TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's basketball team will play its first home game in 34 days when it hosts the College of Charleston in a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) contest.
 
 
Opening Tip

• The Tigers and Cougars have split the season series in each of the last two years with the home team prevailing.
• In a rare statistical anomaly, each team won at home last season by identical 73-62 scores.
• Charleston has won five of the last seven matchups against Towson.
• Towson is 2-1 at home while CofC is 4-1 on the road.
• Towson is 4-2 all-time at home against CofC.
• This begins a 3-game homestand for Towson.
• Towson is looking to win consecutive CAA home openers for the first time since beating UNCW (60-53 in 2013) and Elon (57-53 in 2014). The Tigers beat UNCW 89-71 last season.
• Towson has won its last two home games against the College of Charleston.
• Five of Towson's last seven games have been decided by six points or less.
• Charleston will be the third team that Towson will face this season that participated in the 2018 NCAA Tournament.
• Charleston won the 2018 CAA Tournament and lost to Auburn in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

 
Towson Update

• Both of Towson's home wins have been by double digits.
• Brian Fobbs has scored in double figures in 10 straight games.
• Jakigh Dottin scored a career best 12 points for the second time in three games during Towson's 71-61 loss Sunday at William & Mary.
• The Tigers made a season best 10 3-pointers in their CAA opening win at Elon.
• Dennis Tunstall has grabbed at least six rebounds in 10 consecutive contests.
• Tunstall is fourth in the CAA in rebounding (8.5 rebounds per game).
• Alex Thomas is averaging 10.5 points in Towson's last two games.
• The Tigers lead the CAA in field goal percentage defense (42.5), rebounding margin (+7.6), rebounding (37.9) and offensive rebounding (12.5).
• Towson is 22nd nationally in rebounding margin.
• The Tigers finished with 38 rebounds in games against Elon and William & Mary.
• Towson has won the rebounding battle in seven straight games.

 
A Look At The College of Charleston

• Charleston is 12-2 after beating UNCW, 73-66, last Saturday.
• The Cougars are off to their best start since 2003-04, with their only setbacks coming to LSU and Oklahoma State.
• Charleston's nine-game win streak is tied for the sixth-longest in the nation.
• Charleston is ranked seventh in the latest CollegeInsider.com Top 25 poll.
• Jarrell Brantley became just the 7th player in Charleston history to have at least 1,500 points (1,555) and 800 rebounds in a career (807).
• Brantley ranks third in the CAA in scoring (20.1 ppg) and fifth in rebounding (8.4 rpg) this season.
• He's tallied double digits in 19 straight games.
• Grant Riller and Brantley are averaging a combined 42.9 ppg., which ranks third in Division I.
• Riller, who scored 31 points at UNCW, is 15th nationally in scoring (22.8 points per game).
• Brevin Galloway is shooting 40.3 percent (27-for-67) from 3-point distance.
• The Cougars allow 67.3 points per game, which is second in the CAA.

 
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 continues its three-game homestand against UNCW on Saturday, Jan. 5. Tip-off from SECU Arena is at 2 p.m.