{"id":8375,"date":"2016-02-19T06:59:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-19T11:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8375"},"modified":"2016-02-19T06:59:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T11:59:28","slug":"jmu-falls-to-northeastern-95-94-in-triple-ot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8375","title":{"rendered":"JMU Falls to Northeastern 95-94 in Triple OT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YZhCugcVe3Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nJMU fans were treated to free basketball tonight. It ended up not being the bargain we were hoping for. The Dukes fell to Northeastern by the score of 95-94 in triple overtime. Ron Curry made his return to the court after missing last game at UNCW. He came off the bench to score 21 points in the loss. Yohanny Dalembert had a monster game with 26 points and 10 boards. Joey McLean continued to impress, pouring in 15 points, while Jackson Kent added 12. Yet, JMU lost. And it was primarily because Northeastern&#8217;s Quincy Ford hit all the baskets, dropping 36 points on the Dukes. Let&#8217;s break down the game by the numbers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>41\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The number free throws Northeastern attempted. If you&#8217;re scoring at home, yes that is 20 more than JMU shot for the game. Before we go down the road of ranting about the officiating, let&#8217;s point out that this was largely due to JMU settling for jumpers far too often instead of going to the hole. The Dukes could have closed the game out in regulation and again in OT with a simple bucket, but Ron Curry opted to shoot threes. To his credit, he adjusted his game and went aggressively to the bucket to force a third OT. Too many times tonight though, the Dukes were forced to settle for jumpers away from the basket with the shot clock winding down. And I know we said we wouldn&#8217;t complain about the officials, but 20 free throw attempts in a triple overtime game? Come on.<\/p>\n<p><strong>23<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Believe it or not, that&#8217;s the number of assists JMU had. The Dukes assisted on 23 of their 36 field goals. That&#8217;s a sign of some unselfish play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How many times the lead changed hands tonight. We&#8217;re working through the frustration from the loss, but this was a tight game that really could have gone either way. Still hurts though.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s the difference between the two teams&#8217; shooting percentages. JMU hit 47.4% from the field and held Northeastern to 37.1%. Quincy Ford racked up a bunch of buckets, but he didn&#8217;t shoot particularly well from the field. He was a respectable 10 for 26. The rest of the Huskies went 15 for 41. JMU actually played pretty good defense.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How many three pointers Ron Curry hit. He attempted 8. It was great to see Curry back on the floor. He played a good game and helped keep the Dukes in the game all night. But he didn&#8217;t have his long range game tonight. Shooters get cold. It happens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Looking at the boxscore, it&#8217;s really tough to see how JMU lost. In a 3 OT game we could point to any single mistake, such as one of the Dukes&#8217; missed layups. Or we could chalk it up to one particular nice play by the Huskies, such as Quincy Ford&#8217;s buzzer beating three to close the first half. Or we could point out that JMU missed 7 of its 21 free throw attempts. And if we&#8217;re being honest, one of those was supposed to be a miss to give JMU a shot at a rebound and late bucket. Regardless, JMU shot 67% from the line. That&#8217;s not terrible, but it&#8217;s not good enough to win a close game either.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D8375&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 fans were treated to free basketball tonight. It ended up not being the bargain we were hoping for. The Dukes fell to Northeastern by the score of 95-94 in triple overtime. Ron Curry made his return to the court after missing last game at UNCW. He came off the bench to score 21 points [&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":7476,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=7476","url_meta":{"origin":8375,"position":0},"title":"Northeastern Drops the Dukes","date":"January 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"JMU played an outstanding opening half against CAA favorite Northeastern tonight. The Dukes zone held the Huskies in check, limiting them to just 21 points on 8 of 21 shooting in the opening 20 minutes. On the other end of the floor, JMU shot very well. 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