CHARLESTON, S.C. – Brian Fobbs tallied 22 points and Nakye Sanders notched his fourth career double-double during Towson's 76-73 defeat to Buffalo in a men's basketball consolation contest of the Gildan Charleston Classic at TD Arena Friday night.
 
Buffalo was the fourth straight opponent that competed in a 2019 postseason tournament that Towson battled. This was the first meeting between the programs since 2010.

Records
Towson    2-4
Buffalo    3-2
 
How It Happened

• Sanders had his best game of the season with 16 points and 12 rebounds.
• Sanders has grabbed 29 rebounds over Towson's last three games.
• He complemented his performance by tying his career high with three steals, dishing a trip of assists and blocking a pair of shots.
• Fobbs' point total was a season best. He scored 15 points in the second half.
• Fobbs also made his first 3-pointer of the season.
• Towson held the lead for 25 minutes, 32 seconds.
• The Tigers led by nine points on two occasions (19-10 with 9:56 left in the first half and 52-43 with 11:43 remaining).
• Towson limited Buffalo to 36.1 percent shooting (26-for-72).
• Allen Betrand, who scored eight of his 10 points in the second half, made a 3-pointer with 2:02 remaining to give Towson a 69-62 advantage.
• This was the second time in three games that Betrand has scored at least 10 points in the second half.
• The Bulls forced four Towson turnovers and had four offensive rebounds after Betrand's 3-pointer.
• Josh Mballa gave Buffalo the lead for good, 72-71, with a tip-in with 23 seconds remaining.
• Mballa was one of four Bull players in double figures with 13 points and 11 rebounds.
• Davonta Jordan also had a double-double for Buffalo with 10 points and 10 assists.
• Jayvon Graves scored a game-high 25 points for the Bulls.

 
Inside the Numbers

• This was the second time this season and the 14th time in his career that Fobbs scored 20 or more points.
• Fobbs has scored in double figures in every game this season.
• He has 33 career double digit scoring games.
• For Sanders, this was his second consecutive game with 10 or more rebounds and the sixth of his career.
• Sanders was in the starting line-up for the first time this season.
• Charles Thompson scored all eight of his points in the first half.
• Nicolas Timberlake finished with four points, three rebounds and two steals in 20 minutes.
• It was Timberlake's first points since Dec. 8, 2018.
• Jason Gibson tied his career high with five assists.
• Dennis Tunstall raised his career blocked shot to 85 with two more rejections.
• Tunstall also finished with a season best eight rebounds.
• The game, which was tied at 34 at intermission, featured 12 lead changes and six ties.
• Buffalo turned 22 Towson turnovers into 26 points.

 
Up Next

• Towson meets Saint Joseph's in the seventh place game on Sunday, Nov. 24 at 6 p.m. The game will be televised live on ESPNU.
• Saint Joseph's will be the second Atlantic-10 team the Tigers will face this season.
• This will be the first meeting between the Tigers and Hawks since January 18, 2010, a 64-57 Saint Joseph's victory.