Conference Play Begins Sunday

James Madison is back on track.

The entire starting lineup of the women's basketball team reached double figures and JMU broke out of its four game losing streak with a 100-48 drubbing of Wagner (2-9) earlier this week. But conference play begins Sunday against UNC Wilmington, the second place team in the Colonial Athletic Association.

The Seahawks (9-2) have two players that rank in the top 10 in CAA scoring, freshman forward Brittany Blackwell and junior forward Sasha Taylor. Blackwell has earned CAA Rookie of the Week recognition twice this season and is coming off her strongest performance of the year, scoring a career high 25 points on 9-of-15 shooting in a 90-88 overtime win against Western Carolina (8-5).

But the Seahawks lost at Radford 77-46 five days before facing Western Carolina, and Madison should be able to compete with them.

Sunday's game against UNCW is the first of eight conference games this month for JMU. After compiling a 1-4 record in December, the Dukes will look to prove their character against CAA competition in January.