ATLANTA (Feb. 24) – James Madison (22-6, 15-1 CAA), the first-place team in the Colonial Athletic Association, won its 14th straight game with a 93-45 decision over Georgia State Thursday night at the GSU Sports Arena.

The nation's leading scorer, JMU guard Dawn Evans, led the way with 26 points and seven assists as the Dukes shot 51 percent for the game.

Georgia State (10-17, 5-11 CAA) was cold on its return to its home court, shooting just 29 percent (18-of-62) with 25 turnovers. Sophomore center Cody Paulk led GSU with 12 points, nine rebounds and a blocked shot.

This game was decided as quickly as it started. James Madison made seven of its first eight shots to take a 15-0 lead just four minutes into the game. GSU was 0-for-7 with three turnovers in those first four minutes. JMU had the lead up to 20 points for the first time at 35-15 with 7:02 to play and cruised into halftime with a 49-27 advantage.

For JMU, it was a season-high in points, topping their 89 vs. William and Mary and the 48-point victory margin topped their 35-point win over Western Carolina.

The second half belonged to the reserves as GSU's bench logged 85 minutes and JMU's bench played 83 minutes.
“To sum it up, they played well; we were flat. They were aggressive, we were not,” said GSU head coach Sharon Baldwin-Tener. “No one competed very hard for us tonight and that is why the score is what it is.”

Georgia State will travel to Boston on Sunday to play Northeastern (8-19, 3-13) at 2 p.m. and returns to Atlanta next Wednesday for the regular season finale with VCU.