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Another Gorham hook! Up 59-30.

Getting a little sloppy in the 2nd half. I guess that was to be expected with such a big lead. Bad shot selection and turnovers but defense still solid.

Van Rolle has been very impressive as the backup point guard

Up 48-22 after another Zane 3. Defense was sensational. They couldn't handle the zone press, which well, most teams did ok against. We are just bigger and quicker. Amazing that we're this fresh after playing 5 games in 5 days. Skerry not coaching. Letting his assistants Clark and O'Connell coach.

Two Justin Gorham jump hooks. A Thomas jumper? Everything going well save for our old nemesis. FT shooting. Up 45-22.

Tunstall blocking everything in sight. McGill down by 12 because they've hit a few 3's. That's about all they can do They hit 16 against SMU, which is why they hung in there. Of course, that's not our game.

Also playing with a 24-second shot clock. Have had two violations already.

Up 22-10 after 1 quarter. Zane with 8 points. Van Rolle coming off bench as backup point guard. Gorham has looked good as well coming off bench. Not sure about EK at the 4 but they don't have many other options.

Wow, impressive defensive team when Tunstall is on the floor. Up 14-5 with 5:01 left in 1st quarter. This is a team that took SMU to overtime.

Zone pressing early. I wouldn't expect to see much full court pressure playing five games in five days. Zane Martin has hit two threes early but seemed to ding his ankle. Up 11-5 in first quarter. Playing FIBA rules.

Prophete played. He just didn't score but had 3 assists and 2 assists in 15 minutes. Tough for a freshman point guard to play this early. I'd have to see some kind of film to see how he played. Tough to tell in a boxscore. I don't know if Tunstall will ever put on more than 5-10 pounds and his offense is based on putbacks and dunks right now, which is fine. The bigger problem for him and Sanders is foul shooting.

http://towsontigers.com/news/2017/8/9/mens-basketball-day-five-creating-lifetime-memories-with-my-teammates.aspx

https://twitter.com/cishoops/status/895467380473831424

Carleton fans still stunned we beat them. They beat Alabama by 12 tonight. We beat Laval 70-51. No Brian Starr or Zane Martin. Jordan McNeill 16 points Van Rolle 12pts Al Thomas 7 rebs, 5 blocks Tunstall 3 blocks

http://towsontigerhttp://towsontigers.com/news/2017/8/8/mens-basketball-day-four-family-support-means-everything.aspxs.com/news/2017/8/8/mens-basketball-day-four-family-support-means-everything.as Third game in three days. Another big game for Zane. No real coverage of this one.

Yeah, Sanders is probably the best post player we have and he's ineligible this year.

I think Zane has a better chance of becoming the star of the team and the guard we were hoping Mike would turn into then Morsell figuring it out. I would hope that Morsell becomes a better all-around player. Rebounds, defends, and dishes a couple of assists per game and not worry about his shooting %.

I know it's just two games, but I think we're seeing a very different team in the Skerry era. No longer can they rely on a post player to lead them in scoring. You look at Zane scoring 15 in Game 1 and 17 in Game 2 and it's going to be tough to bring him off the bench this year. Brian Starr was solid after not playing in Game 1 (they want to a long look at Rolle), with 12pts, 3 assists, 1 turnover. That might be asking a lot but they are going to need him to score more. Same with EK at the 4 because Alex Thomas is not an offensive threat and if Morman starts, he's the defensive stopper that can score about 10-11ppg. Morsell was 4-of-13 tonight from the field after not playing in the opener. Not shocking of course and neither is the poor 3-point shooting in the first two games. Hopefully getting more transition points off of turnovers from the press will alleviate the lack of 3-point shooting. But I know it's the one thing we're really missing (other than a Moto/Davis/Benimon). I do like Drayton's potential as a long-range shooter but it appears he's not going to play much with McNeill and Morsell ahead of him. I could see him redshirt while Ingram is just so darn athletic. But he has Morman and Zane ahead of him. Also good to see Tunstall and Gorham get more minutes in the first two games. Maybe we'll see a different look with Tunstall starting at the 5 instead of Thomas. That dude is going to be our Dennis Rodman-lite without the drama. He's always around the ball.

I thought I mentioned it in my story on a summer practice a few weeks ago but I guess not. He had hip surgery but should be ok.

http://towsontigers.com/news/2017/8/2/mens-basketball-canada-countdown-sizing-up-towsons-canadian-opponents.aspx

The team practiced under the lights on Sunday night. Sure, they would normally start around this team but with no more two-a-days, they've stretched out practices. I focused on the offense this time. I think the D is still adjusting to different schemes. Also Reece Burnett was on the sidelines for a change, running the stairs (conditioning?). Good to see Quinn Cox finally out there on the D-line. Harps-Upshur also looked good. First-team D-Line looked like Cummings, Clifton Jones, Harps-Upshur and Malik Tyne. Kaniya Anderson was still out with a hamstring issue. Also wanted to see John Tsimis, the WR from Rutgers. He was being held out but he had practiced the first week. I'm assuming they are being very careful with him after all the knee surgeries. Receiver appears to be the deepest position on the team. With Jabari Greenwood now in the fold, the competition for the top four spots is going to be intense, though I expect them to rotate about 7-9 players. Brent Richardson, Jabari Allen, Greenwood, Shane Leatherbury, Trey Kilgore, all look like the real deal. Add Ryan Rutkowski, Tsimis and Sam Gallahan fighting for slot WR, though Tsimis can do more if healthy. Then you add Morgan Scroggins, Noah Straub, Brandon Allen and true freshman Rodney Dorsey fighting for time. Should be fun. It's also fun that the quarterback play looks strong. It wasn't great last season, even at practice. It was ok in the spring, though it was tough to tell because the defense was decimated. When given the time, Mahalak and Stover were excellent and Triston Smith has improved. The accuracy looked good in certain drills but when Klugh, McDade and company were playing in man coverage not a lot of guys could get open. That's when both can use their legs. Also good to see Ellis Knudson out there and around 270 pounds, running around and over people at fullback/tight end. The O-line had Antonio Harris at left tackle, Kauffman at right tackle, Carnesale at center, Ventemiglia at right tackle and r-freshman Aaron Gryzmkowski (6-4, 260) at left guard. D'Mitrif Francis was with the second team but I assume he'll move up since he's only been here for about a week. Running backs look like Shane Simpson and C.J. Williams. He's an absolute beast of a runner and pretty agile. But they kid that continues to impress is Platt. My goodness is he quick and elusive. But can he pass block? Always an issue with young backs. He's also pretty similar to Shane where Williams complements him well. More later..

There was no story about it on TT.com and the boxscore I re-tweeted had to be wrong. We pressed a lot and forced turnovers, but it says our opponent turned it over just six times. Eddie played, Brian and Mike sat. Deshaun is not playing due to off-season surgery. https://twitter.com/cishoops/status/894303044304859136 https://twitter.com/Towson_MBB/status/894321383337066499