TOWSON, Md. (AP) - Michael Murray scored four of his 15 points in the final 25 seconds to help Coppin State earn a 64-61 nonconference victory over Towson Wednesday night.
Towson (4-8) pulled within 60-59 on Jerrelle Benimon's layup with 1:38 left, but Murray re-extended the lead to 62-59 with a fall-away jumper with 25 seconds left. Marcus Damas hit a layup for the Tigers with 11 seconds remaining, only to have Murray conclude the scoring with two free throws with 9 seconds left. Damas got off a 3-pointer with 3 seconds remaining but missed.
Murray added nine rebounds, while Patrick Cole had 16 points for the Eagles (3-9).
Damas led Towson with 16 points, and Benimon had 13 points and 12 rebounds.
Andre Armstrong snapped a 49-all tie with a 3-pointer for Coppin State with 5:07 left, and Cole followed with his own trey to put the Eagles up for good.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Coppin State (3-9) « | 24 | 40 | 64 |
| Towson (4-8) | 22 | 39 | 61 |
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| Coppin State Eagles | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Murray, F | 36 | 6-15 | 2-2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 15 |
| C. Ieans, F | 9 | 0-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Smith, G | 29 | 3-5 | 1-2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| T. Cephas, G | 22 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| C. Johnson, G | 12 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| A. Armstrong | 26 | 4-8 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 |
| Z. Burnham | 24 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| T. Franklin | 22 | 2-11 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| P. Cole | 20 | 6-12 | 1-1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| Totals | 24-68 | 6-7 | 38 | 10 | 16 | 64 | |
| 35.3% | 85.7% | ||||||
| Towson Tigers | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Benimon, F | 37 | 5-7 | 3-6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
| B. Dixon, C | 15 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| M. Burwell, G | 27 | 2-9 | 0-0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| J. Hairston, G | 26 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| K. Walden, G | 23 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| M. Damas | 32 | 6-13 | 2-4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| R. Guthrie | 21 | 2-7 | 5-6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| T. Parker-Rivera | 17 | 3-3 | 1-1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| J. Flash | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 22-53 | 13-19 | 39 | 10 | 19 | 61 | |
| 41.5% | 68.4% | ||||||
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