3:33, Northeastern leads 60-48 Things have settled down here and we’re playing some basketball now. Northeastern still hot from behind the arc, the Huskies are now hitting 47 percent of their threes. James Madison is struggling to create baskets inside and doesn’t appear to have much of a chance at a comeback here.

5:31, Northeastern leads 57-46 Apparently the officials just love CAA Basketball so much they don’t want to leave. Tonight’s official is James Williams, the same one VCU coach Anthony Grant got in a staring match with earlier this season. 35 total fouls now with lots of basketball still to be played.

7:12, Northeastern leads 57-46 Juwann James picks up his fifth foul. Keener turns again to the radio crew and mouths “this is unbelievable,“ before laughing again. It would be a shock if we played 30 consecutive seconds of basketball tonight.

7:58, Northeastern leads 57-46 Technical foul against JMU’s Pierre Curtis for…stomping the floor? Maybe?

Curtis went over to coach Dean Keener, but didn’t receive an earful - Keener was equally upset about the call. Keener looked over to the JMU radio crew, shrugged his shoulders, then laughed. You’ve gotta play the game the way the refs call it.

8:35, Northeastern leads 55-46 Timeout appeared to be the right call for Northwestern. They went on a 6-0 run after the break. Now JMU will hope to duplicate that success.

9:44, Northeastern leads 49-46 A layup from Curtis Pierre and a 4-0 run prompts Northeastern to call timeout. The Huskies look a lot sloppier in this half, and need to regroup if they want to keep their lead.

11:09, Northeastern leads 49-42 Northeastern’s Mark Washington picks up his fourth foul. Expect a lot of foul news down the stretch - the refs are blowing the whistle on anything, even if it’s away from the action. JMU is approaching 50 percent from the field, with Terrance Carter to thank for that. he’s leading the team with 12 points. Neither team is above .500 from the free-throw line, and both have logged at least 10 attempts.

13:23, Northeastern leads 45-38  JMU’s Juwann James picks up his fourth foul, though he likely was not the player who committed the foul. There are now 28 fouls between the teams, ensuring this game won’t develop any sort of rhythm.

16:29, Northeastern leads 42-34 As seems to be the trend tonight, the trailing team begins a comeback to start the second half. Northeastern calls timeout after a Terrance Carter layup cuts the lead to single-digits.

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