The 2025–26 James Madison Dukes women's basketball team represented the James Madison University during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Dukes, led by tenth-year head coach Sean O'Regan, played their home games at the Atlantic Union Bank Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season The Dukes finished the 2024–25 season 30–6 record, 18–0 in Sun Belt play, to finish in first place. In the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated fourth seed Coastal Carolina in the semifinals before finishing off second-seeded Arkansas State in the championship game. In the WBIT, the Dukes beat Davidson and Marquette in the first and second rounds, respectively, before losing to Belmont in the quarterfinals. The Dukes set a program record for single-season wins with 30.

Offseason Departures James Madison departures Olivia Mullins 1 G 5' 8" Senior Somerset, NJ Graduated Ro Scott 2 G 5' 8" Graduate student Earle, AR Graduated Alonna Poole 3 G 5' 11" Freshman Nashville, TN TBD Annalicia Goodman 14 F 6' 3" Senior Newport News, VA Graduated Jada Mills 15 G 5' 9" Sophomore Norwich, CT Transferred to Saint Peter's Mikaya Tynes 23 F 6' 1" Senior Norfolk, VA Graduated Jamia Hazell 25 G 5' 8" Senior Raleigh, NC Graduated Atiana Williams 31 G 5' 7" Sophomore Newport News, VA Transferred to Christopher Newport Kseniia Kozlova 35 C 6' 3" Senior Moscow, Russia Graduated Laura Molnárová 77 G 5' 11" Freshman Bratislava, Slovakia Transferred to LIU

Incoming James Madison incoming transfers Kylie Marshall 2 G 5' 11" Junior Mansfield, TX SMU Regina Walton 14 G 5' 3" Senior Capitol Heights, MD Elon Brianna McLeod 25 C 6' 3" Junior Brampton, ON SMU

Recruiting classes 2025 recruiting class There was no recruiting class of 2025.

2026 recruiting class

Preseason On October 20, 2025, the Sun Belt Conference released their preseason coaches poll. Marshall was picked to finish first in the Sun Belt regular season.

Preseason rankings Sun Belt preseason poll 1 James Madison 189 (9) 2 Arkansas State 174 (3) 3 Troy 171 (1) 4 Old Dominion 151 (1) 5 Southern Miss 125 6 Coastal Carolina 104 7 Georgia State 102 8 Marshall 100 9 Appalachian State 94 10 Georgia Southern 73 11 Louisiana 67 12 Texas State 55 13 Louisiana–Monroe 36 14 South Alabama 29

Source:

Preseason All-Sun Belt teams Preseason All-Sun Belt teams First Peyton McDaniel Guard Senior Second Ashanti Barnes Forward Graduate student

Player of the Year: Peyton McDaniel, guard, RS-Sr.

Source:

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=""| Regular season

!colspan=12 style=""|

!colspan=12 style=""|

Sources:

References