Towson, MD – Monmouth University Men's Basketball was defeated at Towson University Saturday afternoon, 80-54. Madison Durr led the Hawks with nine points, while Jack Collins had nine rebounds.
 
Towson maintained its halftime lead and built on it in the second half, winning the half by seven to take the 80-54 victory.
 
After Jack Collins led the game off with a three, a 17-5 Towson run had them in the lead by 13. The Tigers finished the half with seven three pointers, and took a 39-20 lead into the locker room.
 
NOTES AND QUOTES
 
"First off, you have to give Towson all the credit. We thought we were ready for this game, we played them really well last week, thought they played a really good game last week as well. You have to give them credit, there's a reason they're 13-1." – Head Coach King Rice
 
-Abdi Bashir hit his 100^th three of the season. He is the first player in Division I to make 100 threes this year, and the second Hawk in school history to hit that mark.
-Sam Fagan scored his first career points.
-Lucas Orchard scored a career-high four points.

NUMBERS CRUNCH
-Towson narrowly outshot Monmouth, 41% to 38%.
-Monmouth had 30 paint points to Towson's 34.
-MU limited the Tigers to 30% from 3.

UP NEXT
-Monmouth visits Hofstra Thursday night at 7:00 p.m. The game will air nationally on CBS Sports Network and on the radio via the Monmouth Digital Network and the Varsity Network App.