Dukes Put Themselves in 0-2 Hole

Why yes. This is the same pic of Wells we always use.

JMU fell to 0-2 in CAA play with a 73-61 loss to Northeastern yesterday. It’s not exactly time to hit the panic button, but I’m starting to get an eerie feeling about this team. Twelve points isn’t a blow-out, but Northeastern got off to a hot start, building a 9-0 lead, and never looked back. The Huskies ended up with a season high 18 assists and shot over 50% from the field, while knocking down 10 of 21 from behind the arc.

The good news for JMU was that Julius Wells hit on 4 of 6 from three point land and finished with a game high 18 points. JMU also had 18 fewer turnovers than last game, but I don’t think that counts as good news since they were coming off a 26 turnover stinker at Stanford. The bad news is that the injuries to Moore and Semenov seem to be catching up to this team. Wells played 40 minutes again, and was forced to carry the offensive load for a team short on options. Which brings us to the really bad news, Denzel Bowles missed the game because he was suspended by Coach Brady for a violation of team rules. The Dean Keener Dukes seemed to have a team rule prohibiting big men from actually being productive, which Bowles would certainly be in violation of. I’m pretty sure that rule wasn’t carried over to the Brady error though. I have no idea what Denzel did. I just hope it wasn’t too serious and that he’s back on the court this week. This team will struggle in conference play without him.