Men's Basketball Opens Road Weekend at First-Place Troy

Thursday, January 19

Troy, Ala.

7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT

James Madison University

Troy

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1/18/2023 7:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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James Madison Dukes (12-7, 3-3 SBC) at Troy Trojans (12-7, 4-2 SBC)

January 19, 2023 -- 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT

Troy, Ala. -- Trojan Arena

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James Madison men's basketball will begin a two-game road weekend at Troy on Thursday, facing another new rival in Sun Belt Conference action at 6 p.m. CT / 7 p.m. ET.
The Dukes snapped a three-game losing streak last time out, surging past Georgia Southern in an 83-71 win at the Atlantic Union Bank Center. JMU picked up its first-ever SBC win at home and evened its conference record at 3-3.
At 3-3, JMU is just one game back of first place in the tightly-packed league standings. Currently, six teams are tied for first at 4-2, while three more are just a game back at 3-3 and four more are two games behind at 2-4.
The Dukes were led on offense last Saturday by Vado Morse, who put up 25 points - the most by a JMU player this season. Morse has seven games scoring 25 or more in three seasons at JMU and has scored at least 20 on 15 different occasions.
From the field, JMU has shot at least 50% 10 different times, already the most since the 2014-15 season. Through 19 games, Justin Amadi (.653), Mezie Offurum (.633) and Xavier Brown (.609) are all shooting at least 60% with at least 45 shot attempts. Sophomore Terrence Edwards sits at 59.9% and leads the roster in made field goals with 82.
Offurum has made his presence known both on the scoresheet and the glass in his grad transfer year, with double-figure scoring in 12 of his 16 games this season and at least six rebounds in 10 games.
Adding six steals to their total against Georgia Southern, the Dukes are up to 206 on the year, the only team in all of Division I with over 200 swipes. JMU is third in the nation in steals per game at 10.8 and one of just 10 schools to average at least 10.0 takeaways.
While Saturday marked the Dukes' first time reaching the 80-point mark in conference play, JMU has scored at least 80 points 10 times this year after only doing reaching that mark seven times in 2021-22.
The Dukes lead the SBC in opponent three-point percentage, holding opponents to just a 30.0% clip from deep.

SCOUTING THE TROJANS

Troy enters Thursday's contest with a 12-7 record and as one of six schools tied for first in the Sun Belt standings at 4-2.
The Trojans suffered a 58-45 setback at App State last Saturday, marking their fewest points scored in a game all season.
Junior Christyon Eugene and senior Zay Williams are averaging 11.9 and 11.6 points per game, respectively. Both players are currently shooting better than 50% from the field.
The Trojans allow just a 30.2% pace from the three-point line, narrowly behind JMU's league-leading 30.0%.

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