CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Towson University men's basketball team dropped a tough 62-57 decision to the College of Charleston in a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) contest at TD Arena Thursday night.
 
The Tigers had an opportunity for the win as they had the ball with 19 seconds remaining and trailing, 58-57. The Tigers missed a jump shot and the Cougars made four straight free throws to earn the victory.
 
Records
Towson           8-8 overall, 0-3 CAA
Charleston       12-4, 3-0
 
How It Happened

• Arnaud William Adala Moto led Towson with 15 points on 7-of-15 shooting.
• Eddie Keith II grabbed a career high 10 rebounds and finished with seven points.
• Brian Starr finished with nine points and six rebounds.
• Trailing 56-49 with 2:47 remaining, Towson used an 8-2 run to put itself in position for a victory.
• Keith scored on a tip-in with 23 seconds left to pull Towson to within, 58-57.
• The Tigers forced another turnover to get the ball back.
• Towson scored six points over a nine-minute stretch of the second half after John Davis scored to give the Tigers their final lead of the game, 43-42.
• Towson was 5-for-14 from the foul line in the second half.
• Trailing 47-45, Towson missed four consecutive free throws.
• Starr scored on a layup off of a nice pass from Justin Gorham to give Towson a 15-9 lead.
• The Tigers made 52 percent of their shots in the first half.

 
Inside the Numbers

• Towson's first seven baskets were scored by different players.
• Overall 10 Towson players hit the scoring column in the first half.
• This was the fifth time this season Keith has grabbed at least five rebounds.
• This was the sixth straight game in which Deshaun Morman registered multiple steals.
• Towson went with its fifth different starting lineup of the season.
• For Adala Moto it was his 11th time scoring double figures this season and the 34th time in his career.
• Towson won the battle of the benches, 21-14.
• The Tigers outscored the Cougars, 30-20, in points in the paint.
• Towson limited Charleston to 39.2 percent shooting, its fifth opponent its held below 40 percent shooting.
• Jarrell Brantley had a double-double (19 points, 13 rebounds).
• Joe Chealey scored a game-high 22 points to lead Charleston.
• The teams that Towson lost to (UNCW, James Madison and Charleston) are a combined 9-0 in CAA play.

 
Up Next
Towson concludes its three-game, six-day road trip with a visit to Elon Saturday night at 7 p.m.