Hempstead, NY - The Hofstra men's basketball team will play a pair of home games this week on the heels of a road trip that saw the Pride capture a pair of wins, including the victory over #18 Charleston on Saturday. The week gets started with a battle with Towson on Thursday. The game is being sponsored by Hofstra Hillel. 

Tip-off from the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex is scheduled for 7 p.m. 

Tickets are available by visiting HofstraTickets.com, calling (516) HOF-TIXX, or by stopping by the Hofstra Athletics Ticket Office in the lobby of the Mack Sports Complex during normal business hours. 

The first 300 students in attendance will get a reversible "Welcome Back Bucket Hat". 

It will be Hofstra Hillel Jewish Heritage Night on Thursday, as well as the Pride's Autism Awareness Game. In addition, it is First Gen Night. 

The game will be the third in the series for The Players Trunk playing cards with Thursday's card featuring German Plotnikov. 

The win over Charleston on Saturday was Hofstra's third straight and the Pride's seventh in its last eight games. Hofstra is now 15-8 overall and 8-2 in Colonial Athletic Association play. 

It also marked the second consecutive year Hofstra has beaten an Associated Press-ranked opponent as they defeated #24 Arkansas, 89-81, on December 18, 2021. The other ranked win was a 67-66 win over #18 Southern Illinois on December 11, 1976. 

This is a huge game in the conference standings as Towson and the Pride are both 8-2 in the CAA. The Tigers own a 16-7 overall record. Towson has won six consecutive games, including a 92-73 win over William & Mary on Saturday. 

Hofstra is 46-30 all-time against Towson. The 76 all-time meetings between the Pride and the Tigers ranks as Hofstra's third-most played opponent of all-time (Delaware - 101 and Drexel - 96). Towson won this season's earlier meeting, but the Pride has won seven of the last 10 and 10 of the last 15 in the series. The meetings began with an 86-71 Hofstra win during the 1982-83 season.