TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University men's basketball team hosted the Penn State Wilkes-Barre Mountain Lions in the Tigers' home opener. The Tigers (1-1) picked up an 89-34 victory over the Mountain Lions on Friday night.
Tomiwa Sulaiman led the Tigers with a Towson-high 20 points, shooting 7-of-9 (77.8%) from the floor while making a career-high six three-pointers.
Tyler Tejada finished with 15 points all in the first half.
Key Stats vs Penn State Wilkes-Barre:
- Towson shot 51.6% from the field while holding the Mountain Lions to 26.5%.
- The Tigers made 14 three-pointers, two off the program record.
- Towson finished with 18 assists while only having eight turnovers.
- The Tigers had 28 points off turnovers on 21 Penn State Wilkes-Barre turnovers.
How It Happened vs Penn State Wilkes-Barre:
- The teams traded early baskets, then the Tigers went on a 12-3 run to lead by eight early in the first half.
- The Mountain Lions cut the lead down to four, but a Nendah Tarke three-pointer gave Towson a seven-point advantage halfway through the first.
- The teams exchanged a couple of baskets, then the Tigers closed out the first half on a 21-2 run led by Tyler Tejada's nine points to lead 49-22.
- Towson opened the second half with a 10-0 run, getting three-pointers from Tomiwa Sulaiman and Dylan Williamson.
- Penn State Wilkes-Barre ended their nine-minute drought with a layup with 15:01 remaining.
- A Rahdir Hicks triple sparked a 18-5 run that spanned over eight minutes to extend Towson's lead.
- The Tigers closed out the game with a 12-5 run to win 89-34 over Penn State Wilkes-Barre.
Inside the Numbers vs Penn State Wilkes-Barre:
- Caleb Embeya led Towson with eight rebounds while Abdou Samb and Messiah Jones each finished with seven.
- Ryan Skerry, Mandela Tarke and Amir Shaheed made their Towson debut tonight. Tarke finished with six points, while Shaheed had three points and Skerry recorded two assists.
- Four Tigers finished in double figures while ten players recorded a basket tonight.
Next Game:
- The Tigers will travel south to take on the South Carolina Gamecocks on Tuesday, November 12th at 7 p.m. The game will be streamed on SECN+.