University of Delaware Athletics
University of Delaware
8-13, 1-7CAA
Towson
12-9, 4-4CAA
Blue Hens Drop 75-58 CAA Home Contest To Towson
1/21/2017 4:42:00 PM | Men's Basketball
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NEWARK, Del. -- The University of Delaware men's basketball team came out cold and could never quite recover Saturday afternoon as the Blue Hens fell behind by 17 at the break on the way to a 75-58 setback to Towson in Colonial Athletic Association action at the Bob Carpenter Center.
Delaware, coming off its first CAA victory of the season Thursday night in a 69-62 win over Northeastern, got another solid effort from freshman guard Ryan Daly with 21 points and seven 
rebounds, and Anthony Mosley added 11 points and four steals.
Chivarsky Corbett (bottom right) contributed eight points and four rebounds and Cazmon Hayes (at left) added five points and a team-high three assists but Delaware (8-13, 1-7 CAA) fell for the seventh time in the last eight outings.
Towson (12-9, 4-4 CAA) won its fourth straight game and downed the Hens for the second time in nine days as five Tigers reached double figures.
Guard Mike Morsell led the way with 17 points while Alex Thomas contributed a career-high 13 points, John Davis added 12 points and nine rebounds off the bench, Deshaun Morman registered 11 points, and Eddie Keith added 10 points on 3 of 3 shooting from beyond the arc. William Adala Moto was held to just six points but pulled a game-high 12 rebounds.
Towson, picked No. 2 in the CAA preseason coaches poll, recorded a big 44-30 advantage on the boards, hit 26 of 55 shots from the field (.473) and committed just 10 turnovers on the way to the victory. Delaware was just 17 of 51 from the field for the game (.333) and committed 12 miscues.
"We didn't get off to a good start and tried to battle back, but we dug ourselves too deep of a hole," Delaware head coach Martin Ingelsby said. "Towson controlled the tempo today. They are really 
physical and have good balance. We just couldn't get into enough of a rhythm offensively to put some pressure on them. We've got to learn from this and get better next week."
After falling behind 6-0 in the first two minutes, Delaware fought back and pulled to within 13-10 with 12:24 left in the first half. But Towson scored 14 of the next 17 points over a span of six minutes to take control and pushed the lead to as much as 22 points at 40-18 before taking the 40-23 advantage at the break.
Delaware played Towson even in the second half but it was too late as the Tigers never led the Hens get closer than 12 points (52-40 with 11:57 left) over the final 20 minutes of play.
HEN SCRATCHINGS
• Delaware's Ryan Daly hit four three-pointers and finished with 21 points to hit the 20-point mark for the sixth time this season, a UD freshman record. He has now reached double figures in 12 of the last 13 games
• Towson swept the season series - the Tigers won 83-56 back on Jan 12 - and defeated the Hens for the fourth straight time
• The Hens will return to action Jan. 26 at William & Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
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