James Madison Dukes (7-5, 3-2 CAA) vs. College of Charleston Cougars (5-3, 1-1 CAA)
  January 30 & 31, 2021 -- 1 p.m.
Charleston, S.C. -- TD Arena
Game Links
Saturday: Live Stats · Video Stream | Sunday: Live Stats · Video Stream
JMU Game Notes · Charleston Preview
JMUSports.com · @JMUWBasketball · #GoDukes
CofCSports.com · @CofCWBB
QUICK HITS
- James Madison will hit the road to begin its currently-scheduled five-game road trip, starting off against College of Charleston. The games are slated for Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. on FloSports.Â
- In its last game, JMU could not find an answer for Northeastern's hot shooting from behind the arc and suffered a 77-69 loss in the second leg of the series on Tuesday in the Atlantic Union Bank Center.Â
- Freshman Peyton McDaniel paced the Dukes by posting 20 points, her second 20-plus outing, on 46.7 percent shooting (7-of-15) from the field to go along with four rebounds, one steal and one block.Â
- On the season, sophomore Kiki Jefferson leads the Dukes in scoring, posting 15.7 points per game (fourth in CAA) on an efficient 49.6 percent (62-125) shooting from the field (sixth in CAA) in addition to dishing out a team-high 2.9 assists. McDaniel follows behind with 13.1 buckets a game, leading all freshmen in the CAA. Sophomore Rayne Tucker leads the Dukes in the paint grabbing 7.0 rebounds a game, good for 10th-most in conference. As a team, JMU leads the CAA in free throw percentage (80.7).
SCOUTING THE COUGARS
- College of Charleston is coming off a tight 69-66 win over William & Mary on Sunday evening at the TD Arena in Charleston, S.C. With the win, the Cougars improved to 5-3 overall and 1-1 in conference play.
- Charleston posted five players in double figures in the game led by Tyler Collins with 19 points and six rebounds. Arynn Eady secured a double-double with 12 points and a game-high 13 rebounds.Â
- On the season, Collins leads the team with 12.8 points per game while Eady is second in CAA averaging 10.1 rebounds per game.
SERIES HISTORY
- Saturday and Sunday's games mark the 17th and 18th overall meetings between JMU and Charleston.
- JMU holds a comfortable 15-1 series lead. In Charleston, S.C., the Dukes are up in the series, 6-1.Â
- In the last meeting on Valentine's Day of 2020, then-sophomore Madison Green posted her career high of 20 points on a blistering 6-of-7 shooting (85.7 percent) from distance to lead the Dukes to their 14 consecutive win over College of Charleston by a score of 81-50 in the Convocation Center. Â