TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's basketball team fell to 0-4 in Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) play after a 78-67 loss to Hofstra on Thursday afternoon at SECU Arena.

KEY STATS

• Tyler Tejada, Tyler Coleman and Jaquan Womack all scored in double figures putting up 22, 16 and 14, respectively.
• Tejada played all 40 minutes and Dylan Williamson play 39 minutes and three seconds.
• Caleb Embeya led the team with nine rebounds.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The game remained close, with no lead greater than four until 3:48 left in the first half when Coleman finished an and-one to give Towson a 27-26 lead.
• The Pride went on an 11-0 run over the next 2:39 to eventually end the half up nine points.
• The second half saw no significant runs with Hofstra only extending their lead to 17 and Towson bringing it as close as seven before the Pride finished with the 11-point win.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Tejada moved up to 27^th all-time on the all-time Towson scoring with 1,064 points passing Roger Dickens and Zane Martin.
• Hofstra had four players play over 38 minutes and only had one bench player play more than four minutes.
• Caleb Embeya played 30 minutes off the bench.

 
UP NEXT
Towson heads on the road to face Northeaster on Saturday. The Huskies have been without a key contributor, LA Pratt, for all but three games this season. In his absence, Youri Fritz leads the team with 11.5 points per game and adds 5.1 rebounds per game. Xander Alaire is the team's top rebounder with 7.4 per game while adding 10.3 points per game. In conference play, William Kermoury leads Northeastern with 19.3 points per game. Ty Francis adds 13.3 points per game in CAA play while pulling down 5.0 rebounds per game. Mike Loughnane, Francis, Fritz, Kermoury and Ryan Williams have started every conference game.