TOWSON, Md. – They've met two times in Towson, twice in Boston, and once in Baltimore. Now, Northeastern and Towson will take their rivalry to a new location: Charleston, South Carolina.
 
The third-seeded Tigers and the sixth-seeded Huskies meet in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) quarterfinals for the second consecutive year. This will be the sixth meeting between Towson and Northeastern in the last two years. In addition, this game is rematch of last year's quarterfinal contest, won by Northeastern, 71-60, at Royal Farms Arena.
 
This season, Towson and Northeastern traded seven-point home victories. In addition, each team terminated the other's five-game winning streak. Towson's 74-67 win over Northeastern on Jan. 14 at SECU Arena was the Huskies' first conference setback. The Huskies earned a 69-62 win over Towson on Jan. 28 at Matthews Arena.
 

When:	Saturday, March 4, 2017
Where	North Charleston Coliseum -- Charleston, S.C.
Time:	8:30 p.m.
Records:	Towson (19-12); Northeastern (15-15)
Television:	Comcast Sportsnet (Al Koken, John Feinstein & Rob Carlin)
Radio:	CBS Sports Radio 1300 AM
Series History:	Northeastern leads 21-14
Last Meeting:	Towson defeated W&M, 82-80 Feb. 4 at SECU Arena
Social Media Updates:	@Towson_MBB

Series notes
The Tigers are 7-14 all-time in the CAA Tournament since joining the CAA in 2001-02 … The Tigers are the No. 3 seed for the second consecutive year … Towson and Northeastern have split a pair of CAA Tournament meetings … The Tigers beat Northeastern 58-54 in 2009 in Richmond & Northeastern beat Towson, 71-60 last season in Baltimore … The winner advances to Sunday's semifinals against either No. 2 Charleston, No. 7 James Madison or No. 10 Drexel … Towson has won 11 of its last 14 games.
 
A Look At Northeastern
Northeastern dropped four of its last five games. Two of those setbacks were to UNCW. However, the Huskies do have a pair of road wins at Charleston and Elon by one point each. After a record setting game and a week that saw a 26.0 point per game average, freshman Bolden Brace has earned CAA Rookie of the Week. On Thursday night against Elon, Brace became just the third Husky to ever net 40 points in a single game joining Reggie Lewis (41) and J.J. Barea (41). The Huskies have been this season led by T.J. Williams, the CAA's third-leading scorer at 21.6 points per game. Also averaging double digits for Northeastern is Alex Murphy (14.2 points per game).
 
Last Meeting Against Northeastern
Deshaun Morman scored 11 points to lead the Towson University men's basketball team during its 69-62 setback to Northeastern. The loss ended Towson's five-game winning streak. Northeastern made three 3-pointers in 51 seconds during an 11-5 run in the second half to take a lead it wouldn't relinquish. John Davis, Arnaud William Adala Moto and Mike Mike Morsell had nine points each for Towson. T.J. Williams had a game-high 23 points. Alex Murphy finished with 16 points for the Huskies.
 
Last Time Out
Towson had five players reach double figures during its 83-79 loss at William & Mary: Adala Moto (15), Morman (13), Jordan McNeil (13), Zane Martin (10) and Brian Starr (10). The Tigers trailed by 22 points with 11:29 remaining before mounting a furious charge.
 
Locked At No. 3
Towson is 0-1 all-time as a No. 3 seed, losing 71-60 to Northeastern last year in Baltimore.
 
Tigers in the CAA Tournament
Towson is 7-14 in the CAA Tournament since joining the league in 2001-02.  Towson has lost five of its last six CAA Tournament games.
 
Year     Seed     Opponent             Result
2016     #3         Northeastern          L, 60-71
2015     #9         Elon                      L, 69-74
2014     #2         James Madison      W, 80-71
                        William & Mary        L, 71-75
2012     #12       Delaware                 L, 65-72
2011     #12       Drexel                     L, 69-75
2010     #8         UNCW                   W, 91-74
                        ODU                       L, 56-86
2009     #11       Drexel                     W, 73-62
                        Northeastern            W, 58-54
                        George Mason          L, 48-56
2008     #9         Hofstra                    W, 81-66
                        VCU                         L, 46-57
2007     #7         UNCW                     W, 67-52
                        ODU                         L, 55-58
2006     #7         Georgia State           L, 64-72
2005     #10       Delaware                  L, 56-76
2004     #9         William & Mary         W, 70-65
                        VCU                         L, 60-67
2003     #10       James Madison         L, 61-72
2002     #7         Hofstra                     L, 52-72
 
30 Is The New 20
Mike Morsell delivered his second 32-point scoring performance this season. He scored 32 points each against William & Mary and Elon. It's the first time since the 2012-13 season that a player for Towson has scored at least 30 points in a game twice during the same season. Jerrelle Benimon scored 30 at Temple on Dec. 12 and 31 at George Mason on Feb. 26.
 
Skerry Success In Last Five Years
Towson has been consistently excellent in the last five years under head coach Pat Skerry. The Tigers have won 94 games (.580 winning percentage of its games), won 20 or more games twice, won a pair of postseason contests, participated in two postseason tournaments and have the most CAA regular season wins of any school. 
 
This is the third time in the last four years Towson has been seeded third or higher in the CAA Tournament.
 
Prior to Skerry's arrival, the highest seed in the CAA tournament for Towson was seventh. Also, to understand Skerry's success and the job he has done consider that Towson had an all-time winning percentage of .425, which ranked 324th out of 341 Division I programs according to records obtained from the NCAA before Skerry's arrival in 2011.
 
19 And Counting
This is the third time in the last five years, Towson has won at least 19 games. It's the sixth time since Towson has been a Division I program (first year was 1979-80) that it has won at least 19 games in a single season (1988-89, 1990-91, 1993-94, 2013-14, 2015-16 & 2016-17). The last three have been under Pat Skerry. With one more win, Towson will have 20 wins for the fourth time as a Division I program. It will also be the first time that Towson has posted consecutive 20-win seasons as a Division I program. Towson had consecutive 20 win seasons during its time as a Division II program in 1976-77 (27-3) and 1977-78 (26-4).
 
CAA Wins Since 2012-13 Season
Since the start of the 2012-13 season, Towson has the most regular season Colonial Athletic Association victories of any school.  The Tigers are 53-30 over that span.
 

School	Wins
Towson	53
William & Mary	51
Northeastern	49
UNCW	49
James Madison	47
Delaware	43
Hofstra	40
Drexel	32
College of Charleston	31
Elon	23

 
In addition Towson has won double digit CAA games for the fourth time in the last five years. It had never been done before Skerry's arrival in 2011.
 
Adala Moto's Awesome Effort
Arnaud William Adala Moto scored 33 points in a loss to UNCW, an effort that's tied for the 12th best single-game total in Towson history. It was the most points a Towson player has scored in a road game since Gary Neal's 33 point performance at Loyola on Jan. 15, 2007. The 33 points are a high scored by a Towson player this season. Adala Moto was special, packing 22 of his points into the second half. Overall, Adala Moto was 9-for-12 from the field and 14-of-19 from the foul line.
 
Comeback Tigers
Towson has rallied from five double-digit deficits to win games. Three of those games (FDU, UMBC, William & Mary), the Tigers trailed by double digits at intermission. Even though Towson lost at Boston College, the Tigers erased a 13-point first half deficit to lead by three points with five minutes remaining.
 
Deficit             Opponent           Final
10 (43-33)*     vs. FDU                  90-87
15 (48-33)*     at UMBC                73-72
16 (32-16)       at Hofstra              86-80
17 (56-39)*     vs. William & Mary  82-80
10 (39-29)*     vs. Hofstra              69-65
 
* second half deficit
 
Sensational Second Halves
The Tigers made 19 of 29 shots (65.5 percent) in the second half against UMBC. It was their highest shooting second half of the season. Towson made 63 percent of its shots (17-for-27) against Morgan State. Towson has shot at least 50 percent in the second half 10 times this season. The Tigers scored 57 points in the 2nd half against FDU and 54 against Hofstra.
 
Nationally Speaking
Towson is ranked in top 50 nationally in offensive rebounds per game (14th, 13.42), rebound margin (8th, 7.9), free throw attempts (1st, 812), free throws made (10th, 556), total rebounds (9th, 1,227), and rebounds per game (24th, 39.5).
 
1,000 Ways To Score...Choose One
Towson has three players that have scored at least 1,000 points: Arnuad William Adala Moto (1,256), John Davis (1,114) and Mike Morsell (1,062).

Nonconference Tests
Competing against a tough non-conference schedule, Towson finished 8-5. Not including Division III Goucher, the winning percentage of Towson's non-conference opponents this season was 62.1 percent (197-154). Towson faced two teams that won 20 games (Maryland and Nevada) and eight teams that compiled winning records (George Mason, Morgan State, Maryland, Stony Brook, Old Dominion, UMBC, Nevada and Iona). Furthermore, six of those teams are among the top three teams in their respective leagues: Morgan State (MEAC), Maryland (Big 10), Stony Brook (America East), Old Dominion (Conference USA), Nevada (Mountain West) and Iona (MAAC).

Up Next
The winner of this game advances to Sunday's semifinals where it play either No. 2 College of Charleston, No. 7 James Madison or No. 10 Drexel at 4:30 p.m.