TOWSON, Md. – Towson University senior guard
Brian Fobbs was selected to the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) All-District 10 Second Team Monday. The teams were selected and voted on by member coaches of the NABC in NCAA Division I.
This is the second consecutive year that Fobbs was named to the NABC All-District 10 Second Team.
Fobbs was joined by Matt Lewis (James Madison), Eli Pemberton (Hofstra), Marcus Sheffield (Elon) and Camren Wynter (Drexel) on the second team.
Fobbs helped Towson win 19 games, finish third in the CAA with 12 conference victories and win seven consecutive conference contests for the first time in program history. In addition, the 7-1 month of January was the second best month in program history behind the 1990-91 squad that went 8-1. The Tigers also won seven road conference games for the first time in program history.
Towson finished 15th nationally in free throw percentage (77.1) and 33rd in rebounding margin (+5.5). This was the sixth consecutive year in which Towson led the CAA in rebounding margin.
The Second Team All-Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) selection was named CAA Player of the Week on Dec. 16 and Mar. 2. He started all 32 games and led Towson in scoring (16.3 points per game), which was ninth in the conference and 158th nationally. An excellent foul shooter, finished sixth in the conference and 83rd nationally in free throw percentage (83.9). Fobbs scored in double figures in 28 games this season.
Among some of his season highlights was scoring a career-high 33 points and making a career best seven 3-pointers in a win over UMBC on Dec. 10. Fobbs scored 28 points in a nationally televised victory over Drexel on Jan. 9. Scored 21 points in a road win over Hofstra on Feb. 27 and in the CAA quarterfinals against Northeastern on March 8. He had his only double-double of the season and the third of his career (24 points, 12 rebounds) in a win over Tulane on Dec. 21.
He scored at least 20 or more points nine times and ended the season by scoring double figures in 17 straight contests against Division I opponents. Fobbs led the Tigers with 54 3-pointers and 522 points.
Fobbs became the sixth player in program history to score 1,000 points in two years when he made the milestone basket against William & Mary on Feb. 20. He made 13 3-pointers over Towson's final five games and had 19 games in which he finished with five or more rebounds. In averaging 4.9 rebounds per game, Fobbs finished with at least five rebounds in Towson's final eight games.
Fobbs had a career best six assists in a win over Morgan State on Dec. 4 and five dimes in season opening victory over George Washington on Nov. 5.
He finished his career as Towson's 22nd career scorer with 1,083 points. Scored in double figures 55 times after starting all 64 games he played.
The NABC's All-District 10 First Team featured Hofstra senior guard Desure Buie, Delaware junior guard Nate Darling, William & Mary senior center Nathan Knight, Charleston senior guard Grant Riller and Northeastern senior guard Jordan Roland.
About the National Association of Basketball Coaches
Located in Kansas City, MO, the NABC was founded in 1927 by Phog Allen, the legendary basketball coach at the University of Kansas. Allen, a student of James Naismith, the inventor of basketball, organized coaches into this collective group to serve as Guardians of the Game. The NABC currently has nearly 5,000 members consisting primarily of university and college men's basketball coaches. All members of the NABC are expected to uphold the core values of being a Guardian of the Game by bringing attention to the positive aspects of the sport of basketball and the role coaches play in the academic and athletic lives of today's student-athletes. The four core values of being a Guardian of the Game are advocacy, leadership, service and education. Additional information about the NABC, its programs and membership, can be found at www.nabc.com.