WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Towson University men's basketball team relied on a committee of contributors to finally subdue Tulane, 86-82, in overtime in the consolation game of the D.C. Holiday Hoops Fest Saturday at the Entertainment & Sports Arena, home of the 2019 WNBA champion Washington Mystics.
 
Towson never trailed in overtime after scoring the first five points of the extra session. The Tigers got sparkling performances from Brian Fobbs, Allen Betrand and Nicolas Timberlake to beat Tulane for the second consecutive season and enter conference play with momentum.
 
Fobbs finished with his third career double-double and first this season (24 points and 12 rebounds). The 6 foot, 5 inch senior was efficient as he shot 6-of-10 from the field and 9-for-10 from the foul line. As a team, the Tigers were locked in from the foul line as they sank 23 of 26 attempts.
 
Betrand and Timberlake combined to score 28 of Towson's 47 points in the second half. In tying his career high, Betrand had 15 of his 18 points in the final 25 minutes. Timberlake scored 13 of his career-high 15 points after intermission.
 
Dennis Tunstall added eight points and a team best eight rebounds. Nakye Sanders battled foul trouble to finish with nine points
 
Those efforts were needed to overcome Tulane's barrage of 14 3-pointers and a 33-point performance from Teshaun Hightower, who forced overtime with 7.5 seconds remaining with an old-fashioned 3-point play. Christian Thompson and Nic Thomas scored 19 points each for the Green Wave.
 
Records
Towson           6-6
Tulane             8-4
 
How It Happened

• Towson made 10-of-12 foul shots in overtime.
• Fobbs scored eight of Towson's 15 overtime points.
• Timberlake gave the Tigers the lead for good, 73-71 42 seconds into overtime.
• The Tigers led 67-58 with 4:15 remaining following a pair of Juwan Gray free throws.
• Hightower scored 19 points in the final four minutes of regulation and overtime.
• Towson easily won the rebounding battle, 44-28.
• Betrand, Gray and Timberlake had five rebounds each.
• Leading 36-35 at halftime, Towson held Tulane to 35.4 percent shooting after intermission.
• Tulane opened the game making its first two 3-pointers for a 6-0 lead.

 
Inside the Numbers

• This was the 11th time this season and 38th time in his career that Fobbs has finished in double digits.
• Betrand has scored in double figures eight times this season and 12 times in his career.
• Betrand has made a 3-pointer in every game this season.
• This was the fourth time this season that Betrand has scored at least 10 points in the second half (13 vs. George Washington, 12 at Florida, 10 at Morgan State, 14 vs. Tulane).
• This was Timberlake's first double figures scoring this year and fourth of his career.
• Timberlake's previous career best was 14 points last season against Florida Atlantic.
• Towson ended a three-game overtime losing streak.
• The Tigers are 1-1 in overtime this season.
• Towson is 15-8 in overtime under head coach Pat Skerry.
• The Tigers are 7-2 against Atlantic-10 and American Athletic Conference opponents in their last nine contests against those schools.
• Towson is 6-1 this season when scoring at least 70 points.
• The Tigers are 4-0 when they make at least nine 3-pointers.
• Jakigh Dottin didn't comitt a turnover in two games of this tournament.

 
Up Next

• Towson begins Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) competition against Northeastern on Saturday, Dec. 28 at 2 p.m.
• It's Family Day where fans can have their photos taken with Santa.
• In addition, fans are encouraged to bring canned goods to help CAN CAN Make A Difference collect for needy families.
• Tickets are $5.