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Friday, December 18, 2009

Dawn Evans is getting a lot of attention. First from Beth and Debbie who are wondering about her Wade Watch status, and now from Graham: Evans a constant statement-maker
Kidney disorder won't slow down James Madison's Evans


Dawn Evans has a knack for making statements with a basketball in her hand, the court a bully pulpit from which she silences doubters and awes onlookers. She'll do the same thing Friday, but she won't need the ball or even a running clock. Evans will make a statement just by stepping on the court for No. 24 James Madison when it plays seventh-ranked Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

Nearly two weeks after she tied her own school record with 38 points in James Madison's upset win at Virginia, ranked No. 14 at the time, Evans leads her Dukes into Durham, N.C. But another showdown with an ACC foe was hardly her biggest concern in the intervening days