{"id":4745,"date":"2012-12-05T22:02:59","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T03:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4745"},"modified":"2012-12-05T22:25:18","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T03:25:18","slug":"davis-returns-and-leads-jmu-over-etsu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=4745","title":{"rendered":"Davis Returns and Leads JMU Over ETSU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nnGAW1rOwRg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nJMU was favored over East Tennessee State tonight. The Buccaneers weren&#8217;t a particularly strong team to begin with, and due to injuries and various <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxnews.com\/news\/2012\/nov\/21\/two-etsu-basketball-players-charged-drug-offenses\/\">off the court transgressions<\/a> they&#8217;re down a few players. But nothing is certain and there probably weren&#8217;t too many people who thought JMU would cruise to a 25 point win. They did though. JMU beat ETSU by the final score of 70-25.<\/p>\n<p>There is no rational reason to get too excited about JMU beating an overmatched and undermanned opponent. Except that JMU doesn&#8217;t always defeat overmatched and undermanned opponents. Which means I&#8217;m excited anyway. Mock me if you must, but for the first time in a while I really enjoyed something JMU sports related. I&#8217;m sick of hearing folks call for Matthews to be fired, or Brady to be fired, or Bourne to be fired. I&#8217;m tired of listening to fans complain that JMU is screwed if it doesn&#8217;t move up to FBS. And tonight, my boys and I got to tune in to Madizone (which is awesome by the way) and watch the Dukes roll over ETSU for an easy win. And it was a hell of a lot of fun.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The story heading into the game was A.J. Davis&#8217; return from his suspension. The story after the game was A.J. Davis&#8217; triumphant return from his suspension. Coach Brady brought A.J. off the bench and he responded by scoring a team high 17 points. And he scored them in exciting fashion, with several poster worthy dunks. It&#8217;s only one game, but it certainly seemed like A.J. and Brady were on the same page tonight. Unlike in previous games, where Brady has given Davis a quick hook for even slight mistakes, he let A.J. stay on the court and get into a groove. Again, it&#8217;s one game. It was encouraging though. A.J. and Brady need to bring out the best in each other in order to be successful. Maybe the suspension made them realize that.<\/p>\n<p>From the score, you might think that the Dukes had a hot night from the field. They didn&#8217;t, only hitting on 43% of their shots. On offense, they did move the ball well however. JMU had assists on 19 of its 27 field goals (unselfish!). Defensively the Dukes applied a ton pressure and forced ETSU to make a lot of mistakes. Seriously. The aggressive defense resulted in 15 steals and 7 blocks. It&#8217;s still a work in progress, but they&#8217;re pressing more and exerting greater effort on D this year. And Andre Nation is leading the charge. He was all over the court making an absolute pest of himself again tonight. He had 11 points and 5 boards, to go along with 5 steals and 3 blocks. And he did all that in only 23 minutes. The sky is the limit for Nation. He&#8217;s destined to become a fan favorite.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, it&#8217;s only one game and it was against a completely overmatched out of conference team. It was fun to watch though and a nice way to build some momentum heading into a big game against Richmond this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D4745&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JMU was favored over East Tennessee State tonight. The Buccaneers weren&#8217;t a particularly strong team to begin with, and due to injuries and various off the court transgressions they&#8217;re down a few players. But nothing is certain and there probably weren&#8217;t too many people who thought JMU would cruise to a 25 point win. They [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9635,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=9635","url_meta":{"origin":4745,"position":0},"title":"JMU Cruises to Easy W Over ETSU","date":"September 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Last night, the Dukes dropped 52 points on ETSU to extend the win streak to 14! #GoDukes pic.twitter.com\/yxgxHqjxhg\u2014 JMU Football (@JMUFootball) September 10, 2017 JMU easily defeated East Tennessee State University 52-10 Saturday night. 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