Dukes Resume Conference Play With Wednesday Tilt at App State

Wednesday, February 11

Boone, N.C.

6:30 p.m.

James Madison University

App State

Dukes Resume Conference Play With Wednesday Tilt at App State

2/10/2026 12:25:00 PM | Women's Basketball

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – Following a 71-57 victory at Massachusetts on Super Bowl Sunday to complete the MAC-SBC Challenge, James Madison women's basketball returns to Sun Belt Conference play with a Wednesday tilt against App State. The opening tip at Holmes Convocation Center is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. and will stream on ESPN+.

LAST TIME VS. THE MOUNTAINEERS

JMU shot 47.6 percent (30-for-63) from the field and out-rebounded App State 43-28 for an 83-57 victory inside the Holmes Convocation Center on Feb. 22, 2025, to become outright Sun Belt Conference Regular Season Champions.
JMU poured in 40 points in the paint and received 38 points from its bench to roll past the Mountaineers.
Five Dukes scored in double figures, led by Peyton McDaniel with 17 points and 10 rebounds. Kseniia Kozlova finished with 13 points on 6-of-11 (.545) from the field, while Ro Scott added 13 points with two assists and two steals off the bench.
Bree Robinson chipped in with 10 points off the bench, knocking down 3-of-3 from deep and recording a pair of takeaways. Annalicia Goodman shot a perfect 4-for-4 for 10 points in 15 minutes as a reserve.

THE DUKES VS. THE SUN BELT

James Madison holds a 108-73 (.597) record against current Sun Belt Conference foes and is 59-16 (.787) since joining the league in 2022.
Moreover, the Dukes are 53-14 (.791) in regular-season league matchups and had won 21 consecutive regular-season tilts prior to their 83-74 overtime loss to Marshall on Dec. 20, 2025.
James Madison has not lost a home game against a Sun Belt foe since dropping a 73-62 result to Georgia State on Feb. 15, 2024.
JMU has encountered Old Dominion more than any other SBC opponent with 85 meetings, with the Dukes trailing 53-32 in the all-time series. Additionally, ODU is the only team in the league with a winning record against JMU.
The Dukes have never lost to Louisiana (6-0), Southern Miss (5-0), Texas State (4-0), South Alabama (4-0), or ULM (3-0).

NCAA RANKING SUMMARY

JMU owns eight top-75 marks nationally: rebounds per game (20th - 42.27), rebound margin (23rd - +8.7), defensive rebounds (30th - 28.5), scoring offense (55th - 74.7), field goal percentage (59th - 44.5), offensive rebounds per game (63rd - 13.7), scoring margin (68th - +11.2), and assists per game (71st - 15.2).
Individually, Peyton McDaniel is 16th in points (492), Ashanti Barnes is 22nd in rebounds (237), Bree Robinson is tied for 30th in steals (65), and Brianna McLeod is tied for 33rd in blocks (41).

BY THE NUMBERS

6: With 2,160 career points, Peyton McDaniel is one of six active Division I players with 2,000-plus points, alongside Ta'Niya Latson (South Carolina - 2,420), Hannah Hidalgo (2,148), Ny'Ceara Pryor (Texas A&M - 2,084), Destiny Leo (UNLV - 2,068), and Audi Crooks (Iowa State - 2,050).
41: Brianna McLeod is tied third in the nation in blocks (41) with Kyla Abraham (Baylor) among players with no starts, trailing Paulina Hernandez (Youngstown State - 43) and Aziyah Farrier (Stephen F. Austin - 44). Additionally, her 41 rejections are the most by a Duke since Kayla Cooper Williams posted 74 in the 2019-20 season.
50: JMU has shot 50.6% (162-of-320) from the field over its last five games. The team boasts a season field goal percentage of 44.5%, which would be the most efficient clip for the program since the 1990-91 season, when the Dukes shot 45.1%.

PEYTON'S CAREER STATS

Playing her fifth season of collegiate basketball, Peyton McDaniel has placed herself in the top 15 of career rankings in eight categories: three-point attempts (1st - 927), points (2nd - 2,160), three-pointers (2nd - 326), field goal attempts (2nd - 1,770), field goals made (3rd - 772), three-point attempts per game (4th - 6.39), games played (T-6th - 145), and rebounds (14th - 957).

MILESTONE TRACKER

With 2,160 career points, Peyton McDaniel is 187 points away from passing Precious Hall (2012-2017) for second in all-time scoring at JMU, tallying 2,347 in her career.
For McDaniel, if she maintains her season scoring average of 18.9, she can move into second in 10 games.
With 999 points at JMU, Ashanti Barnes needs one more to become the 35th member of the program's 1,000-point club.