FINAL
Jan 2, 2025
Game Recap
Freeman's 30 lead James Madison over Southern Miss 83-72. Mark Freeman's 30 points led James Madison over Southern Miss 83-72 on Thursday night.
Box Score
| 1 | 2 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|
| USM | 31 | 41 | 72 |
| JMU | 33 | 50 | 83 |
 SOUTHERN MISS | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13Denijay Harris | 27 | 1-3 | 1-1 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 1DeAntoni Gordon | 30 | 3-6 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 10Cobie Montgomery | 34 | 4-12 | 2-8 | 2-2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 7Christian Watson | 33 | 4-12 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 12Neftali Alvarez | 6 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15Christian Reid | 10 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5Jett Montgomery | 0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2Brewer Carruth | 13 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 0Alfred Worrell Jr. | 12 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 23Jose Benitez | 3 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20Jeffery Armstrong | 1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11Andre Curbelo | 31 | 10-20 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 24 |
| TOTAL | 26-6540.0% | 7-2330.4% | 13-1492.9% | 32 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 72 |
 JAMES MADISON | MIN | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3Eddie Ricks III | 32 | 4-6 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| 4Elijah Hutchins-Everett | 27 | 4-7 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 21AJ Smith | 30 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 6-8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| 1Xavier Brown | 31 | 3-14 | 2-9 | 2-2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 0Mark Freeman | 38 | 9-16 | 4-8 | 8-12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 30 |
| 10Ebenezer Dowuona | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 44Luke Anderson | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8Will Lovings-Watts | 10 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 5Justin Taylor | 2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13Noah Williams | 15 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| TOTAL | 26-5547.3% | 10-2737.0% | 21-2875.0% | 29 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 83 |
Play-by-Play
1st halfusmjmu
- +3 (19:46) Xavier Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Eddie Ricks III.03
- (19:24) Neftali Alvarez missed Three Point Jumper.
- (19:21) DeAntoni Gordon Offensive Rebound.
- (19:20) DeAntoni Gordon missed Layup.
- (19:20) Eddie Ricks III Block.
- (19:15) Denijay Harris Offensive Rebound.
- (19:10) Christian Watson missed Jumper.
- (19:04) Elijah Hutchins-Everett Defensive Rebound.
- (18:49) Mark Freeman missed Three Point Jumper.
- (18:45) Christian Watson Defensive Rebound.
- (18:38) Neftali Alvarez missed Jumper.
- (18:38) Xavier Brown Block.
- (18:30) Neftali Alvarez Offensive Rebound.
- (18:21) Denijay Harris Turnover.
- (18:21) AJ Smith Steal.
- +3 (18:15) Mark Freeman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Brown.06
- +2 (17:52) Cobie Montgomery made Jumper.26
- (17:27) Foul on Christian Watson.
- +1 (17:27) Mark Freeman made Free Throw.27
- +1 (17:27) Mark Freeman made Free Throw.28
- (17:27) Mark Freeman missed Free Throw.
- (17:24) Denijay Harris Defensive Rebound.
- (17:12) Denijay Harris Turnover.
- +2 (16:50) Xavier Brown made Layup.210
- +2 (16:29) Christian Watson made Layup.410
- (16:07) Xavier Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
- (16:03) AJ Smith Offensive Rebound.
- (15:48) Noah Williams missed Layup.
- (15:45) Denijay Harris Defensive Rebound.
- (15:40) Christian Watson missed Three Point Jumper.
- (15:37) AJ Smith Defensive Rebound.
- +2 (15:19) Mark Freeman made Jumper.412
- +3 (14:58) Christian Watson made Three Point Jumper.712
- (14:39) Xavier Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
- (14:35) Ebenezer Dowuona Offensive Rebound.
- (14:33) Mark Freeman missed Three Point Jumper.
- (14:30) AJ Smith Offensive Rebound.
- (14:30) Foul on Denijay Harris.
- (14:30) Official TV Timeout
- (14:30) AJ Smith missed Free Throw.
- (14:30) James Madison Deadball Team Rebound.
- +1 (14:30) AJ Smith made Free Throw.713
- (14:28) Foul on Denijay Harris.
- (14:18) Andre Curbelo missed Jumper.
- (14:15) Will Lovings-Watts Defensive Rebound.
- +3 (13:52) Will Lovings-Watts made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mark Freeman.716
- (13:33) Christian Watson Turnover.
- (13:03) Noah Williams missed Three Point Jumper.
- (13:00) Andre Curbelo Defensive Rebound.
- (12:52) Denijay Harris missed Layup.
- (12:52) Southern Miss Offensive Rebound.
- (12:31) Christian Reid missed Jumper.
- (12:29) Eddie Ricks III Defensive Rebound.
- (12:29) Foul on Alfred Worrell Jr..
- (12:13) Will Lovings-Watts Turnover.
- (12:13) Christian Reid Steal.
- (12:01) Foul on Will Lovings-Watts.
- (12:00) Foul on Justin Taylor.
- (12:00) Official TV Timeout
- +2 (11:55) Andre Curbelo made Jumper.916
- (11:33) Xavier Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
- (11:29) Andre Curbelo Defensive Rebound.
- (11:19) Andre Curbelo missed Jumper.
- (11:16) Andre Curbelo Offensive Rebound.
- +2 (11:14) Andre Curbelo made Jumper.1116
- (10:52) Mark Freeman Turnover.
- (10:35) Andre Curbelo missed Layup.
- (10:35) Ebenezer Dowuona Block.
- (10:30) AJ Smith Defensive Rebound.
- (10:29) AJ Smith Turnover.
- (10:29) Cobie Montgomery Steal.
- (10:24) Alfred Worrell Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
- (10:23) Cobie Montgomery Offensive Rebound.
- (10:23) Foul on Ebenezer Dowuona.
- +3 (10:23) Alfred Worrell Jr. made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Brewer Carruth.1416
- (9:51) Mark Freeman Turnover.
- +3 (9:36) Cobie Montgomery made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Alfred Worrell Jr..1716
- (9:33) James Madison Timeout
- (9:15) Xavier Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
- (9:11) Andre Curbelo Defensive Rebound.
- (9:06) Cobie Montgomery missed Layup.
- (9:04) Xavier Brown Defensive Rebound.
- (8:56) Xavier Brown missed Layup.
- (8:53) Andre Curbelo Defensive Rebound.
- (8:49) Andre Curbelo missed Layup.
- (8:47) Eddie Ricks III Defensive Rebound.
- (8:46) Foul on Christian Reid.
- (8:46) Mark Freeman missed Free Throw.
- (8:46) James Madison Deadball Team Rebound.
- +1 (8:46) Mark Freeman made Free Throw.1717
- (8:33) Alfred Worrell Jr. missed Three Point Jumper.
- (8:30) Elijah Hutchins-Everett Defensive Rebound.
- (8:19) Mark Freeman missed Layup.
- (8:18) James Madison Offensive Rebound.
- (8:03) Elijah Hutchins-Everett missed Three Point Jumper.
- (8:00) Christian Watson Defensive Rebound.
- +2 (7:43) Andre Curbelo made Jumper.1917
- +2 (7:29) Elijah Hutchins-Everett made Layup. Assisted by Xavier Brown.1919
- (7:10) Official TV Timeout
- (7:05) Cobie Montgomery missed Three Point Jumper.
- (7:03) Denijay Harris Offensive Rebound.
- (7:03) Foul on AJ Smith.
- (6:42) Southern Miss Turnover.
- (6:20) Foul on Cobie Montgomery.
- +1 (6:20) Xavier Brown made Free Throw.1920
- +1 (6:20) Xavier Brown made Free Throw.1921
- +3 (6:10) Cobie Montgomery made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by DeAntoni Gordon.2221
- (5:45) Mark Freeman missed Jumper.
- (5:39) Eddie Ricks III Offensive Rebound.
- +2 (5:39) Eddie Ricks III made Two Point Tip Shot.2223
- (5:30) Christian Watson missed Layup.
- (5:30) AJ Smith Block.
- (5:24) Christian Watson Offensive Rebound.
- (5:23) Christian Watson missed Layup.
- (5:20) Will Lovings-Watts Defensive Rebound.
- (5:19) AJ Smith missed Layup.
- (5:16) Andre Curbelo Defensive Rebound.
- (5:04) Foul on Will Lovings-Watts.
- +1 (5:04) Andre Curbelo made Free Throw.2323
- +1 (5:04) Andre Curbelo made Free Throw.2423
- (4:50) Xavier Brown Turnover.
- (4:37) Denijay Harris Turnover.
- (4:37) Will Lovings-Watts Steal.
- (4:08) Xavier Brown missed Jumper.
- (4:05) Southern Miss Defensive Rebound.
- (3:53) Andre Curbelo missed Layup.
- (3:53) Official TV Timeout
- (3:52) James Madison Defensive Rebound.
- (3:43) Xavier Brown missed Layup.
- (3:43) DeAntoni Gordon Block.
- (3:38) Brewer Carruth Defensive Rebound.
- +3 (3:36) Brewer Carruth made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Christian Watson.2723
- +3 (3:13) Eddie Ricks III made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Brown.2726
- (2:53) DeAntoni Gordon missed Layup.
- (2:50) Eddie Ricks III Defensive Rebound.
- (2:42) Mark Freeman missed Three Point Jumper.
- (2:40) Southern Miss Defensive Rebound.
- (2:30) Foul on Eddie Ricks III.
- (2:22) Cobie Montgomery missed Three Point Jumper.
- (2:20) Denijay Harris Offensive Rebound.
- (2:20) Denijay Harris Turnover.
- +2 (2:09) Elijah Hutchins-Everett made Layup. Assisted by AJ Smith.2728
- +2 (1:51) Andre Curbelo made Layup. Assisted by DeAntoni Gordon.2928
- (1:37) Elijah Hutchins-Everett missed Jumper.
- (1:33) Andre Curbelo Defensive Rebound.
- (1:22) DeAntoni Gordon missed Three Point Jumper.
- (1:19) Eddie Ricks III Defensive Rebound.
- (1:09) Xavier Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
- (1:05) Andre Curbelo Defensive Rebound.
- (0:44) Andre Curbelo missed Jumper.
- (0:41) Elijah Hutchins-Everett Defensive Rebound.
- (0:34) Foul on Andre Curbelo.
- (0:24) Xavier Brown missed Layup.
- (0:24) Christian Reid Block.
- (0:21) James Madison Offensive Rebound.
- +2 (0:20) Elijah Hutchins-Everett made Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Brown.2930
- +2 (0:06) Andre Curbelo made Jumper.3130
- +3 (0:00) Xavier Brown made Three Point Jumper.3133
- (0:00) End of 1st half
2nd half
Game Details
Thursday, January 2, 2025 · 7:00 PM
Atlantic Union Bank Center · Harrisonburg, VA
attendance: 4,460 (52.5%)
tv: ESPN+
spread: JMU -11.5
over/under: 139.5
