{"id":7568,"date":"2015-02-19T07:44:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7568"},"modified":"2015-02-19T07:44:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T12:44:00","slug":"cabarkapa-sparks-dukes-past-drexel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7568","title":{"rendered":"Cabarkapa Sparks Dukes Past Drexel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bpg0lyFbr8g\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nJMU used some hot second half shooting to hold off Drexel in the Convo last night. Drexel hit four three pointers in a row in the closing minutes to make it close, but the Dukes held on for an 82-78 victory. The win clinched a regular season sweep of the Dragons and moved JMU to 17-11 overall and 10-5 in the CAA. Drexel dropped to 10-16 and 8-7 in league play. Ron Curry paced the Dukes with 25 points, but the real story was the balanced scoring. Four JMU players scored in double figures, including Dimitri Cabarkapa. Known simply as &#8220;The Serb&#8221;, he came off the bench to score a career high 12 points. Tom Vodonavich poured in 18 and YoYo managed 10 points, despite only attempting 4 field goals. Winston Grays only scored 4 points, but he pulled down a career best 8 boards. It was a solid game overall. Here are three quick thoughts on the win.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cabarkapa Stepping Up<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have no idea where this guy&#8217;s game came from. After being virtually glued to the bench for much of his JMU career, Cabarkapa has gotten some minutes the past few weeks. And man has he made the most of them. Last night he played with confidence and hit a number of big shots, including two threes. Ron Curry has gotten much of the press during the Dukes&#8217; recent hot streak. That&#8217;s completely justified, but the real story might be the role players like Cabarkapa who&#8217;ve elevated their games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Is Ron Curry Elite?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes, we&#8217;re stealing the dumbest NFL-QB cliche question and applying to Curry to make a point. The truth is though that Curry has elevated his game and probably exceeding the expectations most JMU fans had for him. He&#8217;s shooting the ball incredibly well from both the field and the charity stripe. Last night he attempted only 9 field goals, but still managed 25 points thanks to knocking down 12 of 14 from the line. His great play is throwing him into the All CAA discussion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There&#8217;s Hot Shooting, and Then There&#8217;s What We Saw in the Second Half<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Much like we&#8217;ve seen with baseball, advanced stats have crept into the world of basketball. Concepts like offensive efficiency and tempo adjusted stats have changed the way we look at the game. But some nights the good old fashioned stats do the job. Like last night, when JMU went a ridiculous 15 for 18 from the field in the second half. That&#8217;s good for 83.3% if you do the math. And that is quite simply amazing. Sure it&#8217;s unsustainable and the Dukes aren&#8217;t going to shoot like that every night. But they&#8217;ve been shooting the ball much better. They&#8217;ve been better than 40% from long range during every game of the 4 game win streak and in 7 of their last 9. We can&#8217;t expect 83% shooting from the field, but we can expect the Dukes to shoot with decent accuracy from here on out.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D7568&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 used some hot second half shooting to hold off Drexel in the Convo last night. Drexel hit four three pointers in a row in the closing minutes to make it close, but the Dukes held on for an 82-78 victory. The win clinched a regular season sweep of the Dragons and moved JMU to [&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":7491,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7491","url_meta":{"origin":7568,"position":0},"title":"Nation-less JMU Dukes Drop Drexel","date":"January 15, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"In its first game since the dismissal of Andre Nation, JMU steamrolled Drexel by the score of 54-35. The Dukes now sit at 3-2 in the CAA and 10-8 overall. After the loss Drexel finds itself at 3-13 overall and 1-4 in the CAA. 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