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Blue Hens Drop Sixth Straight as Towson Posts 86-66 Victory

Date: January 5, 2005

TOWSON, MD -- Lawrence Hamm came off the bench to score a season-high 23 points and pull eight rebounds, Mike Green added 20 points and seven assists, and Jonathan Pease recorded 15 points and 14 rebounds as host Towson used an early 17-0 run to take control and post an easy 86-66 Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball victory over the University of Delaware Wednesday evening at the Towson Center.

Delaware (4-9, 1-1 CAA), which lost its sixth straight game, got 24 points and 10 rebounds from Harding Nana (right) while Rulon Washington came off the bench to add 14 points, Octavius Flowers chipped in with a career-high nine points, and Mike Slattery returned after missing five games with a broken thumb and contributed nine assists. Nana, who leads the Blue Hens with 19.2 points and 10.3 rebounds per game, posted his eighth double-double in the last nine games.

Delaware's six straight losses matches the most by the Blue Hens since the 1990-91 team opened the season with an 0-6 record and the 20-point losing margin was the highest ever in 51 all-time meetings vs. rival Towson. The previous mark was 14 points three other times, the most recent in an 85-71 setback during the 1989-90 season. The 86 points was the most scored by Towson this year and the most allowed by the Blue Hens.

Towson, which had lost eight of its last nine entering the game, improved to 4-8 (1-1 CAA) as the Tigers hit seven three-pointers in the opening half to build a 49-32 lead at intermission and led by at least 11 points the entire second half.

"No excuses, it was all about our defense tonight," said Delaware head coach David Henderson. "We started fairly aggressive but Towson came back with 17 straight points and put the game away. Teams get confident and you don't defend, they put up big numbers. When we needed a stop tonight, we never got it. It just wasn't a good defensive effort on our part. We're just not playing up to par."

Delaware came out strong in the opening minutes as Slattery converted a layup and Nana and Washington each hit jumpers for a 6-0 lead. But Towson responded by scoring the next 17 points to take control. Green started the run with a three-pointer and scored eight points in the run as Towson eventually led by as much as 20 at 49-29 with 38 seconds left in the stanza. Towson converted 7 of 11 shots from beyond the three-point line on the way to the 17-point lead.

Towson led by double digits the entire second half but the Hens did manage to reduce the margin to 11 points at 53-42 with 14:01 left on a layup by Robin Wentt. But the Tigers responded by scoring the next five points on a layup by Hamm and two free throws by Pease and the Hens never got closer the rest of the night.

The Blue Hens will look to get back on the winning track this Saturday when they head to William & Mary for a 2 p.m. start in Williamsburg, VA.

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Official Basketball Box Score


Delaware vs Towson 01/05/05 7:00 pm at Towson Center, Towson, Md. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Delaware 4-9 (1-1) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 01 Nana, Harding....... f 10-18 0-2 4-5 2 8 10 4 24 1 2 2 0 30 30 Smith, Calvin....... f 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 4 0 1 3 1 0 22 24 Wentt, Robin........ c 1-2 0-0 0-2 1 3 4 4 2 1 2 0 0 14 03 Slattery, Mike...... g 1-7 0-2 3-4 0 0 0 2 5 9 3 0 3 40 23 Washington, Andrew.. g 2-9 0-2 3-3 0 2 2 3 7 2 3 0 0 25 12 Washington, Rulon... 6-11 2-6 0-0 0 2 2 4 14 0 0 0 1 33 31 Madera, Raphael..... 1-2 0-0 3-6 1 0 1 3 5 1 2 0 0 17 34 Flowers, Octavius... 3-8 3-8 0-0 0 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 0 19 TEAM................ 5 3 8 Totals.............. 24-57 5-20 13-21 10 21 31 25 66 16 16 4 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-27 48.1% 2nd Half: 11-30 36.7% Game: 42.1% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 2-11 18.2% Game: 25.0% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 3-5 60.0% 2nd Half: 10-16 62.5% Game: 61.9% 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Towson 4-8 (1-1) TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 25 Tubbs, Winstonn..... f 1-2 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 11 33 Pease, Jonathan..... f 5-7 1-3 4-6 4 10 14 4 15 1 1 0 0 36 50 Plack, Holden....... c 2-8 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 4 5 0 0 0 0 26 01 Fletcher, Cantrell.. g 4-11 3-7 0-2 1 3 4 2 11 7 0 0 2 33 10 Green, Mike......... g 5-11 2-3 8-10 2 3 5 1 20 7 3 0 3 31 02 Jackson, Trevan..... 1-5 0-3 2-2 0 4 4 1 4 1 1 0 3 15 04 Hamm, Lawrence...... 7-12 1-2 8-12 5 3 8 2 23 2 2 0 0 27 20 Barb, Kenny......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 30 Goode, Derrick...... 2-2 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 2 0 2 34 Raboin, Sean........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 44 McCartney, Jake..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 12 54 Dublin, Lafayette... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM................ 2 1 3 Totals.............. 27-59 8-19 24-36 17 27 44 22 86 18 11 3 8 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 16-28 57.1% 2nd Half: 11-31 35.5% Game: 45.8% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-11 63.6% 2nd Half: 1-8 12.5% Game: 42.1% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 10-14 71.4% 2nd Half: 14-22 63.6% Game: 66.7% 6 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Jamie Luckie (R), Roger Ayers, Raymond Styons Technical fouls: Delaware-None. Towson-None. Attendance: 1006 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Delaware...................... 32 34 - 66 Towson........................ 49 37 - 86 Tigers' largest margin of victory in 51-game series against Delaware - Tigers had 3 14-point wins in series ... Tigers match largest victory margin in a CAA game ... Jonathan Pease has a career high 14 rebounds ... Tigers use an early 17-0 run to overcome 6-0 deficit ... Delaware's 6th loss in a row. Points in the paint-DELAWARE 22,TOWSON 34. Points off turnovers-DELAWARE 5,TOWSON 24. 2nd chance points-DELAWARE 9,TOWSON 20. Fast break points-DELAWARE 8,TOWSON 20. Bench points-DELAWARE 28,TOWSON 32. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time. Last FG-DELAWARE 2nd-00:01, TOWSON 2nd-00:09.

Play-By-Play


Delaware vs Towson 01/05/05 7:00 pm at Towson Center, Towson, Md. 1st PERIOD Play-by-Play (Page 1) HOME TEAM: Towson TIME SCORE MAR VISITORS: Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19:45 0-2 V 2 GOOD! LAYUP by Slattery, Mike [PNT] 18:55 0-4 V 4 GOOD! JUMPER by Nana, Harding 17:58 0-6 V 6 GOOD! JUMPER by Washington, Andrew 17:58 ASSIST by Nana, Harding GOOD! 3 PTR by Green, Mike 17:40 3-6 V 3 ASSIST by Fletcher, Cantrell 17:40 FOUL by Tubbs, Winstonn 17:28 GOOD! LAYUP by Fletcher, Cantrell [FB/PNT] 16:59 5-6 V 1 ASSIST by Green, Mike 16:59 16:38 FOUL by Wentt, Robin GOOD! FT SHOT by Tubbs, Winstonn 16:38 6-6 T 1 MISSED FT SHOT by Tubbs, Winstonn 16:38 FOUL by Pease, Jonathan 16:22 GOOD! LAYUP by Pease, Jonathan [FB/PNT] 16:01 8-6 H 2 ASSIST by Hamm, Lawrence 16:01 FOUL by Hamm, Lawrence 15:47 15:47 TIMEOUT MEDIA 15:16 FOUL by Washington, Rulon GOOD! 3 PTR by Green, Mike 14:58 11-6 H 5 GOOD! LAYUP by Hamm, Lawrence [FB/PNT] 14:34 13-6 H 7 ASSIST by Fletcher, Cantrell 14:34 14:26 TIMEOUT 30sec 14:06 FOUL by Wentt, Robin GOOD! FT SHOT by Green, Mike 14:06 14-6 H 8 GOOD! FT SHOT by Green, Mike 14:06 15-6 H 9 13:56 FOUL by Slattery, Mike 13:43 FOUL by Washington, Andrew GOOD! JUMPER by Hamm, Lawrence [PNT] 13:37 17-6 H 11 13:23 17-9 H 8 GOOD! 3 PTR by Washington, Rulon 13:23 ASSIST by Slattery, Mike TIMEOUT 30sec 13:02 FOUL by Tubbs, Winstonn 12:50 12:33 FOUL by Washington, Rulon 12:02 17-11 H 6 GOOD! LAYUP by Nana, Harding [FB/PNT] 12:02 ASSIST by Smith, Calvin TIMEOUT media 11:52 GOOD! 3 PTR by Fletcher, Cantrell 10:51 20-11 H 9 ASSIST by Green, Mike 10:51 10:24 FOUL by Smith, Calvin GOOD! FT SHOT by Green, Mike 10:24 21-11 H 10 GOOD! FT SHOT by Green, Mike 10:24 22-11 H 11 10:09 22-13 H 9 GOOD! JUMPER by Washington, Rulon 10:09 ASSIST by Madera, Raphael GOOD! 3 PTR by Hamm, Lawrence 09:59 25-13 H 12 ASSIST by Green, Mike 09:59 09:44 25-15 H 10 GOOD! JUMPER by Madera, Raphael [PNT] GOOD! 3 PTR by Plack, Holden 09:23 28-15 H 13 ASSIST by Hamm, Lawrence 09:23 08:59 28-17 H 11 GOOD! JUMPER by Nana, Harding 08:59 ASSIST by Washington, Andrew FOUL by Hamm, Lawrence 08:59 08:59 28-18 H 10 GOOD! FT SHOT by Nana, Harding 08:44 FOUL by Nana, Harding GOOD! FT SHOT by Hamm, Lawrence 08:44 29-18 H 11 GOOD! FT SHOT by Hamm, Lawrence 08:44 30-18 H 12 GOOD! 3 PTR by Fletcher, Cantrell 08:02 33-18 H 15 ASSIST by Pease, Jonathan 08:02 07:41 33-20 H 13 GOOD! JUMPER by Nana, Harding 07:22 TIMEOUT MEDIA GOOD! DUNK by Hamm, Lawrence [FB/PNT] 06:49 35-20 H 15 ASSIST by Fletcher, Cantrell 06:49 GOOD! 3 PTR by Fletcher, Cantrell 06:02 38-20 H 18 ASSIST by Green, Mike 06:02 FOUL by Fletcher, Cantrell 05:46 04:46 38-23 H 15 GOOD! 3 PTR by Washington, Rulon 04:46 ASSIST by Slattery, Mike 04:31 FOUL by Wentt, Robin MISSED FT SHOT by Green, Mike 04:30 MISSED FT SHOT by Green, Mike 04:30 04:18 38-25 H 13 GOOD! JUMPER by Nana, Harding [PNT] 04:18 ASSIST by Slattery, Mike FOUL by McCartney, Jake 04:18 04:18 MISSED FT SHOT by Nana, Harding GOOD! JUMPER by Tubbs, Winstonn 04:09 40-25 H 15 03:52 FOUL by Nana, Harding TIMEOUT media 03:52 GOOD! FT SHOT by Green, Mike 03:52 41-25 H 16 GOOD! FT SHOT by Green, Mike 03:52 42-25 H 17 GOOD! LAYUP by Pease, Jonathan [PNT] 03:18 44-25 H 19 ASSIST by Green, Mike 03:18 03:05 44-27 H 17 GOOD! JUMPER by Nana, Harding [PNT] 03:05 ASSIST by Washington, Andrew GOOD! LAYUP by Green, Mike [FB/PNT] 02:36 46-27 H 19 ASSIST by Jackson, Trevan 02:36 FOUL by Tubbs, Winstonn 02:24 02:24 46-28 H 18 GOOD! FT SHOT by Washington, Andrew 02:24 46-29 H 17 GOOD! FT SHOT by Washington, Andrew GOOD! JUMPER by Green, Mike 01:38 48-29 H 19 FOUL by Raboin, Sean 01:20 01:19 MISSED FT SHOT by Smith, Calvin 00:38 FOUL by Slattery, Mike MISSED FT SHOT by Pease, Jonathan 00:38 GOOD! FT SHOT by Pease, Jonathan 00:38 49-29 H 20 00:20 49-32 H 17 GOOD! 3 PTR by Flowers, Octavius 00:20 ASSIST by Slattery, Mike
Towson 49, Delaware 32 1st period-only InPaint Pts-T/O 2nd-Chc FastBrk BnchPts Ties Leads Delaware 10 0 0 5 13 0 0 Towson 14 17 8 13 11 1 1
2nd PERIOD Play-by-Play (Page 1) HOME TEAM: Towson TIME SCORE MAR VISITORS: Delaware ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 19:11 FOUL by Washington, Andrew GOOD! JUMPER by Green, Mike [PNT] 19:02 51-32 H 19 FOUL by Plack, Holden 18:46 18:38 51-34 H 17 GOOD! LAYUP by Washington, Andrew [PNT] FOUL by Plack, Holden 18:38 18:38 51-35 H 16 GOOD! FT SHOT by Washington, Andrew FOUL by Green, Mike 17:56 17:56 MISSED FT SHOT by Wentt, Robin 17:56 MISSED FT SHOT by Wentt, Robin FOUL by Pease, Jonathan 17:33 17:16 51-37 H 14 GOOD! JUMPER by Nana, Harding [PNT] 17:16 ASSIST by Slattery, Mike FOUL by Tubbs, Winstonn 17:00 16:54 FOUL by Washington, Andrew 16:45 FOUL by Smith, Calvin 16:30 FOUL by Smith, Calvin GOOD! FT SHOT by Hamm, Lawrence 16:30 52-37 H 15 MISSED FT SHOT by Hamm, Lawrence 16:30 FOUL by Plack, Holden 15:50 15:50 TIMEOUT MEDIA 15:40 52-40 H 12 GOOD! 3 PTR by Flowers, Octavius 15:40 ASSIST by Slattery, Mike 15:10 FOUL by Nana, Harding MISSED FT SHOT by Pease, Jonathan 15:10 GOOD! FT SHOT by Pease, Jonathan 15:10 53-40 H 13 14:01 53-42 H 11 GOOD! LAYUP by Wentt, Robin [PNT] GOOD! LAYUP by Hamm, Lawrence [PNT] 13:36 55-42 H 13 13:15 FOUL by Wentt, Robin GOOD! FT SHOT by Pease, Jonathan 13:15 56-42 H 14 GOOD! FT SHOT by Pease, Jonathan 13:15 57-42 H 15 13:03 FOUL by Smith, Calvin GOOD! FT SHOT by Hamm, Lawrence 13:03 58-42 H 16 MISSED FT SHOT by Hamm, Lawrence 13:03 13:02 58-43 H 15 GOOD! FT SHOT by Nana, Harding 13:02 58-44 H 14 GOOD! FT SHOT by Nana, Harding FOUL by Pease, Jonathan 13:01 FOUL by Jackson, Trevan 11:46 11:46 MISSED FT SHOT by Slattery, Mike 11:46 58-45 H 13 GOOD! FT SHOT by Slattery, Mike 11:34 FOUL by Nana, Harding MISSED FT SHOT by Hamm, Lawrence 11:34 GOOD! FT SHOT by Hamm, Lawrence 11:34 59-45 H 14 FOUL by Fletcher, Cantrell 11:23 11:23 59-46 H 13 GOOD! FT SHOT by Slattery, Mike 11:23 59-47 H 12 GOOD! FT SHOT by Slattery, Mike GOOD! LAYUP by Hamm, Lawrence [PNT] 10:54 61-47 H 14 ASSIST by Fletcher, Cantrell 10:54 09:57 FOUL by Washington, Rulon GOOD! FT SHOT by Hamm, Lawrence 09:57 62-47 H 15 GOOD! FT SHOT by Hamm, Lawrence 09:57 63-47 H 16 09:43 63-50 H 13 GOOD! 3 PTR by Flowers, Octavius 09:43 ASSIST by Slattery, Mike GOOD! LAYUP by Jackson, Trevan [FB/PNT] 08:53 65-50 H 15 GOOD! LAYUP by Hamm, Lawrence [FB/PNT] 07:49 67-50 H 17 ASSIST by Fletcher, Cantrell 07:49 07:42 TIMEOUT TEAM TIMEOUT MEDIA 07:13 06:54 FOUL by Washington, Rulon GOOD! FT SHOT by Jackson, Trevan 06:54 68-50 H 18 GOOD! FT SHOT by Jackson, Trevan 06:54 69-50 H 19 06:39 69-52 H 17 GOOD! JUMPER by Nana, Harding [PNT] GOOD! JUMPER by Plack, Holden [PNT] 06:15 71-52 H 19 ASSIST by Fletcher, Cantrell 06:15 06:01 71-54 H 17 GOOD! JUMPER by Nana, Harding [PNT] 06:01 ASSIST by Flowers, Octavius FOUL by Plack, Holden 06:01 06:01 71-55 H 16 GOOD! FT SHOT by Nana, Harding GOOD! JUMPER by Pease, Jonathan [PNT] 05:25 73-55 H 18 ASSIST by Fletcher, Cantrell 05:25 05:04 73-57 H 16 GOOD! JUMPER by Nana, Harding 05:04 ASSIST by Slattery, Mike 04:52 FOUL by Flowers, Octavius MISSED FT SHOT by Fletcher, Cantrell 04:52 MISSED FT SHOT by Fletcher, Cantrell 04:52 FOUL by Pease, Jonathan 04:36 04:36 73-58 H 15 GOOD! FT SHOT by Madera, Raphael 04:36 MISSED FT SHOT by Madera, Raphael 04:22 FOUL by Madera, Raphael GOOD! FT SHOT by Hamm, Lawrence 04:22 74-58 H 16 MISSED FT SHOT by Hamm, Lawrence 04:22 04:17 74-60 H 14 GOOD! LAYUP by Washington, Rulon [PNT] GOOD! LAYUP by Pease, Jonathan [PNT] 03:34 76-60 H 16 03:24 TIMEOUT 30sec GOOD! 3 PTR by Pease, Jonathan 02:29 79-60 H 19 ASSIST by Green, Mike 02:29 02:13 TIMEOUT MEDIA 01:55 FOUL by Madera, Raphael GOOD! FT SHOT by Green, Mike 01:55 80-60 H 20 GOOD! FT SHOT by Green, Mike 01:55 81-60 H 21 FOUL by Goode, Derrick 01:40 01:40 MISSED FT SHOT by Madera, Raphael 01:40 81-61 H 20 GOOD! FT SHOT by Madera, Raphael GOOD! JUMPER by Goode, Derrick [PNT] 01:25 83-61 H 22 ASSIST by Green, Mike 01:25 FOUL by Goode, Derrick 01:12 01:12 MISSED FT SHOT by Madera, Raphael 01:12 83-62 H 21 GOOD! FT SHOT by Madera, Raphael 00:39 FOUL by Madera, Raphael MISSED FT SHOT by Goode, Derrick 00:39 GOOD! FT SHOT by Goode, Derrick 00:39 84-62 H 22 00:23 84-64 H 20 GOOD! JUMPER by Washington, Rulon 00:23 ASSIST by Slattery, Mike GOOD! JUMPER by Goode, Derrick [PNT] 00:09 86-64 H 22 00:01 86-66 H 20 GOOD! JUMPER by Washington, Rulon 00:01 ASSIST by Wentt, Robin
Towson 86, Delaware 66 2nd period-only InPaint Pts-T/O 2nd-Chc FastBrk BnchPts Ties Leads Delaware 12 5 9 3 15 0 0 Towson 20 7 12 7 21 0 0


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