ELON, N.C. – Zane Martin scored a career best 27 points to the lead the Towson University men's basketball team during its 75-72 setback to Elon in a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) contest at Alumni Gym Tuesday night.
 
Records
Towson           10-5 overall, 0-2 CAA
Elon                 10-5, 2-0
 
How It Happened

• Elon's Dmitri Thompson scored the final four points of the contest in the last 26 seconds to provide the winning margin.
• His layup with 26 seconds left gave Elon the lead for good, 73-72.
• The Tigers had two great looks – one to give them lead with under 10 seconds remaining and another that bounced off the front of the rim as the final buzzer sounded that would've forced overtime.
• In addition to Martin, Eddie Keith II added 10 points, including a put back of a missed shot with 56 seconds remaining that gave the Tigers their final lead of the game, 72-71.
• Justin Gorman and Deshaun Morman provided a lift off the bench with nine points each.
• Morman also added six rebounds and four steals.
• Towson had a trio of six point leads with under 10 minutes remaining, the last following a Martin 3-pointer that gave Towson a 62-56 lead with 7:13 left.
• In raising its home record to 6-0, the Phoenix made eight of its 11 3-pointers in the second half.
• Elon scored 48 points in the second half on 69.2 percent shooting.
• The Tigers were just as hot as they scored 41 points on 60.7 shooting.
• Elon made four of its final five shots.
• Trailing, 49-45 with 12:33 left, the Tigers responded with a 12-2 burst that gave them a 57-51 lead with under nine minutes left.
• Towson opened its largest advantage of the first half, 31-21, with 4:07 remaining after a Martin foul shot.
• After the Phoenix opened the game with a 3-pointer on its first possession, consecutive 3-pointers from Brian Starr and Martin quickly erased that deficit
• The Tigers led for the final 18:11 of the first half.
• Elon opened the game 3-of-15 shooting from the field.
• Towson made more 3-pointers (four) than Elon (three) did in the opening 20 minutes.
• Four players reached double figures for Elon led by Steven Santa Ana's 17 points.
• Tyler Seibring (16 points), Thompson (15) and Dainan Swoope (12 points, six assists) made key plays for Elon.

Inside the Numbers

• It was Martin's ninth game with at least 20 points this season.
• He has scored in double figures in 13 of the Tigers' 15 games.
• Martin has reached double digits in scoring in nine straight games.
• Martin also complemented his performance with a career best five assists.
• Martin is averaging 18.7 points on 50.5 percent shooting.
• Morsell finished with a season-high seven rebounds.
• Morman has at least four steals in two of Towson's last four games.
• Towson was scoreless the final 4:07 of the first half.
• The Tigers won the battle of the benches, 25-6.
• Towson outrebounded Elon, 33-30.
• This was the 10th time this season, Elon made double digit 3-pointers.
• Towson has allowed a team to make double-digit 3-pointers in three of its last five games.
• The seven free-throw attempts match a season low for the Tigers.
• There were 12 lead changes and six ties.

 
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Towson returns home to host UNCW on Friday, Jan. 5. The game from SECU Arena will begin at 7 p.m. It will also be BTU night.
 
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