Saturday’s contest between the Appalachian State Mountaineers (10-7, 4-2 Sun Belt) and the James Madison Dukes (10-8, 3-3 Sun Belt) at Atlantic Union Bank Center has a good chance to be a competitive matchup,

Xavier Brown led Jamess Madison (10-8, 3-3 SBC) with 13 points. Elijah Everett-Hutchins added 12 and Lindsay 10. Mark Freeman, who burned the Herd for 31 points in the first meeting, managed just five. He was 1-of-7 from the field with no threes in four tries. He had gone over 1,500 career points and 500 career assists in his previous game.