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Xavier Brown led Jamess Madison (10-8, 3-3 SBC) with 13 points. Elijah Everett-Hutchins added 12 and Lindsay 10. Mark Freeman, who burned the Herd for 31 points in the first meeting, managed just five. He was 1-of-7 from the field with no threes in four tries. He had gone over 1,500 career points and 500 career assists in his previous game.

Perhaps someone left the Cam Henderson Center doors open near the Marshall women’s basketball team’s locker room.

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Mays, a 5-foot-8 junior guard, earlier this week met with Marshall University women’s basketball coach Juli Fulks for a film viewing and discussion on shot selection.