The Game: Towson Tigers (13-8, 6-2 CAA) vs. Northeastern Huskies (8-13, 3-5 CAA)
When: Thursday, February 1 – 7:00 p.m.
Where: TU Arena – Towson, Md.
Broadcast: Broadcast on Monumental Sports Network & FloHoops, Audio broadcast on TowsonTigers.com (Spiro Morekas & Jimmy Patsos)
Series: Northeastern leads 29-21
TOWSON, Md. – Towson men's basketball takes a four-game win streak to TU Arena against Northeastern to open the month of February. The Tigers are coming off another 2-0 week that saw wins against Drexel (70-67) and Delaware (67-56).
Christian May and
Dylan Williamson earned weekly awards with May taking home Player of the Week and Williamson being named Rookie of the Week.
The game against the Huskies will air on Monumental Sports Network and FloHoops with the audio broadcast on TowsonTigers.com with Spiro Morekas and Jimmy Patsos on the call. Tickets are available at TowsonTigers.com/Tickets.
This will be the 51
st all-time meeting between the two schools and will be the second matchup this season. Northeastern leads the series 29-21 including a 67-59 win in Boston just a few weeks ago. Towson has won three of the last four games played at TU Arena dating back to the 2020-21 season.
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 206 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 (.551), fourth in blocked shots (181), fourth in rebounds (889), fourth in minutes played (3,501), fourth in starts (104) and is 18th in scoring (1,215).
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 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:
Northeastern comes into the matchup at 8-13, 3-5 CAA having lost their last two games including a 72-68 loss against William & Mary on Saturday. The Huskies are 4-4 at home compared to 3-8 away from Boston. Chris Doherty leads the team with 13.5 ppg and 6.9 rpg. Doherty is shooting 53 percent from the floor with a team-high 55 assists and 14 blocked shots. Luka Sakota is also in double figures averaging 10.0 ppg.
UP NEXT:
The Tigers will hit the road to face Hofstra on national tv on Saturday, Feb. 3. Tipoff against the Pride is slated for 6 p.m. on CBS Sports Network with Dave Ryan and Tre Demps on the call. Spiro Morekas will have the audio broadcast at TowsonTigers.com.
