Some leaders lead by example. When Towson needed a big play, their senior quarterback stepped up to the plate and hit a home run.  

Grant Enders led the Tigers with 98 yards rushing and passed for 260 yards, but it was one play with 3:04 left that helped Towson to a 24-19 win over Maine on Saturday night. Towson was up 17-13 after the Black Bears' kicker Sean Decloux nailed a 28-yard field with 6:45 left.  

The Tigers opened the drive at their own 14-yard line and after a holding penalty on senior wide receiver Tom Ryan, were pushed back to their own seven. On first-and-17, Enders rolled to his right and couldn't connect with an open Terrance West at the 30. Two plays later, the Tigers were forced to punt. But Maine's Sean Stephenson ran into sophomore punter R.J.Peppers at the Towson 21 and the Tigers were able to continue the drive after the roughing-the-punter personal foul penalty.  

Three plays later, Enders hit sophomore wide receiver Spencer Wilkins for a 10-yard pass to convert a third-and-eight from their own 38. On first-and-10 from the Towson 48, Enders took the snap from the shot gun formation and ran up the middle for 52 yards and the insurance touchdown.  

"It was a good call by coach," said Enders. "Their defense was pretty aggressive. We had great blocking on that play. (Senior) Dominique Booker made a great block on their guy and I was able to avoid his tackle and keep going."  

Enders showed tremendous speed in outracing the Maine linebackers and secondary. But it's not shocking. He also had a 52-yard run against Villanova last year and ran for 387 yards with five touchdowns for the season. In the first six games, Enders already has 321 yards rushing and 1,115 yards passing. Towson hasn't always been on target offensively this year so Enders had had to use his legs even more this year than in 2011.

"(Quarterbacks) Coach Jared Ambrose does a great job of teaching me to go through progressions," said Enders ."When something is not there after I look downfield, I try to make plays with my feet."  

Quarterbacks will make mistakes, but they have to forget them. Enders made one in the second quarter. On the third drive of the game, Towson had all the momentum on their side. They were up 7-3 and had driven to the Maine 13-yard line after a 25-yard pass from Enders to Ryan. On the next play, Enders was picked off in the middle of the field by linebacker Troy Eastman, who ran it back 96 yards for a touchdown to give Maine a 10-7 lead.  

On the next drive, Enders took the team down the field, but junior kicker D.J. Soven missed a 37-yard field goal attempt. However, Enders would deliver what turned out to be the game-winning touchdown with 1:22 left in the half on an 18-yard pass to senior wide receiver Erron Banks.  

After a late defensive stop, Enders did it again, driving the team from the Towson 23 with 29 seconds left to the Maine 23. Unfortunately, Soven's 40-yard attempt hit the crossbar to end the half. Enders' ability to bounce back from a "pick-six", showed why he's one of the best quarterbacks in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).  

"It goes back to having a short memory and just taking the game one play at a time," said Enders. "If it's a bad drive, you have to forget about it. Even when things are going really good, it's on to the next play. When you throw a touchdown pass, you can't be too happy about that. You have to go out there and try to do it again. Same thing about the negative play. I wish I had (the interception) back but there's nothing we can do but move forward. I think the offense responded very well. Our defense played a great game and kept giving us the ball back."  

Towson didn't struggle offensively, amassing 507 total yards but did have trouble finishing drives. Even the normally-reliable Soven, who made 7-of-8 kicks last year and was 5-of-6 coming into the Maine game, missed three of four attempts on Saturday night.  

"(Through) six games, the majority of our offensive penalties have come in the red zone," said Towson head coach Rob Ambrose. "Add to the fact that D.J. had the worst day of his career here, to come away with no points in three of four times, that hurts. But the sign of a good team is to find a way to beat that adversity."  

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The CAA has one undefeated team - James Madison (5-1, 3-0 CAA), which won a thrilling game over William & Mary (2-5, 1-3), 27-26 in double overtime. The Tribe had a chance to win, but Drake Kuhn missed a 31-yarder with five seconds left. JMU won the game in the second overtime on a Dae'Quan Scott three-yard run. The Tribe tied it on a 7-yard pass from Raphael Ortiz to Tre McBride, but William & Mary went for the two-point conversion and the win but failed to convert.  

Towson's next opponent is Old Dominion (5-1, 2-1), which fell at home to Villanova (5-2, 3-1), 38-14. Villanova held ODU's explosive offense to just 350 total yards and held the ball for nearly 40 minutes to just 20:04 for the Monarchs.  

In other CAA action, New Hampshire (5-2, 3-1) continued its winning ways with a 44-40 win over Richmond (4-3, 2-2) in Durham, N.H. Georgia State (1-6, 1-3) won its first game, defeating Rhode Island (0-6, 0-3), 41-7 on the road.  

As for teams Towson has played this season, Kent State moved to 5-1 with a 31-17 road win over Army, #9 LSU bounced back from a loss at Florida to edge #3 South Carolina at home, 23-21 and St. Francis (Pa.) fell at Albany, 36-13.