HARRISONBURG, Va. – Zane Martin scored 28 points and Mike Morsell added 20 but it wasn't enough for the Towson University men's basketball team in a 79-73 loss at James Madison in a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) contest at the Convocation Center Saturday afternoon.
 
Justin Gorham added a career best 17 rebounds and scored nine points for the Tigers. Eddie Keith II also reached double digits for Towson with 10 points. Keith II scored Towson's final five points.
 
Stuckey Mosley led James Madison with 35 points. De Velle Phillips, who dunked with 69 seconds remaining to give the Dukes the lead for good, added 17 points and eight rebounds.
 
Records
Towson                       16-9 overall, 6-6 CAA
James Madison            7-18, 3-9
 
How It Happened

• While making five of its final six shots over the final five minutes, JMU outscored Towson, 21-10.
• The Tigers were 3-of-13 from the field and 4-of-9 from the foul line over that same span.
• After Morsell gave Towson its final lead, 68-66, with 2 minutes, 8 seconds remaining, JMU scored eight straight points.
• Martin buried a corner 3-pointer that put Towson ahead, 63-58, with 4:51 remaining.
• Mosley scored 26 of JMU's 50 points in the second half.
• Mosley had 23 points over the final 12:21 of the contest.
• The Dukes shot 61.5 percent in the second half (16-for-26).
• Meanwhile, the Tigers made 39.4 percent of their shots in the second half (13-of-33).
• Gorham turned a missed shot into a basket that gave the Tigers a 51-40 edge with 12:44 remaining.
• Morsell scored Towson's first 10 points of the second half.
• Martin scored 18 points in the opening 20 minutes as Towson rallied from an early nine-point deficit.
• Martin made a steal at midcourt and while lying on his back, fired a pass to Eddie Keith II, who dunked during the middle of Towson's 7-0 first half surge that gave it a 22-19 lead.

 
Inside the Numbers

• Morsell became the 11th player in program history to score 1,400 career points.
• Morsell upped his career total to 1,410 points.
• Gorham's 17 rebounds are the tied for the ninth-best single game total in program history.
• The 17 rebounds are the most since John Davis had that same total on Feb. 2, 2017.
• In two games this week, Gorham averaged 15 rebounds.
• This was the second time this season that Martin and Morsell finished with at least 20 points in the same game.
• Martin has scored at least 20 points in 14 games this season.
• He has scored in double figures in 19 consecutive games.
• Martin complemented his scoring with five rebounds and a season best four steals.
• Towson scored 17 fast break points.
• The Tigers forced seven JMU turnovers in the first six minutes of the second half.
• This was Mosley's third game of 30 or more points for JMU.
• James Madison extended its home court winning streak to three.
• Towson fell to 1-1 on its current three-game road trip.

 
Up Next
Towson concludes its three-game road trip at Drexel Thursday night. Game time is 7 p.m. Drexel has won four consecutive games following its 91-79 road win against William & Mary.