TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's basketball team dropped its regular season finale to Elon, 86-66, in a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) contest at SECU Arena Saturday.
With the loss, Towson will open the 2019 CAA Tournament presented by Jersey Mike's in North Charleston, South Carolina as the ninth seed next Saturday afternoon at 4 p.m. against eighth-seeded James Madison. Both squads split the season series with each team holding serve at home.
How It Happened
- Solomon Uyaelunmo paced Towson with 12 points and eight rebounds.
- Nakye Sanders (eight rebounds) was one of four Tigers to finish with nine points.
- Brian Fobbs and Jakigh Dottin added nine points each.
- Fobbs finished with six rebounds.
- It was the 19th game this season in which Fobbs grabbed at least six rebounds.
- Fobbs, who dunked to cut Elon's lead to 21-18 with nine minutes remaining in the first half, ended the regular season with 543 career points.
- Fobbs made his 65th 3-pointer of the season with 6:21 remaining in the first half.
- The 65 3-pointers are the ninth-most in a single season in program history.
- Playing in his final career home game, Jordan McNeil also scored nine points.
- Elon tied its program record for most 3-pointers against a Division I opponent with 18.
- Steven Santa Ana scored a career high 34 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished nine assists.
- Elon, which opened the game by scoring the first nine points, made 63.3 percent of its shots (19-of-30) in the second half.
- Also reaching double figures for Elon were Tyler Seibring (16 points) and Andy Pack (12).
Inside the Numbers
- Towson split the season series with Elon with each team winning on the road.
- In the first meeting in December, Towson limited Elon to eight 3-pointers.
- This was the fifth time this season that Uyaelunmo reached double figures in scoring this season.
- Uyaelunmo scored in double figures in two of Towson's last four games.
- Uyaelunmo was 6-for-7 from the foul line, both career highs.
- Betrand has 13 assists and one turnover over the Tigers last five games.
- Fobbs (17.5 points) and Tobias Howard, Jr. (10.2) ended the season averaging double figures for the Tigers.
- Dottin scored Towson's first five points.
