MBB blasts Delaware 86-60 in CAAT to move to semifinals

[mat1992 1,816]

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Nicolas Timberlake led four players in double figures with 19 points as No. 3 Towson went on to destroy No. 6 Delaware 86-60 on Sunday night in Washington D.C. Timberlake also had nine rebounds and five assists, while shooting 9-of-12 from the field. Charles Thompson added 17 points, six rebounds and two blocks. Sekou Sylla produced 16 points off the bench. Cam Holden had 14 points, five rebounds and six assists in just 29 minutes as Pat Skerry was able to clear the bench with around five minutes left. Towson shot 59.6% from the field, while the Blue Hens shot 39% from the field and 4-of-25 (16%) from long distance. 

 

Coach Skerry on TowsonTigers.com after the game

On Big 3 having big games at the same time

"Close. Charley fouled a little bit too much. Cam and Nic were incredibly locked in with passing and rebounding. Hicks played a very good floor game. Took care of the ball. Russell's defense was outstanding and Sekou was terrific."

 "Proud of our guys. Ready to go. Cam sent a message to me that 363 days ago we had a bad taste here. Win No. 21. Showcase our program against a great Charleston team. Excited."

"I thought we did a decent job in second half but took the foot off the pedal some defensively. Our older guys did a good job. Worried about...We were dialed in. Watch some film. We need a good crowd."

 

[TuTigers2012 781]

If we think we are as tough as we do, time to lunch the bully in the mouth the tomorrow. Have been out toughed And coached both times this year.  Time to take it to the media darlings

[tualum 77]

Will be watching with popcorn!

[TSU88 805]

Revenge is a dish best served cold. Tonight wasn’t so much survive and advance as it was search and destroy. 

[mat1992 1,816]

 

[mat1992 1,816]

 

[El Tigre Oro 70]

Time for Pat to exorcise his CAA Semifinal Demons.

 

[Tiger93 223]

Loved what Sylla gave us off the bench today. He hasn't scored that many points since the season-opener. We need at least one bench or support (probably between Hicks, Conway, Sylla, May or Russell) player to be an x-factor like that tomorrow if not two.

I also enjoyed seeing our big three go 20-28 collectively with 50 points. We only shot 5-17 from 3pt-FG tonight, but the way to overcome that is to make sure you are getting efficient two-point looks and we did that going 30-40 from inside the three-point line. The good part is no one took more than 11 shots tonight. We need that distribution tomorrow as well, because we saw that although Timberlake was unbelievable in our last meeting against Charleston we were too over-reliant on him.

We were also 13-17 from the free-throw line (not that there were any high-pressure free throws) and had a 19-10 assist-to-turnover ration. Balanced offensive production, solid defense and rebounding, limiting turnovers and good free-throw shooting are what we know we need to do win tomorrow. Let's hope we can hit those checkboxes tomorrow. 

We need to come out exactly the same way tomorrow, only as TUTigers2012 said there can be no let up. We punched Delaware in the mouth and they decided they didn't want to fight back. We know that won't happen tomorrow. For the 1990s guys on this board, this feels like the second-round matchup we had with Drexel when we first got to the America East in the sense that they were the darlings of the conference. I do give us a better chance to win since we have pretty much gone punch-for-punch with Charleston for most of the course of two games. We just haven't made the plays when we have needed to in the prior two games. Whether that be Charles hitting the second free throw at home down the stretch, or some of the careless turnovers and bad shots we took down the stretch when the pressure got ratcheted up in Charleston. 

This was the third-biggest blowout by Towson in a conference tournament game since we have gone D-1. The two highest were 122-58 over Buffalo in the 1992 ECC Tournament and 82-54 against Northeastern in 2017. Let's hope we can keep things at this level tomorrow. 

[mat1992 1,816]

 

[Moleman1 31]

I agree w '93 - keep this fire burning! Just total focus on Charleston now. They should be feeling the power after dismantling Delaware last evening. They sure looked 2B in concert with each other. Nice spreading out of their attack; and the Tiger's Jersey-wall-barrier defense helped feed numerous transition field goals..

Prayers answered last (Sun) night. I'm so ecstatic with what I heard (Spiro's PBP), & just saw in the above video. Two more tests ahead. Towson MBb fans have waited so freakin' long (30 years) for the moment we're on the doorstep of!!! Goh Tigers!

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