GIbson leads MBB over Copping State 89-75

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Guard Jason Gibson scored a game-high 24 points on a school record-tying eight 3-pointers to lead the Tigers over the Eagles 89-75 on Saturday afternoon. It was not a pretty affair as Towson turned the ball over 13 times, including 11 in the first half. Coppin State held Towson leading scorer Cam Holden to just seven points on 1-of-6 shooting, but he did have nine rebounds. The Tigers took 21 three-pointers in the first half and wound up taking a school-record 37 attempts and record 16 makes. So much for "Skerry Ball". 

Nicolas Timberlake added 17 points, while Charles Thompson and Terry Nolan Jr. chipped in with 12 points apiece. Gibson played 24 minutes off the bench and took all his shots from three-point range (13). He also had three of the team's 16 assists. Juwan Gray played 23 minutes and had four rebounds. He also played a lot of center against a smaller Coppin State team, especially in the first half when Thompson and Chase Paar were ineffective. Towson did struggle from the line in the second half going 7-of-15 (15-24 game) and ended up with 10 fouls in the second half. 

Here are some Pat Skerry quotes after the game from the TowsonTigers.com stream.

"I told you we were going to shoot more threes. Credit Juan, they had a good gameplan. They were down a good player. Thought we were a little bit too unselfish. Thought we needed to get more red zone touches (in first half).

"Charles did a great job in the second half. We need that guy. I didn't like our defense. They were short-rolling. I have to watch the tape. I didn't think we did a good enough job contesting shots. We didn't help ourselves at the foul line.

"Got Juwan more minutes. It wasn't Cam's day. Antonio was good. Every game is hard on the road. Good to be 7-4, Like to be a little better.

"Greensboro is terrific. Mike Jones is a very good coach. Picked to win their league. We scheduled aggressively."

I though in the second half and attacked the rim more. That helped. Our defense wasn't good in the second half. We're still fouling too much. Really frustrated. We went through this at length. Disappointed in myself.
 
Had a film session about that (fouling) the other day. Got a little bit out of kilter. We'll address that tomorrow."