Towson University 2020-21 Men's Basketball
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TOWSON UNIVERSITY 2020-21 MEN'S BASKETBALL Contact: Dave Vatz • Director of Media Relations Office: 410-704-3102 • Cell: 518-391-5165 • Email: [email protected] 2020-21 Schedule/Results GAME #14/15 NOVEMBER (0-3) (TIME ET) 25 vs. #4 Virginia^ L, 54-89 Towson (3-10, 2-6 CAA) @ Charleston (5-8, 3-3 CAA) 26 vs. San Francisco^ L, 68-79 Saturday/Sunday, February 6/7, 2021 - 1/1 p.m. 27 vs. Buffalo^ L, 65-74 TD Arena - Charleston, S.C. TV: FloSports/FloHoops | Radio: Towsontigers.com DECEMBER (1-1) 23 at George Mason L, 65-70 TOWSON FLIES TO SOUTH CAROLINA TO PLAY CHARLESTON 26 COPPIN STATE W 78-73 Towson returns to the road to begin the month of February, tak- ing on Charleston for two games on the weekend of the 6th-7th with each game at 1 p.m. at the TD Arena. JANUARY (2-6) 16 JAMES MADISON* L, 72-81 Towson has four league weekends left, including two on the road. 18 UNCW* W 72-69 These will be the fourth and fifth road games for Towson in its 19 UNCW* W 78-74 last seven contests since Jan. 23. The Feb. 6 game will mark 23 at Hofstra* L, 58-71 one month until the CAA Tournament. 24 at Hofstra* L, 69-74 27 at James Madison* L, 63-78 Towson fell in a heartbreaker to William & Mary on Jan. 31 at 30 WILLIAM & MARY* L, 74-84 home, going to 3-10 overall and 2-6 in the Colonial Athletic Asso- 31 WILLIAM & MARY* L, 74-75 ciation. Charleston just got off pause, last playing on Jan. 17 in a 68-66 home loss to Northeastern, to stand at 5-8 overall and FEBRUARY (0-0) 3-3 in the CAA. 6 at Charleston* 1 p.m. 7 at Charleston* 1 p.m. Charleston has won the last four meetings between the two pro- 13 NORTHEASTERN* 1 p.m. grams, including 81-69 on Jan. 2, 2020 in Charleston and 79-70 14 NORTHEASTERN* 1 p.m. on Feb. 1, 2020 in Towson. The Cougars lead the all-time series 20 at Drexel* 1 p.m. 11-7, with Towson's last win coming on Jan. 7, 2018, a 73-62 vic- tory at home. 21 at Drexel* 1 p.m. 27 DELAWARE* 1 p.m. SQUARING UP 28 DELAWARE* 1 p.m. Game: Towson Tigers @ College of Charleston Cougars --Series: CofC leads 11-7 --Last Time Out: 2/1/20 - Towson, Md. - CofC 79, Towson 70 MARCH (0-0) TV: FloSports/FloHoops 6-9 CAA Tournament# TBA --Commentators: Everett German, Danny Johnson Radio: TowsonTigers.com --Commentator: Spiro Morekas, 30th season Home games in BOLD CAPS Social Media: Towson Men's Basketball * Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Game --Facebook: TowsonMBB | TowsonTigers --Twitter: @Towson_MBB | @TowsonTigers ^ - at Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.) --Instagram: Towson_mbb | tutigers # - at Atlantic Union Bank Center (Harrisonburg, Va.) --YouTube: YouTube.com/TheTowsonTigers 1 2020-21 TOWSON UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES - @ CHARLESTON 2/6-7 Tale of the Tape MARTIN EARNS PRESEASON ALL-CAA FIRST TEAM Towson CofC Zane Martin's return to Towson has been noticed by 3-10 Overall Record 5-8 the league as he was named to the 2020-21 Preseason 2-6 Conference Record 3-3 All-CAA First Team. L-5 Streak L-2 68.5 Points Per Game 69.1 Coming back to Towson for this year, Martin averaged 76.2 Points Allowed Per Game 69.7 10.1 points and 3.1 assists a contest last year with New -7.8 Scoring Margin -0.6 Mexico, including 16 double-digit scoring contests. 38.5 Rebounds Per Game 32.5 34.8 Opp. Rebounds Per Game 32.7 It is the second straight year where Towson placed a +3.6 Rebounding Margin -0.2 player on the Preseason All-CAA First Team, with Brian 41.5% Field Goal Percentage 44.4% Fobbs landing on the 2019-20 team. 44.1% Opp. Field Goal Percentage 45.3% 28.8% 3-Point Percentage 36.7% His last year with Towson in 2017-18, Martin earned 38.6% Opp. 3-Point Percentage 36.7% All-CAA Second Team after averaging 19.8 points per 5.2 3-Pointers Made Per Game 7.9 game. 74.3% Free Throw Percentage 69.0% 9.8 Assists Per Game 10.5 TOWSON PREDICTED TO FINISH FOURTH IN CAA 13.1 Turnovers Per Game 10.6 Towson was predicted to get fourth in the CAA in the 10.5 Opposing Turnovers Per Game 12.2 league's preseason poll, voted on by the conference's -2.5 Turnover Margin +1.6 head coaches, SIDs and media, including four first-place 4.7 Steals Per Game 5.5 2.9 Blocks Per Game 3.0 votes. This past year, Towson concluded at 19-13, the fourth 2020-21 Towson MBB Awards time in the last five seasons with at least 18 victories. The Tigers went 12-6 in the league for a third place fin- Zane Martin ish, its third top-three finish in conference play in the --Preseason All-CAA Team last five seasons. Reigning league champion Hofstra was predicted to finish first in the preseason coaches poll, with Delaware and Drexel second and third respectively. The rest of the poll was filled out in order by Elon, Charleston, Northeastern, UNCW, JMU and William & Mary. SKERRY APPROACHING 150 WINS AT TOWSON Pat Skerry, who is in his 10th season at the helm of the Tigers, is quickly approaching his 150th victory as the team's head coach. Currently, Skerry has amassed 146 victories at Towson, including six years of at least 18 wins since the 2012-13 season. Skerry is looking to be the third Towson men's bas- ketball head coach with over 150 wins. Vince Angotti won 229 games as Towson's head coach from 1966-83 while Terry Truax notched 202 wins with the Tigers from 1983-97. Skerry is also the third longest-tenured coach in Towson history. Including two seasons leading Curry from 1996-98, Skerry has 170 wins as a head coach. His teams have won double digit victories in 11 out of 12 seasons as a head coach. 2 2020-21 TOWSON UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES - @ CHARLESTON 2/6-7 Towson Possible Starters Player Pos. Yr./Ht./Wt. PPG FG% 3FG% RPG APG Notes #1 Demetrius Mims G/F R-So., 6-6/185 5.8 42.0% 25.0% 3.2 0.2 Sat out 2019-20 after transferring from Long Beach State #2 Zane Martin G Sr., 6-4/205 15.7 38.8% 19.7% 3.8 3.7 Preseason All-CAA First Team #11 Jason Gibson G So., 6-1/165 10.8 42.5% 35.3% 1.7 1.6 2019-20 CAA All-Rookie Team #25 Nicolas Timberlake G R-So., 6-4/200 11.6 37.0% 33.8% 3.9 0.7 2019-20 CAA Sixth Man of the Year #32 Charles Thompson F So., 6-7/235 8.8 56.1% --% 6.6 0.8 Earned first double-double vs. Coppin State (12p, 11r) Towson Possible Reserves Player Pos. Yr./Ht./Wt. PPG FG% 3FG% RPG APG Notes #0 Curtis Holland III G Jr., 6-2/220 0.0 --% --% 0.0 0.0 Played last two seasons at High Point University #3 Cam Allen G Gr., 6-1/185 2.5 22.9% 28.6% 1.8 1.2 Graduate transfer from CSU Bakersfield, averaging 7.9 ppg #5 Jakigh Dottin G Jr., 6-2/211 3.5 35.0% 28.6% 2.4 0.8 Appeared in all 67 games over the past three years #12 Juwan Gray F R-Sr., 6-8/215 7.2 43.3% 27.3% 4.6 0.6 Team captain, out for the rest of the season #15 Chris Caliguiran G Jr., 5-6/140 0.0 0.0% --% 0.0 0.0 Walk-on, has played 16 career games #22 Solomon Uyaelunmo F R-So., 6-7/230 6.8 68.9% --% 5.9 0.6 Missed most of 2019-20 due to knee injury #23 Darrick Jones Jr. G Fr., 6-5/190 1.3 50.0% 0.0% 0.5 0.0 #8 recruit in the state of Virginia by ESPN.com #24 Greg Cross G Sr., 6-4/213 0.0 --% --% 0.0 0.0 Walk-on, played in five contests last season #34 Victor Uyaelunmo C R-Jr., 7-0/220 3.3 25.8% --% 5.8 0.6 Sat out 2019-20 after transferring from Southern Calif. #35 Chris Biekeu F Fr., 6-7/210 2.3 50.0% --% 2.3 0.2 First Towson player under Pat Skerry from Canada #44 Justin Patterson G So., 6-4/215 0.0 --% --% 0.0 0.0 Walk-on, played in seven contests last season REPPING THE HOME STATE CAA Statistical Leaders - Towson Towson's represents its home of the Old Line State well, having (Through: 2/4) seven players from Maryland on the roster. Team --Scoring Offense: 6th (68.5 points per game) Baltimore Poly's own Demetrius Mims came back to Charm City --Scoring Defense: 10th (76.2 points per game) after a year at Long Beach State and is eligible after sitting out 2019- --Scoring Margin: 10th (-7.8 points per game) 20. --Field Goal %: 9th (41.5%) --Field Goal % Defense: 6th (44.1%) --3-Point Field Goal %: 10th (28.8%) From Severna Park comes Jason Gibson, who earned All-CAA Rook- --3-Point Field Goal % Defense: 10th (38.6%) ie Team honors after averaging 8.4 points and 2.1 assists a game last --3-Point Field Goals Made: 10th (5.2 per game) year.