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Thursday, January 29
Troy, Ala.
7 p.m.
James Madison University
at
Troy
Dukes Take On First-Place Troy on Thursday
1/27/2026 3:00:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Game 22
Opponent: Troy
Date: Thurs., January 29
Tipoff: 7 pm (eastern)
Location: Troy, Ala.
Arena: Trojan Arena
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: WSVA 92.1 FM | 550 AM
DUKES TAKE ON SUN BELT LEADER TROY ON THURSDAY
- James Madison men's basketball is set to take on the Troy Trojans on Thursday, Jan. 29, in Troy, Ala., at 7 p.m. ET (6 p.m. CT) at Trojan Arena.
- JMU is coming off an 82-57 rout of Texas State on Jan. 24 and sit at 10-11 (3-6 Sun Belt) this season. Troy has won five straight games and is 15-6 overall (8-1 Sun Belt).
This will be the first matchup between the two teams since the semifinals of the 2025 Sun Belt tournament, a 79-60 Troy victory. The Trojans currently lead the conference standings by two full games entering Thursday's contest.
LAST TIME OUT
- James Madison men's basketball shot 52.6 percent from the floor and made 14 threes in an 82-57 rout of Texas State on Saturday afternoon at the Atlantic Union Bank Center.
- JMU (10-11, 3-6 Sun Belt) raced out to a 47-28 halftime lead and never looked back, leading by as many as 28 in the second half to come away with the win over Texas State (11-11, 4-6 SBC).
- Justin McBride and Cliff Davis led the Dukes with 18 points apiece, as the duo combined to go 9-of-12 (.750) from behind the arc.
NUMBERS TO KNOW
- 4: James Madison defeated Texas State 82-57 on Saturday, its largest win of the 2025-26 season and biggest against a Sun Belt opponent since beating Marshall by 26 (84-58) on Feb. 21, 2024. The Dukes led by as many as 28 points, also their largest lead at any point this season.
- 30: Justin McBride finished with 30 points and 12 rebounds against South Alabama on Thursday for his second 30-point game of the season. McBride joins Denzel Bowles (3), Stuckey Mosley (3), and Mark Freeman (3) as JMU players since 2010-11 with multiple 30-point games in the same season.
- 37: JMU freshman Christian Brown was credited with two blocks in Saturday's game vs. Texas State, bringing his 2025-26 season total to 37. In program history, Brown's 37 blocks is tied for second among freshman, tied with Trevon Flores (37, 2009-10) and Andre Nation (47, 2012-13)
LAST TIME VS. TROY
- James Madison and Troy last met in the semifinals of the 2025 Sun Belt Conference tournament on March 9, 2025, in Pensacola, Fla.
- The Trojans raced out to an 11-0 lead in the opening four minutes and never looked back, leading wire-to-wire and by as many as 23 in the second half to down the Dukes 79-60 and advance to the Sun Belt Championship, where they would go on to defeat Arkansas State.
- JMU found itself in a 19-point hole in the second half and cut the deficit to just seven off the back of Mark Freeman, who scored 25 of his career-high 34 points in the second half. However, Troy answered with an 11-1 run and never led by fewer than 12 points down the stretch.
DAVIS TURNING IT UP IN SBC PLAY
- JMU guard Cliff Davis is third on JMU in scoring this season, averaging 12.8 points per game. In conference play, that number has jumped to 14.3.
- As of Tues., Jan. 27, Davis leads the Sun Belt in made threes (64), second in threes per game (3.0), and third in three-point percentage (.381).
- In his past four games, Davis is 21-of-50 (.420) from three, making at least four in each game. He made a season-high six threes at Marshall (1/17) and vs. Texas State (1/24).
- Davis has scored in double figures in four straight games and 14 overall games this season. Those 14 games include two 20-point games, scoring 24 against Arkansas State (1/3) and 20 at Marshall (1/17).
- Davis spent the 2024-25 season at UTRGV, the 2023-24 season at Northwestern State, and two years at Chipola College (2021-23).
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