BALTIMORE – Brian Fobbs led the Towson University men's basketball team during a 74-69 setback to Morgan State in "The Battle For Greater Baltimore" at Royal Farms Arena Saturday afternoon.
 
How It Happened

• Fobbs led the Tigers with 16 points, nine rebounds and a career best three assists.
• Tobias Howard Jr. added 11 points and four assists for Towson.
• Nakye Sanders and Dennis Tunstall had identical statistical lines of eight points and seven rebounds.
• Morgan State outscored Towson 17-9 over the last five minutes.
• Morgan State turned 21 Towson turnovers into 22 points.
• The Bears shot 53.1 percent (17-for-32) in the second half, a number helped by making their final four field goal attempts to overcome a late 65-63 deficit.
• David Syfax gave Morgan State the lead three times in the final four minutes.
• His bucket in the paint gave the Bears the lead for good, 69-67 with 1:08 remaining.
• Fobbs gave Towson its final advantage of the contest, 65-63, after making his second 3-pointer of the game with 3 minutes, 20 seconds remaining.
• The Tigers took control early by scoring 14 consecutive points to turn a 6-5 deficit into a 19-6 edge with 12:04 remaining.
• That was part of a 20-4 burst that helped Towson open its largest lead of the first half, 23-9 with 9:50 remaining.
• Six different Tigers led by Howard's eight points, scored during the Tigers' scoring surge.
• During that stretch, the Tigers held Morgan State to 1-of-14 shooting.
• Sherwyn Devonish (19 points), Martez Cameron (14) and Syfax (10) reached double figures for Morgan State.

 
Inside the Numbers

• There were seven lead changes and six ties.
• Fobbs has scored in double figures in five straight games and six of the Tigers last seven.
• Fobbs tied his career best rebounding total. He had nine against Pepperdine.
• Fobbs has grabbed at least five rebounds in four straight games.
• Fobbs opened the game scoring with a 3-pointer, the third time this season he has done that (Virginia, Wesley & Morgan State).
• This was the third time this season Howard made at least three 3-pointers in a game.
• This was Howard's sixth game reaching double figures this season.
• Tunstall has finished with at least six rebounds in seven of Towson's nine games.
• The Tigers scored 55 percent of their points in the paint.
• Jakigh Dottin, Nicolas Timberlake and Solomon Uyaelunmo scored six points each.
• Ten different players scored for the Tigers.
• Neither team led by more than four points over the last 13 minutes.
• Towson held Morgan State without a basket for 6:47 of the first half.
• It's the third straight game in which the Tigers have held an opponents without a field goal for over a five-minute stretch.
• Towson had 41 rebounds, the second time this season with at least 40 boards.
• Morgan State attempted more foul shots (16) in the second half than Towson did as a team (12).
• This was Morgan State's first win over Towson since Dec. 22, 2009.
• This is the second straight game in which Morgan State overcame a double-digit deficit to win.
• Five of Morgan State's 14 wins over Towson have been at neutral sites.

 
Up Next

• Towson visits UMBC on Tuesday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m.