Box Score

Junior forward Julius Wells shot 9-of-11 from beyond the arc to net 28 points as James Madison held off Northeastern for a 75-69 win in Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball action on Monday night at the JMU Convocation Center in Harrisonburg, Va. Sophomore Dinko Marshavelski led the Huskies with a career-high 23 points.

The Huskies (4-9, 0-2 CAA) were up by eight in the first half, but the Dukes (11-3, 1-1) rallied in the second for their fifth straight win.

Wells tied a James Madison record with his nine three-pointers, never even attempting a two-point field goal, and was joined in double figures by senior forward Denzel Bowles, who chipped in 19 points, nine rebounds and two blocks.

In addition to his career scoring high, Marshavelski blocked three shots for the Huskies. Rookie forward Ryan Pierson notched 17 points and seven rebounds and sophomore guard Jonathan Lee hit 12 points. Freshman guard Alex Harris had six assists and four steals and sophomore forward Kauri Black set a career high with six assists.

After junior forward Rayshawn Goins opened the scoring with a layup for the Dukes, Marshavelski scored six straight points for the Huskies, putting in a layup, knocking down a jumper from the free throw line and hitting a pair of free throws to match his previous career high of six points within the first four minutes of the game and stake Northeastern to an early 6-2 lead.

Pierson netted Northeastern's next six points to put the Huskies up 12-7 and later knocked down a jumper to put Northeastern up, 18-11, midway through the first half. The Huskies built the lead to eight when Harris completed a traditional three-point play for a 29-21 lead with 5:53 to go in the first half.

Junior guard Humpty Hitchens hit a jumper at the buzzer for the Dukes to cut Northeastern's lead to 38-34 at the half.

A 7-0 spurt early in the second half gave the Dukes their first lead since the opening minute with Wells hitting a three to tie the score and Bowles following with a layup that put James Madison up, 44-42, with 15:57 to go. That was part of a 14-2 James Madison run that had the Dukes up, 51-44, with 12:12 left.

James Madison never relinquished the lead after that point. The Huskies got back within one in the final two minutes of the game, but sophomore guard Devon Moore and Bowles got back-to-back buckets to put the game out of reach.

Both sides shot over 50 percent from the field, with James Madison's 26-of-48 (54.2 percent) besting Northeastern's 27-of-53 (50.9 percent). The Huskies outrebounded the Dukes by a 27-24 margin, with Northeastern getting 12 offensive boards that led to 13 second-chance points.

The Huskies wrap up a seven-game road trip on Wednesday, visiting Old Dominion for a CAA matchup at 7 p.m. in Norfolk, Va.