mat1992 Posted December 22, 2024 Report Posted December 22, 2024 https://stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=550197 https://towsontigers.com/news/2024/12/22/mens-basketball-four-tigers-finish-in-double-figures-towson-mens-basketball-defeats-bryant.aspx Helped that Bryant's leading scorer was out but Earl Timberlake was a monster today for Bryant with 23 points, seven rebounds and four dimes in 40 minutes. Positives *Embeya's defense on Timberlake in the second half after he was destroying Messiah Jones. He also had two blocks *Williamson scored 13 points and dished out three assists in 30 minutes. *Tarke played 14 minutes *Rebounding (44-33) was big along with Suliaman's 11 boards and his Moses Malone-like four offensive rebounds in one possession *May made two threes and had seven boards *Lowery, who still needs to start, had 6 points, 7 rebounds, a block and a steal. Had his hands on several passes that were near-steals *Sulaiman, if he plays within himself, can be a valuable contributor. Still struggling from three (0-3), but had 10 points on four low post moves and also made 2 huge free throws late. *No Samb. Negatives *Tarke went 0-5 *May had 10 points, but shot just 4-of-12 from the field and missed his last four threes after making his first two. His mid-range, fadeaway game probably needs to go. Just take it to the rack. *Towson shot 5-of-24 (20.8%) from three-point range. They had a handful of wide open looks in the second half and Williamson/Tejada struggled to connect. *Two missed free throws down the stretch on front end of one-and-one's from Tejada and Lowery. *Three-point defense in the second half. Bryant took the lead because they made their first 5 threes of the second half. Wound up shooting 8-of-22 from beyond the arc (36%). Quote
TSU88 Posted December 22, 2024 Report Posted December 22, 2024 Well, a W is a W is a W I did learn something by watching the game today. I always thought Tarke’s first name was Nendah, but every time he threw up a brick today, the announcer said the shooter was “way off the mark,” so I guess his name is actually Way off the mark Tarke. Onto the “real season” starting on January 2nd. I can’t see us winning more than 8 games in conference, but hey, I’d love to be proven wrong 1 1 Quote
TuTigers2012 Posted December 22, 2024 Report Posted December 22, 2024 (edited) 42 minutes ago, TSU88 said: Well, a W is a W is a W I did learn something by watching the game today. I always thought Tarke’s first name was Nendah, but every time he threw up a brick today, the announcer said the shooter was “way off the mark,” so I guess his name is actually Way off the mark Tarke. Onto the “real season” starting on January 2nd. I can’t see us winning more than 8 games in conference, but hey, I’d love to be proven wrong I think we just call him brick. Didn’t attend or watch. Based off box score, it looks like they blew a lead and then took it back. Good that they didn’t just roll over like usual. If they didn’t get this one today, we are looking at another 3+ weeks for a win. Thankful that Bryant’s best player was out. 4-8 in OOC Edited December 22, 2024 by TuTigers2012 Quote
Blounge Posted December 22, 2024 Report Posted December 22, 2024 36 minutes ago, TuTigers2012 said: I think we just call him brick. Didn’t attend or watch. Based off box score, it looks like they blew a lead and then took it back. Good that they didn’t just roll over like usual. If they didn’t get this one today, we are looking at another 3+ weeks for a win. Thankful that Bryant’s best player was out. 4-8 in OOC You missed a good one! Quote
TSU88 Posted December 23, 2024 Report Posted December 23, 2024 1 hour ago, TuTigers2012 said: Thankful that Bryant’s best player was out. Of the many things I would like to see Skerry held accountable for, this isn’t one of them. As Patsos said on tv, it’s not our fault that Bryant’s best player was out. How many games have we played this season without Tejada? Would we have lost today, if Bryant’s best player had played? Probably, but then again maybe their 2 leading scorers today would not have been as involved had that guy played. In any event, on to the Carolina 2-step to open conference play. Good thing we got a easy start 🥹 1 Quote
mat1992 Posted December 23, 2024 Author Report Posted December 23, 2024 Honestly in my first game back after missing the UMBC game due to illness, it was more of a sigh of relief than a "look out now CAA". You can't win games against UNCW and Charleston when you consistently shoot 25% from 3-point range and have very little post game. The good thing was while there was a near-repeat of Robert Morris, we didn't blow two leads. Merely a small five-point halftime lead, which again, I could feel was tenuous at best with the way were playing down the stretch. We rebounded and defended just enough down the stretch and won despite making OUR LAST FIELD GOAL at 2:50 on a Williamson drive. Then DWill missed a jumper, Lowery missed the front end of a 1-and-1, Tejada missed a 3, DWill TO near the Bryant bench, Tejada 1 of 2 from the line, Sulaiman 2 of 2 from the line. I thought PS overcoached a bit at the end of the half, going offense and defense in the last minute or so, taking Williamson and Tejada out for Hicks and Lowery or Tarke. At the end of the game, he did the same thing, but this time, no Tarke. Hicks instead and was able to get Williamson in for offense. You just don't want Tarke on the floor late in games on offense and I might say the same thing about May until he gets his game together. Of all people, Sulaiman helped win this game with that key steal up just two points and then hitting his two FTs. Sounds simple but he didn't seem overwhelmed by the moment like others. Now, if you want to improve the 29.3% three-point percentage and 39.4% field goal percentage: 1)Push the ball as much as possible off of misses. Even though Towson had just 7 fastbreak points, I thought May had two easy baskets because they pushed it as well as a Tejada three of the break. Williamson has to be stronger with the ball in traffic but I'd rather see him drive than just sit at the 3-point line. 2)Tarke should never take a three unless it's a last-second heave in the shotclock. Lowery never takes a three. He understands that it's not in his bag. Tarke needs to get that as well. He's a defender/driver. Sulaiman should be limited to 1-2 shots a game unless it's a corner 3. Needs to take more shots in the low post. Today, showed a few up-and-under moves that I've haven't seen with any consistency. 3)Tejada, Williamson and May should take 75% of three-point shots. Period. It's a team you probably have to overcoach with nine suitable (sort of) players but who is reliable right now? Top Five *Lowery: 6.7ppg, 6.3rpg, 0.9bpg, 0.9spg, 50% FG. strong defender (negative: 45.2% FT.). *Williamson: 12.9ppg, 2.3rpg, 1.8apg, 42.4% FG, 41.2% 3pg, 75.2% FG (negative: 19 TOs to 23 assists, not great defender) *Tejada: (7gp out of 13). 16.9ppg, 43% FG, 30.6% 3pt, 79.2% FG, (negative: 4 RPG, 5 assists, below average defender) *Tomiwa Sulaiman: 7.7ppg, 41.1% FG, 36.6% 3pt, (made against Penn State-WB), 1spg, 68.8% FT (4rpg after today's 11 boards., 16 TOs) *Messiah Jones: 4.2ppg, 3.7rpg, 46.5% FG (2-9 3pt), 76.5% FT (17 TOs, 3 blocks) *************************************************************************** *Christian May: 6.2ppg, 4.4rpg (negatives: 29.2% FG, 5-26 3pt, 60% FT) *Caleb Embeya: 4.2ppg, 3.5rpg, 53.7% FG, 11 steals (negatives: just 4 blocks including 2 today, 11-21 FT) *Nendah Tarke: 9.8ppg, 4.8rpg, 17 steals (negatives 27.3% FG, 19% 3pt, 19 TOs to 21 assists) *Rahdhir Hicks: 3.7ppg, 8 TOs (negatives 33.9% FG, 26.5% 3pt) *Adou Samb: 1.8ppg, 1.9rpg, 10.9mpg, 6 for 6 from the line!!! Bad news is that UNCW is on Jan. 2 and Charleston is on Jan. 4 away from home. Good news is that they have a long break and need a few R&R off for the holidays and then some practice time. 1 Quote
sr16 Posted December 23, 2024 Report Posted December 23, 2024 we'll take it but they need to stack some CAA wins to get us truly interested again Quote
Chris Datres Posted December 23, 2024 Report Posted December 23, 2024 Nothing I saw in person today was any different than what I’ve seen on TV. At least this time, we made the right defensive plays to hang on to the lead. The offensive end in the last 2 minutes was typically awful and some of the shot selection overall was worthy of an immediate benching. Tarke should never take another shot unless it’s a wide open layup. I’ve never seen a D1 player hit all glass on a 12-foot pullup in the lane. Nice to be off the schneid and I wish I could make more home games cuz I’m 5-0 in TU Arena. 1 1 Quote
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