TOWSON, Md. – Brian Fobbs scored 15 points, including the 1,000th of his career, during Towson's 61-51 setback to visiting William & Mary at SECU Arena Thursday in a Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) men's basketball contest before its largest crowd of the season.
Fobbs scored a layup at 8:16 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to become the 27th Tiger in program history to score 1,000 career points. He joined a distinguished group that includes Kurk Lee,
Gary Neal, Jerrelle Benimon, Terrance Jacobs and Roger Dickens as Tigers that scored 1,000 points in two years or less.
Allen Betrand added nine points for the Tigers.
Charles Thompson and
Nakye Sanders grabbed nine rebounds each to lead Towson.
Records
William & Mary 19-10 overall, 11-5 CAA
Towson 16-12, 9-6
Inside the Numbers
- This was the 51st career double-digit scoring game for Fobbs, who also had seven rebounds.
- This was the 31st career game in which Fobbs made multiple 3-pointers.
- Sanders has finished with at least six rebounds 19 times this year.
- William & Mary was the fourth consecutive opponent Towson University held below 70 points.
- The Tribe shot 38.9 percent, the third straight team to shoot below 40 percent against Towson.
- William & Mary's Nathan Knight had his 22nd double-double of the season (14 points, 10 rebounds).
- Luke Loewe led the Tribe with 15 points and Andy Van Vliet grabbed a game-high 12 rebounds.
- Towson won the rebounding battle, 42-39.
- It was the third straight game in which Towson finished with at least 40 rebounds.
- The Tigers never led in the second half and shot 27.4 percent for the game.
- Towson had a pair of 7-0 runs in the second half that sliced a 17-point deficit to 49-43 with 7:48 remaining following a Nicolas Timberlake 3-pointer.
- Dennis Tunstall had five rebounds and three blocked shots.
- Tunstall has 116 career blocked shots and has 35 career games in which he's blocked at least two shots.
- Betrand made a 3-pointer to tie the game, 17-17 with 6:23 remaining in the first half.
- Towson is 4-4 in CAA home games this season.
- The student section was less than 100 away from the goal of 1,200. The challenge is on for Saturday.
- If 1,200 students show up Saturday, then Director of Athletics Tim Leonard will shave his head on the court during the game.
- Towson's attendance was 2,613.
Up Next
- Towson hosts Elon in its 2019-20 home finale Saturday at 2 p.m.
- The Tigers will honor their senior trio of Tunstall, Sanders and Fobbs.
