Upcoming Event: Women's Basketball versus Kent State on November 3, 2025 at 6 p.m.
WBB
6 p.m.
James Madison
vs Kent State
James Madison University | Official Athletics Site
Women's Basketball Opens 2025-26 Season Against Kent State
11/2/2025 3:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison women's basketball begins its 104th season with a five-game homestand, starting with Kent State for the first leg of the MAC-SBC Challenge. Game time inside the Atlantic Union Bank Center is scheduled for 6 p.m. and will stream on ESPN+.
JMU HOSTS KENT STATE IN HOME OPENER
MAC-SBC CHALLENGE
HOME SWEET HOME
WINNING WAYS OF 2024-25
SEASON TICKETS
PARKING
Reserved Parking
General Parking
JMU HOSTS KENT STATE IN HOME OPENER
- JMU is 17-8Â in season openers since 2000, with a 14-6Â record when starting the season at home.
- Meanwhile, Head Coach Sean O'Regan is 6-3 in openers while at the helm of the program, winning six of the last seven.
- Last time versus the Golden Flashes, James Madison held Kent State to 0-for-19 from three in a 67-56 season-opening win inside the M.A.C. Center on Nov. 4, 2024.
- Ro Scott scored 19 points off the bench to pace the Dukes in her JMU debut. Jamia Hazell finished with 15 points, while Ashanti Barnes chipped in with 13 points and six rebounds. Zakiya Stephenson led all players with four assists to go along with five points.
- Monday's contest will be the second consecutive year in which the two teams have met to open the season.
MAC-SBC CHALLENGE
- The MAC-SBC Challenge is a scheduling alliance between the Mid-American Conference and the Sun Belt Conference in the sports of men's and women's basketball that will kick off during the opening week of the 2025-26 season with 13 SBC men's basketball programs traveling to compete against the 13 MAC teams and the 13 Mid-American Conference women's basketball teams visiting 13 Sun Belt programs.
- The second MAC-SBC Challenge contest for each team will be announced in January before tipping off in early February. The Sun Belt men and MAC women will host the February matchups, as each MAC and Sun Belt team included in the MAC-SBC Challenge is guaranteed one home and one away game each season.
HOME SWEET HOME
- The Dukes went 16-2 inside the Atlantic Union Bank Center, marking consecutive seasons with at least a dozen home victories. Additionally, the 16 home wins are the most by the program since the 2018-19 season when James Madison produced an 18-1 record at the Convocation Center.
- JMU is 55-20 (.733) since the Atlantic Union Bank Center opened at the start of the 2020-21 season.
- Moreover, Head Coach Sean O'Regan is 115-30 (.793) when playing in Harrisonburg.
WINNING WAYS OF 2024-25
- The Dukes won a program-record 30 games, going 30-6 with a perfect 18-0 mark in Sun Belt Conference play.
- The 30-win season included a 20-game winning streak (Dec. 29 – March 9) – the longest such streak during Coach O's tenure.
- JMU produced its fourth undefeated season against league foes, previously going 12-0 in 1986-87, 1987-88 and 1988-89 as members of the Colonial Athletic Association. The Dukes are one of only eight teams in Sun Belt history to go undefeated in conference play since the league expanded to double-digit conference games in 1991-92: Louisiana Tech (1993-94, 1995-96, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01) and Middle Tennessee (2006-07, 2011-12).
- Additionally, JMU was one of seven Division I teams to go undefeated against league opponents in the regular season. Other teams include UConn (37-3, 18-0 BIG EAST), Grand Canyon (32-3, 16-0 WAC), FGCU (30-4, 18-0 ASUN), South Dakota State (30-4, 16-0 Summit), Fairleigh Dickinson (29-4, 16-0 NEC) and Norfolk State (30-5, 14-0 MEAC).
SEASON TICKETS
- Tickets for the 2025-26 JMU Women's Basketball season are still available - both season tickets and single-game tickets are available here.
PARKING
Reserved Parking
- All parking pass holders — both Spot-Specific and Reserved — will enter through the North Entrance of the Ballard Parking Deck. All reserved parking opens two (2) hours before tip-off
General Parking
- General Parking is located in the adjacent surface lots (C12, D3, and R4) as well as the South Entrance of the Ballard Parking Deck. General parking is available beginning two (2) hours before game time. General parking is free of charge, available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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