WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The Towson University men's basketball team visits William & Mary with first-place on the line in the second Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) contest of the season for both squads.

 

When:	Sunday, December 30, 2018
Where	Kaplan Arena -- Williamsburg, Va.
Time:	4 p.m.
Records:	Towson (5-8, 1-0 CAA); William & Mary (5-8, 1-0)
Television/Internet:	Stretch Internet
Radio:	CBS Sports Radio 1300 AM with Spiro Morakes
Series History:	William & Mary, 19-18
Last Meeting:	W&M won 80-66 on March 4, 2018 in the CAA Tournament in N. Charleston, S.C.
Social Media Updates:	@Towson_MBB

Opening Tip

• Both squads enter this contest having won three of their last four games.
• Both squads have a loss to undefeated Virginia.
• Towson has won in two of its last three trips to W&M, including 99-73 last season.
• The Tigers lost to William & Mary in the CAA Tournament, 80-66, on March 4, 2018
• Towson has won two straight road games.
• Towson beat Elon 77-60 and William & Mary edged James Madison, 79-74 on Friday.
• Towson has trailed W&M by double digits at some point in six of the last seven games played between the two teams.
• Towson is 4-2 in those games.
• Five of Towson's last six games have been decided by six points or less.
• Towson is looking for its first 2-0 CAA start since 2013-14 when the Tigers opened with wins over UNCW, Drexel and Charleston.

 
Road Warriors

• Towson is one of seven NCAA Division I teams that did not play a home game in December.
• The others who didn't play a home game included Norfolk State (MEAC), Savannah State (MEAC), Prairie View A&M (SWAC), Idaho State (Big Sky), Montana State (Big Sky) and Oakland (Horizon).

 
Last Four Games

• Towson has held teams to 37.4 percent shooting (85-for-227) and 62.0 points per game.
• Jakigh Dottin leads Towson with 10 assists.
• Towson has a whopping rebounding average of 42.8-28.0.
• The Tigers have held their last three opponents (Tulane, La Salle and Elon) to 60 points or less.

 
Elon Leftovers

• Towson turned 12 Elon turnovers into 20 points.
• Towson scored a season-high 53 points in the second half.
• Brian Fobbs handed out a career best five assists ... Tobias Howard made a career best five 3-pointers ... Towson made a season high 10 3-pointers ... Alex Thomas scored a season high 12 points.
• Towson held Elon to 18 points over the final 16 minutes.
• This was the second time this season that Fobbs and Howard scored 20 points in the same game. The pair did it against Loyola.

 
A Look At William & Mary

• The Tribe are led by junior Nathan Knight, who averages 19.2 points per game and 7.5 rebounds per contest. Knight is also shooting 57.9 percent and has 23 blocked shots.
• Also averaging double figures for W&M are Justin Pierce (16.5 points per game) and Matt Milon (11.1).
• In its win over JMU, Pierce flirted with the triple-double totaling 20 points, 10 reboundsand seven assists to go along with four steals. It was his sixth double-double of the year. Freshman Chase Audige tallied 19 points on 7-of-11 shooting, including 3-of-4 from 3-point range, while Knight turned in a nice stat line of 17 points, eight rebounds, six blocked shots and four assists.
• William & Mary is 4-2 at home this season.
• The Tribe allow 80.0 points per game.

 
Tigers Featured On CAA Broadcast Package

• For the second consecutive season, 12 CAA men's basketball conference games will be televised by CBS Sports Digital on CollegeSportsLive.com.
• Towson University men's basketball will be featured twice on the schedule for its home contests on Jan. 24 against Northeastern and Feb. 28 versus William & Mary inside of SECU Arena. 
• All 10 CAA teams will have at least two contests on the "Game of the Week" package, with Charleston, Hofstra, Northeastern and William and Mary making three appearances.

 
Perfection When It Comes to Graduation

• Towson has a perfect men's basketball graduation rate under head coach Pat Skerry.
• The Tigers are 21-for-21.

 
Towson In the Community

• Towson is the Division I national champion of the NCAA Team Works Helper Helper Competition for the Fall 2018 semester. Towson completed the most community service hours among all schools in the competition, including 75 different Division I departments and approximately 300 total programs across the country.
• The Towson men's basketball team has been active in the community since returning to campus in August. Members of the team spoke at Loch Raven Academy, participated in Towson West Elementary School's Back To School Night and the Autism Speaks Walk.
• In addition to the athletic and academic success, the Tigers ranked first nationally in Division I men's team sports for their community service activities in the 2017 NCAA Team Works Helper Helper Community Service Competition.

 
Coaches Powering Forward

• Autism Speaks Coaches Powering Forward will take place on the weekend of February 15-17, 2019.
• The Tigers host Drexel on Saturday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m.
• Last season, more than 375 NCAA coaches participated by wearing an Autism Speaks blue puzzle piece lapel pin to help increase understanding and acceptance of people with autism.
• In total, more than 4,400 pins were worn by coaching staff, officials, broadcasters, and school teams.
• Autism currently affects one in every 59 children in the U.S and for most, is a lifelong condition.

 
Up Next
Towson begins a three-game homestand against the College of Charleston on Thursday, Jan. 3. Tip-off from SECU Arena is at 7 p.m. The homestand also includes games against UNCW (Saturday, Jan. 5 at 2 p.m.) and Cornell (Wednesday, Jan. 9 at 7 p.m.). CLICK TO PURCHASE TICKETS