Men's Basketball Clashes With George Mason on Saturday

Saturday, November 29

Fairfax, Va.

2 p.m.

James Madison University

George Mason

11/28/2025 11:20:00 AM | Men's Basketball

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Game Nine
Opponent: George Mason
Date: Sat., Nov. 29
Tipoff: 2 p.m. (eastern)
Location: Fairfax, Va.
Arena: EagleBank Arena
Stream: ESPN+
Radio: 106.9 FM | 1360 AM ESPN

MEN'S BASKETBALL CLASHES WITH GEORGE MASON ON SATURDAY

James Madison and George Mason will meet for the 98th time on Saturday, Nov. 29, in Fairfax, Va.
The game will take place at 2 p.m. ET and stream on ESPN+ with Bill Rohland and Craig Esheric.
JMU has won three games and a row and sits at 5-3 on the season, while George Mason is a perfect 7-0, most recently a 74-65 win over Florida Atlantic on Nov. 25.

ON THE AIR

Saturday's game will air on ESPN+ with Bill Rohland and Craig Esherick. The game will also appear on the Monumental Sports Network (cable).
The game will also be on 106.9 FM | 1360 AM ESPN with Caleb Peek. Coverage inside EagleBank Arena will begin 30 minutes before tipoff.

DUKES EARN PAIR OF WINS IN MIAMI

JMU picked up a pair of wins at the FIU MTE on Monday and Tuesday, downing FIU 80-72 and Omaha 88-77.
The Dukes picked up their first true road win of the season on Monday, downing the FIU Panthers 80-72.
Justin McBride scored a career-high 26 points, and James Madison men's basketball held FIU to 1-of-14 shooting in the final minutes to pull away for the win the Panthers on Monday night.
The Dukes secured 25 offensive rebounds, tying a school record set in 1989. JMU outrebounded FIU 56-41 for the game, its most rebounds since finishing with 65 against Keystone on Dec. 3, 2023.
Along with McBride's 26 points, Bradley Douglas added 11 points on 9-of-10 free throw shooting. Christian Brown tallied a career-high 11 rebounds and blocked a shot, and Eddie Ricks III pitched in eight points and seven rebounds.
Against Omaha on Tuesday, JMU tied a school-record 17 made threes and shot 32-of-58 (.552) from the floor to earn the 88-77 win over the Mavericks.
JMU (5-3) finished with 28 assists on 32 made field goals while tying a program record 17 three-pointers. The Dukes led 48-32 at halftime and extended the lead over Omaha (2-5) by as many as 22 points in the second half, and cruised the rest of the way to their third straight win.

SERIES HISTORY

JMU and George Mason will meet for the 98th time, the second-most played opponent for the Dukes.
George Mason leads the all-time series 49-48 after defeating the Dukes 66-61 in Harrisonburg last season.
Since 2000, George Mason has won 31 of 38 matchups to take the series lead. The Patriots have also not lost at home to JMU since Feb. 22, 2003 - winning 12 in a row at EagleBank Arena over the Dukes.

LAST TIME VS. GEORGE MASON

James Madison men's basketball shot a season-low 35.7 percent from the field and fell to George Mason, 66-61, inside the Atlantic Union Bank Center on Friday Nov. 29, 2024.
George Mason (5-3) shot 54.2 percent in the second half and made six of their last seven shots from the floor to hold off JMU (4-4), who finished 10-for-40 from behind the arc (.250).
Redshirt freshman Bryce Lindsay knocked down five three-pointers and finished with a team-high 19 points, while AJ Smith tied a season-high 10 rebounds while adding two points. Elijah Hutchins-Everett finished with 10 points and six rebounds and Mark Freeman led the Dukes with four assists.
Jalen Haynes finished with a team-leading 20 points and eight rebounds to lead the Patriots. K.D. Johnson (14) and Darius Maddox (13) also scored in double figures for GMU, who recorded 34 points in the paint.

SCOUTING GEORGE MASON

George Mason sits at 7-0 this season entering Saturday's contest. The Patriots are 5-0 at home this season inside EagleBank Arena.
George Mason is led by Head Coach Tony Skinn, who is in his third season leading the Patriots. During his tenure, George Mason has gone 54-21 (.720).
The Patriots rank 14th nationally in scoring defense, yielding just 61.9 points per game this season. George Mason has also knocked down 41.5 percent of its three-point attempts to rank 17th nationally despite ranking near the bottom of Division I with just 19.3 attempts per game.
Kory Mincy leads George Mason in scoring through seven games, averaging 18.9 points per game. He has scored 22 points in two straight contests and also had 29 points in a win over Winthrop earlier this season.

ROAD WARRIORS

Saturday's game will mark the sixth game away from Harrisonburg in the first nine games for JMU since beginning the season with a road trip at Akron on Nov. 3.
The Dukes have played true road games at Akron (11/3), Longwood (11/12), LIU (11/15), and FIU (11/24), along with a neutral-site game against Omaha (11/25).
In all, JMU has traveled 3,390 miles since the beginning of the month of November.

SETTING RECORDS IN FLORIDA

JMU had a record-setting two-game stretch at the FIU MTE in Miami on Monday and Tuesday, tying three single-game program records.
The Dukes had 25 offensive rebounds against FIU on Nov. 24, tying the school record. JMU also had 25 offensive rebounds on March 4, 1989 against UNCW.
JMU also tied a school-record 17 made threes against Omaha on Tueday. The Dukes also made 17 threes against Carlow on Nov. 10, 2021, and against Kent State on Nov. 9, 2023. The 17 threes against Omaha was the first time the Dukes have made that many in regulation against a DI team.
JMU also had 28 assists against the Mavericks on Tuesday, doing so on 32 made field goals. The Dukes also had 28 assists against William & Mary on Feb. 14, 1987, and Mount St. Mary's on Dec. 18, 1991.

WINNERS OF THREE STRAIGHT

JMU has won three straight games for the first time this season.
In 2024-25, it took JMU until the end of January to win three straight games and until the beginning of January to win two straight.