Men's Hoops Hosts First-Place App State Saturday

Saturday, February 14

Harrisonburg, Va.

4 p.m.

James Madison University

App State

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Game 27
Opponent: App State
Date: Saturday, February 14
Tipoff: 4 pm (eastern)
Location: Harrisonburg, Va.
Arena: Atlantic Union Bank Center
Watch: ESPN+
Radio: WSVA 92.1 FM | 550 AM

MEN'S HOOPS WELCOMES FIRST-PLACE MOUNTAINEERS ON SATURDAY

James Madison, fresh off an 81-79 overtime victory over Georgia State, welcomes the App State Mountaineers to the Atlantic Union Bank Center on Saturday, Feb. 14. Tip-off inside the AUBC is set for 4 p.m., with streaming available on ESPN+.
JMU sits at 13-13 overall and 5-8 in Sun Belt play, while App State has won seven straight to sit at 18-9 overall and 10-4 in Sun Belt play. With the Mountaineers' 81-65 road win at Georgia Southern on Wednesday, they took over sole possession of first place of the Sun Belt standings with two weeks and change left of the regular season.

LAST TIME OUT: DAVIS AND MCBRIDE FUEL JMU TO WIN OVER GEORGIA STATE

Cliff Davis scored 26 points - including the go-ahead layup with eight seconds remaining - to lead James Madison to an 81-79 overtime win over Georgia State on Thursday night at the Atlantic Union Bank Center.
JMU (13-13, 5-8 Sun Belt) led 70-66 with two minutes left in regulation but Georgia State (9-17, 6-7 SBC) scored four straight to force overtime. In the extra period, Davis finished at the rim with eight seconds left to break the tie and give the Dukes the win after a stop on the defensive end.
Davis' 26 points surpassed his previous season high, as the guard knocked down 6-of-10 (.600) from behind the arc and recorded a career-high five steals.
McBride finished 10-of-18 from the floor and corralled a team-best nine rebounds, while Kose Egbule tallied a season-high seven assists.
Jelani Hamilton finished with 28 points and seven rebounds to lead Georgia State in both categories. Micah Tucker notched 20 points and led the Panthers with five assists, while Malachi Brown pitched in nine points and five rebounds.

NUMBERS TO KNOW

66: JMU is is 66-19 (.776) in home games overall and 26-8 (.813) against Sun Belt Conference opponents since the Atlantic Union Bank Center opened ahead of the 2020-21 season. The Dukes are 9-3 at home this season and 22-5 at home under Preston Spradlin the past two seasons.
42: JMU freshman Christian Brown finished with a block Thursday against Georgia State, bringing his 2025-26 season total to 42. He is now second on the JMU all-time freshman list for blocks, trailing only Andre Nation (47, 2012-13).
7: JMU guard Cliff Davis made six threes against Georgia State on Thursday, leading the Dukes with 26 points. Davis has 82 three-pointers this season, putting him in a tie for seventh on the JMU single-season threes list with Humpty Hitchens (2011-12).

DAVIS TURNING IT UP IN SBC PLAY

JMU guard Cliff Davis is second on JMU in scoring this season with a season average of 14.0 points per game. In conference play, that number has jumped to 16.0.
As of Feb. 13, Davis has scored 10 or more points in nine straight games - including three 20-point outings.
On Thursday against Georgia State, he finished with a season-high 26 points and knocked down six triples for the third time this season.
As of Feb. 12, Davis leads the Sun Belt in made threes (84) and three-point percentage (.383).
After knocking down six triples against Georgia State, Davis now has 82 threes in the 2025-26 season. As of Feb. 13, that number puts him in a tie for No. 7 on the JMU single-season threes list with Humpty Hitchens (2011-12).
Davis needs three 3-pointers to tie Stuckey Mosley for sixth on the single-season list and five to tie Bryce Lindsay (2024-25).
Davis has 19 games with 10+ points this season - including nine straight in double figures. After his 26-point outing vs. Georgia State, he now has four 20-point games - also scoring 23 against Troy (1/29), 24 against Arkansas State (1/3), and 20 at Marshall (1/17).
Davis has six games this season with five or more threes - marking just the seventh time a JMU player has done so since the 2004-05 season. He is also one of three JMU players to have three games with six or more threes in a season since 2004-05.

SCOUTING APP STATE

App State enters this game winners of seven straight and with a record of 18-9 (10-4 SBC). The Mountaineers sit in first place in the Sun Belt entering Saturday's game.
The Mountaineers are led by Head Coach Dustin Kerns, who is in his seventh season. Kerns has a record of 132-88 (.600), which includes two conference championships.
Kasen Jennings leads App State in scoring, averaging 15.6 points per game. Alonzo Dodd averages 13.5 points per game, while Luke Wilson sits at 9.9 points per game.
Defensively, the Mountaineers allow just 64.1 points per game, which leads the Sun Belt and ranks 10th nationally.
App State also has held opponents to 38.6 percent from the field, which ranks seventh nationally. The Mountaineers also rank in the top 50 nationally in three-point defense (41st, 30.5%) and rebounds per game (35th, 39.5) .