Completed Event: Men's Basketball at George Mason on November 29, 2025 , Loss , 66, to, 82
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Look Back at the 2022-23 JMU Men's Basketball Season
3/14/2023 2:48:00 PM | Men's Basketball
HARRISONBURG, Va. - In its first season as a member of the Sun Belt Conference, James Madison men's basketball made an immediate impact in 2022-23, continuing to move forward in a new era for the Dukes.
Take a look back at the 2022-23 campaign, the Dukes' third under Head Coach Mark Byington.
Happy at Home
JMU continued to establish the Atlantic Union Bank Center as a difficult place to play in its third season in existence, posting an 11-3 record at home in 2022-23. The Dukes' mark in Harrisonburg was their highest home winning percentage since a flawless 13-0 run during the 1999-2000 campaign.
With an average home attendance of 4,306 this season - third-highest in the Sun Belt Conference - JMU has posted back-to-back marks above 4,300 for the first time since 1998, a span of 25 years.
In all, the Dukes have now notched a 30-13 record over their first three seasons at the Atlantic Union Bank Center.
Winning Ways
The Dukes' 22 total wins this season were their most in 40 years, dating back to the program record of 24 set during the historic 1981-82 campaign. The mark also gave JMU its third winning season in a row for the first time in almost 30 years.
It was only the 14th 20-win season for the Dukes since their move to Division I for the 1976-77 season and their first in seven years, with their last such year coming in 2015-16.
All-Time Marks
The 2022-23 JMU team set multiple single-season records - posting new marks for total points (2,658), total rebounds (1,257), total steals (298) and steals per game (9.03).
The Dukes' scoring average of 80.5 points per game this season was also the third-highest in JMU's Division I history, trailing only the school record of 83.3 (1993-94) and 81.9 in 1976-77 - the program's first season in Division I.
Commonwealth Success
The Dukes continued their success in the Commonwealth of Virginia, going 3-1 against in-state foes as they bested Hampton before a pair of wins over Old Dominion.
In all, JMU is a stellar 11-2 against Division I opponents from Virginia across the last three seasons.
Award Season
In his first season as part of the Sun Belt, sophomore guard Terrence Edwards made an immediate impact, earning both 2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Sixth Man of the Year and All-Sun Belt Second Team honors.
In his third season with the Dukes, Edwards led JMU in both scoring (12.8 ppg) and three-point percentage (44.1%), while tying for the second-highest rebounding average (4.9 rpg). In Sun Belt play, his averages climbed to 13.8 points and 5.3 rebounds, helping the Dukes win 10 of their final 13 regular-season contests.
Edwards also racked up four games of 20 or more points - second-most on the team - and tied for the team lead with a pair of double-doubles.
Byington by the Numbers
Head Coach Mark Byington, responsible for the Dukes' three consecutive winning seasons, has established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the Sun Belt.
After being named the league's Best X-and-O Coach by his SBC colleagues in The Almanac prior to the season, JMU's performance this year gives him an 82-50 record across his seven seasons in the league - the second-best mark in the conference.
Byington has won at least 10 league games in all seven SBC campaigns, the only coach in the league with more than one season at the helm to accomplish that feat. He currently has the second-highest winning percentage (61.0%) of any men's basketball coach in JMU history, trailing only JMU Hall of Famer Lou Campanelli.
Re-Writing the Record Books
The Dukes finished the 2022-23 season dotting the JMU record books, with both single season and career marks.
Graduate guard Takal Molson pulled 50 steals this year, tied for the 10th-most in program history, while senior Vado Morse finished his JMU career with 175 made three-pointers, 10th-most ever in a JMU uniform.
Sophomore Terrence Edwards made his own marks in three-point accuracy, with his 45.8% (33-72) clip ranking as the fourth-best single-season percentage on the list. His career mark of 39.5% (49-124) would be the ninth-highest ever at JMU, though he needs one more made three-pointer to qualify for the list.
Sophomore Justin Amadi continued his accuracy from the field, posting the eighth best field-goal percentage in history at 61.3% (65-106) - his third different entry on the Dukes' single-season top 10. His three-year clip of 64.9% (251-387) would set the JMU career record by three full percentage points.
Future Dukes
In November's early signing period, the Dukes welcomed a pair of incoming freshmen for the 2023-24 season - guard Tyshawn Archie and forward Jaylen Carey.
Archie, a 6-1 combo guard who has built his prep career at C.E. King High School in Texas before transferring to Spire Academy in Ohio for his senior year, is rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports, which named him the No. 24-ranked player in Texas and the No. 34 combo guard nationally.
Carey is a 6-8 forward from Davie, Fla., who will join the Dukes after a standout career at Westminster Academy. This past season, he was named All-County and All-State after averaging more than 19 points and 13 rebounds, adding in three assists and three blocks along the way.
Take a look back at the 2022-23 campaign, the Dukes' third under Head Coach Mark Byington.
Happy at Home
JMU continued to establish the Atlantic Union Bank Center as a difficult place to play in its third season in existence, posting an 11-3 record at home in 2022-23. The Dukes' mark in Harrisonburg was their highest home winning percentage since a flawless 13-0 run during the 1999-2000 campaign.
With an average home attendance of 4,306 this season - third-highest in the Sun Belt Conference - JMU has posted back-to-back marks above 4,300 for the first time since 1998, a span of 25 years.
In all, the Dukes have now notched a 30-13 record over their first three seasons at the Atlantic Union Bank Center.
Winning Ways
The Dukes' 22 total wins this season were their most in 40 years, dating back to the program record of 24 set during the historic 1981-82 campaign. The mark also gave JMU its third winning season in a row for the first time in almost 30 years.
It was only the 14th 20-win season for the Dukes since their move to Division I for the 1976-77 season and their first in seven years, with their last such year coming in 2015-16.
All-Time Marks
The 2022-23 JMU team set multiple single-season records - posting new marks for total points (2,658), total rebounds (1,257), total steals (298) and steals per game (9.03).
The Dukes' scoring average of 80.5 points per game this season was also the third-highest in JMU's Division I history, trailing only the school record of 83.3 (1993-94) and 81.9 in 1976-77 - the program's first season in Division I.
Commonwealth Success
The Dukes continued their success in the Commonwealth of Virginia, going 3-1 against in-state foes as they bested Hampton before a pair of wins over Old Dominion.
In all, JMU is a stellar 11-2 against Division I opponents from Virginia across the last three seasons.
Award Season
In his first season as part of the Sun Belt, sophomore guard Terrence Edwards made an immediate impact, earning both 2022-23 Sun Belt Conference Men's Basketball Sixth Man of the Year and All-Sun Belt Second Team honors.
In his third season with the Dukes, Edwards led JMU in both scoring (12.8 ppg) and three-point percentage (44.1%), while tying for the second-highest rebounding average (4.9 rpg). In Sun Belt play, his averages climbed to 13.8 points and 5.3 rebounds, helping the Dukes win 10 of their final 13 regular-season contests.
Edwards also racked up four games of 20 or more points - second-most on the team - and tied for the team lead with a pair of double-doubles.
Byington by the Numbers
Head Coach Mark Byington, responsible for the Dukes' three consecutive winning seasons, has established himself as a force to be reckoned with in the Sun Belt.
After being named the league's Best X-and-O Coach by his SBC colleagues in The Almanac prior to the season, JMU's performance this year gives him an 82-50 record across his seven seasons in the league - the second-best mark in the conference.
Byington has won at least 10 league games in all seven SBC campaigns, the only coach in the league with more than one season at the helm to accomplish that feat. He currently has the second-highest winning percentage (61.0%) of any men's basketball coach in JMU history, trailing only JMU Hall of Famer Lou Campanelli.
Re-Writing the Record Books
The Dukes finished the 2022-23 season dotting the JMU record books, with both single season and career marks.
Graduate guard Takal Molson pulled 50 steals this year, tied for the 10th-most in program history, while senior Vado Morse finished his JMU career with 175 made three-pointers, 10th-most ever in a JMU uniform.
Sophomore Terrence Edwards made his own marks in three-point accuracy, with his 45.8% (33-72) clip ranking as the fourth-best single-season percentage on the list. His career mark of 39.5% (49-124) would be the ninth-highest ever at JMU, though he needs one more made three-pointer to qualify for the list.
Sophomore Justin Amadi continued his accuracy from the field, posting the eighth best field-goal percentage in history at 61.3% (65-106) - his third different entry on the Dukes' single-season top 10. His three-year clip of 64.9% (251-387) would set the JMU career record by three full percentage points.
Future Dukes
In November's early signing period, the Dukes welcomed a pair of incoming freshmen for the 2023-24 season - guard Tyshawn Archie and forward Jaylen Carey.
Archie, a 6-1 combo guard who has built his prep career at C.E. King High School in Texas before transferring to Spire Academy in Ohio for his senior year, is rated a three-star recruit by 247Sports, which named him the No. 24-ranked player in Texas and the No. 34 combo guard nationally.
Carey is a 6-8 forward from Davie, Fla., who will join the Dukes after a standout career at Westminster Academy. This past season, he was named All-County and All-State after averaging more than 19 points and 13 rebounds, adding in three assists and three blocks along the way.
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