The Game: Towson Tigers (12-8, 5-2 CAA) vs. Delaware Blue Hens (12-8, 4-3 CAA)
When: Saturday, January 27 – 2:00 p.m.
Where: Bob Carpenter Center – Newark, Del.
Broadcast: Broadcast on CBS Sports Network (Dave Ryan & Tarik Turner), Audio broadcast on TowsonTigers.com (Spiro Morekas)
Series: Delaware leads 48-42
TOWSON, Md. – Towson men's basketball looks to continue their winning ways when they travel up I-95 to take on Delaware on CBS Sports Network on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers extended their win streak to three after a hard fought 70-67 win against Drexel on Thursday.
Nendah Tarke and
Christian May led the Tigers with Tarke scoring 18 points and May adding 15 and 10 rebounds.
The game against the Blue Hens will air nationally on CBS Sports Network with Dave Ryan and Tarik Turner on the call. The audio broadcast will be on TowsonTigers.com with Spiro Morekas on the call.
This will be the 91
st all-time meeting between the Tigers and Blue Hens with Delaware leading the series 48-42. Towson won two of the three meetings, including an 86-60 win in the CAA Championship Quarterfinals in D.C.
LEADER OF THE PACK:
The reigning Skip Prosser Man of the Year,
Pat Skerry enters his 13
th season on the sidelines leading the Tigers. Skerry and the Tigers are coming off another 20-win season that saw Towson reach the Coast Athletic Association (CAA) Semifinals, finishing third in the standings during the regular season.
The Massachusetts native has rebuilt the Tiger program, which has the highest Graduation Success Rate (GSR) in the CAA. Over the last ten seasons, Towson has won 18+ games seven times. He is currently second all-time in wins with 205 at Towson.
Skerry has used his platform as a head coach to start Autism Awareness in college basketball. What started as two guys with an idea has turned into a national event where hundreds of coaches wear the prominent blue puzzle piece pin. The effort put forth by Skerry was recognized as he was honored with the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Guardians of the Game Service Award.
CHARLES IN CHARGE:
The big man in the middle for the Tigers,
Charles Thompson, is back for his fifth season at Towson and is looking to cap his prolific career by leading the Tigers to a CAA championship. Thompson is coming off another strong campaign that saw him earn CAA All-Defensive Team and All-CAA Second Team honors last season after averaging 12.2 ppg and 8.0 rpg shooting 56.5 percent from the floor.
Thompson ranks in the top 10 in program history in six different categories. He is the all-time leader in games played and is currently third in field goal percentage (.552), fourth in blocked shots (181), fourth in rebounds (885), fifth in minutes played (3,483), tied for fourth in starts (103) and is 18th in scoring (1,211).
HOME COURT ADVANTAGE:
Towson has had a major home court advantage over the last nine years at TU Arena. Since moving into the arena from the Towson Center in 2013, the Tigers have gone 101-41, including a 27-4 record in the last two plus years. Towson has had a winning record in home games in seven of the nine seasons, including winning the 2022 CAA regular season title against Delaware at home.
The Tigers broke the school record for consecutive home wins at TU Arena against Stony Brook on January 11 when Towson won their 15
th straight home game dating back back to the 2022-23 season. The streak currently stands at 17 games with the last Towson loss at TU Arena was on December 31, 2022 in a 76-74 overtime loss against Charleston.
NATIONAL EXPOSURE:
The Tigers will play eight total regular season games in front of a national television audience including four Coastal Athletic Association games in January and February. The Tigers will play Elon (February 12, 9 p.m.) and Charleston (February 24, 12 p.m.) on CBS Sports Network at TU Arena and will be on the road on CBS Sports Network against Delaware (January 27, 2 p.m.) and Hofstra (February 3, 6 p.m.).
In addition to the CBS Sports Network games, Towson will open the season on Pac 12 Network against Colorado and will have all three games at the Charleston Classic air on the ESPN family of networks.
The Tigers will also air on local linear television with seven home games on Monumental Sports Network (formerly NBC Sports Washington) as well as their game against UMBC on MASN. Towson also announced on December 14 that three games (Jan. 25 vs. Drexel, Feb. 8 vs. Delaware, Feb. 22 vs. Monmouth) will also air on MeTV, a digital subchannel of WBAL.
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT:
Delaware comes into the contest at 12-8, 4-3 CAA after a 90-71 win against North Carolina A&T on Thursday night. The Blue Hens led by 10 at halftime and used a big second half run to pull away from the Aggies. Delaware is 5-2 at home this season with their only losses at home coming against Rider and Princeton. The Blue Hens are led by Jyare Davis who is averaging 18.6 ppg and 7.1 rpg shooting 47.9 percent from the floor. Gerald Drumgoole Jr. is the only other Blue Hen in double figures at 13.4 ppg.
UP NEXT:
The Tigers will open the month of February at home on Thursday, Feb. 1 against Northeastern. Tipoff with the Huskies is set for 7 p.m. and will air on Monumental Sports Network and FloHoops with Spiro Morekas and Jimmy Patsos on the call. Tickets are available at TowsonTigers.com/Tickets.
