Dukes Jump Back Into Sun Belt Play Versus Georgia State

Thursday, February 12

Harrisonburg, Va.

7 p.m.

James Madison University

Georgia State

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Game 26
Opponent: Georgia State
Date: Thursday., February 12
Tipoff: 7 pm (eastern)
Location: Harrisonburg, Va.
Arena: Atlantic Union Bank Center
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: WSVA 92.1 FM | 550 AM

DUKES JUMP BACK INTO SUN BELT PLAY VS. GEORGIA STATE

James Madison men's basketball continues its four-game homestand with a Sun Belt Conference bout against Georgia State on Thursday, Feb. 12., at 7 p.m. inside the Atlantic Union Bank Center.
The game will stream on ESPN+ with Curt Dudley (PxP), Kirby Dean (analyst), and Jameson Glynn (sideline).
JMU is coming off a win vs. Toledo on Feb. 7 and sits at 12-13 (4-8 Sun Belt). Georgia State has lost four games in a row and sits at 9-16 overall and 6-6 in the Sun Belt.

LAST TIME OUT

Justin McBride and Eli Wilborn combined for three free throws in the final 20 seconds to propel James Madison men's basketball to a 73-71 win over Toledo on Saturday afternoon at the Atlantic Union Bank Center
JMU (12-13) led by as many as nine in the second half but saw Toledo (12-12) rally to take a 71-70 lead with 33 seconds left on a layup from Leroy Blyden Jr. However, McBride and Wilborn sank clutch free throws and the Dukes got a pair of stops on defense to come away with the win.
Cliff Davis led the Dukes with 18 points, while Bradley Douglas notched 16 points while finishing 6-of-10 from the floor and 4-of-6 from deep.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

65: JMU is is 65-19 (.774) in home games overall and 25-8 (.781) against Sun Belt Conference opponents since the Atlantic Union Bank Center opened ahead of the 2020-21 season. The Dukes are 8-3 at home this season and 21-5 at home under Preston Spradlin the past two seasons.
41: JMU freshman Christian Brown finished with two blocks in Saturday's game against Toledo, bringing his 2025-26 season total to 41. He is now second on the JMU all-time freshman list for blocks, trailing only Andre Nation (47, 2012-13).
8: Entering Thursday, Cliff Davis has scored 10 or more points in eight straight games - averaging 17.1 points per game over that span. As of Feb. 9, Davis leads the Sun Belt in threes (76) and is second in three-point percentage (.373).
5: Cliff Davis has five games this season with five or more made threes, making him just one of seven players to do so for JMU since the 2004-05 season (according to Stathead). He also has two games with six threes and has made 76 this season - five away from tying Matt Lewis (2019-20) and Noah Freidel (2023-24) for 10th on the JMU single-season threes list.
15: JMU made 15 free throws against Toledo on Saturday, finishing 15-of-17 (.882) from the line - including three in the final seconds to give the Dukes the victory. It was JMU's second-highest free-throw percentage of the season, trailing only 92.3 (12-of-13) against Akron on Nov. 3.

LAST TIME VS. GEORGIA STATE

Redshirt freshman Bryce Lindsay scored 23 points and James Madison used a strong second half to pull away from Georgia State, 83-63, on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.
JMU (18-10, 11-4) shot 58.1 percent from the field in the second half and held Georgia State (12-16, 7-8) to two made threes and two assists for the game.
Along with Lindsay's 23 points, Elijah Hutchins-Everett scored 12 of his 16 points in the first half while also grabbing three rebounds, and junior AJ Smith corralled 10 boards for the fourth time this season.
Xavier Brown (11) and Mark Freeman (11) also scored in double figures for the Dukes, who shot 47.5 percent (29-of-61) from the field.

DAVIS TURNING IT UP IN SBC PLAY

JMU guard Cliff Davis is third on JMU in scoring this season, averaging 13.6 points per game. In conference play, that number has jumped to 15.2.
In 12 conference games, Davis has shot 39.6 percent from three and has eight straight games with at least 10 points.
As of Feb. 5, Davis leads the Sun Belt in made threes (76) and is second in three-point percentage (.373).
Davis has 18 games with 10+ points this season - including eight straight in double figures. After his 23 points vs. Troy, he now has three 20-point games - also scoring 24 against Arkansas State (1/3) and 20 at Marshall (1/17).
Davis has five games this season with five or more threes - marking just the seventh time a JMU player has done so since the 2004-05 season.