4:34, Northeastern leads 25-20 And now the whistles come out. The pace of this game grinds to a halt the teams have now combined for 18 fouls. Timeout is called by JMU. Abdulai Jalloh stays in the game with two fouls, Juwann James sits with three. For the Huskies, only Chris Alvarez has two, he’s currently on the bench.

7:42, Northeastern leads 18-16 James Madison is not afraid to let the shots fly, they’re 6 of 18 right now. Northeastern is selecting more carefully, going 8 of 12, though none of those points have been scored in the paint.

12:10, Northeastern leads 11-9 The Huskies come out in a man-to-man defense, as to the JMU Dukes. It’s going to be a dogfight, and that’s not a prediction, just a very bad pun.

15:58, James Madison leads 5-4 Northeastern’s Chris Alvarez misses a pair of free throws, which, as we learned in the last game, can be costly.

18:01, James Madison leads 3-0 The computer ate the pregame report (due to user stupidity), so let’s jump right into the action as No. 6 Northeastern takes on No. 11 James Madison. The crowd is highly partisan towards the Dukes, who are playing in slick gold uniforms. It’s a strong start for JMU as Abdulai Jalloh hits a 3-pointer.

Tonight’s winner gets No. 3 George Mason tomorrow in the 8:30 p.m. game.