BALTIMORE (AP) - Ryan Cook led all scorers with 22 points and his late free throws enabled Maryland-Baltimore County to hold off Towson 66-62 Saturday night in a nonconference game.
For the Retrievers (2-5), Cook was perfect at the foul line. He sank all 10 of his free throw attempts. Six of them came in the last minute when Towson (3-4) closed within 62-59 with 28 seconds left. Jerrelle Benimon had scored eight straight Towson points to keep the Tigers close. He finished with a 13-point, 16-rebound double-double.
But Cook's free throw shooting proved decisive. He was a perfect 4-for-4 in those last 28 seconds.
Brett Roseboro and Chase Plummer both had double-doubles for UMBC. Roseboro scored 19 points on 9-for-11 shooting and took 10 rebounds. Plummer scored 11 points and grabbed 11 boards.
For Towson, guard Mike Burwell scored 14 points and Jerome Hairston added 14 more.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Towson (3-4) | 22 | 40 | 62 |
| Maryland-Baltimore County (2-5) « | 23 | 43 | 66 |
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| Towson Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Benimon, F | 33 | 4-8 | 5-7 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| R. Guthrie, F | 26 | 0-3 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| B. Dixon, C | 23 | 4-7 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| M. Burwell, G | 36 | 4-10 | 3-4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
| K. Walden, G | 31 | 3-5 | 0-4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Hairston | 27 | 4-16 | 4-5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 14 |
| T. Parker-Rivera | 14 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| B. Alston | 10 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Totals | 20-54 | 15-26 | 43 | 11 | 20 | 62 | |
| 37% | 57.7% | ||||||
| Maryland-Baltimore County Retrievers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Plummer, F | 32 | 4-13 | 1-2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 11 |
| B. Roseboro, C | 32 | 9-11 | 1-3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 19 |
| A. Morgan, G | 34 | 0-4 | 1-4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| R. Cook, G | 33 | 6-11 | 10-10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 22 |
| B. Neller, G | 33 | 3-10 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Getz | 11 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| A. Satchell | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J. Wertz | 8 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Garner | 7 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 23-55 | 15-21 | 34 | 14 | 22 | 66 | |
| 41.8% | 71.4% | ||||||
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