The James Madison Dukes and the Northeastern Huskies meet in college basketball action from Matthews Arena on Sunday afternoon.

The James Madison Dukes will look to bounce back after a 72-63 loss to Northeastern in the first half of the back-to-back last time out. Matt Lewis leads the Dukes in scoring with 21.7 PPG along with 5.2 RPG and 4.1 APG both team-highs while Vado Morse has 11.6 PPG as the only other double-digit scorer for James Madison coming into this rematch with Northeastern. Julian Wooden has 9.3 PPG with 3.5 RPG while Justin Amadi has 9.2 PPG with 5 RPG this season. As a team, James Madison is averaging 78.9 PPG on 45.9% shooting from the field, 34.4% from 3-point range and 64.8% from the foul line while allowing 70.6 PPG on 41.6% shooting from the field and 29.6% from 3-point range this season.

The Northeastern Huskies will look to sweep the back-to-back with JMU and improve on their 8-5 record this season. Tyson Walker led the Huskies with 15.8 PPG with a team-high 5.3 APG and 2.2 steals per game while Jahmyl Telfort had 12.2 PPG with 3.8 RPG. Shaquille Walters has 11.1 PPG with 7.2 RPG to lead the Huskies in rebounding while Jason Strong has 10.2 PPG to make up the group of double-digit scorers for the Huskies so far this season. As a team, Northeastern is averaging 67.7 PPG on 44.3% shooting from the field, 36.3% from 3-point range and 72.8% from the foul line while giving up 67.8 PPG on 42.8% shooting from the field and 29.2% from 3-point range this season.

James Madison is 4-1 ATS in their last 5 road games and 5-2 ATS in their last 7 games overall while the over is 5-2 in their last 7 games against a team with a winning record. Northeastern is 7-0 ATS in their last 7 games overall and 5-0 ATS in their last 5 home games while the under is 18-7-1 in their last 26 games as a home favorite. The favorite is 7-0 ATS in the last 7 meetings between these two teams.

The points with JMU are tempting as the Dukes have been playing very well to start the year. However, Northeastern’s been a covering machine up to this point and while this may feel like a ton of points I think the Huskies pull away late with free thitems to get the job done. I’ll lay the points with Northeastern in this spot.