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Look Back at the 2024-25 JMU Women’s Basketball Season
4/25/2025 12:30:00 PM | Women's Basketball
HARRISONBURG, Va. – In its 103rd season as a program, James Madison women's basketball produced one of its most memorable seasons yet, continuing to establish itself as a major player in the Sun Belt Conference.
Take a look back at the 2024-25 campaign, JMU's ninth under the direction of Head Coach Sean O'Regan.
WINNING WAYS
IN THE RANKINGS
NATIONAL NUMBERS
HOME SWEET HOME
AWARD SEASON
REWRITING THE RECORD BOOK
Take a look back at the 2024-25 campaign, JMU's ninth under the direction of Head Coach Sean O'Regan.
WINNING WAYS
- 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).
IN THE RANKINGS
- The Dukes received votes in the AP Top 25 Poll for five consecutive weeks (Feb. 17 – March 17). Prior to entering the poll in mid-February, JMU had not received votes since March 2, 2020.
- JMU also picked up votes in the USA TODAY Coaches Poll in the final four polls, earning three points on April 7.
- James Madison wrapped the season 60th in the NET ranking, with its highest ranking this past season being 46th on Jan. 4. In previous seasons, the highest NET the Dukes achieved was 80th on Jan. 11, 2023, while the best NET to finish a season was 101st at the end of the 2022-23 campaign on April 2.
- JMU was also the highest ranked team in the Sun Belt, followed by Troy (109th) and Coastal Carolina (122nd).
- Introduced in the 2018-19 season for men's basketball and the 2020-21 season for women's basketball, NET rankings replaced the Rating Percentage Index — known as the RPI — as the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Committees' primary sorting tool for evaluating teams.
NATIONAL NUMBERS
- JMU finished in the top 20 statistically in the following categories: defensive rebounds per game (3rd – 30.5), rebounds per game (6th – 42.67), field goal percentage defense (14th – 36.2) and three-point percentage defense (20th – 27.3).
- Individually, Peyton McDaniel tied for 31st in the nation in double-doubles (14), tied for 40th in three-point attempts (218) and rounded out the top 50 in rebounds (297).
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.
AWARD SEASON
- Peyton McDaniel was named Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, while Ro Scott was selected as Sixth Woman of the Year and Head Coach Sean O'Regan was tabbed Coach of the Year in a vote by the league's 14 head coaches. Additionally, three Dukes were named to the All-Sun Belt Team.
- McDaniel was accompanied on the All-Sun Belt First Team by center Kseniia Kozlova while forward Ashanti Barnes landed on the Third Team, marking her first career all-conference nod.
- With McDaniel's selection as Sun Belt Player of the Year, a JMU player has now been voted the conference's top player 11 times, including the fourth honor under O'Regan. Meanwhile, O'Regan is the fourth JMU head coach to be named Coach of the Year, previously won by Shelia Moorman (1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991), Bud Childers (2000) and Kenny Brooks (2007, 2014, 2015, 2016).
- This marked the first time since 2016 that JMU won both Player and Coach of the Year in the same season, which was also the last time JMU saw multiple players earn all-conference first team status.
REWRITING THE RECORD BOOK
- At the conclusion of the season, McDaniel ranks top 10 in program history in career three-pointers made (5th – 264), career three-pointers attempted (5th – 752), career three-point percentage (6th – 35.1), career field goals made (T-7th – 600), career points (8th – 1,668) and career scoring average (8th – 14.0).
- On Feb. 15, Jamia Hazell became the program's all-time leader in games played with 148, finishing her career with 157 appearances for the Dukes. Additionally, Hazell made 120 starts during her career (2020-25), which ties for sixth in program history. Classmate Annalicia Goodman wrapped up her career with 140 games played – good to tie for third at JMU with Tarik Hislop (2009-13).
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