NEWARK, Del. – The Towson University men's basketball team ignored the scoreboard and continued attacking. Displaying pride and passion, the Tigers kept making 3-pointers, hustling and displaying their trademark grit while giving every ounce of energy they had in trying to erase a 16-point deficit.
Unfortunately, the Tigers -- despite pulling to three points on twice in the final four minutes -- eventually ran out of time during an 84-78 setback to Delaware in a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) contest at the raucous Bob Carpenter Center Thursday night. This was Delaware's fifth straight victory.
Towson sophomore guard
Allen Betrand tied his career-high with a team-high 23 points on 9-for-14 shooting. Betrand scored on several twisting drives to the basket and sank a trio of triples after intermission.
Towson senior guard
Brian Fobbs added 19 points for the Tigers and redshirt freshman guard
Nicolas Timberlake tallied 11 points while grabbing a team best six rebounds.
The Tigers sliced a 16-point first half deficit to three with possession of the basketball against the Blue Hens. Towson missed a potential game-tying 3-pointer. With their first loss at Delaware since 2015, Towson's three-game road winning streak also ended.
How It Happened
- Delaware's Nate Darling, the CAA's fourth leading scorer, finished with a game-high 34 points and made six 3-pointers.
- Ryan Allen scored 16 of his 18 points in the first half to help Delaware to a 42-32 intermission advantage.
- The Blue Hens made 13 3-pointers while Towson made a season best 12 from beyond the arc.
- Despite trailing 58-43 with 11:11 remaining in the contest, the Tigers closed to within 67-64 with 3:52 left following a Betrand basket.
- Even though Delaware pushed its lead to 73-64 with 62 seconds left, Timberlake sank a 3-pointer to make it a 78-75 game with 21 seconds remaining.
- Trailing, 42-32, at intermission, the Tigers closed to within 47-41 three minutes into the second half.
- Towson stalled and scored two points over the next five minutes.
- After Towson scored the first basket of the contest, Delaware made 7 of its first 10 3-point shot attempts to open a 29-17 lead 10 minutes into the game.
Inside the Numbers
- Fobbs has made multiple 3-pointers in 30 career games.
- Fobbs has scored in double figures 21 times this season and 48 times in his career.
- Fobbs has 104 career 3-pointers.
- This was the third time in a CAA game that Fobbs has made at least four 3-pointers.
- Betrand reached double digits for the 19th time this season.
- Betrand has made two or more 3-pointers in a game 11 times this season.
- In two games against Delaware this season, Timberlake averaged 12.5 points.
- This was Timberlake's fourth game this season and the sixth of his career with double figures.
- Nakye Sanders had four assists to lead Towson.
- Jason Gibson scored nine points on a trio of triples.
- Gibson has made seven 3-pointers in Towson's last two games.
- This was the third time in Towson's last five games that Gibson made at least three 3-pointers in a game.
- Towson has allowed 25 3-pointers in its last two games.
- Towson shot 53.3 percent (16-for-30) in the second half.
- The Tigers won the rebounding battle, 30-29.
- Delaware attempted 32 free throws.
- Delaware's Kevin Anderson had 10 points, eight assists and seven rebounds.
- Towson is 3-2 in CAA road games this season.
Up Next
- Towson travels to face Drexel on Saturday at 2 p.m.
- The Dragons have won four straight home games.
