TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's basketball team finishes a two-game homestand by hosting reigning America East regular season champion Vermont. This will be the first meeting between the former America East conference playmates since 2012.
 
Towson students enter free at Gate 2 and the first 150 fans through the door will receive a food voucher.
 

When:	Friday, November 30, 2018
Where	SECU Arena -- Towson, Md.
Time:	7 p.m.
Records:	Towson (2-4); Vermont (4-3)
Television/Internet:	Towson Sports Network
Radio:	CBS Sports Radio 1300 AM with Spiro Morakes
Series History:	Towson, 13-12.
Last Meeting:	Towson won 68-64 on Dec. 5, 2012
Social Media Updates:	@Towson_MBB

 
Opening Tip

• Towson is 2-0 at home this season following double digit victories over Loyola and Wesley.
• Towson has won seven consecutive games against America East opponents.
• Vermont is 3-2 on the road with its setbacks coming to No. 2 Kansas and Louisville.
• The Tigers have won eight straight home games against non-conference opponents.
• Vermont is the second team Towson is facing this season that won its regular season conference crown last season. The Catamounts won the America East and participated in the NIT. Virginia won the ACC last season.
• Alex Thomas is one game away from joining Jordan McNeil with 100 career games played.

 
Statistically Speaking

• Dennis Tunstall is 50th nationally in offensive rebounds per game (3.33).
• Tunstall is the Tigers' leading rebounder (6.3 per game).
• Brian Fobbs (12.3 points per game) and Tobias Howard, Jr. (11.2) are Towson's leading scorers.
• Nakye Sanders adds 9.0 points and 5.5 rebounds per outing.
• Towson has scored at least 80 points in both of its home games.

 
Loyola Leftovers

• Fobbs (25 points), Howard Jr (22) and Sanders (14) all established career best scoring totals.
• Sanders grabbed a season best nine rebounds.
• Howard was 7-for-7 from the foul line.
• Fobbs had a career best three steals.
• Towson outscored Loyola, 49-28, after intermission.
• The Tigers held the Greyhounds to 6-for-22 shooting (27.3 percent) in the second half.
• The Tigers held Loyola without a basket for the final 5:48 of the game.

 
About Vermont

• Junior forward Anthony Lamb was named to the 2018-19 Lou Henson Award Watch List.
• Since the start of the 2016-17 campaign, the Catamounts have won the most true road games of any Division I team.
• UVM has reached the win column 25 times on the road following its 69-53 victory over George Washington on Wednesday night.
• The Catamounts used an 18-0 second half run to beat George Washington.
• Vermont had three players reach double digits led by Lamb's 16 points and nine rebounds.
• Ben Shungu set new career high with 13 points. He shot a perfect 4-for-4 from the field and 3-for-3 from long distance.   
• Stef Smith also narrowly missed a double-double with 10 points and nine rebounds.
• Lamb leads Vermont in scoring (19.3 ppg.), rebounds (8.0) and blocked shots (2.5).

 
Up Next

• Towson visits George Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 5. Tip-off from the Charles E. Smith Center is 7 p.m.
• The game will be streamed live on ESPN+.
• Fans can access ESPN+ with a seven-day free trial, followed by a subscription fee of $4.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with the ability to cancel at any time.