| When: |
Sunday, March 8, 2020 |
| Where |
Entertainment & Sports Arena -- Washington, D.C. |
| Time: |
8:30 p.m. |
| Records: |
Towson (19-12); Northeastern (15-15) |
| Television/Internet: |
FloHoops.com with Matt Martucci & Tarik Turner |
| Radio: |
CBS Sports Radio 1300 AM |
| Series History: |
Northeastern 25-18 / 2-1 CAA Tournament |
| Streak/Last Meeting: |
Towson W1/61-45 Towson 75-72 on March 1, 2020. |
| Social Media Updates: |
@Towson_MBB |
TOWSON, Md. – They've met once in Baltimore. They've played in North Charleston. They've battled twice this season in Towson and in Boston.
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Now, Towson and Northeastern take their on-going men's basketball grudge match to the nation's capital for a high stakes quarterfinal contest in the Hercules Tires Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament at the Entertainment & Sports Arena, home of the 2019 WNBA Champion Washington Mystics, Sunday night at 8:30 p.m.
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For the third time in the last five years, Towson earned the No. 3 seed in the CAA Tournament. Each time it faced No. 6 seed Northeastern. The Tigers split a pair of meetings with the Huskies in the CAA Tournament in 2016 and 2017.
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Northeastern beat Towson, 70-61 at Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore in 2016. Towson beat Northeastern, 82-54 at the North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston in 2017. Overall, this will be the fourth meeting between these programs in the CAA Tournament. Towson has a 2-1 edge thanks to a 58-54 win as the No. 11 seed in Richmond in 2009.
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Starting Five
- The 82-54 win over Northeastern in 2017 was Towson's largest margin of victory in CAA Tournament history.
- Additionally, the 28-point margin of victory was Towson's largest over Northeastern in program history.
- Senior Dennis Tunstall is the only Tiger who played against Northeastern in the 2017 CAA Tournament game. He had eight rebounds, six points and two blocked shots in 19 minutes.
- Towson finished the regular season as one of 34 Division I teams with three or fewer losses since Jan. 3.
- This will be the 13th meeting between these two teams since 2016.
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Against Northeastern This Season
- Towson and Northeastern split a pair of meetings.
- Northeastern beat Towson at SECU Arena, 61-45, on Dec. 28, 2019.
- Towson claimed a 75-72 victory at Matthews Arena on March 1, 2020.
- Brian Fobbs (13.5 points), Jason Gibson (13.0) and Allen Betrand (12.0) were double diit scorers against Northeastern this season.
- The Tigers shot 41.6 percent in two games against Northeastern this season.
- In the most recent meeting last week, Fobbs and Gibson scored 18 points each.
- Towson closed the game with a 17-9 run to win its third straight game.
- Northeastern averaged 66.5 points on 44.5 percent shooting against Towson.
- Jordan Roland averaged 19.5 points on 40 percent shooting against Towson.
- Tyson Walker (17.0), Max Boursiquot (13.0) and Bolden Brace (11.0, 7.5 rebounds) also averaged double figures this season against the Tigers.
- Boursiquot was 11-for-15 shooting from the field against Towson.
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Towson Update
- Since Jan. 3, Towson has the best record of any team in the CAA at 13-3 overall.
- Towson won 13 games by double digits.
- The Tigers won seven CAA road games in a single season for the first time in program history.
- Towson is 7-0 this season when it had at least 16 assists.
- The Tigers are 2-0 when five players reach double digits in scoring.
- Towson is 8-17 in the CAA Tournament.
- The Tigers are looking to end a three-game CAA Tournament losing streak.
- Tunstall is 6-for-9 shooting in his CAA Tournament career.
- Last season, Fobbs (18 points), Betrand (10), Nakye Sanders (seven points and seven rebounds) and Jakigh Dottin (four points, two assists) started against James Madison in the CAA tournament.
- Towson is 14-6 overall when Fobbs and Betrand both scored in double figures in the same game.
- Fobbs is sixth in the CAA in free-throw percentage (83.9) and ninth in scoring (16.1).
- Betrand is second in the CAA in free-throw percentage (88.4), ninth in 3-point field goal percentage (40.4) and 11th in scoring (14.2).
- Sanders is sixth in the CAA in offensive rebounds (2.2) and eighth in rebounding (6.5).
- Tunstall has 120 career blocked shots.
- Tunstall is third in the CAA in blocked shots (1.3), fifth in offensive rebounding (2.3) and 11th in rebounding (5.7).
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A Look At Northeastern
- The Huskies have appeared in the last two CAA Tourament championship games, losing to Charleston in 2018 and beating Hofstra last season.
- Northeastern, which has appeared in a league best four CAA Tournament championship games since 2013, is 16-11 all-time in the CAA Tournament.
- Six of Northeastern's nine CAA losses were by a total of 12 points.
- Northeastern was 1-6 in one-possession games during the CAA season.
- Jordan Roland is seventh in the NCAA in scoring (22.7 points per game).
- Roland was named to the All-CAA First Team and Tyson Walker was selected to the All-CAA Rookie Team.
- Walker averages 10.6 points per game and is expected to play after sitting out last Sunday's game against Towson.
- Bolden Brace is fifth all-time in Northeastern history with 220 3-pointers.
- Brace averages 10.1 points and 6.6 rebounds per contest.
- Max Boursiquot scored 14 points last Sunday against the Tigers.
- Shaq Waters scored 12 points and had a career best nine assists in last Sunday's game against Towson.
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At Stake
- The winner advances to Monday's semifinal against either No. 2 William & Mary, No. 7 Elon or No. 10 James Madison at 8:30 p.m.
