Towson, MD – The UMBC men's basketball team dropped a 68-42 decision to the Towson Tigers in the Under Armor 410 Invitational Championship game Saturday evening at SECU Arena. The Retrievers fell to 2-3 on the season.
Freshman guard
Aidan Able went 3-for-6 from beyond the arc and finished with a team-high nine points. Redshirt senior guard
Devin Ceaser (5 boards) added seven points, and sophomore forward
Riley Jacobs grabbed a team-high seven rebounds. Junior forward
JP Ndong came up with a season-high three steals.
The score was deadlocked at 10-10 at the 14:19 mark of the opening half, but the hosts scored nine straight points over the next six minutes to take the lead for good.
The Retrievers trailed 36-19 at halftime and never made a push in the second stanza.
UMBC went just 10-of-54 (18.5 percent) overall from the floor while the Tigers were 25-of-58 (43.1 percent).
Jaquan Womack led Towson (3-2) with 17 points.
UMBC will host Iona on Monday evening in the America East/Metro Challenge.
