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Dukes Face Belmont in WBIT Quarterfinals
3/25/2025 4:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
No. 1 James Madison Dukes (30-5, 18-0 SBC) vs. Belmont Bruins (24-12, 15-5 Missouri Valley)
March 27, 2025Â - 7Â p.m. ET
Harrisonburg, Va. - Atlantic Union Bank Center
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DUKES FACE BELMONT IN WBIT QUARTERFINALS
- James Madison hosts Belmont in the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament Quarterfinals on Thursday, March 27, in Harrisonburg. Action inside the Atlantic Union Bank Center is slated to begin at 7 p.m. and will stream on ESPN+.
- The Dukes have made a postseason tournament 24 times, with 13 appearances at the NCAA Women's Basketball Championships, nine outings at the Women's National Invitation Tournament and now two seasons competing in the WBIT.
- Last time out, Kseniia Kozlova registered her ninth double-double of the season, racking up 20 points and 11 rebounds to lead James Madison to an 80-76 overtime victory over Marquette in the Second Round of the WBIT as the Dukes set the program record for single-season wins (30).
- In overtime, Ro Scott scored on a tough finish to give the Dukes a 76-73 advantage with 26.7 seconds left, and free throws from Jamia Hazell and Zakiya Stephenson secured the victory for the Dukes. JMU shot 44.6 percent (29-of-65) from the floor overall and scored 21 points off 17 Marquette turnovers.
- JMU completed the 2024-25 regular season with an unblemished 18-0 conference record and posted a 20-game winning streak from Dec. 29-March 9, the longest such streak under the direction of Head Coach Sean O'Regan and the most consecutive victories by the program since posting a 20-game winning streak from Jan. 8-March 12, 2016.Â
- The Dukes produced their 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. JMU is 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).
- James Madison's 16 home wins are the most by the program inside the Atlantic Union Bank Center and marks the most home wins for the Dukes since going 18-1 during the 2018-19 season.
- The Dukes own four top-10 marks nationally: defensive rebounds per game (3rd - 30.7), three-point percentage (6th - 26.5), rebounds per game (7th - 42.91) and field goal percentage defense (10th - 35.9).
- Individually, Peyton McDaniel is second in the Sun Belt and tied for 29th in the nation in double-doubles (14), recording five in the last eight games.
- James Madison received votes in the latest Associated Press Top 25 Poll on March 17. The Dukes also tallied seven points in the USA TODAYÂ Sports Top 25 Women's Basketball Poll.
- JMU earned seven points, placing them 32nd overall – ahead of Harvard (5), Fairfield (5) and Cal (3) – who all earned spots in the 2025 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship.
JMU AT HOME
- Â JMU is 55-19 (.743) since the Atlantic Union Bank Center opened up at the start of the 2020-21 season.
- The Dukes have won 16Â of their last 17Â home contests, with the lone loss coming at the hands of then-No. 4 Texas (93-62, Dec. 8). Additionally, JMU has won at least a dozen games at home for consecutive seasons for the first time since the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons when the Dukes went 18-1 and 14-1, respectively.
- Since 2000, the program has had three undefeated seasons at home: 2015-16 (14-0), 2006-07 (13-0) and 2005-06 (13-0). In that same time frame, the Dukes have had four seasons with 15 or more wins at home, 18 with a dozen or more, and 21 with 10 or more.
- Head Coach Sean O'Regan is 115-29 (.799) when playing in Harrisonburg.Â
COACH O EXTENSION
- Fresh off his first Coach of the Year honor and the most regular-season victories in James Madison history, women's basketball Head Coach Sean O'Regan received a contract extension through the 2030-31 season, announced by JMU Director of Athletics Matt Roan.
- O'Regan holds a 210-80 record in his ninth season at the helm of the Dukes and ranks 18th among active women's basketball head coaches with a .724 winning percentage counting exclusively Division I seasons.
THE DUKES VS. THE MISSOURI VALLEY
- James Madison owns a 4-6 (.400) record versus current Missouri Valley Conference opponents.
- The Dukes have faced Murray State four times, boasting a 3-1 mark against the Racers. Meanwhile, JMU is 1-4 against Illinois State and 0-1 versus Missouri State.
- The program has never faced Belmont, Bradley, Drake, Evansville, UIC, Indiana State, Northern Iowa, Southern Illinois, or Valparaiso.
- The last time JMU faced an MVC foe, the Dukes pulled away from Murray State midway through the first half and went on to post a 71-51 win inside the Convocation Center on Nov. 16, 2012.
- Tarik Hislop led JMU with 17 points, and Jasmine Gill added 11 points. Crystal Ross grabbed a game-high and career-high 11 rebounds, and Kirby Burkholder finished with nine rebounds.
UP NEXT
- The winner of JMU versus Belmont will face the victor of No. 4 Villanova (20-14, 11-7 BIG EAST) and Portland (31-4, 17-3 WCC) in the semifinals on Monday, March 31, inside Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
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