HARRISONBURG, Va. (1/4/25) – Arkansas State men's basketball led at the half, but could not overcome a second-half surge by James Madison and fell 67-62 to the Dukes inside the Atlantic Union Bank Center Saturday.

Taryn Todd led the Red Wolves (11-4, 2-1 SBC) with a game-high 26 points on 11-of-21 shooting. A-State shot 44.3 percent for the contest and led for over 30 minutes. Todd was one of three double-digit scorers, joining Joseph Pinion (15 points) and Rashaud Marshall (10).

JMU (9-6, 2-1) outrebounded the Scarlet and Black 41-30 and shot 40.7 percent from the field. The Dukes got the foul line 18 times, converting on 13 for a 72.2-percent mark. Xavier Brown and Elijah Hutchins-Everett scored in double figures for JMU, registering 18 and 17 points, respectively.

A-State surged out to a quick 9-2 lead on a Nelson bucket before the hosts pulled back within one on six straight points by Brown. Todd scored with 9:21 left in the half to push the Red Wolves' advantage back out to 10, but JMU once again pulled within two. Marshall capped a 12-1 run with a score to give A-State its largest lead of the night, up 37-24 with 2:31 to play, but the Dukes closed the half on a 9-2 stretch to cut the Red Wolves' lead at the break to 39-33.

After Todd opened the second half with a jumper, the hosts reclaimed a 46-45 lead with 12:31 to go with a 13-4 run sparked by a Mark Freeman layup. Pinion then capped a 6-0 swing with a score to put the Red Wolves back on top by five with less than 10 minutes left. The Dukes then answered a Marshall score with a 10-0 run to pull ahead 62-55, holding A-State scoreless for nearly four minutes.

The Red Wolves pulled within two at 64-62 on layups by Pinion and Todd with less than 45 seconds to play but could not overcome the deficit.

NEXT UP

Arkansas State continues its four-game road swing next Thursday with a trip to South Alabama. Tip-off against the Jaguars inside the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala., is set for 7 p.m. on ESPN+. The radio broadcast can be heard on the EAB Red Wolves Sports Network and the Red Wolves mobile app.

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