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BOSTON– Led by a double-double from
Anthony Green and a game-high 19 points from
Vasa Pusica, the Northeastern men's basketball team rolled James Madison 76-60 at Matthews Arena to pick up the Huskies' sixth-straight home victory Thursday night.
Green finished with 17 points and 11 rebounds on a 7-of-8 shooting night while Pusica added seven assists to his 18 points and made a pair of steals.
The Huskies got out to as much as an 18-point lead in the first half, that James Madison was able to squirrel down to just one point early in the second, but Northeastern regained as much as a 21-point lead in the second frame in the wire-to-wire victory.
Deshon Parker led the way for James Madison with 17 points while Matt Lewis added 15 points and nine rebounds and Stuckey Mosley was limited to just 10 points while making six turnovers thanks to some lock down defense from Donnell Gresham. Gresham also added eight points and six boards in addition to his defensive efforts.
Northeastern finished with 53.7 shooting from the field, the 12
th time this season they have shot 50 percent or better from the floor.
FIRST HALF
The Huskies started the game off on a 13-2 run thanks to a
Jordan Roland three from the corner with just five seconds left on the shot clock. Green followed by adding three dunks in the first six minutes of action to get the team out to the 11-point lead.
After scoring just five points in the first 10 minutes of play, James Madison raced out on an 8-0 run, thanks to back-to-back treys, over a 90 second span to make it a 23-13 game. But that run was ended by a Gresham 3-pointer to give the Huskies a 26-13 lead with eight minutes to go in the half.
The Dukes, who were down 18 at one point in the first half, finished the half on a 9-1 run to make it a 33-26 game at halftime.
SECOND HALF
James Madison added a trio of baskets, to Green's lone layup to make it a 35-33 game with 17:50 to go, eventually getting within one, 37-36, with 16:23 remaining in the game. The differential was the closest since the Huskies led 3-2 with 19:02 to go in the first half.
But a Green dunk, a Pusica layup, a Roland trey and a Green and-one completed a 10-2 run to give the Huskies some breathing room and a 47-38 lead with 11:46 to go.
Back-to-back treys by Gresham and Brace followed by a fastbreak layup from Murphy built the Huskies' lead back up to 15 with exactly eight minutes remaining in the half and Northeastern only continued to add to its lead en route to the 76-60 victory.
NEXT UP
The Huskies will round out their season at Matthews Arena on Saturday afternoon beginning at 12:30 p.m. where Northeastern will take on Towson. Senior Day festivities will commence approximately 15 minutes before tip time so get there early! Tickets are still available at
NUHuskies.com/Tickets
