HARRISONBURG, Virginia — Texas State women's basketball returns to Sun Belt action on January 3 at 1 pm (CT) against the James Madison Dukes to kick off the new year.
 
Texas State enters the week with a 6-6 record and a perfect 2-0 mark in Sun Belt play after wins vs Louisiana and ULM to start the year. The game will be streamed on ESPN+ for fans to tune in. 
 
 ABOUT THE DUKES

• James Madison enters the week with an 10-5 record on the year, having gone 2-1 in Sun Belt play so far. 
• The Dukes are led by head coach Sean O'Reagan who is in his 10th season leading the program. He has a 220-86 record in his tenure. 
• Reigning player of the year Peyton McDaniel leads the team in points with 18.1 per night and is one of the team's best rebounders with 7.3 a night.
• Leading the boards for the Dukes is Ashanti Barnes who averaged 9.5 rebounds with her 14.7 points per night.

SERIES HISTORY VS JAMES MADISON

• Texas State is 0-3 all-time against James Madison.
• Texas State lost 81-60 in the last meeting between the two teams on Jan. 4, 2025, in San Marcos. 
• Before that, the team's last meeting was in the Sun Belt Conference Tournament Championship in 2023 when James Madison won 81-51.

ABOUT THE BOBCATS

• The Freshmen: Texas State has added two freshmen, Angela Carroll and Kaliyah Murphy.
• The Transfers: Texas State has added seven transfers, including three Division I transfers. 
  • The Bobcats added Deja Jones (Gr., Indiana State), Myri Walker (Sr., South Alabama), and KP Parr (So., Wichita State) to this year from other Division I institutions.
  • Antoine brought in four junior college transfers as well, Myla Harbor (Hinds), Kyla McBride(Northwest Florida State), Kyaija Stewart (Daytona State) and Kyra Anderson (Tyler).
• The Returners: Antoine returns four members from 2024-2025 to this year's team.
  • Saniya Burks leads the returners for minutes played and points scored last year as she enters her sophomore season. She started the season with a nations-best 34 points against Ohio and has double digits in eight of 12 games so far this season.
  • Taleiyah Gibbs played in 25 games for the Bobcats last season off the bench and returns for her junior season as well.
  • Also returning are Mia Galbraith who missed the year with an ACL injury, and Takeira Ramey who missed the latter half of last season with an ACL injury.

UP NEXT

• The Bobcats will continue its three-game road swing at Troy on Jan. 7 and at Louisiana on Jan. 10. The game at Troy will tipoff at 6 pm and Louisiana at 3 pm. Both will be streamed on ESPN+. Texas State will then return home for its annual Kids Game on Jan. 14 vs Southern Miss at 11 a.m. in Strahan Arena.