
OLD DOMINION
Painter 6-12 1-1 14, Ross 2-5 1-2 5, Bacote 1-2 0-0 2, Clark 2-8 2-2 7, Hill 2-7 3-4 7, Wright 2-5 1-4 6, Palmore 1-1 0-0 2, Batten 4-12 1-2 12, Larsen 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-54 9-15 55.
Halftime—James Madison 25-24. 3-Point Goals—James Madison 6-14 (Curry 2-3, Goins 1-1, Nation 1-2, Davis 1-4, Semenov 1-4), Old Dominion 6-17 (Batten 3-8, Painter 1-1, Wright 1-2, Clark 1-2, Larsen 0-1, Bacote 0-1, Hill 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—James Madison 37 (Goins 9), Old Dominion 40 (Painter 13). Assists—James Madison 12 (Curry, Nation 4), Old Dominion 14 (Hill 6). Total Fouls—James Madison 14, Old Dominion 14. Technical—Goins. A—6,094.