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UMBC announced Friday it has hired Johnetta Hayes as its new women’s basketball head coach.

Kionna Jeter scored 14 points, Nukiya Mayo had 12 points and Janeen Camp had 11 to lead visiting Towson women's basketball to a 68-56 victory over Hofstra

Four-time Paralympic medalist McKenzie Coan (Loyola Maryland, S7) and six-time Paralympic medalist Becca Meyers (Timonium, S13) helped give the United States women their second sweep of the 100-meter freestyle at the World Para Swimming World Series in Indianapolis.

Sophomore guard Zane Martin finished with a SECU Arena-record 35 points, masterminding a second-half rally and dominating overtime in a 96-82 victory.

Towson coach Pat Skerry: “This one hurts. It kind of feels like someone took your lunch money and just ran out the door.”

The 73-62 win for the Tigers comes a weekend after a 73-62 loss in South Carolina.

Towson looked very much at home in its first game at SECU Arena since a Dec. 9 victory over UMBC.

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Digest: Towson falls to Charleston in CAA men's basketball semifinal, 67-59

C.J. Bryce scored 28 points on 11-for-16 shooting, Devontae Cacok had 11 points and 10 rebounds, and UNC Wilmington clinched the Colonial Athletic Association regular-season title with an 83-78 victory over Towson on Thursday night.

On a night when Towson closed out its home schedule with a 75-65 win over James Madison for its sixth straight win, it was John Davis, fresh off the longest week of his young life, who said he felt like the biggest winner.

In a matchup between two of the NBA's top teams since New Year's Day, John Wall heard "MVP!" chants while producing 26 points and 14 assists to lead the host Wizards past the Pacers, 112-107, on Friday night.

Otto Porter Jr. had 21 points and 11 rebounds, John Wall scored 19 and the visiting Wizards moved within a half-game of the Southeast Division lead with a 112-86 victory over the Hawks on Friday night.

If the Towson men's basketball team was using Saturday's game against defending conference champion UNC-Wilmington as a measuring stick, then it still has a little bit of work to do.

Top-seeded Maryland defeated No. 3 seed Wisconsin, 2-1, in the Big Ten men's soccer championship game Sunday in Westfield, Ind., to win its fifth straight conference tournament crown, including Atlantic Coast Conference titles in 2012 and 2013.

Twelve-year-old Kevin Buck had plenty of distractions the night of March 7. Behind him were screaming college basketball fans, and in front of him was a shining court that he, as ballboy, was tasked with keeping clean. About once a month, Kevin and his family go out to an event set up by the Arbutus-based Casey Cares Foundation, which has the mission of providing "uplifting programs with a special touch."

The top-seeded Pride (24-8) will face the second-seeded Seahawks (24-7) in the title game Monday.

As Towson focused on shutting down Northeastern guard David Walker, his teammate Quincy Ford took advantage. Ford scored 15 of his 20 points in the second half, leading the sixth-seeded Huskies to a 71-60 victory over third-seeded Towson on Saturday in front of an announced 3,450 at Royal Farms Arena.

With the conference basketball tournament scheduled to begin Friday, Tom Yeager spoke about the tournament's three-year run in Baltimore, Towson's presence in the league, and what he expects his emotions to be like when he hands out the championship trophy for the final time.

Arnaud William Adala Moto impresses Towson teammates with his work ethic and makes immediate impact.

During the Colonial Athletic Association's first men's basketball coaches conference call of the season Tuesday morning, Towson's Pat Skerry joked that he hadn't suffered a defeat like the one Hofstra administered in Saturday's 90-58 rout since his elementary school days when he challenged an older classmate to a fight. On Thursday night, it was the Tigers who asserted their will and dominated visiting UNC Wilmington, 76-60, before an announced 1,381 at SECU Arena.

Just as he did at the end of the first overtime, William & Mary guard Marcus Thornton took the ball with the game on the line. The game¿s leading scorer with 37 points and the Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year was destined to take the shot that could send his team to the final.

Seniors Freddie Jackson, Addison Spruill, and Cedrick Williams combined for 50 points, with Williams and Jackson chipping in 19 apiece in a 79-53 rout of tenth-seeded Charleston Saturday in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore.

Four teams had the opportunity to break their first-place deadlock entering the final week of the Colonial Athletic Association's regular season. Each eventually stumbled, which led to a four-way split of the regular season championship between William & Mary, UNC Wilmington, Northeastern, and James Madison.

A look at the teams in the Colonial Athletic Association's men's basketball tournament, which is at Royal Farms Arena in downtown Baltimore for the second year.

Addison Spruill scored 26 points to help visiting UNC Wilmington hold off a spirited upset bid by Towson, 73-69, on Saturday.

For Four McGlynn, the Towson junior who entered this week ranked second in Division I in free-throw percentage, the only superstition he practices is that he has no superstitions.

Wheeler Baker scored 14 points, Sam Rowley added 12 and Albany cruised to a 69-55 win over visiting UMBC on Sunday.

Damon Sherman-Newsome scored 16 points, including the winning basket in the final seconds, as host Colgate edged Loyola Maryland, 59-58, on Saturday.

Eighth-seeded Hofstra finished with a 9-0 run and won, 78-70, against ninth-seeded UNC Wilmington in the first game of the Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball tournament at Baltimore Arena.

Delaware and Towson are the favorites to win the CAA tournament at Baltimore Arena, but few observers would be surprised if a middle-level seed won.

Towson's men's basketball team is approaching one of its toughest stretches of the season, as the Tigers' next two games are against the two other top squads in the Colonial Athletic Association: at William & Mary on Saturday, and home against Delaware on Monday.

Jerrelle Benimon had an uneven game for the Tigers, who fell to UNC-Wilmington, 66-53, and lost ground on Delaware in the CAA standings.

Holy Cross men block 10 shots and get 24 points from Dave Dudzinski in beating Loyola Maryland, 60-51, in basketball

The last time the Towson men's basketball team strung together five consecutive wins was in 2000-01, when the Tigers eventually finished 12-17 overall and 7-11 in the America East.

The sixth-ranked Maryland women's basketball team use balanced scoring for a 92-81 victory over pesky Georgia Tech on Sunday in front of an announced 5,109 at Comcast Center.

Forward Marcus Damas tied his career high with 26 points and Towson extended its winning streak to four games Tuesday night with an 80-68 victory over host Drexel.

Opponents daring Towson men's basketball to beat them from long range

Facing a UNC Wilmington team intent on shutting down Towson's outside shooters, the reigning Colonial Athletic Association player of the year stepped up with 20 points — including 16 in the second half — and 17 rebounds, as the host Tigers held off UNC Wilmington, 60-53, before an announced 1,750.

With the Colonial Athletic Association tournament slated to take place at Baltimore Arena in March, the Tigers' mission is to be crowned close to home. That mission begins Saturday against UNC Wilmington (6-11 overall and 0-2 in the conference) at SECU Arena in Towson.

After two seasons as a walk-on at UNC-Wilmington, which meant his parents were footing most of the bill for college, the work ethic and patience of Shane Reybold of North Laurel was rewarded prior to his junior year in 2012 when he was put on an athletic scholarship by head coach Buzz Petersen. But prior to this season, his senior year for the Seahawks, Reybold was taken off scholarship since UNC-Wilmington had another player to fill that spot. Instead of being bitter Reybold, a rugged 6-foot-8