TOWSON, Md. – Three Towson University men's basketball players reached double figures in scoring during a 67-55 setback to visiting College of Charleston in a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) contest at SECU Arena Thursday night.
 
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Towson head coach Pat Skerry on the game.
"Give Charleston credit. That's obviously a terrific basketball team. I thought the effort was good. The turnovers weren't high but we were choppy at inopportune times. To beat a team like that, you've got to have a couple of guys play above themselves. To their credit, (Jarrell Brantley and Grant Riller) played really well and they're tough to stop."
 
How It Happened

• Senior guard Jordan McNeil scored a season-high 14 points to lead the Tigers.
• McNeil scored 11 points in the second half, including the Tigers' first five points.
• McNeil's 3-pointer 97 seconds into the second half cut the College of Charleston's lead to 31-28.
• This was McNeil's second straight game reaching double figures in scoring.
• McNeil is averaging 12 points in Towson's last two games.
• Junior Brian Fobbs added 13 points, five rebounds and three assists.
• Nakye Sanders finished with 11 points and a team best eight rebounds.
• Tobias Howard added nine points on a trio of second half 3-pointers.
• Howard made 3-pointers on consecutive possessions to bring the Tigers to within, 51-44 with 8:19 remaining.
• Riller scored 15 of his game-high 24 points in the first half to help the Cougars to a 29-23 halftime lead.
• Brantley had 15 of his 23 points after intermission, including six straight in 65 seconds during a 10-2 Charleston surge after Towson closed to 31-28.

 
Inside the Numbers

• Fobbs reached double digits for the 11th straight game.
• Sanders scored in double figures for the eighth time this season and the 13th time in his career.
• Sanders made his first career 3-pointer with 4:30 remaining in the first half.
• McNeil hit for double figures for the fifth time this season and the 14th time in his career.
• This was the ninth game this season in which Howard has made at least two 3-pointers.
• Dennis Tunstall had two blocked shots.
• Jakigh Dottin made his first start of the season.
• Riller attempted the same amount of free throws as the entire Towson team (nine).
• Towson won the battle of the benches, 25-16.
• Despite shooting 1 of 12 from 3-point range, the Cougars were 25 of 53 (47.2 percent) from the field and made all but one of their 17 free-throw attempts.
• This was Charleston's 10th consecutive victory.

 
Up Next

• Towson continues its homestand on Saturday when it hosts UNCW at 2 p.m. UNCW outlasted James Madison, 86-83, in double overtime.