TOWSON, Md. -- The 2019-20 Tigers won 19 games for the fifth time under head coach Pat Skerry and finished third in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) after being picked to finish sixth in the preseason poll. Towson enjoyed an enlightening journey that resulted in a 9.5-win improvement from a season ago. Towson ended the year leading the CAA in rebounding margin for the sixth consecutive season. The Tigers also led the CAA in scoring defense and field goal percentage defense while finishing 15th nationally in free-throw percentage.
 
5) Towson rallies from 10-point road deficit to beat Drexel.
Allen Betrand scored 20 of his career-high 31 points to help Towson beat Drexel 76-69 on the road on Feb. 8. Betrand's performance helped Towson rally from a 10-point first-half deficit. Late in the game, Dennis Tunstall took a charge to keep the game tied, scored the go-ahead basket on a tip-in, blocked a shot and set a screen, which led to a Brian Fobbs 3-pointer – all during a two-minute stretch of the second half. Towson was 7-2 in CAA road games this season. The first time in program history that Towson has won seven or more conference road games.
 
4) Tigers open the season with victory over George Washington.
Juwan Gray and Allen Betrand established career-high scoring totals by combining for 37 entertaining points to lead Towson to a 72-58 victory over George Washington in the season-opener for both teams. Overall four players scored in double figures for the Tigers, which defeated George Washington for the first time since 1981. Towson went 2-0 against the Atlantic-10 this season as it also beat Saint Joseph's, 76-64, in the Charleston Classic. Towson won 13 games this season by double digits. With an overtime victory over Tulane, the Tigers were 3-0 against schools from the A10 and American Athletic Conference.
 
3) Dunk You Very Much
The Tigers enjoyed many dunks this past season. Three that stand out included Towson's Juwan Gray had a monster one-handed facial against Xavier in the Charleston Classic. Nicolas Timberlake had a highlight-worthy flush against Saint Joseph's when he dunked on a player with two hands. Brian Fobbs had a poster worthy dunk against Morgan State. Towson had five dunks in a senior day home victory over Elon.
 
2) January To Remember
Towson finished January with a 7-1 record, the second best month in program history behind the 1990-91 squad that went 8-1. It was the fifth time in program history Towson has won at least seven games in January (1991, 1993, 1994, 1996 & 2020). During its seven-game winning streak from Jan. 4-30, 2020, Towson won three straight CAA games by double figures for the first time in program history. The seven consecutive CAA regular season victories were also a first in program history. In its two home wins against Drexel on Jan. 9 and Delaware on Jan. 11, Towson led by 22 points at halftime in both games, becoming the first team to do so in consecutive CAA games since at least the 2008-09 season. The Tigers led Drexel (47-25) and Delaware (44-22).
 
1) Going Viral
Towson was featured on SportsCenter's Top 10 plays following the Elon game on Sat. Feb. 20. Jason Gibson's no-look over the shoulder save to Brian Fobbs, who dunked, was play No. 4. The clip went viral after the official SportsCenter twitter account tweeted it to its 36.9 million followers. The clip was viewed over 200,000 times and had over 3,000 likes as well over 300 retweets. This was just from the SportsCenter account. The videos shared on the Towson men's basketball twitter received plenty of engagement.
 
Honorable Mention
Fobbs Scores 1,000th career point
--Brian Fobbs became the sixth player in program history to score 1,000 points in two years. He scored his milestone basket against William & Mary and ended his career with 1,083 points, which is 22nd in program history.
 
High Five
--Towson had a CAA best five athletes named to the All-CAA team: Brian Fobbs, Allen Betrand, Nicolas Timberlake, Jason Gibson and Dennis Tunstall. Timberlake was named CAA Sixth Man of the Year.
 
Beating The Buzzer
-- Towson had six buzzer beaters this season to end halves or games. Jakigh Dottin and Nicolas Timberlake led Towson with two each. Dottin beat the halftime buzzer against Xavier on Nov. 21 and UMBC on Dec. 10. Timberlake at the final buzzer against Vermont on Dec. 7 and halftime buzzer at Hofstra on Feb. 27. Juwan Gray at the final buzzer against Kent State on Nov. 11. Brian Fobbs at halftime against James Madison on Feb. 15.

Chairmen of the Boards
-- Towson grabbed 24 rebounds during a 76-65 road win at eventual CAA champion Hofstra on Feb. 27. Towson owned a 49-25 rebounding advantage in beating Hofstra for the first time since 2016.