CAA Men’s Basketball Recap – Feb. 28, 2026
Dylan Smith
William & Mary 91, N.C. A&T 88
Box Score
William & Mary (18-11, 9-8 CAA) staved off North Carolina A&T (11-17, 4-13 CAA) for a 91-88 victory on the road. Reese Miller led five Tribe players in double figures with 15 points on 6-of-11 shooting. Chase Lowe chipped in 14 points, eight boards and two steals in 27 minutes of work. Tunde Vahlberg Fasasi (13 pts.), Killian Brockhoff (11 pts.) and Kyle Pulliam (10 pts.) all logged four makes from the floor, while Vahlberg Fasasi dished out five assists in the win. The Aggies’ Lewis Walker unleashed 27 points on 11-of-16 shooting from the floor, while Trent Middleton added 15 points, 10 rebounds and six assists.
The Tribe jumped out to a seven-point lead, 16-9, following a Kyle Pulliam triple at the 14:31 mark of the frame. However, after missing the first two shots of the game, the Aggies knocked down nine straight shots, including five makes from Zamoku Weluche-Ume for 12 points, to put the home team ahead, 23-20, with 11:11 remaining. William & Mary watched its lead grow to as many as 12, with Jo’el Emanuel and Miller finishing in close to rattle off seven unanswered points late in the frame. The Tribe secured a 46-37 edge at the break.
The two programs nearly went shot-for-shot over the first four minutes of the second half. A trio of Will Felton makes in close sparked a 21-7 run, pulling the Aggies ahead, 66-65, with 11:21 to play. Felton also finished with 15 points. Miller took control shortly after with five straight points to reclaim a 72-68 lead. The Tribe continued to have an answer for the Aggies down the stretch, keeping the Aggies at bay until the final whistle. W&M prevented A&T from getting a final shot off as Chase Lowe forced a steal in the dwindling seconds to secure the three-point win.
Towson 71, Campbell 67
Box Score
After trailing by as many as 14 in the second half, Towson (16-14, 8-9 CAA) emerged with a 71-67 victory over Campbell (13-17, 7-10 CAA) at home. Jack Doumbia Jr. led all scorers with a prolific shooting performance, notching 20 points on 8-of-9 shooting performance from the floor with three boards, three assists and a pair of blocks. Tyler Tejada chipped in 17 points and eight boards in a full 40 minutes of work. Dylan Williamson chipped in 15 points, four boards and four assists. The Camels’ Chris Fields produced 17 points and nine boards to lead the way.
Towson’s Tejada and Doumbia combined to score 20 points on 7-of-7 shooting from the floor in the first 14 minutes to take a 26-23 lead. The Camels retaliated with eight straight points in the paint, finished off on a putback by Tasos Cook with under two minutes to play. The senior guard helped Campbell take a 36-30 lead into the intermission with a triple from the corner.
Treys from Cam Gregory and DJ Smith helped the Camels jump out to a 10-2 run and a 14-point lead, 46-32, just over three minutes into the stanza. Towson slashed its deficit down to as few as five after seeing Chike Ndefo lead an 8-0 spree, with six points on the back end of it. Campbell worked its advantage back up to double digits, 61-48, behind a pair of triples and a layup from Gregory with 7:36 to play. Williamson caught fire over the next three minutes, sinking a trio of 3-pointers, including the first 11 points of a 17-4 surge, to knot the score at 65 with under three minutes to play. Doumbia put the Tigers ahead for good with back-to-back finishes in the paint before Tejada sank a pair of free throws to seal the four-point win.
Monmouth 73, Elon 57
Box Score
Monmouth (16-14, 10-7 CAA) picked up a 73-57 home victory over Elon (14-16, 6-11 CAA) behind a 17-point, seven-rebound and five-assist showing from Jason Rivera Torres. The Hawks’ top scorer also shot 5-for-8 from the floor with a trio of 3-pointers and a 4-of-4 showing at the line to go with a pair of steals. Kavion McClain recorded 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the field, adding six boards, five assists and three steals. Justin Rays saw three of his four makes go down from distance en route to 13 points. Stefanos Spartalis logged 10 points and six rebounds off the bench. Elon’s Chandler Cuthrell went 11-for-11 at the charity stripe to secure 23 points.
After trading five leads in the first 6:05 of the game, the Hawks’ Ray and McClain combined to orchestrate an 11-0 run and take a 16-7 lead at the under-12 media timeout. Monmouth maintained a three-possession lead until Isaac Harrell scored seven of his 11 total points in a span of 94 seconds for Elon to make it a four-point game, 24-20, with 8:06 to play. It was as close as the Phoenix would get in the first half, with Monmouth securing a 34-26 lead at halftime.
Elon worked its deficit to as few as four once again, seeing a Bryson Cokley slam 91 seconds into the frame to make it 36-32. The Hawks went streaking with an 18-4 run and saw Rivera-Torres cap off the scoring spree with a dunk in transition to take a 54-38 lead at the 13-minute mark. Monmouth saw its advantage grow to as many as 21 before the final horn, seeing the Phoenix score the final five points of the game.
Hampton 76, Northeastern 65
Box Score
A 21-point effort from Michael Eley led Hampton (13-17, 7-10 CAA) to a 76-65 win over Northeastern (6-22, 2-15 CAA). The Pirates’ leading scorer went 7-for-11 from the floor and 5-for-5 from the free-throw line, adding six boards to his final line. Etienne Strothers and Daniel Johnson chipped in 12 points apiece off the bench, with the latter pulling down five boards in 23 minutes of work. Northeastern’s William Kermoury notched 13 points and 10 boards, while Youri Fritz chipped in 13 points and eight rebounds of his own.
The Huskies found themselves ahead by as many as four on two occasions early in the first half, leaning on Xavier Abreu and Petar Pinter from the charity stripe. A Christian Watson trey past the halfway mark helped jumpstart the Pirates offensively with a 14-7 run that gave the home team a 30-27 lead with under four minutes to play in the opening stanza. The Huskies closed the half on an 11-2 spree of its own, utilizing finishes in close by Abreu to open and close the run and taking a 38-33 lead into the break. Hampton’s Eley went 5-of-8 from the floor in the first half, leading all scorers with 12 points through 20 minutes.
Strothers led the charge out of the intermission as his personal 5-0 spurt helped the Pirates take a 45-44 lead at the 13:50 mark. Shortly after, Hampton’s Johnson closed out a 14-3 with back-to-back makes inside the arc and gave his team a double-digit cushion, 59-48, with 5:54 to play. Northeastern did not go down quietly after watching its deficit get slashed down to as few as four, thanks to a 6-0 spurt entering the final two minutes. The Pirates closed it out with their final nine points coming from the charity stripe.
Hofstra 67, Stony Brook 58
Box Score
Biggie Patterson’s 17-point, 10-rebound double-double helped Hofstra lock into a double-bye for the 2026 Air Force Reserve CAA Men’s Basketball tournament with a 67-58 win over Stony Brook. German Plotnikov had 15 points and seven boards in the win, shooting 4-of-8 from the floor, 3-of-6 from deep and 4-of-4 from the line. Preston Edmead scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half. Stony Brook’s Ethan Simmon made his fifth start of the season and led the way with 14 points.
Plotnikov scored the first eight Hofstra points, including a pair of triples, to put his team ahead by five through the early going. The Pride’s Patterson hit a trifecta just past the midway point of the frame to help Hofstra take a double-digit lead, 23-13. Simmon and Quin Gorman sank back-to-back treys to slash the Seawolves’ deficit down to four, only for Plotnikov and Patterson to connect from distance again and put the Pride back up 31-21 with under four minutes to play. Jonah Butler and Tomas Valentiny each sank a 3-pointer to spark an 11-1 spree to close the half, deadlocking the score at 32 at the break.
Joshua DeCady helped guide Hofstra out to a 10-2 run, scoring half of the team’s points to open the second stanza and securing a 42-37 lead with under 13 minutes to play. The 3-point frenzy picked up at the 11-minute mark as Simmon and Toby Onyekonwu swished from distance to cut Stony Brook’s deficit to two. Hofstra’s tandem of Edmead and Patterson proved to be too much down the stretch as the duo combined for 15 points over the final 10 minutes of the game to stave off the Seawolves for a nine-point triumph.