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 #6 NOVEMBER (0-3) (TIME ET) 25 vs. #4 Virginia^ L, 54-89 26 vs. San Francisco^ L, 68-79 Towson (1-4, 0-0 CAA) @ Iona (5-3, 3-1 MAAC) 27 vs. Buffalo^ L, 65-74 Tuesday, December 29, 2020 - 3 p.m. Hynes Center - New Rochelle, N.Y. DECEMBER (1-1) TV: ESPN+ | Radio: Towsontigers.com 23 at George Mason L, 65-70 26 COPPIN STATE W 78-73 EMPIRE STATE BOUND: TOWSON CHALLENGES IONA 29 at Iona 3 p.m. Towson is heading north for its next game, taking on Iona at the 30 MORGAN STATE 6 p.m. Hynes Center not far from New York City on Tuesday, Dec. 29 at 3 p.m. JANUARY (0-0) 3 JAMES MADISON* 1 p.m. Colonial Athletic Association representative Towson picked up 5 at James Madison* 2 p.m. its first win on Saturday, defeating Coppin State 78-73 to go to 9 at Elon* 1 p.m. 1-4. Iona's last opponent was also Coppin State, an 85-65 win 10 at Elon* 12 p.m. on Dec. 23, for its third straight victory. The Gaels stand at 5-3 16 UNCW* 1 p.m. overall and 3-1 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. 17 UNCW* 1 p.m. 23 at Hofstra* 2 p.m. This game was officially added to the schedule on Dec. 20. Tow- 24 at Hofstra* 2 p.m. son was originally supposed to play Siena, but changed after the 30 WILLIAM & MARY* 1 p.m. Saints went back on pause. 31 WILLIAM & MARY* 1 p.m. This will be the second-ever meeting between Towson and Iona. FEBRUARY (0-0) 6 at Charleston* 1 p.m. The Tigers and Gaels met at the 2016 South Point Holiday Hoops 7 at Charleston* 1 p.m. Classic in Las Vegas, with Towson winning 76-69 on Dec. 22. 13 NORTHEASTERN* 1 p.m. 14 NORTHEASTERN* 1 p.m. Towson will play two non-conference games in as many days, 20 at Drexel* 1 p.m. beginning with Iona and following with a home game against 21 at Drexel* 1 p.m. Morgan State on Dec. 30 at 6 p.m., a rescheduled contest to be 27 DELAWARE* 1 p.m. played at SECU Arena. 28 DELAWARE* 1 p.m. SQUARING UP MARCH (0-0) Game: Towson Tigers vs. Iona Gaels --Series: Towson leads 1-0 6-9 CAA Tournament# TBA --Last Time Out: 12/22/16, Las Vegas, Nev. - Towson 76, Iona 69 Home games in BOLD CAPS TV: ESPN+ --Commentators: David Resnick, Vin Parise * Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Game Radio: TowsonTigers.com ^ - at Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, Conn.) --Commentator: Spiro Morekas, 30th season # - at DC Events Center (Washington, D.C.) Social Media: Towson Men's Basketball --Facebook: TowsonMBB | TowsonTigers --Twitter: @Towson_MBB | @TowsonTigers --Instagram: Towson_mbb | tutigers --YouTube: YouTube.com/TheTowsonTigers 1 2020-21 TOWSON UNIVERSITY MEN'S BASKETBALL GAME NOTES - @ IONA 12/29 Tale of the Tape MARTIN EARNS PRESEASON ALL-CAA FIRST TEAM Towson Iona Zane Martin's return to Towson has been noticed by 1-4 Overall Record 5-3 the league as he was named to the 2020-21 Preseason 0-0 Conference Record 3-1 All-CAA First Team in the preseason. W-1 Streak W-3 66.0 Points Per Game 70.9 Coming back to Towson for this year, Martin averaged 77.0 Points Allowed Per Game 67.1 10.1 points and 3.1 assists a contest last year with New -11.0 Scoring Margin +3.8 Mexico, including 16 double-digit scoring contests. 40.2 Rebounds Per Game 35.6 37.4 Opp. Rebounds Per Game 32.0 It is the second straight year where Towson placed a +2.8 Rebounding Margin +3.6 player on the Preseason All-CAA First Team, with Brian 40.2% Field Goal Percentage 43.8% Fobbs landing on the 2019-20 team. 44.5% Opp. Field Goal Percentage 42.8% 29.6% 3-Point Percentage 33.3% His last year with Towson in 2017-18, Martin earned 36.7% Opp. 3-Point Percentage 32.2% All-CAA Second Team after averaging 19.8 points per 4.8 3-Pointers Made Per Game 7.6 game. 70.8% Free Throw Percentage 70.9% 8.4 Assists Per Game 14.6 TOWSON PREDICTED TO FINISH FOURTH IN CAA 13.4 Turnovers Per Game 14.4 Towson was predicted to get fourth in the CAA in the 10.0 Opposing Turnovers Per Game 14.3 league's preseason poll, voted on by the conference's -3.4 Turnover Margin -0.1 head coaches, SIDs and media, including four first-place 4.2 Steals Per Game 6.5 1.6 Blocks Per Game 4.1 votes. This past year, Towson concluded at 19-13, the fourth 2019-20 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 144 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 167 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 - @ IONA 12/29 Towson Possible Starters Player Pos. Yr./Ht./Wt. PPG FG% 3FG% RPG APG Notes #2 Zane Martin G Sr., 6-4/205 14.2 36.6% 21.7% 5.0 3.2 Preseason All-CAA First Team #12 Juwan Gray F R-Sr., 6-8/215 7.2 43.3% 27.3% 4.6 0.6 Team captain #22 Solomon Uyaelunmo F R-So., 6-7/230 4.2 60.0% --% 4.2 0.6 Missed most of 2019-20 due to knee injury #25 Nicolas Timberlake G R-So., 6-4/200 13.4 37.5% 42.3% 3.6 0.6 2019-20 CAA Sixth Man of the Year #32 Charles Thompson F So., 6-7/235 8.6 58.8% --% 4.6 0.2 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 #1 Demetrius Mims G/F R-So., 6-6/185 4.6 56.3% 50.0% 1.8 0.2 Sat out 2019-20 after transferring from Long Beach State #3 Cam Allen G Gr., 6-1/185 2.6 23.8% 28.6% 2.8 1.2 Graduate transfer from CSU Bakersfield, averaging 7.9 ppg #5 Jakigh Dottin G Jr., 6-2/211 2.8 27.3% --% 3.2 0.6 Appeared in all 67 games over the past three years #11 Jason Gibson G So., 6-1/165 6.3 30.4% 16.7% 2.3 1.3 2019-20 CAA All-Rookie Team #15 Chris Caliguiran G Jr., 5-6/140 0.0 0.0% --% 0.0 0.0 Walk-on, has played 15 career games #23 Darrick Jones Jr. G Fr., 6-5/190 1.0 --% --% 0.0 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 3.6 26.7% --% 5.8 0.4 Sat out 2019-20 after transferring from Southern Calif. #35 Chris Biekeu F Fr., 6-7/210 1.3 66.7% --% 1.0 0.0 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: 12/26) seven players from Maryland on the roster. Team --Scoring Offense: 8th (66.0 points per game) Baltimore Poly's own Demetrius Mims came back to Charm City --Scoring Defense: 10th (77.0 points per game) after a year at Long Beach State and is eligible after sitting out 2019- --Scoring Margin: 10th (-11.0 points per game) 20. --Field Goal %: 9th (40.2%) --Field Goal % Defense: 6th (45.5%) --3-Point Field Goal %: 10th (29.6%) From Severna Park comes Jason Gibson, who earned All-CAA Rook- --3-Point Field Goal % Defense: 8th (36.7%) ie Team honors after averaging 8.4 points and 2.1 assists a game last --3-Point Field Goals Made: 10th (4.8 per game) year.