Sports Beat

Men's basketball falls to Tribe

The JMU men's basketball team fell to the College of William & Mary 77-59 Wednesday in Williamsburg. Freshman Daniel Freeman scored a career-high 15 points.

Dunham, DeFrancesco finish 1,2 at Va. Tech track meet

Sophomore Cindy Dunham and senior Mollie DeFrancesco placed first and second, respectively, in the 5,000-meter event at the Virginia Tech Invitational Friday and Saturday.

Both Dunham and DeFrancesco met the Eastern College Athletic Conference qualifications. Also qualifying for the ECACs was junior Char Lewis, who placed sixth in the long jump. JMU also received a good finish from senior Brett Romano, who placed fifth in the 3,000-meter run.

Braxton and Lewis qualify for IC4As

Two JMU men's runners qualified for the IC4A championships at the Virginia Tech Invitational Jan. 18-19.

Junior Eric Braxton placed seventh to qualify in the 400-meter dash. Senior David Lewis finished 14th in the 400-meter dash to qualify as well.

The 4 x 400 relay team of Braxton, Lewis, senior Marques Hamilton and sophomore Aaron Lindsay also qualified for the IC4As.

Men's gymnastics places third at Navy Open

The JMU men's gymnastics team placed third out of four teams at the Navy Open Jan. 19. Senior Nicholas Blanton was the top finisher for the Dukes. He finished sixth on the floor exercise.