Northeastern 70, Towson 59

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TOWSON, Md. -- Joel Smith scored 21 points and Northeastern took control with a late first-half run to defeat Towson 70-59 Saturday.

The Huskies (9-7, 4-0 Colonial Athletic Association) trailed 25-13 with 8:16 left in the first half but outscored the Tigers (8-9, 3-1) 26-8 the rest of the way until intermission. Smith scored nine points and Quincy Ford eight during the run.

Towson got to within three, 43-40, early in the second half on Marcus Damas' 3-pointer, but three consecutive layups by Dinko Marshavelski, who had just re-entered the game, boosted Northeastern's lead to 49-40 with 13:05 left.

Northeastern is off to its best conference start since winning its first six CAA games in the 2008-09 season. The victory gave coach Bill Coen a 100-106 record with the Huskies.

Jerrelle Benimon led Towson with 17 points and 11 rebounds, Bilal Dixon and Jerome Hairston scored 12 each and Damas had 12 rebounds.

	NE	TOWS
Points	70	59
FG Made-Attempted	25-54 (.463)	24-55 (.436)
3P Made-Attempted	8-16 (.500)	6-24 (.250)
FT Made-Attempted	12-16 (.750)	5-9 (.556)
Fouls (Tech/Flagrant)	12 (0/0)	16 (0/0)
Largest Lead	16	12

TOWS

Points

FG Made-Attempted

25-54 (.463)

24-55 (.436)

3P Made-Attempted

8-16 (.500)

6-24 (.250)

FT Made-Attempted

12-16 (.750)

5-9 (.556)

Fouls (Tech/Flagrant)

12 (0/0)

16 (0/0)

Largest Lead

	NE	TOWS
Points	J. Smith 21	J. Benimon 17
Rebounds	J. Smith 4	M. Damas 12
Assists	J. Smith 6	J. Benimon 4
Steals	J. Smith 2	K. Walden 2
Blocks	D. Marshavelski 2	J. Benimon 3
Team Stats: Northeastern \| Towson

DATE	GAME	LINKS
» Jan 12, 2013	NE 70, @TOWS 59	Recap

DATE

GAME

LINKS

» Jan 12, 2013

NE 70, @TOWS 59

Recap

NE	TOWS
01/16 HOF 7:00pm 01/19 @DEL 2:00pm 01/23 W&M 7:00pm 01/27 GMU 8:00pm 01/30 GAST 7:00pm	01/16 @DEL 7:00pm 01/19 JMU 12:00pm 01/21 GAST 7:00pm 01/23 GMU 7:00pm 01/26 @W&M 7:00pm
Complete Schedule: Northeastern \| Towson

TEAM	CONF W-L	TOTAL W-L
Northeastern	14-4	20-12
James Madison	11-7	20-14
Towson	13-5	18-13
Delaware	13-5	19-14
George Mason	10-8	18-14
Georgia State	10-8	15-16
William & Mary	7-11	13-17
Drexel	9-9	13-18
North Carolina-Wilmington	5-13	10-20
Hofstra	4-14	7-25
Old Dominion	3-15	5-25
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