James Madison Dukes vs. Texas State Bobcats

Feb 28, 2025

FINAL / 2OT

Box Score

	1	2	OT	2OT	T
JMU	41	36	10	6	93
TXST	33	44	10	15	102

Game Recap

Texas State earns 102-93 OT victory over James Madison, deny Dukes outright Sun Belt title. Tylan Pope scored 23 points, including six points in the second overtime period as Texas State beat James Madison 102-93 in double overtime in the regular season finale on Friday, preventing the Dukes from clinching the Sun Belt Conference title...

Player Stats

JAMES MADISON	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
3Eddie Ricks III	35	3-6	0-2	2-2	10	1	0	0	0	3	8
21AJ Smith	32	5-6	1-1	0-0	5	1	1	0	0	5	11
4Elijah Hutchins-Everett	35	8-13	0-1	6-6	12	1	1	2	2	5	22
2Bryce Lindsay	36	7-17	3-12	2-2	2	1	0	0	0	4	19
1Xavier Brown	48	1-9	1-4	3-4	3	3	0	0	1	3	6
8Will Lovings-Watts	1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5Justin Taylor	18	1-1	0-0	2-2	2	0	1	0	1	2	4
0Mark Freeman	41	6-19	4-12	3-6	0	4	2	0	4	1	19
13Noah Williams	4	0-1	0-1	4-4	0	0	0	0	0	2	4

TOTAL	-	31-7243.1%	9-3327.3%	22-2684.6%	34	11	5	2	8	25	93

TEXAS STATE	MIN	FG	3PT	FT	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	PTS
1Tyrel Morgan	42	8-9	2-3	1-3	5	3	1	1	2	0	19
30Christian Turner	16	0-4	0-0	1-2	3	0	0	0	1	3	1
9Tylan Pope	37	7-10	0-0	9-12	6	3	1	2	2	4	23
23Joshua O'Garro	46	5-7	0-0	2-4	6	2	1	0	0	3	12
55Drue Drinnon	15	0-2	0-1	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
24Nate Deer	12	2-3	0-0	0-0	6	0	0	0	2	1	4
6Austin Green	3	1-2	0-0	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2
4Mark Drone	37	6-13	0-0	6-6	1	2	2	0	0	1	18
11Kaden Gumbs	7	1-3	0-0	0-0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2
22Coleton Benson	35	7-11	3-6	4-5	3	3	0	0	0	1	21
TOTAL	-	37-6457.8%	5-1050.0%	23-3271.9%	33	13	6	3	8	17	102

Play-by-Play

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1st halfJMUTXST

(20:00) Start game.
(19:59) Jump Ball won by Texas State.
(19:59) Jump Ball lost by James Madison.
(19:41) Tylan Pope missed Jumper.
(19:37) Elijah Hutchins-Everett Defensive Rebound.
(19:10) Elijah Hutchins-Everett missed Layup.
(19:10) Tylan Pope Block.
(19:04) Christian Turner Defensive Rebound.
(18:45) Drue Drinnon missed Layup.
(18:41) Eddie Ricks III Defensive Rebound.
(18:33) AJ Smith missed Layup.
(18:33) Tylan Pope Block.
(18:26) AJ Smith Offensive Rebound.
+2 (18:25) AJ Smith made Layup.
20
(18:18) Christian Turner missed Jumper.
(18:14) AJ Smith Defensive Rebound.
+2 (18:03) Bryce Lindsay made Jumper.
40
(17:37) Tylan Pope missed Jumper.
(17:33) Joshua O'Garro Offensive Rebound.
(17:29) Joshua O'Garro missed Layup.
(17:18) Elijah Hutchins-Everett Defensive Rebound.
(17:10) Bryce Lindsay missed Three Point Jumper.
(17:08) Bryce Lindsay Offensive Rebound.
(16:58) Foul on Christian Turner.
(16:50) Foul on Tylan Pope.
+3 (16:48) Xavier Brown made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by AJ Smith.
70
(16:26) Tyrel Morgan Turnover.
+2 (16:09) Elijah Hutchins-Everett made Layup.
90
+2 (15:47) Tylan Pope made Jumper.
92
(15:27) Elijah Hutchins-Everett missed Three Point Jumper.
(15:23) Joshua O'Garro Defensive Rebound.
+2 (15:01) Joshua O'Garro made Layup. Assisted by Tyrel Morgan.
94
+3 (14:48) Bryce Lindsay made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mark Freeman.
124
+2 (14:25) Kaden Gumbs made Layup.
126
+2 (14:00) AJ Smith made Layup.
146
+2 (13:38) Joshua O'Garro made Layup.
148
(13:19) Foul on Joshua O'Garro.
+1 (13:19) Noah Williams made Free Throw.
158
+1 (13:19) Noah Williams made Free Throw.
168
(13:14) Foul on Noah Williams.
(13:06) Foul on Noah Williams.
+1 (13:06) Mark Drone made Free Throw.
169
+1 (13:06) Mark Drone made Free Throw.
1610
+3 (12:52) Mark Freeman made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Xavier Brown.
1910
(12:33) Austin Green missed Layup.
(12:33) Austin Green Offensive Rebound.
(12:33) Elijah Hutchins-Everett Block.
+2 (12:27) Austin Green made Layup.
1912
(12:04) Eddie Ricks III missed Three Point Jumper.
(12:00) Kaden Gumbs Defensive Rebound.
(11:54) Mark Drone missed Layup.
(11:50) Justin Taylor Defensive Rebound.
(11:50) Justin Taylor Turnover.
(11:50) Austin Green Steal.
+2 (11:33) Coleton Benson made Jumper.
1914
+2 (11:18) Elijah Hutchins-Everett made Layup.
2114
(10:52) Christian Turner missed Jumper.
(10:46) Xavier Brown Defensive Rebound.
+2 (10:31) Elijah Hutchins-Everett made Jumper.
2314
(10:09) Drue Drinnon missed Three Point Jumper.
(10:05) Christian Turner Offensive Rebound.
(10:05) Christian Turner Turnover.
(10:05) Elijah Hutchins-Everett Steal.
(10:00) Mark Freeman Turnover.
(10:00) Mark Drone Steal.
(9:48) Tylan Pope Turnover.
(9:48) AJ Smith Steal.
(9:44) Foul on Drue Drinnon.
+1 (9:44) Eddie Ricks III made Free Throw.
2414
+1 (9:44) Eddie Ricks III made Free Throw.
2514
(9:26) Nate Deer missed Layup.
(9:23) Tyrel Morgan Offensive Rebound.
+2 (9:22) Tyrel Morgan made Layup.
2516
(8:55) Foul on Nate Deer.
+1 (8:55) Xavier Brown made Free Throw.
2616
(8:55) Xavier Brown missed Free Throw.
(8:55) Nate Deer Defensive Rebound.
(8:39) Foul on AJ Smith.
(8:38) Kaden Gumbs Turnover.
(8:38) Mark Freeman Steal.
(8:33) Foul on Kaden Gumbs.
(8:25) Mark Freeman Turnover.
(8:25) Joshua O'Garro Steal.
(8:20) Mark Drone missed Layup.
(8:18) Texas State Offensive Rebound.
(8:07) Kaden Gumbs missed Jumper.
(8:02) Joshua O'Garro Offensive Rebound.
(7:45) Foul on Bryce Lindsay.
+1 (7:45) Mark Drone made Free Throw.
2617
+1 (7:45) Mark Drone made Free Throw.
2618
(7:16) Bryce Lindsay missed Three Point Jumper.
(7:12) Kaden Gumbs Defensive Rebound.
(7:06) Kaden Gumbs missed Jumper.
(7:03) Elijah Hutchins-Everett Defensive Rebound.
+3 (6:58) Mark Freeman made Three Point Jumper.
2918
(6:35) Foul on AJ Smith.
+2 (6:30) Coleton Benson made Jumper.
2920
(6:07) Eddie Ricks III missed Three Point Jumper.
(6:04) Christian Turner Defensive Rebound.
(5:56) Christian Turner missed Jumper.
(5:52) Xavier Brown Defensive Rebound.
(5:41) Mark Freeman missed Jumper.
(5:38) Elijah Hutchins-Everett Offensive Rebound.
(5:37) Foul on Tylan Pope.
+1 (5:37) Elijah Hutchins-Everett made Free Throw.
3020
+1 (5:37) Elijah Hutchins-Everett made Free Throw.
3120
(5:13) Nate Deer Turnover.
(5:13) Justin Taylor Steal.
(5:05) Bryce Lindsay missed Three Point Jumper.
(5:02) Nate Deer Defensive Rebound.
(4:56) Nate Deer Turnover.
(4:36) Foul on Christian Turner.
+1 (4:36) Justin Taylor made Free Throw.
3220
+1 (4:36) Justin Taylor made Free Throw.
3320
+2 (4:14) Tylan Pope made Layup.
3322
(4:14) Foul on Eddie Ricks III.
+1 (4:14) Tylan Pope made Free Throw.
3323
(3:52) Foul on Austin Green.
+1 (3:52) Elijah Hutchins-Everett made Free Throw.
3423
+1 (3:52) Elijah Hutchins-Everett made Free Throw.
3523
+3 (3:41) Coleton Benson made Three Point Jumper.
3526
+2 (3:13) Bryce Lindsay made Layup.
3726
(2:55) Joshua O'Garro missed Layup.
(2:52) Xavier Brown Defensive Rebound.
(2:45) Xavier Brown missed Three Point Jumper.
(2:42) Coleton Benson Defensive Rebound.
+3 (2:22) Tyrel Morgan made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mark Drone.
3729
(1:57) Foul on Tylan Pope.
(1:57) Mark Freeman missed Free Throw.
(1:57) James Madison Deadball Team Rebound.
+1 (1:57) Mark Freeman made Free Throw.
3829
(1:43) Mark Drone missed Layup.
(1:43) Elijah Hutchins-Everett Block.
(1:37) Mark Drone Offensive Rebound.
(1:35) Coleton Benson missed Jumper.
(1:33) Eddie Ricks III Defensive Rebound.
(1:18) Elijah Hutchins-Everett missed Layup.
(1:15) Nate Deer Defensive Rebound.
+2 (1:06) Nate Deer made Layup. Assisted by Joshua O'Garro.
3831
(0:51) Mark Freeman missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:49) Elijah Hutchins-Everett Offensive Rebound.
(0:47) Mark Freeman missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:44) Nate Deer Defensive Rebound.
(0:41) Coleton Benson missed Three Point Jumper.
(0:38) Elijah Hutchins-Everett Defensive Rebound.
+3 (0:18) Bryce Lindsay made Three Point Jumper. Assisted by Mark Freeman.
4131
+2 (0:03) Joshua O'Garro made Jumper.
4133
(0:03) Foul on Bryce Lindsay.
(0:03) Joshua O'Garro missed Free Throw.
(0:03) Elijah Hutchins-Everett Defensive Rebound.

2nd half

1st Overtime

2nd Overtime

Team Stats

JMU

TXST

93Points102

31-72(43.1%)Field Goal(%)37-64(57.8%)

9-33(27.3%)3-Point(%)5-10(50.0%)

22-26(84.6%)Free Throw(%)23-32(71.9%)

38(17)Rebounds(Offensive)37(12)

11Assists13

5Steals6

2Blocks3

8Turnovers8

25(0)Fouls(Technical)17(0)

13Largest Lead11

Game Details

Friday, February 28, 2025 · 8:00 PM

Strahan Arena · San Marcos, TX

attendance: 1,526 (15.3%)

tv: ESPN+