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JMU Hosts Davidson in First Round of WBIT
3/18/2025 4:15:00 PM | Women's Basketball
No. 1 James Madison Dukes (28-5, 18-0 SBC) vs. Davidson Wildcats (19-13, 13-5 A-10)
March 20, 2025Â - 7Â p.m. ET
Harrisonburg, Va. - Atlantic Union Bank Center
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JMU DRAWS DAVIDSON IN WBIT FIRST ROUND
- James Madison is set for its second Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT) appearance when it welcomes Davidson to the Atlantic Union Bank Center on Thursday, March 20. Tip time is slated for 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.
- 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
- 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).
- James Madison's 14 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 14-1 during the 2019-20 season – the last season played inside the Convocation Center.
- The Dukes own four top-15 marks nationally: defensive rebounds per game (4th - 30.5), three-point percentage (4th - 25.9), rebounds per game (7th - 43.06) and field goal percentage defense (11th - 36.0).
- For the fifth week in a row, James Madison received votes in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, announced Monday afternoon. 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.
LAST TIME VS. THE WILDCATS
- James Madison snapped a two-game losing streak and closed the non-conference schedule with an 87-45 win over Davidson inside the Convocation Center on Dec. 30, 2015.
- JMU used a 19-2 run to take a 21-4 lead just over seven minutes into the game. The Dukes scored 48 points in the first half, their second-highest of the season, to take a 48-21 lead into the locker room. They carried the momentum into the second half with a 6-0 run to take a 31-point lead at the end of the third quarter (53-32).
- Jazmon Gwathmey led four Dukes in double figures with her game-high 27 points. Angela Mickens tallied 17 points and Ashley Perez had 14 while Kayla Cooper Williams chipped in 10, paired with nine rebounds.
DUKES AT HOME
- JMU is 53-19 (.736) since the Atlantic Union Bank Center opened up at the start of the 2020-21 season.
- The Dukes have won 14 of their last 15 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 three 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 113-29 (.796) when playing in Harrisonburg.Â
JMU VS. THE A-10
- Â James Madison holds a 197-79-2 (.714) record against current Atlantic 10 foes, while Head Coach Sean O'Regan is 11-3 (.786) against the conference.
- The Dukes have played Richmond the most with 91 meetings, with JMU holding a 60-29-2 advantage. Coach O'Regan's three losses to the A-10 came at the hands of Saint Joseph's (73-66 - Nov. 19, 2017), Dayton (82-54 - Dec. 17, 2017) and George Washington (54-50 - Dec. 2, 2021).Â
- VCU is the Dukes' sixth-most common opponent in program history with 67 meetings. JMU has faced William & Mary the most, clashing 94 times, followed by Richmond (91), Old Dominion (83), UNCW (79) and George Mason (76).
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