Towson Athletics announced Thursday afternoon that Niki Geckeler will be the new women’s basketball Head Coach. Geckeler previously held the same position at Howard University in Washington, D.C. for the past five years. With Howard, Geckeler led the Bison to back-to-back 20-plus win seasons and reached the postseason three times. “When we started this search, we went in search of a coach that would possess the characteristics needed to build the Towson women’s basketball program [...]

Towson concluded its season Friday afternoon with a 59-48 loss to No. 2 James Madison in the quarterfinal round of the Colonial Athletic Association tournament. No. 7 Towson (12-18, 6-12 CAA) traveled to Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md. after avoiding a first-round game in the conference tournament. While the Tigers entered the game with a three-game win streak, the Dukes (22-9, 15-3 CAA) played much more efficient basketball and were able to fend off the [...]

Head Coach Pat Skerry, junior forward Jerrelle Benimon and other members of the men’s basketball team received awards from the Colonial Athletic Association Friday night at the conference’s pre-tournament awards banquet in Richmond, Va. Skerry was named the CAA Coach of the Year and Benimon was named the CAA Player of the Year. Benimon was also named to the First Team All-CAA and CAA All-Defensive Team. Freshman point guard Jerome Hairston was named to the [...]

Towson closed out the regular season with a 66-57 road win over UNC-Wilmington Wednesday night. The win is the team’s third in a row and fifth out of the last six games. Towson (12-17, 6-12 Colonial Athletic Association) came out flat to begin the game, as UNC-Wilmington (3-25, 2-15 CAA) jumped out to a quick 9-3 lead. Behind the stellar play of junior guard Tanisha McTiller and forward Nyree Williams, the Tigers were able to [...]

Towson closed out the Towson Center in memorable fashion Saturday night with a 79-63 win over William & Mary. The win was Head Coach Joe Mathews’ 146th victory of his coaching career, which sets the program record. Junior guard Tanisha McTiller capped off the home slate of the season for the Tigers (11-17, 5-12 Colonial Athletic Association) by scoring her 1,000th career point. McTiller finished the game with a game-high 28 points, but her most [...]

Towson faces off William and Mary today.

Just one season removed from setting the NCAA record for consecutive losses, Towson made NCAA history, setting the record for the largest season-turnaround in the team’s final game in the Towson Center Saturday. With the 67-64 win over the Hofstra Pride (7-24, 4-14 Colonial Athletic Association), the Tigers (18-13, 13-5 CAA) earned their 18th victory of the season, marking a 17.5 game improvement from last year’s one-win team. The previous record for a season-turnaround was [...]

Towson scores a comeback win Thursday night.

Junior forward Jerrelle Benimon was named a finalist for the 2013 Lou Henson Award. The award is given to the Mid-Major Player of the Year, or in other words, the top player who doesn’t play in a “Power Six” conference. With 19, Benimon leads the nation in “double-doubles.” He is fourth in the nation in rebounding averaging 11.1 and 73rd in the nation in points with 17.2 per game. Benimon was also the first player [...]

For the first time since 1977, Towson won at George Mason, bringing the Tigers one win shy of the greatest season turnaround in NCAA Divison-I history. The Tigers (17-13, 12-5 Colonial Athletic Association) held off the Patriots (17-12, 10-7 CAA) 85-81 in overtime in Fairfax, Va., marking the team’s first win against the Patriots in 20 tries. “We have an awesome University here and we’re trying to build something that everyone can be proud of,” [...]