GDT: Towson Tigers vs SDSU Jackrabbits 7pm Pentagon Midco

[OldHare]

Towson comes to town with a 3-4 record. Houston and Colorado are among their losses. The Tigers are preseason pick at 5 in the 14 team CAA. HC Pat Skerry has turned the program into a contender in the CAA since he took over in 2011. He has preseason first teamer 5th year Charles Thompson[6'7"/250#] along with freshman 6'8"/220# Tyler Tejada leading the scoring. Towson is scoring 58.4 ppg while allowing 63.6 ppg. This team is from Towson, Md[15 miles north of Baltimore] with 22,300 enrollment. This has the feel of a physical game. Tigers average just under 40% FG and under 30% 3pt. They average 9 more boards than opponents including 14 offensive boards/game. They only average 8 assists/game. They are shooting 62.5% FT on 19.4 attempts/game. Luke's cut above his eye should be healed by now and I would ask the Jackrabbits to have their mouthpieces on the floor. This could make 3 wins in a row for the team. Go Jacks!!

[peavy]

Easley starting. Towson's message board says Fr Jaiden Cole will make his collegiate debut today. The coach has said he may be their best recruit since 2011.

[filbert]

61-48 Jacks is your final.

[jakejc795]

Easley was the Jacks' leading rebounder. Great to see him back. He'll no doubt regain shooting touch with more minutes

[bigticket1]

Nice win against a very physical Towson team that played excellent defense. Kyle and Appel were good in the paint, and Garry continues to play like a veteran rather than a freshman.

[OldHare]

The guards all played heavy minutes[37-38]. Charlie's shoulder may be a bit gimpy yet as he went 0-9. He still turned in 9 boards, 5 assists, & 2 steals. WK3 had a great game as Nate & Luke & WK3 split the minutes in the paint. 5 blocks was good defense there. I thought Mors had a solid night in his minutes. The defense should get some credit for the Tiger's 28% FG shooting. The Tiger starters shot 11-46.

[da_coach]

I really liked how Towson played, (except for the lack of shooting), but man they played hard physical defense, without being dirty about it.

That was a good game for the Jackrabbits.