TOWSON, Md. – Deshaun Morman, Jordan McNeil, and Justin Gorham enjoyed career best scoring performances to lead the Towson University men's basketball team to an 89-45 victory over Frostburg State at SECU Arena Monday evening. This game was part of the Gulf Coast Showcase tournament.
 
Morman and McNeil were two of four Towson players to hit for double digits as the Tigers won their home opener for the fifth consecutive year. Morman scored a game high 19 points on 8-of-10 shooting. McNeil tallied 13 of his 17 points in the second half.
 
Sophomores Zane Martin and Gorham finished with 10 points each. Gorham also complemented his effort with a career best nine rebounds.
 
Records
Frostburg State           0-0 (exhibition does not count in standings)
Towson                       1-1
 
How It Happened

• Morsell added nine points to raise his career total to 1,099.
• Dennis Tunstall grabbed seven rebounds in nine minutes.
• Alex Thomas finished with a season best seven rebounds.
• Brian Starr had eight points as 10 Tigers marked the scoring column.
• All 12 Tigers played at least eight minutes.
• Martin's dunk gave Towson the lead for good, 12-10, six minutes, 17 seconds into the game.
• His dunk triggered a 12-2 Towson run that gave the Tigers control.
• Tunstall's layup gave Towson a 24-14 lead with 8:01 remaining. The Tigers lead never dropped below double digits following that basket.
• Towson packed four dunks into the first half that ended with it leading 47-24.
• The Tigers made six 3-pointers in the second half.
• Towson's defense limited Frostburg State to 1-of-16 shooting from 3-point distance.
• Tyler Michael led the Bobcats with 10 points.
• Edwin Cole had a team best eight rebounds to go along with seven points for Frostburg State, which scored the first basket of the contest.

 
Inside the Numbers

• Towson improved to 5-0 all-time in SECU Arena home openers.
• The Tigers average margin in victory in SECU Arena home openers is 31.6 points.
• Towson is 46-16 all-time at SECU Arena.
• Towson raised its mark to 7-0 against non-Division I opponents in the Pat Skerry era.
• The Tigers have won nine straight home games.
• Towson improved to 17-2 against in-state opponents since the start of the 2013 season.
• It was the eighth time in Martin's career he's scored in double figures.
• Morman has reached double digits in scoring 19 times in his career.
• It was the sixth time McNeil finished in double figures.
• Towson's bench outscored Frostburg State, 55-13.
• The Tigers finished with 53 rebounds, the 90th time in the Skerry era that Towson had at least 40 rebounds.
• Towson turned 16 Frostburg State turnovers into 24 points.
• Jeffrey Prophete, Eddie Keith II and Travis Ingram paced Towson with three assists each.
• This was the second straight game in which Towson had at least three players finish with at least seven rebounds.

 
About the Gulf Coast Showcase
Towson will join Manhattan, UMKC, Georgia Southern, Missouri State, Pennsylvania, Northern Illinois and Florida Atlantic in the three-day tournament next Monday through Wednesday at Germain Arena in Estero, Fl. Georgia Southern and UMKC both played in the 2017 College Basketball Invitational (CBI). The Kangaroos earned a first round victory over Green Bay before falling in the quarterfinals. Towson was the winningest team last year among the eight in the field, winning 20 games.
 
Up Next
Towson takes its shortest road trip of the season when it visits Loyola in a Friday night clash from Reitz Arena starting at 7 p.m.
 
Next Home Game
Towson will host St. Mary's College of Maryland on Monday, Nov. 27 at 6 p.m.