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Saturday, December 21
Mobile, Ala.
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Dukes to Meet Jaguars in Sun Belt Opener
12/19/2024 2:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
James Madison Dukes (6-5) at South Alabama Jaguars (7-4)
Dec. 21, 2024 – 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT)
Mobile, Ala. - Mitchell Arena
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Live Stats · Audio Broadcast · Stream (ESPN+) · JMU Game Notes
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Dec. 21, 2024 – 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT)
Mobile, Ala. - Mitchell Arena
Game Links
Live Stats · Audio Broadcast · Stream (ESPN+) · JMU Game Notes
JMUSports.com · @JMUMBasketball · #GoDukes
JMU TO OPEN SUN BELT PLAY AT SOUTH ALABAMA
- Following a 75-58 loss at ACC foe Wake Forest, James Madison remains on the road for a tilt with South Alabama to open Sun Belt Conference play. Tipoff inside the Mitchell Center is slated for 2 p.m. ET (1 p.m. CT).
- The game will stream on ESPN+ and can be heard on the radio on WSVA 92.1 FM | 550 AM and also on the Varsity Network App with Dave Riggert, with coverage beginning at 1:30 p.m. ET.
- Following the game against South Alabama, JMU will play one final non-conference game against NAIA Midway University (Ky.) on Dec. 29 before hosting Southern Miss (Jan. 2) and Arkansas State (Jan. 4) at home to fully begin conference play.
- The Jaguars enter this game with a 7-4 record, most recently falling 58-49 at TCU on Dec. 16. South Alabama is led by Richie Riley, who is in his seventh year with the Jaguars.
LAST TIME OUT
- Wake Forest guard Hunter Sallis notched game-highs in points (27) and rebounds (12) to lead the Demon Deacons past James Madison, 75-58, on Tuesday evening inside LJVM Coliseum in non-conference men's basketball action.
- Despite trailing JMU (6-5) by as many as eight in the first half, Wake Forest (9-3) retook a lead early in the second half and pulled away from the Dukes with a 13-0 run, finishing 53.1 percent from the floor in the second stanza.
- The Demon Deacons outrebounded the Dukes 41-28 and corralled 15 offensive rebounds, leading to 17 second-chance points.
- Mark Freeman scored 14 points to lead all Dukes, while Luke Anderson tallied a season-high 11 points – all in the second half. Elijah Hutchins-Everett scored 10 points despite playing just 20 minutes.
ABOUT SOUTH ALABAMA
- South Alabama enters this game with a 7-4 record and fell to TCU, 58-49, in their last game.
- The Jaguars are led by Head Coach Richie Riley, who is in his seventh season in Mobile. The native of London, Kentucky, owns a 117-87 (.574) record in his time at South Alabama, including a 16-16 record last season.
- The teams met just once last season, a 89-55 JMU victory over South Alabama in Harrisonburg. Noah Freidel tied a season-high 26 points while Terrence Edwards Jr. (14) and Julien Wooden (13) joined Friedel in double figures, and while T.J. Bickerstaff corralled a team leading 10 rebounds.
- As Sun Belt Conference foes, South Alabama owns a 2-1 record over JMU. In the all-time series, the Dukes hold a 4-3 advantage.
- South Alabama was picked 11th in the preseason Sun Belt coaches poll. Similar to the Dukes, the Jaguars welcomed eight transfers to the 2024-25 roster: Cantia Rahming (Saint Leo), Jayden Cooper (Faulkner), Dylan Fasoyiro (Daemen), JJ Wheat (Freed Hardeman), Myles Corey (Jessup), Barry Dunning Jr. (UAB), Caleb Kizer (Culver Stockton), and Randy Brady (Chattanooga).
- Leading the returners for South Alabama is Julian Margrave, who finished eighth in the Sun Belt in three-pointers (51) in 2023-24. Elijah Ormiston also enters his senior year with the Jags after making 16 starts and 29 appearances last season, scoring 6.2 points per contest.
- Graduate forward Judah Brown returns for one last ride after appearing in 21 games with 21.3 minutes per game last year.
- Through six weeks of the season, Myles Corey leads South Alabama in scoring (18.4 ppg) and assists (4.4 apg)ohn Broom leads the Jags in rebounding, averaging 6.2 boards per contest.
- This matchup features two of the top three teams in the Sun Belt in made threes: JMU sits in second with 106 made while South Alabama has made 103.
70 POINTS: THE X-FACTOR
- JMU is 6-0 when scoring 70 points or more this season and 0-5 when scoring less than 70. Against Wake Forest, the Dukes had season-lows in points (58) and field goals made (22).
- Defensively, JMU is 4-2 when holding opponents under 70 points, with losses coming to Towson and George Mason.
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