TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's basketball team held Delaware to one basket over the final 3 minutes, 55 seconds and survived a last second 3-point shot attempt to claim a 67-65 victory in a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) contest at SECU Arena Thursday night.
 
Senior guard Mike Morsell helped Towson defeat Delaware for the sixth consecutive time by scoring 13 of his game-high 19 points in the second half. Senior guard Brian Starr, who was celebrating his birthday, added 15 points. Senior forward Eddie Keith II and sophomore guard Zane Martin finished with nine points each and junior Alex Thomas tied his season best with nine rebounds.   
 
Keith II blocked Ryan Allen's potential game-winning 3-point shot attempt from the top of the key as time expired to help Towson end a two-game home skid.
 
Ryan Daly, playing his first game since Jan. 25, and Anthony Mosley led the Blue Hens with 18 points each. Allen finished with 15 points for Delaware, which lost its ninth straight game.
 
Records
Delaware         11-17 overall, 4-11 CAA
Towson           18-10, 8-7
 
Quotable
Towson head coach Pat Skerry on the win.
"It was a great team win. Unfortunately, we've been on the flip side of a lot of these games. I am proud of the guys. Eddie showed great discipline on the last play by staying straight up. We needed this win. We settled down in the second half, turned it over four times and got some good shots."
 
How It Happened

• Towson turned four offensive rebounds into five points following the final media timeout that made the difference.
• Thomas grabbed an offensive rebound and made a foul shot to give the Tigers the lead for good, 64-63, with 2:49 remaining.
• Mosley gave the Blue Hens their last lead at 63-61 with 3:55 remaining.
• Delaware shot 1-for-6 and committed a pair of turnovers to finish the game.
• The game featured 17 ties and 13 lead changes.
• Jordan McNeil delivered a career best four assists in 17 minutes.
• Starr scored 10 points in the opening half.
• Dennis Tunstall supplied plenty of energy finishing with six rebounds.
• Delaware constructed a pair of seven point leads in the first half before settling into a 32-30 advantage at the break.
• Eric Carter (nine rebounds) and Daly (seven) combined for 16 of Delaware's 30 rebounds.

 
Inside the Numbers

• This is the ninth time as a Division I program, Towson has won at least 18 games.
• Morsell moved past Bill Leonard (1,469) and into eighth all-place on the Towson all-time scoring list.
• Morsell has 1,477 career points.
• Morsell also moved into third place all-time in 3-pointers made (148) at the 11:15 mark of the second half following his third triple of the game that gave Towson a 50-47 lead.
• This was the 20th time this season and the 73rd time in his career that Morsell has reached double figures scoring.
• He has scored in double figures in 10 consecutive contests.
• This was the 10th time this season and 16th of his career that Starr reached double figures.
• Towson is 10-0 this season when Starr scores double digits.
• The Tigers won the rebounding battle, 37-30.
• Thomas grabbed seven of his boards after intermission.
• The Tigers improved to 24-13 all-time at home against Delaware.

 
Up Next
Towson plays its final home game of the 2017-18 season when it hosts James Madison. It will be Senior Night as Towson will recognize Van Rolle, Starr, Keith II, and Morsell prior to the start of Saturday's game, which begins at 7 p.m. In addition, Towson will also host its second African-American Hall of Fame celebration during the game.