TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's basketball team starts its postseason journey by competing against the James Madison in the 2019 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament presented by Jersey Mike's.
 

When:	Saturday, March 9, 2019
Where	North Charleston Coliseum -- North Charleston, S.C.
Time:	4 p.m.
Records:	No. 9 seed Towson (10-21) No. 8 seed James Madison (13-21)
Television/Internet:	CAATV (Mack McCarthy and Scott Klatzkin)
Radio:	CBS Radio 1300 AM (Spiro Morekas)
Series History:	JMU leads 34-17
Streak/Last Meeting:	Towson won the last meeting 66-59 on Feb. 9, 2019 Towson has a one-game winning streak.
Social Media Updates:	@Towson_MBB

 
 
 
Opening Tip

• The team that has led at intermission in the regular season meetings has lost.
• James Madison has won four of the last six meetings against the Tigers.
• James Madison earned the higher seed based on its 1-1 record against No. 1 Hofstra.
• Towson is 1-1 against JMU in the CAA Tournament.
• Towson is looking to win its first CAA Tournament in program history.
• Eight of Towson's losses have been by six points or fewer. Two more have been in double overtime.

 
Tigers in the CAA Tournament
Towson is 8-16 in the CAA Tournament since joining the league in 2001-02. 
 

Year	Seed	Opponent	Result
2018	#5	William & Mary	L, 66-80
2017	#3	Northeastern	W, 82-54
		College of Charleston	L, 59-67
2016	#3	Northeastern	L, 60-71
2015	#9	Elon	L, 69-74 (OT)
2014	#2	JAMES MADISON	W, 80-71
		William & Mary	L, 71-75
2012	#12	Delaware	L, 65-72
2011	#12	Drexel	L, 69-75
2010	#8	UNCW	W, 91-74
		Old Dominion	L, 56-86
2009	#11	Drexel	W, 73-62
		Northeastern	W, 58-54
		George Mason	L, 48-56
2008	#9	Hofstra	W, 81-66
		VCU	L, 46-57
2007	#7	UNCW	W, 67-52
		Old Dominion	L, 55-58
2006	#7	Georgia State	L, 64-72
2005	#10	Delaware	L, 56-76
2004	#9	William & Mary	W, 70-65
		VCU	L, 60-67
2003	#10	JAMES MADISON	L, 61-72
2002	#7	Hofstra	L, 52-72

Towson as #9 Seed

• Towson is entering the tournament as the No. 9 seed for the fourth time.
• Towson is 2-1 as a No. 9 seed.
• Towson defeated Hofstra, 81-66, in 2008, and William & Mary, 70-65, in 2004. The Tigers lost to Elon, 74-69 in overtime in 2009.

 
CAA Tournament Experience

• Seniors Jordan McNeil, Alex Thomas and redshirt junior Dennis Tunstall are the only Tigers with CAA Tournament experience.
• McNeil and Thomas have played in four CAA tournament games while Tunstall has participated in three games.
• McNeil scored 10 points on 3-of-5 shooting in 13 minutes in an 82-54 win over Northeastern in the CAA quarterfinals in 2017.
• Thomas grabbed seven rebounds in an 67-59 loss to the College of Charleston in the CAA semifinals in 2017.
• Tunstall is 6-for-6 from the field in his CAA Tournament career.
• He was 3-for-3 against Northeastern in the 2017 CAA quarterfinals, 1-for-1 against Charleston in the 2017 CAA semifinals and 2-for-2 against William & Mary in the 2018 quarterfinals.
• He's also averaging 5.6 rebounds in his three CAA tournament games.

 
Towson Update

• Suffered home setbacks to William & Mary (67-65) and Elon (86-66) last week.
• Brian Fobbs scored a game-high 22 points with six boards vs. W&M.
• He has eight 20-point outings in the last 13 games and 25 double-digit efforts in the past 27 contests.
• He's fifth in the CAA in scoring (18.9 ppg) and 13th in rebounds (6.1rpg) in conference play.
• Tobias Howard added 13 points vs. W&M, including 11 in the 2nd half.
• He's reached double figures in six of the last 10 games.
• Nakye Sanders had nine points and eight rebounds vs. Elon and is contributing 11.4 ppg and 8.0 rpg over the past five games.
• Tunstall had six points and eight rebounds vs. W&M.
• He's ninth in the CAA with 7.6 rpg.
• Freshman Solomon Uyaelunmo led Towson with 12 points and eight rebounds against Elon.
• Towson held W&M to 42.9 percent shooting and has kept seven of its last nine foes under 45%.
• TU is second in the CAA in FG percentage defense in league play.
• Allen Betrand has 13 assists to one turnover in Towson's last four games.

 
A Look At James Madison

• Fell to Elon (73-58) and William & Mary (70-66) last week.
• Dwight Wilson posted his seventh double-double vs. W&M with team-highs of 16 points and 15 rebounds.
• He ranks third in the CAA in field goal percentage and 8th in rebounding.
• Matt Lewis extended his double-digit scoring streak to 18 games with 15 points vs. W&M.
• He's averaging 17.4 ppg in CAA play.
• Stuckey Mosley had 12 points vs. W&M, which was his 13th straight game in double figures, and added nine boards.
• Mosley third in the CAA with 3.0 treys per game and has hit at least one three in 33 of the last 34 contests.
• Darius Banks hit 3-of-5 treys and scored a team-high 15 points vs. Elon, but didn't play vs. W&M.
• Banks is shooting a CAA-best 48.6% from three and is second in steals with 51.
• Deshon Parker dished out a career-high eight assists vs. Elon, which was the most by a JMU player since 2016.
• Matthew Urbach hit 3-of-4 treys vs. W&M.

 
The Last Meeting

• Fobbs poured in 29 points on 11-of-15 shooting to lead the Tigers during a 66-59 victory at SECU Arena on Feb. 9, 2019 to snap a three-game skid to James Madison.
• Fobbs also finished with five rebounds.
• Nakye Sanders added nine points and a team best eight rebounds in 26 minutes.
• McNeil sank a pair of 3-pointers to finish with nine points.
• McNeil's 3-pointer off of a Fobbs pass gave Towson the lead for good, 51-48 with 7:25 remaining starting a 14-4 Towson burst over a four minute stretch that featured seven points from Fobbs.
• Howard, Jr. scored eight points.
• Tunstall overcame foul trouble to grab seven rebounds in 18 minutes against the Dukes.
• James Madison's Stuckey Mosley scored all 14 of his points in the opening half.
• Lewis (13 points) and Banks (11 points) also reached double figures for the Dukes.

 
Don't Call It A Comeback

• Towson has rallied from a deficit of 17 or more points to win a game in each of the last three seasons under head coach Pat Skerry.
• Here's Towson's top five comebacks under head coach Pat Skerry:

-- 19 points at Oregon State (12-29-12), W 67-66 OT.
-- 18 points at Delaware (1-19-19), W, 64-63
-- 18 points at Drexel (2-8-18), W, 94-92 OT
-- 17 points vs. William & Mary (2-4-17), W, 82-80
-- 16 points at Monmouth (11-23-15), W, 79-75 OT
 
Road Warriors

• Towson was one of seven NCAA Division I teams that did not play a home game in December.
• The other schools who didn't play a home game included Norfolk State (MEAC), Savannah State (MEAC), Prairie View A&M (SWAC), Idaho State (Big Sky), Montana State (Big Sky) and Oakland (Horizon).

 
Under 30 Percent Shooting

• Towson limited La Salle to 29.8 percent in its 57-51 loss on Dec. 22.
• Towson is 11-2 when holding teams below 30 percent shooting (7-2 against Division I opponents) under head coach Pat Skerry.
• The loss to La Salle was the first since a 46-40 setback to Georgetown on Dec. 12, 2012 in which Towson held an opponent below 30 percent shooting and lost.
• That ended a 10-game winning streak (7 against Division I opponents) when holding an opponent below 30 percent shooting. .

 
Towson Top 5 FG Defense Games against Division I opponents under Pat Skerry.
-- 25.5 percent (73-47 W) vs. James Madison – Jan. 19, 2013           
-- 26.7 percent (69-50 W) vs. Drexel – Jan. 16, 2016                             
-- 28.8 percent (85-65 W) at Delaware – Feb. 6, 2013                          
-- 28.8 percent (75-60 W) vs. UMBC – Nov. 26, 2013                            
-- 28.9 percent (53-51 W) at Elon – Jan. 22, 2015                                   
-- 29.0 percent (78-65 W) vs. UMBC – Dec. 9, 2017                               
 
Up Next
The winner of this game advances to the CAA quarterfinals where it will meet top-seeded Hofstra Sunday at noon. The season is finished for the loser.