Williamson leads Towson against Drexel after 27-point showing

Towson Tigers (14-13, 6-8 CAA) at Drexel Dragons (14-14, 8-7 CAA)

Philadelphia; Sunday, 2 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Towson visits Drexel after Dylan Williamson scored 27 points in Towson's 72-71 loss to the Monmouth Hawks.

The Dragons have gone 10-4 in home games. Drexel is 6-11 against opponents with a winning record.

The Tigers are 6-8 against conference opponents. Towson leads the CAA with 11.7 offensive rebounds per game led by Caleb Embeya averaging 3.2.

Drexel averages 68.6 points per game, 1.6 more points than the 67.0 Towson gives up. Towson averages 6.4 made 3-pointers per game this season, 0.5 more makes per game than Drexel allows.

The teams square off for the second time this season in CAA play. Towson won the last meeting 59-58 on Jan. 19. Tyler Tejada scored 14 points to help lead the Tigers to the win.

TOP PERFORMERS: Shane Blakeney is shooting 35.0% from beyond the arc with 2.0 made 3-pointers per game for the Dragons, while averaging 13.9 points. Victor Panov is averaging 10.1 points over the past 10 games.

Tejada is scoring 17.0 points per game with 5.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists for the Tigers. Williamson is averaging 15.5 points and 2.5 rebounds while shooting 38.5% over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Dragons: 6-4, averaging 68.7 points, 29.8 rebounds, 13.3 assists, 5.5 steals and 3.3 blocks per game while shooting 47.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 68.3 points per game.

Tigers: 6-4, averaging 69.6 points, 35.5 rebounds, 9.4 assists, 5.6 steals and 2.7 blocks per game while shooting 43.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 65.9 points.

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