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A three-pointer from James Madison's Sarah Williams with 2:25 left gave James Madison its first lead of the game and Dawn Evans' three with 1:46 left gave the Dukes the lead for good as they held on to defeat Northeastern 64-57 Thursday at Solomon Court. Evans scored a game-high 29 points. Kim Carr led Northeastern with 16 points and 12 rebounds while Brittany Wilson added 12 points.

The Huskies jumped out to a commanding 22-6 lead in the first half, using balanced scoring as six different Huskies scored in the opening push. Evans helped JMU respond as she hit eight straight points to bring the Dukes within six points with six and a half minutes left in the first half. Carr sank four free throws and Kendra Walton nailed a jumper to push the lead out to 12 points, and headed into halftime with a 33-25 lead.

Carr had 10 first half points for Northeastern, shooting 50 percent from the floor.

Northeastern was able to keep James Madison at bay for the start of the second half, but a jumper from JMU's Lauren Jimenez and a two threes from Evans cut the lead to two at 42-40 with 11:09 remaining.

The Huskies extended the lead back out to eight points off a jumper from Carr, but James Madison was able to get to the free throw line and convert its attempts to keep it a one possession game. Williams hit a pair of free throws for JMU to bring the score to 54-52 in favor of Northeastern. On the ensuing possession, Wilson turned the ball over for the Huskies and Williams hit the three pointer that gave the Dukes their first lead of the game. The Huskies regained the lead off a Jamie Conroy jumper, but Evans put the dagger in Northeastern's chances by hitting a three with 1:46 on the clock to help JMU on a 9-1 run to end the game, spoiling Northeastern attempt to gain its first win ever over the Dukes.

Both teams shot just 36 percent for the game while James Madison held a 43-38 rebounding advantage for the contest.

Deanna Kerkhof made her first start of the season for Northeastern and finished with eight points. The Huskies also got eight points from Walton and Rachael Pecota. Northeastern drops to 6-11 on the season and 1-5 in CAA play.

Tarik Hislop had 15 for James Madison while Jimenez ended with 10 points as JMU improves to 14-3 and 4-2 in conference.

Northeastern returns to action on Sunday, January 24 at UNC Wilmington at 2 p.m.