TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's basketball team sprinted to a 44-point halftime lead and cruised to a 100-31 victory over Bryn Athyn in a non-conference contest at SECU Arena Friday night.
In a contest in which all 11 Towson players who played scored at least four points, the Tigers improved to 2-0 for the first time since 2016. In addition, the victory was also the 150th career triumph for Towson head coach
Pat Skerry.
Freshman walk-on
Nigel Haughton led Towson with 17 points in 18 minutes. Freshman
Jason Gibson and redshirt junior
Juwan Gray combined to score 24 of Towson's 65 bench points. Senior
Brian Fobbs finished with 10 points. Freshman
Charles Thompson grabbed a career best 17 rebounds to go along with his nine points and four steals.
Tariq Moore and Dante Lanzetta combined for 13 points to lead Bryn Athyn.
Quotable
Towson head coach Pat Skerry's on Towson's effort and focus.
"I liked our guys' energy especially on the sidelines and our unselfishness, which I think is going to be a trademark of this group. It's a good group of guys to be around. I can't say that enough, but they understand that we have a long way to go.
Skerry on Towson's upcoming schedule.
"We're about to embark some heavyweight games starting with a terrific Kent State team on Monday. It's a group that wants to get better so as you through a long journey and you take some body blows, the one thing I know is not only do we have the right guys on the bus, but we have them in the right seat and that's going to be important."
Gibson on adjusting to Towson and his role.
"It's been good. My teammates have done a great job of helping me get involved. I've been doing everything I can to get my other teammates involved as much as I can but I can shoot too. I look for my teammates first. I am excited about being here. We have a great group and we're all close and connected. I feel like I know where everybody is going to be on the floor."
How It Happened
- Towson scored the first seven points and never looked back.
- Fobbs had dunks on consecutive possessions to give Towson a 17-4 bulge with 13:19 remaining in the first half.
- The Tigers led by double digits for the final 33 minutes.
- Towson shot 50.6 percent for the contest (43-for-85).
- Chris Caliguiran, who was 3-for-3 from the field, had a career high eight points to go along with a career best four assists.
- Justin Patterson tallied a career best eight points in 16 minutes.
- Allen Betrand made both of his 3-pointers to end with eight points.
- The Tigers had five dunks.
- Towson scored on 46 of its 74 possessions.
- The Tigers blocked eight shots with Thompson's career best three leading the way.
Inside the Numbers
- Dennis Tunstall blocked his 80th career shot to move into a 10th place tie all-time with Lawrence Hamm.
- Tunstall has at least one blocked shot in 47 of the 95 career games he's played for the Tigers.
- Towson has held both of its opponents below 60 points to begin the season.
- Ten players had at least one steal for the Tigers.
- The Tigers limited Bryn Athyn to six baskets in each half.
- Gray, Gibson and Fobbs have scored in double figures in each game this season.
- Through two games, Towson is averaging 47.5 bench points.
- The Tigers improved to 30-14 under Skerry when holding teams below 60 points.
- Solomon Uyaelunmo played a team best 30 minutes and finished with eight points and seven rebounds.
- In each game this season, Towson has had a scoring run of 10 or more consecutive points.
- Thompson's 17 rebounds are tied for the ninth-best single-game total in program history.
- Jakigh Dottin had four points and four rebounds.
- This was the fourth time in the Skerry era that Towson scored at least 100 points.
- This was the first time Towson scored 100 points in regulation since it beat Central Penn, 102-72, on Dec. 10, 2013.
- Bryn Athyn was 0-for-12 from 3-point distance.
Up Next
- Towson hosts Kent State to close out a three-game homestand on Monday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m.
- This will be the first meeting against Kent State since 1979.
- One of Kent State's players is Kalin Bennett. He is believed to be the first person with autism to sign a national letter of intent to play a NCAA Division I team sport. Bennett scored for Kent State during its 93-46 victory over Hiram College on Wednesday night.
- Fans will receive a free schedule magnet as well as a discounted concession voucher.
- All Veterans will be admitted free to the game.
