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Game Day!!!! 3:31pm tip here on the West Coast.. Old Man Stevens been busting my chops for those reports and I’m like hey Boss I gotta basketball game chat scheduled today with Matt, 2012, 2024, the TU Alum and likely TSU88, Blounge etc that I can’t miss. Going for 10 conference wins up in Long Island. He’s like.. “You still planning to take some days off the week of March 17th???? cause you know that is our busy time” I’m like this is literally like 34 years in the making and may never ever happen again.6 points
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The last three years we have had one nonsense loss in conference play. Last year, it was losing at Hampton to give them their first first conference win at 1-13, two years ago it was to William & Mary team who entered the day 4-9 in conference play, and the previous year it was given Northeastern its first conference win in 12 games. Let's see if we can avoid the banana peel completely this year. This game is definitely in that same category. We need to show up ready to play and not mess around.4 points
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I believe this is the second straight year, Williamson has caught fire in the second half in Newark to take us home to victory. Last night, he had 18 points on 7-12 FG and 4-5 3pt FG shooting in the second half. If I am getting this right, he had 2 pts on 1-2 FG in the first half last year before erupting for 21 points on 6-8 FG and 1-2 3pt FG in the second half. That is 39 pts (19.5 ppg) on 15-20 FG and 5-7 3pt FG in his last two second halfs at the Bob. Messiah Jones only played 16 minutes, but played some great defense with a team-high four steals. He also had six rebounds, and had a great pass out of a double-team right under the basket to find an open Williamson. I believe that was the three that gave us the lead for good. We had 11 steals, and have 21 in the last two games. Towson has had 10 steals of more five times, and two came against PSU-Wilkes Barre and a full game of garbage time against South Carolina. The other came against UC Irvine. Also nice to see a fairly strong game at the charity stripe. We only shot above 70% from the free throw line once in the first 10 games. Since that point, we have now shot over 70% in seven of the last 12 games. It is still not a great part of what this team does well, but it has been markedly better. Tejada, Tarke and Williams had 56 points last night. If they can get to 45-50 points, I feel like it gives us a good chance to win games. If you take away Samb and Lowery going 4-5, everyone else was 2-14 from the field. However, it seemed like everyone found little ways to contribute. My only worry is our offense at this point is really heavily reliant on Tarke, Tejada and Williams (occasionally May does something notable). It would be great if we could get May to do more, but right now the combination is working. As others have said, I think Skerry has done a good job with this team in conference play. I still think it is pretty talented and deep CAA team, and it has been nice to win games in a different way. I think this win signaled we are a conference contender, but I think it also means we have to raise the standard on this team. It feels like we should be favored in every game this rest of the way, and that at Elon, at Campbell and maybe at Monmouth are the only even close to excusable losses. Obviously you can only take each game one at a time. I also realize that just because we are on this winning streak doesn't mean all of our flaws have gone away. There is still a lot to fix as go here to try to end the long NCAA Tournament drought.4 points
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So we are all clear.. dinner invites will only be issued to fans on this board.. no late arrivals or gravy trainers hoping on the bandwagon will be able to attend our fan message board gathering in March. City TBD of course. First place in the CAA right now. What a run we are on.4 points
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Once Dylan got his shot back after that slump through late November and December, it's elevated not only his game but everyone else's. That defense in the final 4 minutes was outstanding again and is what put us over the top. I'm sure there's a lot of brow furrowing over allowing so many offensive rebounds and putbacks but hopefully that gets ironed out. This team has shown a ton of resiliency during this winning streak and it's something I really didn't expect to see after those first 10 games of the season. It's great to see and they really have a good roll going. So...first place all alone in the conference and the next home game is on big TV at a pretty advantageous social time. Marketing has a big challenge ahead over the next 36 hours but there's really no reason that there shouldn't be 3500-4000 fans in attendance on Saturday evening. Go hit the $1 beers for your early buzz before heading uptown. There's a winner on campus and it's time to make that arena loud.4 points
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Octave and Frey, who each scored 16 against us a few weeks ago, have both missed the last few games. Looking at the rest of the road games, they are tough. Need to take this one.3 points
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Charleston can't beat UNCW. UNCW can't beat Towson. Towson can't beat Charleston.3 points
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This is getting way ahead of ourselves, but UNCW has won two straight, seven of the last nine, and is 5-2 against Charleston under Siddle. Ideally having those two teams face each other in the semis and us be on the side of the bracket would be nice. Of course, the two years I thought we had the best chances to win the CAA in recent memory we lost to William & Mary and Delaware in the semis so that logic only goes so far. I agree the conference isn't very good and that avoiding Charleston as long as possible makes sense. I know a lot of people disagree with me here, but I still think there is value as a program in winning a regular-season title. It is hard to do, and is a big accomplishment. We are a long way from thinking about that, but right now that is my primary concern. We have a long way to go to be at a level that would be high enough to think about doing anything significate in the tournament, but it is nice to see these guys find a lot of different ways to win.3 points
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Love the optimism. Hell, I’d go to Chernobyl if that’s where they sent us, as long as we’re dancing3 points
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Resiliency is a great adjective to describe this team. Other teams in the past would miss key FTs, give up easy offensive rebounds and miss countless shots and NOT find a way to win. 8-game winning streak NE 80-73 (had to come back from a 37-30 halftime deficit) at Drexel 93-82 (needed two 3-pointers from Tarke in the last minute to get to OT) Hofstra 65-60 (came back from an 18-point deficit in first half) Stony Brook 53-49 (started the game down 8-0 and down 25-19 at the half) NC A&T 83-67 (blowout) at NE 75-65 (started strong and controlled the game in the second half) at Delaware 76-66 (Down 59-54 with 5:22 left (DWill scores 8 of his 27 down the stretch to lead TIgers to win) The CAA is not good this year Towson is 9-1 UNCW is 8-2 after beating SBrook (our next opponent) Charleston is 7-2 and plays 7-2 W&M on Monday night Cambpell is red-hot at 7-3 Elon is 6-4 Monmouth is 5-5 after a dreadful start3 points
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I'm simply speechless.. Around 7th January, I figured we were digging a hole so deep, even the Mariannes Trench would pale by comparison. And like many on this board, I was sad and highly disappointed, and like others, vented my steam on TowsonFans. Being up in years, I just concluded I'm never gonna get to see the program even come close to measuring up to the teams of the early-to-mid 1990's.. And there's still something about this season's group that's kinda Don Stanhouse-esque: We're in a hole much the games, yet by some heavenly intercession, these guys have found it within themselves to pull through W's 8 of the last 9, including road games!!!!!!!! Talk about a 2nd wind - even Lazarus would be proud❗ I for one take back all the nasty negative remarks of 3-4 weeks ago 😞 Please forgive me... Yes, please forgive me by winning another 7-8 games. Or, at least the key games in March 🙏3 points
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Ok, where do I start? Did anybody think we'd be here after that six-game losing streak in non-conference play? Do you think we missed Tejada for six games and May's defense for four games? Not even going to go into the travel issues. I have to still say that this team is still an unfinished product. I thought they played about 35 incredible minutes on Monday. They moved the ball well, they pressed and forced turnovers. Tonight, I didn't see a lot of that other than some incredible clutch shooting from Dylan Williamson. DWill was incredible tonight though I'm not in love with all the ISO stuff and lack of ball movement (6 assists). If that's what it takes to win. If we can beat them off the dribble, then go for it. I thought the defense was going to struggle some tonight. We just played on Monday and they didn't. Plus they have some good offensive players, especially Camden. But the rest were just ok, I thought we got caught ball watching some and gave up too many backdoors and then the fouls were ugh, especially on No. 11. Not bad calls, but he fouled out in 16 minutes, yet still gives you six points and two rebounds. Starting Tarke in the second half made sense and we probably should have gone small earlier since the Hens didn't really play a center. Embeya, Jones and Samb combined for 3 points and 15 rebounds. I love the board work but yeah, they also took just three shots combined. I know people are just waiting for the shoe to drop. Maybe it does Saturday or next week, but all I know is that we're in first place in the CAA and it feels a lot better than it did in December.3 points
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Never imagined we’d be 8-1 at the halfway point of conference play. With W&M getting trucked by the Camels 🐪 tonight, we’ll be in sole possession of 1st place going into Saturday’s game vs Drexel. With decent weather, no football to compete with, students back & team on a roll, we should have a nice, and raucous, crowd. DWill is on a heater, and the other 2/3 of the 3-headed monster kicked in about 30 points tonight. Pretty amazing that we start 3 guys who combined avg less than 20ppg, yet we keep winning. Let’s enjoy the roll, and slay the Dragons 🐉 next3 points
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Rebounding is effort. Embeya grabbing no rebounds in this game has to motivate him for the next. Sulaiman grabbed one rebound tonight in 15 minutes. Tejada had two rebounds and let one hit off his hands late in the game that led to a three-pointer by Sbrook. Jones (5), Lowery (4) and May (10) need help. Also, we did have 12 offensive rebounds, which usually leads to easy scores. Just 20 defensive rebounds. Stony Brook had 16 offensive rebounds and 29 defensive rebounds. Snoddy had 10 rebounds in 39 minutes and Nick Woodard, who I was impressed with his physicality, had 8. But as I continue to scrutinize the wins because it gets tougher after this one, I applaud this team and staff for getting the job done when it matters. There have been better teams in the past who get off to better starts and have double-digits leads in the second half only to piss them away. It's pretty remarkable how they close games out because the stats aren't exactly in their corner in a lot of categories. But they are great right now at one key stat: winning.2 points
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So, after the Monmouth game we’ll have played 2/3 of our conference schedule. I don’t particularly care if we finish first, though that would be nice. The important thing of course is to finish in the top four (and to hopefully finish in a position where we wouldn’t have to play C of C unless it were in the finals) The conference is pretty wide open. I mean who thought before the season that W&M & Campbell would be in play for a top 4 finish? Other than SB & NCAT any team could get hot in DC and win the championship. I’m concerned, given our propensity for falling behind early, and our limited scoring options, that we can string together 3 straight W’s come tournament time, but first things first; let’s lock down a top four finish2 points
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I still need to go back and watch this game. Just saw the highlights and talked to others who watched it. I agree with most what has been said on here about the ugliness of the game (from what I can tell by looking at the boxscore), and this team doing a good job of finding a way to win. I think we can do alright in D.C. with three guys scoring most of the points, but games like this where we have two players take nearly 60% of the shot attempts is a recipe for disaster. Credit to Tejada and Williamson for nearly shooting 50% from the field in a rock fight (the rest of the team shot 6-24), but that doesn't usually happen when two players are forced to take all of the shots. At least not with this program. Under the finding a way to win, we have to tip our hat to the Skerryball style today a little bit. Drexel shot 47% to our 39%, but we had 10 more shot attempts because of the 12 to 3 turnover edge, and although we only had two more offensive rebounds than the Dragons we managed to squeeze out seven more points on second chances. I know he only played 10 minutes, but it jumped out to me that Samb was +13 when he was on the floor (he did have two offensive rebounds). This means nothing, but I had to bring it up. I agree with Mat's assessment on Sulaiman. His game is somewhat limited in terms of shot-making, but he finds ways to make key efforts plays, and I feel like he always seems to bring energy for the crowd to feed off of when we are at home. Considering he was 4-5 from the FT line, while the rest of the team was 1-5 it definitely makes you feel like you want him shooting free throws down the stretch. Towson also continued to be active from a steals standpoint and Sulaiman had three of the seven tonight. It didn't look like Caleb did much tonight, but I do appreciate the three offensive boards in 11 minutes (five from him and Samb in 21 minutes). We definitely need more from our frontcourt down the stretch. The contrast of the two Drexel games for Tarke could not be more extreme (27 pts, 9-14 FG in game one, 3 pts, 1-4 FG game two). I am wondering for those who saw the game and dig into the strategy more, did Drexel do anything different on him defensively or is this just "Tarke being Tarke" and running hot and cold? It was mentioned that we missed some bunnies in this game. Missed layups is something that drove me nuts last year, and as much as I loved Charles Thompson he was probably one of the main culprits. This year has actually been better until the Drexel game. Here is a breakdown of the layup FGs in conference play. I actually let us off the hook for not being great at Northeastern and NC A&T games because we were pretty firmly in control of those games and things got ugly. I know by definition layups feel like they should be made, but I figure anything over 55% is fine, anything 60% or over is actually pretty solid, anything 50% or less is not good. This is the first time where we did it in a close conference game, and it almost game back to bite us. Layup FG - at UNC-W - 7-13 (53.8%); at Charleston - 9-15 (60%); Northeastern - 12-24 (50%); at Drexel - 13-20 (65%); Hofstra - 10-19 (52.6%); Stony Brook - 11-19 (57.8%); NC A&T - 6-13 (46.1%); at Northeastern - 7-17 (41.1%); at Delaware - 14-23 (60.8%); Drexel - 9-20 (45%). Finally, a place where I want to tip my cap to this team is turnover margin. We are second in the conference behind Campbell in this category and 65th nationally at +2.17 turnovers per game. We had only three turnovers in 53 possessions against Drexel. I know Drexel doesn't really turn you over, but that is a our lowest turnover total of the year (by three) and I would guess our lowest turnover rate (5.7%) (I will do that research later). In two games against Drexel we turned the ball over 10 times in 126 possessions. In conference play, our turnover breakdown (turnovers-possession-pct) is at UNC-W (7-66, 10.6%), at Charleston (9-68, 13.2%), Northeastern (8-61, 13.1%), at Drexel (7-73, 9.6%), Hofstra (8-59, 13.6%), Stony Brook (9-57, 15.8%), NC A&T (9-65, 13.8%), at Northeastern (14-66, 21.2%), at Delaware (10-65, 15.4%) and Drexel (3-53, 5.7%). It doesn't feel like many teams pressure in this conference so that is part of it, but give our guys credit for being good at this, because this seems new for a Skerry team (although I would need to do some more research). I know our pace is part of this, but that is why I included the percentage because it gives proper context. The end of the Northeastern and parts of the Delaware games are the only times in conference play where we have been overly sloppy at turning it over (obviously the Robert Morris game was the worst). This is a trait that could really help us if we can keep it up in D.C. Back on the road this week where it seems like this team has played better in conference play so far. Like I said last week, at Monmouth, at Campbell (they annihilated William & Mary and Hofstra this week at home), at Elon and William & Mary feel like the games to watch out for. Hopefully, we can bounce back from this poor offensive showing a do a better job on the road. As everyone else had said, kudos to this team for finding ways to win. Sorry this ran a little long.2 points
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All well said and my gut says for us to win in DC we are gonna likely need a break or two where maybe one of our 6-10 players in the scoring column goes off a bit and I’m gonna say that player will Caleb Embeya (4.3 points/6.3 rebounds/11-16 FT’s/17 minutes a game) He’s gonna play a big role for us to have a chance to dance 🪩 🤞2 points
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Embeya Samb. Jones. Suliman Tejada combine for 3 defensive rebounds. Need more from your tallest players. please press, we need all the ways buckets we can get1 point
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On paper, this 22-man class has a chance to be one of the best in history. Still need a transfer QB, RB, WR, DT, OLB, ILB, CB and S. Let's take a closer look as some will be playing right away. I go 247/Rivals ratings and offers. Doesn't mean that no star guys with one or two offers won't be good. Also helps to have three players from St. Frances Academy and three from Calver Hall I'll separate the transfers here LB Shamar Graham, Virginia Union (6-1, 225), All conference player who amassed 264 tackles and seven sacks in three seasons. DB Bryan "Meeko: Lodgs (6-3, 200), NE Oklahoma A&M from West Park, Fla. Former Butler C.C. Offers: Bethune-Cookman, Duquesne Originally was a 3* Rivals dual-threat QB from Coconut, Fla. OT Mike Williams (6-6, 310), Florida transfer, from St. Frances Academy. Former 3* recruit. Early Signing Period 1)RB Kemarrion Barttles (5-10, 190), Tallahassee. Track star, Averaged 150 ypg. 2,109 rushing yards Offers: FAMU, Tulane, UMass, UTM 2)LB Seth Chestnut (6-1, 225), Sanderson, Fla. 3* Offers: FAU de-commit. WKy, Charleston Southern and Utah Martin 3)OL Mekhi Cousar 6-6, 315, St. Frances Academy 3* On3, 3* Rivals Offers: Md, Temle, PItt, BC, Memphis. 4)OL Chase Dorsey (6-4, 290), Calvert Hall Offers: Kent State, UMass, BC, Charlotte, Gtown, Cornell, Maine 5)K/P Zaydaan Fairdi (5-10, 200), Clarksburg, Md. Kicked a 48-yard FG. 6)RB JaVon Ford (5-11, 195). Suffolk, Va. Offers: VT, UNC, Duke, Delaware, UConn, WVa, ECU, JMU 7)DBBKyron Grayson (6-0, 175). Franklin Park, NJ Offers: Akron, Jacksonville State, UMass 8)LB Ben Kumpnon (6-1, 220), Avondale, Pa Offers: Colgate, Marist 9)Jack Mahoney (6-5, 230), York, Pa 40 time: 4.72 10)Kavon McKinney (6-1, 165). Sanford, Fla. State triple jump champ Offers: Eastern Ky, Gardner-Webb, URI, South Florida 11)WR Cody Szymansky (6-0, 190), Salem, NH 40 time: 4.59 Offers: UNH, Stonehill, Merrimack Late Signing Period 12)DL Zion Copeland (6-3, 285), Virginia Beach Offers: JMU, ODU, UNH, Navy, Hampton, Norfolk State 13)LB Alijah Hamond (6-2, 205), Calvert Hall 3* 247, RIvals Offers: Md (De-commit), Kent State, Delaware, Charlotte 14)DT Asaiah Hamond (6-5, 275), 3* Calvert Hall (one of the top Dline recruits ever) Offers: Md (de-commit), West Va., SC, VTech 15)QB Andrew Indorf, (6-1, 195), Miami, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas 77 passing TDs Offers: NC A&T, Wagner, Western Carolina, Eastern Kentucky, 16)DB Cordell Jefferson (6-2, 175). St. Frances Academy Offers: Penn State, Va Tech, BC, GT, Charlotte 17)LB Chris Koffi (6-1, 225), DeMatha/St. Frances Academy Offers: BC, Charlotte, Md, Michigan, USF, Saint Francis 18)DL Nicholas Miano (6-4, 270), Poughkeepsie, NY Offers: Penn, Wagner 19)Khemani Williams (6-1, 185), Orlando, Fla. Offers: Marshall1 point
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Here is the story about the 11 newcomers. Only disappointment is that we have just three transfers in Williams, DB Meeko Lodge, and LB Shamar Graham. Still desperately need a RB, at least one QB, a corner, a DT, and an OLB/Edge-type. We did get a TE commit from Ohio though he wasn't on the list. Also had a couple of WRs that committed but not sure if they were preferred walk-ons. We'll probably add 5-6 players after the spring including a QB (hope so). Spring is not going to be fun without a strong QB, though hopefully Winston Watkins gets a fair shot. Some of the others on this thread that were mentioned but not listed as likely preferred walk ons. https://towsontigers.com/news/2025/2/5/towson-football-brings-in-11-on-national-signing-day.aspx1 point
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Denver Seattle Cleveland Raleigh Providence Milwaukee *✈️ semi easy Wichita & Lexington a bit tricky with connections. I’m contemplating flying in Monday March 10th for DC assuming we win Sunday but I don’t want to jinx it 😁1 point
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I would advise not to bet lacrosse, especially early on. Hop already beat Denver so they are good as usual.1 point
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https://towsontigers.com/sports/mens-basketball/stats/2024-25/drexel/boxscore/28734 There are rock fights and there was a game on Saturday night between Drexel and Towson in front of 3,200 at TU Arena. Towson shot just 30% from the field in the second half, but held Drexel to 0-6 from three-point range. The Dragons started out making their first eight shots and had a 21-9 lead early on in the game, but would score just 33 points after that. More later1 point
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Hearing rumblings that when Bracketology is updated later this week we will be projected to land in Cleveland. Should we plan a group outing to the Rock N Roll HOF between games then? If we play Thursday then that Friday the 21st would be perfect. $37 a ticket and open 10-5pm daily1 point
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Watched most of the game again yesterday and it cut off because of the late start (should have added 15 minutes). I got the gist of it so when I went back to watch that first five minutes or so when Drexel made their first 8 shots. Thought our D wasn't quite as bad as I first thought because Kobe Magee made some tough shots including one over the 6-8 Tejada, who defended him well. But they also had a dunk on an Embeya hedge where nobody picked up the rolling Hargrove. That was the only possession where we showed pressure in the backcourt. Then, went on a 21-3 run where Tejada was and the only word I can think of was magical. There aren't many Towson players in the history of the program outside of Kurk Lee and Gary Neal who could just make shots over, around and under people yet Tyler is doing it at 6-8ish and 220. Without incredible athleticism. He's just so smooth but unfortunately in today's times, he probably only has four home games left. He'll be making a lot at whatever league and team he goes to in the near future. He kind of reminds me a bit of Isaiah Philmore, who is probably the closest comparison. Averaged 15.3ppg and 7.0 rebounds in his sophomore season and then he was on to Xavier. He was a bit bigger at 6-7, 225 and more of an inside presence, but he also was developing a perimeter game (35% 3pt). Drexel did a nice job defending Tejada, holding him to two baskets in the second half. It's possible that he got tired after playing 36 minutes as he averages 31.7 per game. But at the end, when both teams went scoreless in the last 3 minutes, I think we need a little more creativity. Dylan got the game-winning shot to make it 51-50 at around 5:00 because Lowery ran the point and delivered a nice pass to DWill in the corner, who made a slightly contested shot. Still, despite his shaky FT shooting, I'd have Lowery run the point a little bit more in those situations. BTW, I was impressed with Blakeney (good defender, long arms) and Kobe Magee, even though he struggled after a great start. I knew Butler can play and yes, they missed Justin Moore from last season. But they are underachieving in some ways and they should be better than they are although they don't have a player like Moore, who can create off the dribble (he's at Loyola-Chicago). At least not anyone who has that quickness. That game was won on defense. As mentioned earlier, we were outrebounded by 12 in the second half. We shot it poorly in the second half. Yes, we dug down and got stops and turned the ball over once in the second half. Bottom line is that Tejada is a stud and that DWill is one of the best closers I've ever seen at Towson. Dylan averages 30mpg and is turning it over around 1.7 times per game. Not bad certainly for a 6-1 combo guard. And is shooting 40% from 3-point range. His clutch shooting is right up there with Neal, Lee, and Boyd. Wish we had somebody like that on the 2013-14 team. Not worried about their future. We're playing for now.1 point
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I was thinking about Tiger12's post this morning about our options late in games or at least last night. Up 1 or down 1, I think you want Tejada or Williamson on the floor with the ball. But who else should be on the floor if No. 24 is not feeling like himself? The key is the performance of the "others" and I think it starts with Tomiwa Sulaiman. Right now, Sulaiman is averaging 7.0 points per game to rank fourth on the team and 3.5 rebounds. He's shooting just 39.4% from the field and 34.4% from the three-point line. But his biggest strength right now is his free throw shooting (78%). Not counting Abdou Samb's 6-for-6 or Hicks 2-for-3, Tomiwa's FT shooting is second-best on the team right now, especially as Tarke (64%) and DWill (69%) are struggling and Lowery is just a mess (48%). Tomiwa shouldn't be the fourth-leading scorer but with May shooting 31.3% from the field and 24.6% from beyond the arc, it is what it is. I know there will probably not be a lineup change in the middle of an eight-game winning streak, but I think it's crucial to get No. 1 going again. So I'd Tarke him. Put him on the bench to start games and let Lowery start. TS has been even worse in conference, shooting 36.5% from the field and 7 of 23 from beyond the arc (but 85% from the line ). It's pretty obvious. The guy is 6-6, 225ish and should get a minimum of 5 touches in the paint. Not a great finisher, I know, but our first basket of the game on Saturday was Tomiwa's nice little post move underneath and I think it was an off-hand finish. But because he's good at the line, I'd like to see him get a few more touches in the paint. But four of his seven shots were from distance and he missed all four. He was 1 for 7 last night, 0-4 against Delaware and 1-5 against Northeastern. So that's 2 for 16 in his last three games and 1 for 9 in his last 10 three-point attempts. It's not like there are many great options because Lowery isn't going to take that last shot unless it's near the basket. We need him to shoot better. Look back at Canada without Tejada and May. He wasn't great, but he gave them 6 and 4 against Kent State, 12 and 8 against Kennesaw St. and 6 and 1 with 4 steals against UC Irvine. Of course, all three were losses and he did play over 25mpg in that stretch. He just need to be more efficient in his 15-20mpg that he's getting now. He's probably more of an energy guy who needs about 10-12mpg who can get some steals, a block here and there and a three-pointer from the former. We don't need him to average in double digits, but the last game he scored in that manner was against Charleston on Jan. 4 when he scored 15 points and made 3 of 4 treys. Tejada, Williamson and Tarke will need to give this team most of their offensive production, but they need a fourth guy to give 8-10 points because defenses will be focused on the first two. I'm sure the coaches will be more focused on his rebounding (just four combined in his last four games). I know what he's capable of and his minutes have been sporadic in conference play whether he starts or not. Tejada is really a four-man but with Sulaiman on the floor and Jones or Embeya at center, Tomiwa is the "stretch 4" and most likely, he'll be defended by a slightly bigger guy though in this conference, you mostly see four guards and a center (except Charleston with Djokovic/Brzovic on the floor). I was hoping we would get away from that but with May struggling and Lowery not a threat from the perimeter, Sulaiman, at times (about 1/2 the game) is playing that 4 spot and that's where he needs to stretch the floor but also use his size against smaller wings and post up.1 point
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I’ll take an ugly win over a pretty loss any day. It got ugly there in the second half, nothing could fall but unlike teams of the past, they didn’t meltdown or panic, played good defense and rebounded. My biggest issue is the last play, you had just gone up and down the court with both teams missing, everyone out of sorts, you have two timeouts, use one. Would have loved a TO there, a well executed play, even if we don’t score, the shot selection for the last few minutes was really bad. That said, heck of a run, let’s stay hot1 point
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I forgot Suliaman, which is easy to do. His shooting was atrocious tonight, and he needs to stop indiscriminately jacking up 3’s, on nights like tonight, when it was obvious his shot wasn’t going. With his physique, it would seem he’d be better suited for scoring in close, but at the end of the day, the best he’s probably going to do is around 6-8 ppg1 point
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I find myself in agreement with much of this. All credit to the coaches and players for winning 90% of the conference games, but, like it or not, this team has certain limitations that leaves them very little margin for error, and gives me pause for concern as their ability to run the table at the conference tournament. When your 3 bigs, Jones, Embeya and Samb, score a total of 4 points, like they did tonight, I just don’t think that’s sustainable. May is pretty much a lost cause, when it comes to scoring. Yes, he has some utility on defense and as a rebounder, but let’s be honest, the anticipation for him this year was to avg in the low teens, not 5 points a game. Hicks is a D2 player, which leaves Lowery as the one guy you hope can score little in the event 1 of the big 3 is having an off night. Just seems to me that it puts a lot of strain on Tejada and DWill, and to a lesser degree, Tarke, to be on every night. Having said all this, we’re 9-1 in conference play, which is good enough for first place. I fervently hope that we keep it up, but yes, I have my doubts. With our track record in the conference tournament, who other than the most optimistic among us wouldn’t?1 point
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My co-workers for this week got a kick out of me waving off the basket even before they went to check it on replay. The right official had the call but it looked like he got caught in the moment of wanting to count it instead of, oh I don't know, actually being at an angle where he could see the light on the backboard. You're right in your assessment that this inconsistent formula isn't a good formula for DC but as we've seen out of just about everyone in conference, there really isn't a consistently good team. It looks like our only bad matchup is Charleston, though I want to see what happens with Elon because their size could be a problem. The stunning lack of offense from anyone not named Tejada or DW in the final 10 minutes was jarring but Drexel helped us out by being just as incompetent. One of the best things they've shown during this streak has been their resiliency, something I didn't think they had in them after the non-conference troubles. And now that consistency will be put to test this week against two teams that they SHOULD roll over but we know that it's just not that easy. Plus, Monmouth is a tough out on their home court as they've picked off a couple of home W's against teams they probably shouldn't have beaten.1 point
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I’m confused. Embeya was 1-1 from the floor tonight, with 0 points from the line, for a total of 2 points. I wish he had gone 5-5 & 3-4 from the foul line, as that would have meant he would have scored 13 points. No fooling, what am I missing?🤔1 point
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Tarke has been stellar most of conference and May has been a defensive specialist. TT & DWill combined to shoot 16-28. 9-1 in the CAA. Our stat lines don’t always make sense but we keep winning. PS- Our freshman Center was 5-5 and 3-4 from the line and ultimately he’s a big key to our success in DC1 point
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took them live +105 ML as soon as we went down early. I know we love slow starts lol.1 point
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Won’t be making it to the game tonight. But, I’ll be rooting for these Tigers on CBS at 6. Time to make a statement. Let’s Goh !1 point
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Could not agree more. I have said previously that the entire season is an exhibition season for the tournament and got mocked to pieces. I must admit, you say the same thing in a much more polite fashion. Congrats.1 point
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Well since the conference is so bad this is where we should be anyway. However if not winning the caa tournament or at least making it to the conference final, all this is for nothing honestly. Will see!1 point
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On the season now.. 224 assists to 217 turnovers DWill 48-36 Tarke 32-28 Hicks 20-12 Lowery 38-26 Jones 26-21 When you take care of the ball.. John Chaney philosophy!1 point
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No one saw this coming. Winning on the road is huge. Happy ride back down 95 after seeing that one last night. When Tarke chucked up that ill advised three with just over 3 minutes left, it was not looking good. Williamson cold blooded. And the defense was good enough down the stretch. It is nice to finally see us play well late in games, this season. We are usually on the other side of these outcomes. The amount of different ways they have won games recently should be applauded. The staff seem to be pushing all the right buttons right now. No offense to them, they might not be the most talented group to come through campus, but they have been finishing games since that epic collapse in suburban Pittsburgh. Getting not much offensive production from the bigs, but still winning. Tarke playing within himself (for most of the game) is the major difference in this turnaround. He has done a much better job finishing at the rim especially going to his off hand,1 point
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Towson basketball tickets are the only thing that haven’t gotten hit hard by inflation the last 30 years! Still $10 a ticket! That was expensive back then! Was the $8 discount for being a student?1 point
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