Men’s Basketball Snaps Towson’s 18-Game Win Streak at Home, 74-62

Thursday, February 8

Towson, MD

7 PM

University of Delaware

15-9,7-4CAA

Towson

14-10,7-4CAA

Delaware

Towson

Men’s Basketball Snaps Towson’s 18-Game Win Streak at Home, 74-62

2/8/2024 9:15:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

TOWSON, Md. – With four in double figures, the University of Delaware men's basketball team snapped Towson's 18-game home win streak Thursday night, 74-62. UD moves to 15-9 overall and 7-4 in league play, while Towson dips to 14-10, 7-4 CAA. The win moves the streak to three straight.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

The team shot 55.3 percent from the field, including a season-best 57.9 percent from long range.
Towson only led for 58 seconds after its opening bucket.
Gerald Drumgoole Jr. recorded a game-high 20 points on 7-for-10 shooting. He added four assists to his line.
Jyáre Davis finished the first half nearing a double-double with eight points and 11 rebounds, with 10 coming on the defensive end. The Newark, Delaware native ended with 15 points and 15 rebounds for his fifth double-double of the campaign. He also tied his career mark with three blocks.
Cavan Reilly (12) and Niels Lane (11) also finished with double-digit point totals.
Christian Ray scored five points and corralled eight rebounds, needing 10 more to hit 1,000 boards for his career.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Despite an opening bucket for the home team, Delaware ripped off a 12-2 run over a 2:07 span. Over the run, UD went 4-for-4 from the field with all four being triples. Towson would cut the deficit from 12-4 to 17-12 up to the under-12 media stoppage. It remained a five-point game with the Hens up 26-21 at the next break with 7:49 on the clock. Five unanswered for the Hens over the next 2:27 made it a 10-point margin at 31-21. Delaware held Towson to just 2-for-13 to end the period. Drumgoole Jr. finished the frame with an emphatic put-back dunk to send the Hens to the locker room up 36-26.
Towson trimmed the gap to seven points in the opening minutes of the second half, however Delaware rallied back to double that for a 14-point advantage with 13:01 left. The under-12 media break came with the Hens up 55-46 with 10:26 on the clock. Again, the Tigers dropped it to seven, but Delaware continued to respond making it a 62-52 game after a triple from Reilly and a media timeout at 5:42. After a Tiger dunk, UD scored seven-straight to bolster the lead to 69-54 with 3:00 left. The Hens worked it up to 17 but ultimately finished with a 12-point margin.

GAME NOTES

Drumgoole Jr. has scored 16 or more points in seven of the last nine games.
The Blue & Gold advance to 6-0 on Thursdays.
UD is now 11-2 when leading at half.
The 11 triples tie a season mark, having done so three other times.
The Hens advance to 81-22 under head coach Martin Inglesby when holding opponents under 70 points. This includes a mark of 12-1 this season.

UP NEXT
Delaware returns to the Bob Carpenter Center for a Saturday rematch with William & Mary at 4 p.m.

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