TOWSON, Md. – Five was the magic number following Towson University's solid 83-61 victory over Sacred Heart in a non-conference men's basketball game at SECU Arena Saturday afternoon.
 
Playing on the fifth day of December, Towson extended its winning streak to five games. Arnaud William Adala Moto led five Towson players in double figures with his second career double-double of 16 points and 13 rebounds while Walter Foster added a career best 15 points.
 
How It Happened

• Towson scored the first six points of the game and never trailed.
• Towson led by double figures for the final 26 minutes, 59 seconds.
• Eddie Keith III scored five of his seven points during a 12-0 first-half burst.
• Keith III's monster one-handed dunk down the lane that shook the SECU Arena to its core was the centerpiece of that Towson run, which turned an 8-7 lead into a 20-7 advantage.
• Towson's defense limited Sacred Heart's leading scorer Cane Broome to one point in the opening 20 minutes.
• Walter Foster converted a pair of "and-ones" during a 12-2 burst late in the first half that swelled the Tigers' lead to 35-17.
• Sacred Heart got scoring from three players in the first half.
• John Davis ended the first half with a 3-pointer as the buzzer sounded to give Towson its largest halftime edge of the season, 42-25.
• With its 17-point advantage sliced to 47-37 with 15:49 seconds remaining, Towson put the game away with a 19-6 burst that expanded its bulge to 66-43.
• During Towson's finishing flurry, Walter Foster and Adala Moto combined to score 13 points.
• Timajh Parker-Rivera dunked off of pass from Adala Moto with 4:08 remaining that gave Towson its largest lead of the contest, 80-56.

 
Inside the Numbers

• Towson placed five players in double figures for the second time this season.
• Adala Moto posted his second career double-double and first as a Tiger.
• Adala Moto's 13 rebounds were a career-high, surpassing the 11 he had against NC State on 1-15-14.
• Foster made 6-of-9 shots.
• Mike Morsell and Parker-Rivera finished with 11 points each.
• Davis finished with 10 points.
• Towson received 29 points from its reserves, one shy of its season best output against Gallaudet.
• Towson shot 51.5 percent after intermission (17-for-33), the second straight game it has made at least 50 percent of its baskets in the final 20 minutes.
• Parker-Rivera finished with three blocks to raise his career total to 106, which moved him past Jerelle Benimon and into seventh place all-time.
• Towson is 25-10 all-time at SECU Arena.
• Towson is 4-0 at home this season.
• Nine players hit the scoring column for the Tigers.
• This is the third straight season that Towson has enjoyed a winning streak of at least five games.
• Towson has scored 80 or more points in three of its last four games.
• During its five-game winning streak, Towson's average margin of victory has been 18.4 points.
• The consecutive victories by 20 or more points for Towson is the first time since November 29-30, 2013 that the Tigers have won two straight games by that margin (Citadel 84-59 & Abilene Christian 74-47).
• This is the second time in three years that Towson has opened the season by winning its first four home games.
• Towson is 6-0 when leading at halftime this season.
• Towson has held four of its last five opponents below 40 percent shooting.

 
Parker-Rivera on Towson's defense
"We always pride ourselves on playing strong defense. It was great to have a nice defensive effort today."
 
Towson head coach Pat Skerry
"It was a good win for us and I am proud of the guys. We held them to 35 percent shooting and was plus 16 on the glass. I am pleased with the ball movement and I think we're starting to see some of the things that we talked about. In order for us to get to where we think we can get to, it's going to be a team effort."
 
Up Next
Towson starts a two-game road trip with a short trek into Baltimore to meet Loyola Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m.