TOWSON, Md. – Brian Fobbs and Tobias Howard Jr. combined to score 37 points for the Towson University men's basketball team during a 70-64 setback to visiting Vermont at SECU Arena in a non-conference contest Friday night.
 
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Towson head coach Pat Skerry on the game.
"Vermont is good and we knew they were good. The last couple of minutes when we fought back, we made some errors and I think that's correctable through game experience. I am encouraged we can get there, but we're not there yet. We're playing hard and we're getting better."
 
How It Happened

• For the second straight game, Fobbs tied his career-high by scoring 25 points on 8-of-13 shooting.
• Fobbs, who was also 7-for-7 from the foul line, also tallied 25 in Sunday's win over Loyola.
• Fobbs scored all 16 of his second half points in the final 12 minutes.
• Howard added 12 points and a pair of steals in 34 minutes.
• Nakye Sanders and Dennis Tunstall combined for 12 points and 10 rebounds.
• The Tigers sliced an 18-point second-half deficit to 67-62 with 27 seconds remaining following a Howard 3-pointer.
• Towson got the ball back on a steal but missed a pair of foul shots that would've made it a one-possession game.
• Towson's defense gave it a chance by holding Vermont without a field goal for the final 5 minutes, 14 seconds.
• Overall in the final 12 minutes, Towson held Vermont to 2-of-11 shooting.
• After Tunstall made a foul shot to bring Towson to within, 27-26, 10 seconds into the second half, Vermont scored 14 of the next 16 points to open a double-digit advantage that eventually swelled to 50-32 with 11:59 left.
• The Catamounts made five of their first eight shots after intermission.
• The Tigers were 3-of-5 from 3-point distance in the opening 20 minutes.
• Vermont's Ernie Duncan made six 3-pointers and finished with a season-high 28 points.
• Isaiah Moll scored a career best 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

 
Inside the Numbers

• This was the 100th career game for Alex Thomas, who had two blocked shots.
• This was Thomas' 17th career multi-blocked shot game.
• Fobbs has scored in double figures in three straight games and four of the Tigers last five games
• Fobbs raised his average to 15.0 points per game.
• He also finished with five rebounds.
• It's the fourth time this season Fobbs has ended with five or more rebounds.
• Howard has at least one 3-pointer in six games this season.
• Towson committed two turnovers in the second half.
• The Tigers opened the second half by making two of their first 10 shots.
• Vermont made 11 3-pointers.
• Towson shot 86.4 percent from the foul line (19-for-22).
• Tunstall, Sanders and Howard all had two assists each for Towson.
• Tunstall has finished with at least six rebounds in five of Towson's seven games.
• Eleven different Tigers had at least one rebound.
• Vermont and Towson combined to shoot 42 foul shots.
• Towson's next home game will be against the College of Charleston on Thursday, Jan. 3.

 
Up Next

• Towson visits George Washington on Wednesday, Dec. 5. Tip-off from the Charles E. Smith Center is 7 p.m.
• It will be the first meeting since Dec. 8, 2010.
• 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.