NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. – The Towson University men's basketball team dropped an 80-66 decision to William & Mary in a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) quarterfinal at the North Charleston Coliseum Sunday afternoon.
 
Sophomore Zane Martin led four Towson players in double figures with 18 points and a career best nine assists. Sophomore Justin Gorham had a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds.
 
Senior Mike Morsell added 14 points and seven rebounds. In finishing his career as the seventh all-time leading scorer in program history with 1,523 points, Morsell also grabbed six rebounds. Eddie Keith II scored 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting.
 
Towson's seniors of Morsell, Keith II, and Brian Starr departed the floor with 37.6 seconds remaining. They all shook Towson head coach Pat Skerry's hand as they headed to the bench.
 
William & Mary, which got 24 points, six rebounds, and seven assists from David Cohn, advances to the semifinals to meet top-seeded College of Charleston Monday night at 6 p.m.
 
Records
Towson                       18-14
William & Mary          19-11
 
How It Happened

• The Tigers shot 40.9 percent (27-for-66).
• William & Mary made six 3-pointers after Towson closed to within, 42-39, with 17 minutes remaining.
• W&M used a 9-0 surge to open a 51-39 lead with 12:38 remaining.
• Towson had a chance to pull to within one point, but missed a fast break layup.
• W&M scored on its next possession beginning a W&M run.
• After Justin Gorham's dunk pulled Towson to within three points, the Tigers missed five straight shots and went 4:05 without scoring.
• Martin's first basket of the second half was a one-handed dunk off of a fast break.
• Trailing 41-32 at intermission, Towson started the second half by scoring seven of the first 10 points.
• After falling behind, 31-15 with 8:15 left in the first half, the Tigers held W&M without a field goal for over five minutes as they clawed back into the contest.
• The Tribe made seven of its first 10 shots.
• Gorham scored Towson's first six points.

 
Inside the Numbers

• Towson had three dunks in the second half.
• The Tigers scored 36 points in the paint.
• This was Gorham's third straight double-double.
• He finished the season with five double-doubles.
• This was Gorham's sixth game this season with double-digit rebounds.
• Morsell reached double figures in scoring for the 26th time this season and the 77th of his career.
• This was Morsell's 17th consecutive game scoring in double figures.
• This was the seventh time this season, Morsell finished with at least seven rebounds.
• Martin scored in double figures 30 times this season.
• This was the 19th time Martin led the Tigers in scoring this season.
• Martin, who scored 15 points in the second half, reached double digits 22 times after intermission.
• Keith II had 16 of his 26 career double digit scoring outings this season.
• Towson had 15 assists.
• The Tigers attempted nine foul shots.
• Gorham, Morsell, and Keith accounted for 25 of Towson's 32 first half points.
• This was the sixth time in the last seven games that Towson has trailed W&M by double digits.
• This is the Tribe's fifth straight appearance in the CAA semifinals.
• Sophomore Nathan Knight recorded a double-double with 15 points and 11 boards for W&M.
• W&M senior Connor Burchfield and redshirt sophomore Matt Milon both had three treys apiece and finished with 15 and 13 points.