HARRISONBURG – James Madison has forced more turnovers than any other team in the Colonial Athletic Association.

The 21 turnovers gained by JMU puts the team third in all of FCS in the category and its next opponent, New Hampshire, is well aware.

“No matter where you go when you’re playing these guys is that you can’t turn the ball over,” UNH coach Sean McDonnell said Monday during the CAA coaches teleconference. “You just can’t give them more opportunities to have offensive output.”

This past Saturday, JMU scored 33 points off six William & Mary turnovers in a 46-14 win over the Tribe.

Last year, when JMU beat New Hampshire in the second round of the FCS playoffs, the Wildcats turned the ball over twice leading to 10 points for the Dukes.

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- McDonnell said he thinks JMU’s defense is “long and athletic.”

- The longtime Wildcats coach added he thinks the Dukes’ success starts with senior safety Raven Greene. He called Greene “probably one of the best defensive players in the CAA.”

- McDonnell said he hopes to have his sophomore safety Pop Lacey available this week against JMU. Lacey, an All-CAA third-team selection last year, has 34 tackles this year, but suffered a bone bruise to his left leg against Stony Brook last Saturday and didn't play this past Saturday against Towson.

- New Hampshire quarterback Trevor Knight has thrown for 1,905 yards and 18 touchdowns this season. JMU limited Knight to complete just 8-of-21 throws for 69 yards in the 2016 playoff game. McDonnell said Knight has learned to slow the game down, which has helped his development.

- JMU coach Mike Houston said when he watches Knight, he can tell Knight has grown from the experiences he’s had in his career, compared to when the Dukes first saw him last year.

- JMU’s win at William & Mary was its first in Williamsburg since the 2011 season. Houston said the game was important to a lot the Dukes’ older players because they hadn’t won there before.

- Since returning from a four-game suspension to start the year, Dukes senior receiver Terrence Alls has 17 catches for 221 yards, which puts him second on the team for receptions and third on the team for yards. Houston said Alls has done a great job in practice. “He’s full speed every single rep and is always doing things right,” the second-year coach said, before adding that Alls’ work in practice translates to success in games.