CAA Men’s Basketball Recap – Jan. 27
Dylan Smith
Towson 75, Northeastern 65
Box Score
Dylan Williamson drained five of the team’s 11 3-pointers in Towson’s 75-65 victory over Northeastern (11-10, 3-5 CAA) on CBS Sports Network. The 6-foot-1 guard finished with a team-high 21 points on a 5-for-6 showing from deep. Tyler Tejada chipped in 18 points on an 8-for-11 shooting performance from the floor to go with nine boards. The Tigers (12-8, 7-1 CAA) have won 22 straight games when registering double-digit treys made in a game.
Tejada and Northeastern’s LA Pratt came out firing, each scoring seven points for their respective teams en route to a 9-9 tie through the first 5:28 of the game. The Tigers surged with a 16-5 run capped off by a Nendah Tarke 3-pointer to claim an 11-point lead, 25-14, with under 10 minutes to play in the opening stanza. Pratt trimmed the Huskies’ deficit down to as few as two, 29-27, finishing off a 13-4 stretch with five unanswered points, including a triple from the corner with 4:44 to play. Pratt finished with a game-best 22 points. Towson unloaded a flurry of treys as Williamson drained three of the team’s four straight 3-pointers to close the half and secure a 41-29 advantage at the intermission. After a quick Towson basket on the opening possession of the second stanza, Northeastern rattled off nine unanswered points, with Rashad King sinking back-to-back layups at the rim to pull the Huskies’ within five, 43-38, and force a Tigers’ timeout just past the 16-minute mark. It was as close as the Huskies would get as Towson grew its lead to as many as 18 with 3:32 remaining. Northeastern closed the game on a 12-4 run before the Tigers earned its sixth consecutive win. Towson scored 23 points off of 17 Huskies’ miscues.