10 Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo!, Inc. All rights reserved. en-us 126 15 http://sports.yahoo.com Yahoo! Sports http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/sp/b/ysp_logo_rss.gif Latest news and information about the Towson Tigers. Yahoo! Sports - NCAA Men's Hoops - Towson Tigers News http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaab/teams/tav Towson Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)

Towson enters the season off an encouraging run in last season's CAA Tournament, when the Tigers became the first 11th seed to reach the semifinals.

With eight lettermen back—including five who started at least 17 games last year—there is experience.

Shooting guard Josh Thornton is the key to the offense. He averaged 10.9 points a game last season and was second in the conference with 80 3-pointers. If he can hit from the outside it will open a lot up for Towson.

Guards Troy Franklin and Brian Morris give the Tigers ball-handling skills.

Junior forward Jarrell Smith will look to move into double figure scoring after a year in which he averaged 9.8 points a game.]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:30 PDT ncaab urn:newsml:sports.yahoo,sportsxchange:20080101:ncaab,article,teamreports-2009-ncaab-tav:1 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:00:30 PDT