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 [...]

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 [...]

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,” [...]

Up 71-70 with 11 seconds remaining against Drexel, Towson freshman point guard Jerome Hairston stole a pass from Damion Lee and sprinted down court when Derrick Thomas fouled him. Hairston made one of two free throws, propelling the Tigers to a 72-71 win. On the Dragons’ (11-17, 7-9 Colonial Athletic Association) last possession, Kazembe Abif was fouled with two seconds remaining, but failed to hit the first free throw. In an attempt to miss the [...]

The Tigers take on the Drexel Dragons.

Towson bounced back from its five-point defeat at James Madison, beating Hofstra University 57-50 in its final game of a three-game road stretch Saturday evening. The Tigers (15-13, 10-5 Colonial Athletic Association) shot 51.2 percent from the field against the Pride (6-20, 3-10 CAA), including 66.7 percent from the field in the second half. Saturday night’s game marked the fourth time in the past five games that Towson shot better than 50 percent from the [...]

Towson dropped the second game of the current three-game road trip, falling to James Madison 75-70 Tuesday night in Harrisonburg, Va. The loss, which snapped Towson’s four-game winning streak, drops the Tigers (14-13, 9-5 Colonial Athletic Association) into a tie for third in the conference with the Dukes (15-12, 9-5 CAA). “It was your typical, hard-fought conference game against a good team on the road,” Head Coach Pat Skerry said. “I thought we played really [...]

Towson won its fourth consecutive game Saturday afternoon in Atlanta, Ga. beating Colonial Athletic Association foe Georgia State in overtime 90-82. Junior guard Rafriel Guthrie led the Tigers (14-12, 9-4 CAA) off the bench with a career-high 23 points on 8-10 shooting from the field. Guthrie also added six assists to his stat line. “He was tremendous,” Head Coach Pat Skerry said. “He was a major catalyst for us today.” Four other Tigers scored in [...]

Towson University beats Delaware’s men basketball team 85-65 on 2/6. With special appearance by Torrey Smith.