TOWSON, Md. – Certain things in life over the last four years have been inevitable like death, taxes, Drake dropping hits and Timajh Parker-Rivera appearing in a Towson University men's basketball game. After all, the affable senior forward has been durable, dependable and dedicated during his memorable Tiger career.
 
Last weekend, Parker-Rivera played in his 120th career contest and like many of them, he contributed to Towson's 79-72 victory over Northeastern with a solid eight-point and six-rebound effort. The game was significant for Parker-Rivera as he became Towson's all-time leader in games played, surpassing Robert Nwankwo and Robert Coleman. With 88 career starts, Parker-Rivera is currently tied with Steffan Bunsavage for seventh most starts in program history.
 
"Being the all-time leader in games played wouldn't be possible without my teammates past and present who have consistently encouraged and challenged me," Parker-Rivera said. "I am thankful for the opportunity coach (Pat Skerry) gave me to help change the culture of this program. It means everything to me that I was able to leave my stamp right here where I started."
 
The Tigers have a minimum of 11 games remaining beginning with their annual visit to Drexel on Thursday night. With each game he plays, Parker-Rivera will continue setting an impressive standard of consistent excellence that could stand for a while. If the Tigers can get to 20 wins, Parker-Rivera will also become the all-time winningest player in Towson's Division I program history, surpassing Devin Boyd, who won 74 games between 1988-1993.
 
"He's a great teammate," Skerry said. "He's a warrior and he practices like he plays. He has helped set the tone for our program during the last four years. He plays so hard."
 
Parker-Rivera is also ninth in school history in rebounding (607) and seventh in blocked shots (113). Next up for Parker-Rivera to pass in rebounding is Junior Hairston's total of 629 and blocked shots is Bobby Washington's mark of 126.
 

When	Thursday, January 28, 2016
Where	Philadelphia, Pa. (Daskalakis Athletic Center)
Time	7 p.m.
Team Records	Towson (14-7, 5-3 CAA), Drexel (3-16, 1-7)
Radio	TowsonTigers.com
Series	Drexel leads the series, 48-18
Last Meeting	Towson 69, Drexel 50 (January 16, 2016)

Tonight's Game
Towson concludes a two-game road trip with its annual visit to Drexel. This will conclude the season series as the teams meet 12 days ago at Towson with the Tigers posting a 69-50 victory. In that victory, junior Walter Foster blocked a career-high seven shots and William Adala Moto had a double-double with game-highs of 16 points and 11 rebounds.  This is a stretch in which Towson is playing four of its next five games on the road. Under Pat Skerry, Towson is 5-3 against Drexel. This will be the 67th meeting between Drexel and Towson. Drexel leads the all-time series, 48-18. The Tigers are 6-21 all-time against Drexel in Philadelphia, having won two of the last three trips to Market Street.
 
On the Air
Today's game can be heard live on CBS Sports Radio 1300.  Spiro Morekas will provide the play-by-play. 
 
Skerry on the Radio
Head Coach Pat Skerry can be heard on 10.5.7 the Fan every Tuesday at 12:25 during the 2015-16 season.  Skerry will talk with Vinny and Rob and everything Towson basketball.
 
CAA Road Warriors
Towson is off to a 3-1 road start in conference play. The Tigers have won two straight road games over Delaware and Northeastern. Towson will be looking for its first CAA three-game road win streak for the first time since closing the 2013-14 regular season with road triumphs against William & Mary, Northeastern, Hofstra and James Madison. The Tigers went 6-2 on the road in the CAA that season.
 
Nationally-Speaking
Towson is ranked among the top 50 nationally in several categories through Jan. 25. The Tigers are third in free-throw attempts (571), seventh in made free throws (390), seventh in total rebounds (858), 13th in offensive rebounding (14.2), 23rd in field goal percentage defense (39.2), 24th in total blocks (105), 26th in rebounding margin (7.5), 30th in scoring defense (64.1), 32nd in rebounds per game (40.8) and 40th in blocked shots per game (5.0).
 
Suffocating Scoring Defense
In its last three CAA games, Towson has held the opposition below 20 points in the first half: Drexel (12 points), Charleston (18) and Northeastern (19). Combined in the first half of last three games, teams are shooting 17-for-67 (25.3 percent). Drexel and Northeastern made five field goals during the entire 20 minutes.
 
600 Reasons
Towson has three players with at least 600 career points: Parker-Rivera (647), John Davis (663) and William Adala-Moto (701).
 
Scouting Drexel
Drexel has dropped four consecutive games following its 77-71 loss to UNCW on Sunday.  Rodney Williams finished 7-for-11 from the floor to score a team-high 17 points and added a career-high seven blocked shots and five rebounds. The junior now has 96 career blocks and is one block shy of tying Samme Givens for eighth all-time at Drexel.
 
Kazembe Abif finished with a solid day on the offensive end, scoring 14 points on 5-of-8 shooting for his fourth game in double-digits in his last six. Sammy Mojica hit three threes. The Dragons' leading scorer Tavon Allen managed eight points, six rebounds and four assists. Terrell Allen, who is second in the CAA in steals, added three more thefts in the contest to go along with eight points and five assists. The Dragons assisted on 15 of their 23 made baskets. Drexel was outrebounded, 43-29. UNCW pulled down 15 offensive rebounds and turned them into 15 points.
 
Drexel is last in the CAA in scoring offense (63.3) and fifth in scoring defense (70.9). Drexel is eighth in field goal percentage defense (45.1) and 10th in rebounding (34.2). The Dragons excel at blocking shots as they are fourth in the CAA (5.1).
 
Up Next
Towson returns home to host Delaware at 2 p.m. The game will televised live on Comcast Sportsnet with Brent Harris and John Feinstein on the call from SECU Arena.