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Yes. We are on the upward caa part of the skerry cycle. There will be a quick drop, losing a game or two to bad teams, then a slight uptick again right before the tournament, that gives everyone some false sense of hope. Only to crash down in an epic collapse in March. Agree. Was shocked when I saw the box score and play by play. He has been dreadful this season so it’s gotta be a good feeling for him to have a very solid game for once. winning on the road is tough and even more so at the DAC. So yesterday was a very good win in that respect. Again, I really like this schedule that they have. Can they take advantage? The last two games scoring 76 and 80 are the outliers on the season. This team is closer to the 62 ppg team the first 14 games of the year than the close to 80 one. Though I feel we are more in the 67-69 point per game range.

Seen this rodeo before but will take it like usual..lol

https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=550192 In a game that set offensive basketball back about 60 years, Towson found a way to beat Stony Brook 53-49 on Saturday afternoon to improve to 5-1 in the CAA. The Tigers were down once again in the first half by six (25-19) despite shooting 3-of-22 from the three-point line and 12-of-23 (52.2%) from the free throw line, beat the Seawolves, who made 12 of 12 from the line, but just 5-of-22 from three-point range (0-7 2nd half). Mekhi Lowery led the way with 13 points, six rebounds and three assists, while Christian May, who is still struggling with his shot (2-8 FG) held CJ Luster (15ppg) to two points in 19 minutes.

I'm not upset about being 5-1. Don't get me wrong. I'll take it and It's fine. I just don't like the way we're playing. It's not even just boring. It's maddening to watch. We've had to come back in every game to win a close games. I guess the fact that we complained about losing so many close games a couple of seasons ago doesn't really hold with this squad, so I'll give them credit for having intestinal fortitude in conference play. T But we shouldn't need to come back from nine down or whatever it was in the 2nd half to beat freakin' Stony Brook at home. I wasn't surprised that we barely won today, but a bit surprised we put up 54 points against a dreadful defense. And we were so much better at Drexel on offense at a tough place to play and playing like this today against a bad team makes no sense. If we're playing like this in late February, we're not going to be in first or second place or fourth. This is a bad league. We need to take advantage. Charleston is winning games but they aren't playing a lot of D. W&M will play UNCW on Monday at 1pm or watching the repeat if it's on Flor. Will be DVRing that since I'm not off. That's a big one. Are they for real? Tough place to play (except for us). Also, we're in mid-January and it feels that this season has gone on for years. That might be just me because I was sick for about a month and missed the UMBC game (awful). We are certainly playing a bit better since non-conference though I think we played our asses off in Canada w/o TT and CMay. Just couldn't get over the hump.

You're lucky you didn't have to watch that dreck. Really, 5-1 is nice, but it's not enjoyable basketball when we can't put the ball through the hoop. I'll take Drexel and NE wins with slightly better D. It's a lot more fun to win 75-70 than 54-50. And I'll agree with 2012 that this type of basketball won't work for 3 days in D.C. And I don't just mean today's awful offensive display. They have to start playing better basketball. I get that you can't play a perfect basketball game for 40 minutes. How about a strong 25? I'd also like to see more intensity. We have a lot of calm guys. That's fine for winning games late but how about starting out with some passion? We've had 2,000 people and 2,600 people without students in the last two home games. It's not Charleston but it beats the NE crowd last week. A decent crowd should have you amped to play the game no matter who you're playing. Didn't see that even against Hofstra. You don't have to shoot 50% from the field to dive on the floor for a 50-50 ball. It's why I constantly complain about starting Hicks and falling in a hole early. It's not that he doesn't hustle. He just can't shoot. Let's take a look at the numbers. In 15mpg, he's averaging 2.7ppg, 1.0apg, 31.7% FG, 25% 3pt (9-36) and has gone to the line just 3 times. Has 11 turnovers in 19 games. To his credit, he has stayed healthy.

There were better highlights from the mascot game at halftime, where Doc the Tiger scored more points than practically everyone on our team

What a comeback! Great team win, it’s gonna take all 10 guys contributing positively to make it work. Hats off to a gritty win, dagger clutch 3 by Dylan, best game of Messiah Jones’ time here, Mekhi making big blocks, Tyler knocking down shots. Also hats off to Dr. Eigenbrot who was personally handing out free slices of pizza to students and fans at the game last light. Faculty and staff were treated to free tickets and a Jimmy’s famous seafood truck! Great win for the program to build off of

Nice win on "national" tv last night. Stayed in the fight while Hofstra couldn't miss in the first half. Big shots and free throws down the stretch which we all have seen us not convert in the past. This team will continue to be a head scratcher and even though I bitch and moan about this program from time to time it always feels good to win.

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Good comeback, this team is super confusing but they seem to know how to get a dub. Like others have mentioned they are winning games that usually don't go our way. Good win fellas!

unrelated, but the site is showing its lost its security certificate, essentially dubbing it a dangerous site which can compromise the computer.

Talk about moving up the coaching ladder quickly. Former Towson DL https://x.com/mikegarafolo/status/1879292324888646115?s=46&t=nScacl1TWT-KyOwj5stBaw

Could you and TUTigers2012 just stop this ceaseless nonsense? We get it, you got us in the dance and he’s got us crashing & burning in the conference tournament (truth is probably somewhere in between). I’m not saying either of you should stop posting, but this tit-for-tat between you two is a bore, tbh

Still trying to process this win after seeing a lot of playoff football today. These last two wins were not Skerry-like. Winning games where the offense shined and the defense was not good has not been the formula. But it's good that we can score 80 points against NE and 93 points in 45 minutes at Drexel, who had one of the best defenses (statistically) in the nation. I'll be honest, while I like a solid defense, I'm weary of rock fights. Watching us average 86.5 points per game in the last two games is a pleasant change. When Dylan plays that well offensively, Towson is tough to beat. I still like them to push the pace when he's on the floor. Starting Hicks in the second half is not the answer because I know he's going to start against Hofstra. You don't want to get down 6 points (as we did today) because the start of the 2nd half usually sets the tone for the rest of the game. I also think, aside from the defensive mistakes, it's a team that PS is trying to figure out. Even though Lowery struggled today, if you play him 12 minutes, you're risking that kind of shaky defense. But you can also have more shooters when Sulaiman gives you something from the perimeter along with Tejada and Williamson. May, despite today's 1 for 5, has shot the ball better in conference play (7 for 16 3pt). I thought the rebounding (43-31) helped make up for some defensive deficiencies though you can't keep allowing the opponent to shoot over 40% (41.7%) from three and 47% from the field. Tejada showed today, despite some lapses defensively and other stuff, that he can do more than shoot. Grabbing nine boards was huge and at 6-9, 220, there's no reason why he can't grab 5-6 per game. If he went to the offensive glass, he'd be able to score a bit more and I know in a way, he's trying to become more valuable. Every college player is now looking for NIL, whether it's here or elsewhere. TT is going to make some nice coin next season. As for Tarke, he's never been a strong 3-point shooter. His best season was 33.3% at Coppin State. I don't expect him to shoot that number this season, but I do expect him to attack the rim and get to the line, even if he's a meh FT shooter (67.5% this year, 70%) last season. That's a lot better than he shot at Coppin. Defend, rebound, attack downhill and make a trey or two with better shot selection is fine. And the key? Come off the bench. Tarke has been great the last two games coming off the bench. He's playing more minutes than he did as a starter. The team is still a bit perplexing, but they are 3-1 in the CAA. That's a lot better than a lot of folks on here thought they'd be after a bad non-conference slate. Season Stats Rank POINTS/G 66.2 52 FG % 40.3 48 3PT % 28.5 23

Skerryball

That's what I told him. I should have had at least one at the half or something else.

Matt should have a couple of beers 🍻 😄

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I thought we would come back and win..lol

I can't imagine that was a play call, but everyone sort of cleared out like he was Kevin Durant on an iso. Shocked that he even thought about doing that in the second half. Or first half or ever.

Stony Brook has a lot to figure out because it's such a different team than last season's. Delaware pulled away from the Seawolves last night as Joe Octave was SBU's top scorer (23 on 18 FG attempts, including 1-6 3FG). Blue Hens W 84-74 ft. 45 DEL 2H pts and 20 by Niels Lane, 19 by John Camden. CJ Luster is another guard to know on SBU; he was at 5 pts at halftime last night but was 3-3 3FG in the second half to help him hit 20 pts total. I expect Towson to hold Stony Brook below 70 tomorrow. Physicality will emerge favoring TU, I presume. Talk about vast differences in returners and program continuity right now.

I was working another basketball game last night at the same time so I didn't get to watch, but I was tracking as best I could. I saw that Hofstra shot 17-24 in the first half and 6-9 from 3-point range, and it reminded me of the Charleston game last year at home where they annihilated us . Looked like we got some good momentum at the end of the first half to set up the second-half comeback. Amazing that Hofstra could shoot so well in one half, and then go 7-28 and 1-14 from three in the second half. Tarke is now 15-24 FG the last two games. He seems like he has been more efficient lately, and I am sure they have worked on that with him. I do think at heart, his style is much like Russell Westbrook in that he can carry a team to victory or defeat depending on what version you get. However, there is no arguing that he plays his ass off and is a pain the ass to face for the opposition. As was mentioned, ti looked like a very efficient game for Messiah Jones with 12 points on 4-6 FG, three offensive rebounds in only 16 minutes. It was a little bit of an aberration to get 68 bench points against Drexel because of the hot shooting of Williamson and Tarke, but getting 27 of 65 last night isn't bad. I know it is kind of a magic shell game, and not that useful of a stat. It almost feels like that lineup is a good-luck charm or gimmick more than anything else, but you can argue so far they have mostly held their own at the start of games before the subs have come into the game, and after that it is more about the rotations than the actual starting lineup. Especially when May and Hicks play 19 and five minutes respectively for the game. Last night the bench players actually played 103 of the 200 minutes. It is still so early, but the league is taking an interesting shape. We know Charleston will be in the mix for a conference title, but the loss to Monmouth their last time out and the struggles with Campbell in their last two games were interesting. I heard good things about William & Mary's coaching hire this season and with the blowout win at Hofstra and a win against Elon they are off to a good start. They also avoided a banana peel game last night. Elon also looked good in the non-conference play, and they grabbed the same road win we did last Saturday in a little more decisive fashion. There is a lot of mediocrity in the conference, and Skerry has done a pretty solid job of understanding and navigating this conference the last three years. Hopefully, we can get to 6-1 with wins over Stony Brook and NC A&T (nothing is a given for anyone) before we travel to this program's house of horrors at Northeastern.

This is truly a team whose sum is greater than its individual parts. I mean, we’ve got 2 guys (Hicks & Samb) who really aren’t D1 players; May, who’s shooting has regressed to the point where we’re fortunate if he scores 6ppg; Lowery, who’s offensive game is extremely limited, but who does contribute in other facets; Embeya who’s a year away; Jones, who you hope can score 5-6 ppg and grab a few boards; Suliaman, see Jones. But we also have the 3-headed monster, also known as the law firm of Tejada, Williamson and Tarke, who each, on any given night, are capable of scoring 20 points. I’m still pleasantly surprised in the transformation of Tarke. Most of us, including me, had him pegged as one of the worst D1 players in the nation, and now he’s an integral part of the team. His drives to the basket are finally paying dividends. Let’s hope he keeps it up. Let me see a show of hands of those who thought we’d come back and win last night, when we down 18 in the first half. I was there, and it looked grim. I was just hoping we could cut the lead to around 10 by halftime, which is almost exactly what we did. I think we all know that anytime you fall behind by that wide a margin, that it usually takes all the team’s energy just to draw even, or near even, and oftentimes the rally fizzles out, but not last night. It was maddening for awhile, when we would get achingly close, but couldn’t tie or take the lead, that is, until we did. (Horrible call by the refs late in the game, btw when DWill got called for a charge, which negated a made 3pointer which would have given us the lead). I distinctly remember, with 4:30 left in the game, Lowery yakked a layup and Hofstra came down & buried a 3, to take a 5 point lead. I said to myself, “that was the dagger,” but we persevered. Not a great crowd, but boy did it get loud down the stretch. Can’t let Stony Brook be a trap game; get the W and we’re 5-1 after 1/3 of the conference season

New look to the board. Very nice. Nice comeback last night. We are typically on the other end of a 18 point blown lead, so it was nice to be on the other side for once. Coming out flat every game to start is a recipe for disaster. That first half may have been the worst defense half I've seen from this program in a decade or so. Hofstra was carving us up and every screen led to layup, dunk, or a wide open shot. Adjustments were made at halftime, and it showed. Tejada seems to be the only consistent player that we have that is capable of 10+ a night. Williamson, Tarke, May are hit or miss. Clutch free throws by Embeya. That was a good officiating crew for our style. Can we get them every Thursday game?? Momentum changer with the late steal and score by Jones at the buzzer. Is Pat allergic to running OOB sets? Honestly we have run some decent ones in the past and actually scored on them. Seems like we just chuck it deep to the outlet, without even running anything. Can the let down be avoided tomorrow? Should be a good crowd, but as we have seen before in the past, they overlook some of the teams with a "poor" record..

Followed and what a finish… missed our box chat so followed Matt on Twitter. Foul Shooting pays off 👏 4-1 in the CAA.. keep it rolling. Enjoy the ride as this team just may have something 😉

Pride are the most efficient defense in the CAA, and least efficient offense. Both teams are in the bottom 30 in terms of temp in the country. A very low possession type of game. Claxton will be back coaching for them, no word on their two missing starters

Game Day!!! 4pm tip here on the West Coast. Gotta keep it rolling!! Goh Tigers

Typically, for as long as I can remember, Hofstra has had dynamic scorers in the backcourt. I can’t remember all their names-there was a guy named Green (I think) a guy with a hyphenated name (Wright somebody) Tyler Thomas and a host of others. I don’t know anything about their current G’s, other than I believe their leading scorer is avg 14ppg, a far cry from what their leading scorer usually averages. Will tomorrow be a rock fight? Can we keep their G’s from popping? Can we maintain our torrid scoring pace from the last game and a half, plus OT? Can we get a good crowd on a cold weeknight with students on winter break? Can we make a good showing on national 📺? All these questions and more will be answered tomorrow, same bar time, same bat channel. Stay tuned

Fair….. noted …. moving on to Thursday and TY

Okay, 12/29/10; TU 93 LaSalle 90. Philmore and Dupree each scored 27 points 2/8/23. In a W vs Hampton, Timberlake had 31 points and Holden had 22

More on the Tarke and Embeya awards https://x.com/towson_mbb/status/1878867534969192788?s=46&t=nScacl1TWT-KyOwj5stBaw

Looks like Carter turned some heads during Hula Bowl practice. Thinking there’s a strong chance he finds himself in an NFL training camp this summer. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2025-hula-bowl-takeaways-highlighting-the-biggest-standouts-from-college-all-star-showcase/amp/

more news on Runyon https://x.com/draftguyjimmy/status/1878877102218580054?s=46&t=nScacl1TWT-KyOwj5stBaw

Tarke is POW and Embeya ROW https://x.com/caabasketball/status/1878864746730201162?s=46&t=nScacl1TWT-KyOwj5stBaw

They also had two other players out. Maybe we get lucky again with players being out?! Can wiggle our way to the top like the Ducks! Yes teacher! Fortunately he only shows his face after a win. I get that he doesn't have the cojones to show up after a loss. King 2012 however did not begin the feud, but since he is the bigger man, will take the high road. In between??!?! Did Bay Area hack your account 😅

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That’s great. Good for him. I mean a lot of us, including me, malign him, but he came up huge today and it’s good that he believes in himself

“Ain’t no stopping us now.. we on the move..” 3-1 in the CAA *2 road wins Congrats team and coaches.

I’m going to do my best to take a “glass half full “ outlook. We won more games than last year; lost fewer games than last year and came within a botched FG of maybe making the playoffs. With all that being said, with JMU, DE & Richmond all gone, anything short of the playoffs next season is a hard fail. I don’t want to hear about UNH, URI, SB, Monmouth or W&M. Not making the playoffs in this mid league will be unacceptable. Shinnick needs to bring in better players, and it starts at QB. #9 ain’t him. He had a poor TD to INT ratio, he adds nothing with his legs, and he fumbles too often. Today was a microcosm of who he is: a couple of really nice throws (Runyan and the TD to Doss), but he missed a wide open receiver for a TD in the 3Q, after which he took a terrible sack. He is who we thought he is-an average to below average QB, who will tantalize every now and then, but ultimately is not a championship caliber QB. Of course, upgrades are needed at other positions, but it starts at QB

It’s a new year but same old FCS Champ - ND State.

It will be fixed but we might end up losing the chat in the update. I have no control over the TBR. They usually tape them earlier in the week and they end up releasing the video the day before and sometimes at the same time as the game in basketball and football.