UNC Wilmington visits Towson after Tejada’s 22-point game

UNC Wilmington Seahawks (18-3, 7-1 CAA) at Towson Tigers (12-10, 4-5 CAA)

Towson, Maryland; Thursday, 9 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Towson faces UNC Wilmington after Tyler Tejada scored 22 points in Towson’s 80-73 loss to the North Carolina A&T Aggies.

The Tigers are 7-2 in home games. Towson is the CAA leader with 12.2 offensive rebounds per game led by Caleb Embeya averaging 3.4.

The Seahawks are 7-1 in CAA play. UNC Wilmington ranks eighth in the CAA with 12.9 assists per game led by Greedy Williams averaging 4.0.

Towson is shooting 41.8% from the field this season, 1.5 percentage points higher than the 40.3% UNC Wilmington allows to opponents. UNC Wilmington scores 10.6 more points per game (77.7) than Towson allows to opponents (67.1).

The Tigers and Seahawks match up Thursday for the first time in conference play this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tejada is averaging 16.4 points and 5.4 rebounds for the Tigers. Dylan Williamson is averaging 2.1 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Nolan Hodge is shooting 41.8% and averaging 15.0 points for the Seahawks. Patrick Wessler is averaging 15.1 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 5-5, averaging 67.1 points, 34.2 rebounds, 9.7 assists, 7.1 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 39.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.1 points per game.

Seahawks: 8-2, averaging 75.2 points, 36.5 rebounds, 12.9 assists, 6.1 steals and 3.8 blocks per game while shooting 43.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 66.7 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.