Towson University has beaten out Old Dominion to get Georgetown transfer Jerrelle Benimon, according to a college source.

Benimon played two years with the Hoyas, averaging 10 minutes per game last season, before deciding to leave. Last week he visited Old Dominion, which offered him a scholarship out of Fauquier High School in Warrenton, Va. He visited Towson prior to that.

A 6-foot-7, 235-pound forward, Benimon will have to sit out the 2011-12 season, but he can play for the Tigers for two years. He averaged 21 points and 17 rebounds in his senior year at Fauquier with four blocks per game.

At Georgetown, Benimon averaged just 1.3 points and 1.8 rebounds last year, and had similar numbers his freshman year.