Its season is over, but the JMU women’s basketball team made a statement this season by winning its first postseason games in eight years.
James Madison (24-10) lost 84-76 at Kentucky in the third round of the Women’s National Invitation Tournament on Wednesday, but not before history was made. Tamera Young broke the Colonial Athletic Association scoring record and set the new mark at 2,121.
The senior forward needed 20 points to break the record, and she scored 28 to enter the CAA record books. The previous record of 2,112 points was held by Celeste Hill, who played at Old Dominion from 1990-94.
While Young set another record, freshman point guard Dawn Evans tied her school record of seven 3-pointers in a game as she scored 23 points, and senior forward Jennifer Brown scored 10 and had eight rebounds. Young chipped in 17 rebounds to go along with her record-breaking point total.
After beating Radford and Indiana in the first two rounds of the WNIT, Madison lost to a Kentucky team ranked No. 65 in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI). The Wildcats improved their record to 17-15, but they have a schedule ranked 14th in difficulty nationwide.
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