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Edwards, Bickerstaff help No. 24 James Madison rally past Radford in first game as ranked team

AP
Nov 17, 2023

HARRISONBURG, Va. (AP) Terrence Edwards scored 21 points, TJ Bickerstaff had 20, and No. 24 James Madison rallied past Radford 76-73 in a Cancun Challenge campus game on Friday night.

The Dukes survived their first game as a ranked team thanks to their defense in the closing minutes. DaQuan Smith put Radford ahead 73-70 on a jumper with 3:35 left, but the Highlanders didn't score again. Bickerstaff put JMU (4-0) ahead to stay when he took a hard foul and made two free throws with 1:22 remaining.

The game drew 8,104 fans, the second-largest crowd in Atlantic Union Bank Center history.

“I don’t want to go too far without saying we’re not winning that game without our crowd,” JMU coach Mark Byington said. “That was one of the best crowds we’ve had here.”

Smith finished with 20 points for the Highlanders (2-3), Kenyon Giles scored 15 and Justin Archer contributed 14.

Julien Wooden finished with 15 points for JMU, including 11 in the first half as the Dukes built a 10-point lead late in the period. But Radford closed the half on a 14-0 run to go into the break leading 39-35.

It was back-and-forth early in the second half. Xavier Brown hit a deep 3-pointer as the shot clock expired to put the Dukes ahead 61-58 with 10 minutes to go. But Giles helped Radford regain the lead a few minutes later.

BIG PICTURE

Radford dropped its second straight to in-state opponents after losing at VCU on Wednesday.

“We’re doing this with a quick turnaround and it’s kind of like when we get into conference play with the Thursday ESPNU game and then on Saturday,” Radford coach Darris Nichols said. “VCU, JMU and North Carolina, those games that we played, it’s exposing us to a lot of things and I feel like we are getting better.”

JMU stunned then-No. 4 Michigan State in the season opener and continued its hot start. Three of the Dukes’ four games have been decided by either one possession or in overtime.

“I believe it’s just going to make us very comfortable in these tough situations,” Bickerstaff said. “So whatever we’re confronted with we’ll be ready to attack it.”

UP NEXT

The teams travel to Mexico to continue the Cancun Challenge. JMU will face Southern Illinois on Tuesday in Riviera Maya and either Fresno State or New Mexico on Wednesday. Radford will play Morgan State on Tuesday and either Chicago State or Northern Colorado the following day.

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1st Half
RAD
Highlanders
39
JMU
Dukes
35

Time		Play	Score
20:00		Justin Archer vs. T.J. Bickerstaff (Kenyon Giles gains possession)
19:31		Kenyon Giles turnover (traveling)
19:15	+2	T.J. Bickerstaff makes two point layup	0-2
19:00		Bryan Antoine misses two point layup
18:58		Julien Wooden defensive rebound
18:49	+3	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes three point jump shot (Julien Wooden assists)	0-5
18:37		Michael Green III personal foul (Kenyon Giles draws the foul)
18:18	+2	Kenyon Giles makes two point layup	2-5
17:55	+3	Julien Wooden makes three point jump shot (Noah Freidel assists)	2-8
17:27	+2	Kenyon Giles makes two point jump shot	4-8
17:11		Bryan Antoine shooting foul (T.J. Bickerstaff draws the foul)
17:11		T.J. Bickerstaff misses regular free throw 1 of 2
17:11	+1	T.J. Bickerstaff makes regular free throw 2 of 2	4-9
17:01		Kenyon Giles turnover (lost ball) (Julien Wooden steals)
16:52		Julien Wooden misses two point layup
16:50		T.J. Bickerstaff offensive rebound
16:45	+2	T.J. Bickerstaff makes two point dunk	4-11
16:27		Kenyon Giles misses two point jump shot
16:25		D'Auntray Pierce offensive rebound
16:21		D'Auntray Pierce turnover (bad pass) (Noah Freidel steals)
16:15		Noah Freidel misses three point jump shot
16:13		D'Auntray Pierce defensive rebound
15:52	+2	Chandler Turner makes two point jump shot	6-11
15:28		T.J. Bickerstaff misses two point jump shot
15:26		D'Auntray Pierce defensive rebound
15:12	+2	DaQuan Smith makes two point jump shot	8-11
14:55	+2	T.J. Bickerstaff makes two point layup (Terrence Edwards Jr. assists)	8-13
14:38		Bryant Randleman blocks Kenyon Giles's two point layup
14:36		Terrence Edwards Jr. defensive rebound
14:33		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point layup
14:31		Chandler Turner defensive rebound
14:17		Chandler Turner misses two point layup
14:15		Julien Wooden defensive rebound
14:09		T.J. Bickerstaff misses two point jump shot
14:07		DaQuan Smith defensive rebound
13:52	+2	Justin Archer makes two point layup (DaQuan Smith assists)	10-13
13:35	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point layup	10-15
13:06		Kenyon Giles misses two point jump shot
13:04		Chandler Turner offensive rebound
13:00		Julien Wooden blocks Chandler Turner's two point jump shot
12:58		T.J. Bickerstaff defensive rebound
12:58		Chandler Turner personal foul
12:58		TV timeout
12:42		Terrence Edwards Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Bryan Antoine steals)
12:42		Bryan Antoine turnover (traveling)
12:33		Jaylen Carey misses two point layup
12:31		Jaylen Carey offensive rebound
12:29	+2	Jaylen Carey makes two point layup	10-17
12:29		TJ Nesmith shooting foul (Jaylen Carey draws the foul)
12:29		Jaylen Carey misses regular free throw 1 of 1
12:29		Bryan Antoine defensive rebound
12:12		Bryan Antoine turnover (lost ball) (Xavier Brown steals)
12:07	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point layup (Xavier Brown assists)	10-19
11:48		Trenton Walters misses three point jump shot
11:46		Raekwon Horton defensive rebound
11:46		TJ Nesmith personal foul (Raekwon Horton draws the foul)
11:46		TV timeout
11:37		Trenton Walters personal foul (Terrence Edwards Jr. draws the foul)
11:34		Xavier Brown misses three point jump shot
11:32		D'Auntray Pierce defensive rebound
11:23	+3	Bryan Antoine makes three point jump shot	13-19
11:05		Quincy Allen turnover (bad pass)
10:35		Trenton Walters misses two point jump shot
10:33		Highlanders offensive rebound
10:12		Bryan Antoine misses three point jump shot
10:10		Raekwon Horton defensive rebound
9:58	+2	Julien Wooden makes two point jump shot	13-21
9:46	+3	Bryan Antoine makes three point jump shot (Trenton Walters assists)	16-21
9:33	+2	Michael Green III makes two point layup	16-23
9:18		Trenton Walters misses two point jump shot
9:16		D'Auntray Pierce offensive rebound
9:11		D'Auntray Pierce misses two point layup
9:09		Trenton Walters offensive rebound
9:06	+2	Kenyon Giles makes two point jump shot	18-23
8:47	+2	Julien Wooden makes two point dunk (Raekwon Horton assists)	18-25
8:24		Trenton Walters misses three point jump shot
8:22		D'Auntray Pierce offensive rebound
8:19		T.J. Bickerstaff personal foul (D'Auntray Pierce draws the foul)
7:59		Raekwon Horton shooting foul (Justin Archer draws the foul)
8:03		TV timeout
7:59	+1	Justin Archer makes regular free throw 1 of 2	19-25
7:59	+1	Justin Archer makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-25
7:41	+2	T.J. Bickerstaff makes two point layup (Michael Green III assists)	20-27
7:25		Bryan Antoine turnover (bad pass) (Julien Wooden steals)
7:20		Bryan Antoine shooting foul (Julien Wooden draws the foul)
7:20	+1	Julien Wooden makes regular free throw 1 of 2	20-28
7:20	+1	Julien Wooden makes regular free throw 2 of 2	20-29
6:58		Kyle Burns misses two point jump shot
6:56		Michael Green III defensive rebound
6:47		Julien Wooden misses three point jump shot
6:45		T.J. Bickerstaff offensive rebound
6:39		T.J. Bickerstaff misses two point layup
6:37		DaQuan Smith defensive rebound
6:30		DaQuan Smith misses three point jump shot
6:28		Michael Green III defensive rebound
6:12		Noah Freidel misses three point jump shot
6:10		Justin Archer defensive rebound
5:55	+3	Chandler Turner makes three point jump shot (Kenyon Giles assists)	23-29
5:26	+2	T.J. Bickerstaff makes two point layup (Julien Wooden assists)	23-31
4:59	+2	Kenyon Giles makes two point jump shot	25-31
4:41		Michael Green III misses three point jump shot
4:39		Julien Wooden offensive rebound
4:38	+2	Julien Wooden makes two point layup	25-33
4:05		Noah Freidel blocks Justin Archer's two point layup
4:03		T.J. Bickerstaff defensive rebound
3:54		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot
3:52		T.J. Bickerstaff offensive rebound
3:45		Julien Wooden misses three point jump shot
3:43		Terrence Edwards Jr. offensive rebound
3:38		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point layup
3:38		Terrence Edwards Jr. offensive rebound
3:38	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point layup	25-35
3:34		Highlanders 30 second timeout
3:34		TV timeout
3:16	+2	TJ Nesmith makes two point jump shot (DaQuan Smith assists)	27-35
3:00		Terrence Edwards Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Truth Harris steals)
2:53		Kenyon Giles misses three point jump shot
2:51		DaQuan Smith offensive rebound
2:50		Michael Green III personal foul (DaQuan Smith draws the foul)
2:36		DaQuan Smith misses two point layup
2:34		TJ Nesmith offensive rebound
2:28	+2	TJ Nesmith makes two point layup	29-35
2:15		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point layup
2:13		TJ Nesmith defensive rebound
2:03	+3	TJ Nesmith makes three point jump shot	32-35
1:51		Xavier Brown turnover (bad pass) (Kenyon Giles steals)
1:46	+2	Kenyon Giles makes two point layup	34-35
1:43		Dukes 30 second timeout
1:32		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot
1:30		Truth Harris defensive rebound
1:18	+3	DaQuan Smith makes three point jump shot (TJ Nesmith assists)	37-35
1:03		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses three point jump shot
1:01		Highlanders defensive rebound
0:46		Kenyon Giles turnover (bad pass) (T.J. Bickerstaff steals)
0:40		Noah Freidel misses three point jump shot
0:38		Kenyon Giles defensive rebound
0:14	+2	Justin Archer makes two point layup (D'Auntray Pierce assists)	39-35
0:14		Noah Freidel shooting foul (Justin Archer draws the foul)
0:14		Justin Archer misses regular free throw 1 of 1
0:14		T.J. Bickerstaff defensive rebound
0:02		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point jump shot
0:00		Truth Harris defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

2nd Half
RAD
Highlanders
34
JMU
Dukes
41

Time		Play	Score
19:49	+3	Noah Freidel makes three point jump shot (Michael Green III assists)	39-38
19:23	+2	Justin Archer makes two point layup (DaQuan Smith assists)	41-38
19:07		T.J. Bickerstaff misses two point layup
19:05		Terrence Edwards Jr. offensive rebound
19:03	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point layup	41-40
18:40	+2	DaQuan Smith makes two point driving layup	43-40
18:23		Julien Wooden turnover (bad pass)
18:07	+3	Kenyon Giles makes three point jump shot (Bryan Antoine assists)	46-40
17:43	+3	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes three point jump shot (Michael Green III assists)	46-43
17:30		Bryan Antoine turnover (bad pass) (Michael Green III steals)
17:26	+2	Michael Green III makes two point layup	46-45
17:10		Chandler Turner misses two point layup
17:08		T.J. Bickerstaff defensive rebound
16:52	+2	T.J. Bickerstaff makes two point layup	46-47
16:31		Julien Wooden personal foul (Justin Archer draws the foul)
16:27	+2	DaQuan Smith makes two point driving layup	48-47
16:09	+3	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes three point jump shot (Michael Green III assists)	48-50
15:39		DaQuan Smith misses three point jump shot
15:37		T.J. Bickerstaff defensive rebound
15:28		Michael Green III misses three point jump shot
15:26		Noah Freidel offensive rebound
15:15		Noah Freidel misses two point jump shot
15:13		Bryan Antoine defensive rebound
15:13		T.J. Bickerstaff personal foul (Bryan Antoine draws the foul)
15:13		TV timeout
14:46		Truth Harris misses three point jump shot
14:43		Dukes defensive rebound
14:31		Julien Wooden misses three point jump shot
14:29		Raekwon Horton offensive rebound
14:19		DaQuan Smith shooting foul (Raekwon Horton draws the foul)
14:19	+1	Raekwon Horton makes regular free throw 1 of 3	48-51
14:19	+1	Raekwon Horton makes regular free throw 2 of 3	48-52
14:19		Raekwon Horton misses regular free throw 3 of 3
14:19		DaQuan Smith defensive rebound
13:53	+2	TJ Nesmith makes two point layup (Truth Harris assists)	50-52
13:40		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point layup
13:38		TJ Nesmith defensive rebound
13:27		Jerrell Roberson shooting foul (Chandler Turner draws the foul)
13:27	+1	Chandler Turner makes regular free throw 1 of 2	51-52
13:27	+1	Chandler Turner makes regular free throw 2 of 2	52-52
13:17		Bryan Antoine personal foul (Terrence Edwards Jr. draws the foul)
13:03	+2	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes two point driving reverse layup	52-54
12:46		Truth Harris misses two point layup
12:44		Justin Archer offensive rebound
12:40	+2	Justin Archer makes two point layup	54-54
12:24		Michael Green III turnover (bad pass) (Bryan Antoine steals)
12:18	+2	Truth Harris makes two point layup (Bryan Antoine assists)	56-54
12:00		Jerrell Roberson turnover (lost ball)
12:00		TV timeout
11:41	+2	DaQuan Smith makes two point jump shot	58-54
11:29		Noah Freidel misses three point jump shot
11:27		Terrence Edwards Jr. offensive rebound
11:26		Chandler Turner personal foul (Terrence Edwards Jr. draws the foul)
11:17		Truth Harris personal foul (T.J. Bickerstaff draws the foul)
11:08		Michael Green III misses three point jump shot
11:06		Justin Archer defensive rebound
11:03		Justin Archer turnover (bad pass) (Michael Green III steals)
10:57	+2	Michael Green III makes two point reverse layup	58-56
10:36		Kenyon Giles offensive foul (T.J. Bickerstaff draws the foul)
10:36		Kenyon Giles turnover (offensive foul)
10:20	+2	T.J. Bickerstaff makes two point layup	58-58
10:06		Truth Harris turnover (lost ball) (Xavier Brown steals)
9:47	+3	Xavier Brown makes three point jump shot (T.J. Bickerstaff assists)	58-61
9:26		Kenyon Giles turnover (out of bounds)
9:26		Highlanders 30 second timeout
9:26		TV timeout
9:12		Raekwon Horton misses two point hook shot
9:10		TJ Nesmith defensive rebound
8:42		DaQuan Smith misses three point jump shot
8:40		Raekwon Horton defensive rebound
8:26		Raekwon Horton misses three point jump shot
8:24		Chandler Turner defensive rebound
8:11	+3	DaQuan Smith makes three point jump shot (Chandler Turner assists)	61-61
8:00		Raekwon Horton misses three point jump shot
7:58		TJ Nesmith defensive rebound
7:31	+2	Kenyon Giles makes two point jump shot	63-61
7:13	+2	T.J. Bickerstaff makes two point layup (Michael Green III assists)	63-63
7:13		Chandler Turner shooting foul (T.J. Bickerstaff draws the foul)
7:13		TV timeout
7:13	+1	T.J. Bickerstaff makes regular free throw 1 of 1	63-64
7:02		Highlanders turnover (10-second violation)
6:53		Xavier Brown misses three point jump shot
6:51		Truth Harris defensive rebound
6:47	+2	DaQuan Smith makes two point layup (Truth Harris assists)	65-64
6:47		Xavier Brown shooting foul (DaQuan Smith draws the foul)
6:47		DaQuan Smith misses regular free throw 1 of 1
6:47		Julien Wooden defensive rebound
6:47		Chandler Turner personal foul (Julien Wooden draws the foul)
6:47	+1	Julien Wooden makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-65
6:47	+1	Julien Wooden makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-66
6:33		TJ Nesmith misses two point layup
6:31		Noah Freidel defensive rebound
6:21		TJ Nesmith personal foul (Julien Wooden draws the foul)
6:21	+1	Julien Wooden makes regular free throw 1 of 2	65-67
6:21	+1	Julien Wooden makes regular free throw 2 of 2	65-68
6:01		Terrence Edwards Jr. shooting foul (DaQuan Smith draws the foul)
6:01	+1	DaQuan Smith makes regular free throw 1 of 2	66-68
6:01	+1	DaQuan Smith makes regular free throw 2 of 2	67-68
5:50		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point layup
5:48		TJ Nesmith defensive rebound
5:29		Kenyon Giles turnover (bad pass) (Raekwon Horton steals)
5:24		Terrence Edwards Jr. misses two point dunk
5:22		Justin Archer defensive rebound
5:17		Bryan Antoine misses three point jump shot
5:15		Justin Archer offensive rebound
5:11	+2	Justin Archer makes two point layup	69-68
5:01		Kenyon Giles shooting foul (Xavier Brown draws the foul)
5:01		Xavier Brown misses regular free throw 1 of 2
5:01	+1	Xavier Brown makes regular free throw 2 of 2	69-69
4:42		TJ Nesmith misses two point hook shot
4:40		Justin Archer offensive rebound
4:37	+2	Justin Archer makes two point layup	71-69
4:25		Xavier Brown misses two point layup
4:23		Xavier Brown offensive rebound
4:23		Truth Harris personal foul (Xavier Brown draws the foul)
4:23	+1	Xavier Brown makes regular free throw 1 of 2	71-70
4:23		Xavier Brown misses regular free throw 2 of 2
4:23		TJ Nesmith defensive rebound
4:09		Truth Harris turnover (lost ball) (T.J. Bickerstaff steals)
3:53		Quincy Allen misses three point jump shot
3:51		TJ Nesmith defensive rebound
3:34	+2	DaQuan Smith makes two point pullup jump shot	73-70
3:14		T.J. Bickerstaff misses two point jump shot
3:12		Justin Archer defensive rebound
2:54		DaQuan Smith misses two point jump shot
2:52		Terrence Edwards Jr. defensive rebound
2:38		Jump ball. Terrence Edwards Jr. vs. DaQuan Smith (Highlanders gains possession)
2:38		Terrence Edwards Jr. turnover (lost ball) (DaQuan Smith steals)
2:38		TV timeout
2:08		Kenyon Giles misses three point jump shot
2:06		Terrence Edwards Jr. defensive rebound
1:57	+2	Michael Green III makes two point driving layup	73-72
1:28		Kenyon Giles misses three point jump shot
1:26		Noah Freidel defensive rebound
1:21		DaQuan Smith shooting foul (T.J. Bickerstaff draws the foul)
1:21	+1	T.J. Bickerstaff makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-73
1:21	+1	T.J. Bickerstaff makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-74
0:58		Bryan Antoine turnover (lost ball)
0:58		Highlanders 30 second timeout
0:36		Michael Green III turnover (bad pass) (Bryan Antoine steals)
0:22		Highlanders 60 second timeout
0:09		Jump ball. Justin Archer vs. Xavier Brown (Dukes gains possession)
0:09		Justin Archer turnover (lost ball) (Xavier Brown steals)
0:09		Dukes 30 second timeout
0:07		DaQuan Smith personal foul (Terrence Edwards Jr. draws the foul)
0:07	+1	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2	73-75
0:07	+1	Terrence Edwards Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2	73-76
0:07		Dukes 60 second timeout
0:04		Noah Freidel personal foul (Bryan Antoine draws the foul)
0:01		Bryan Antoine misses three point jump shot
0:00		Raekwon Horton defensive rebound
0:00		End of period

Raekwon Horton defensive rebound