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Re: FEDORA

Postby PointGuard » Sun Jan 03, 2021 5:46 pm

Perry Winkle, Athletic Director

Coach Aura wanted me to schedule very strong teams at home. I tried my best, but the better teams would agree to host us but not play in our arena.
The result was that I scheduled 4 of our 11 pre-conference games at home…and those home games are against good, but not great, teams. But we have some really good teams scheduled for our 7 road games, including 2 that are ranked in the pre-season polls.

When I showed Coach Aura the schedule, I told him about the difficulty getting the teams I had booked as road games to play us at home and expressed, “I’m a little concerned that we’re in over our heads.”

Coach Aura took a deep breath after reviewing the schedule, but then turned to me and said, “Let’s go get ‘em. We’re likely will take a few hits, but I think we’ll be ready to compete. If this doesn’t get us ready to take on CAA opponents, nothing will.”

Here’s our pre-conference schedule that I showed him:

    DEPAUL
    @ Air Force
    BOSTON COLLEGE
    @ Virginia Tech
    @ #19 Notre Dame
    @ Oregon State
    @ #24 St. Mary’s
    @ Arizona State
    GEORGIA
    @ North Carolina State
    RUTGERS
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Re: FEDORA

Postby Wayne23 » Sun Jan 03, 2021 10:58 pm

Challenging schedule!
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Re: FEDORA

Postby PointGuard » Mon Jan 04, 2021 3:30 pm

Matt Barnes, 2nd Assistant (Recruiting) Coach

Sept/Oct scholarship offers:

• Lost highly-rated SF to Villanova
• Lost highly-rated PG to Florida St.
• Lost strong PG to North Carolina St.
• Barely missed out on highly-rated PG to Providence
• Lost highly-rated PG to Colorado
• SF Morris Graham, 6-6 HS Sr from Mechanicsville, VA; 14.9 ppg, 1.5 apg, 4.2 rpg, 0.8 bpg, 1.4 spg; Hard worker, Not many problems with injuries, Very good inside scorer, Ranked #110.
• SF Freddie Jackson, 6-5 JC So from Hambleton, WV; 15.3 ppg, 1.8 apg, 4.3 rpg, 0.9 bpg, 2.6 spg; Hard worker, Very good inside scorer, Good passer, Strong rebounder, Ranked #147.
• Offered scholarships to two very good PG’s…no commitment, but they didn’t commit to anyone else either…so we’ll let these offers ride through the winter and see if they accept in the spring…and we’ll continue to try to build interest with a pretty lengthy list of recruits we like.
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Re: FEDORA

Postby PointGuard » Tue Jan 05, 2021 5:59 pm

1st Assistant Coach Kenyon Haynes

Early November…Time to make some decisions regarding redshirting:

C Calvin Williams and/or PF Valery Henson…both could benefit from being redshirted, but interior depth would be jeopardized if both were redshirted. Williams has has a slight edge over Henson. So we redshirted Henson. He took it well. It will be interesting to see whether Williams or Henson improves quicker and which one will be the stronger player next season.

Starting Lineup:

PG: Shaun White (6-0, Sr; Home: Clinton, MA; Last season: 10.6 ppg, 4.9 apg, 2.3 rpg, hit 46% of his FGA, 39% of his 3PA, and 89% of his FTA; Solid player both offensively and defensively.)
SG: Dominick Collins (6-0, Jr; Home: Battle Creek, MI; Last season: 11.9 ppg, 3.0 apg, 3.3 rpg, Hit 43% of his fGA and 34% of his 3PA; Scoring picked up in the latter part of last season, Good rebounder for his size.)
SF: Wayne Burrough (6-6, Sr; Home: Kane, PA; Last season: 11.2 ppg, 1.8 apg, 6.0 rpg, Hit 43% of his FGA and 30% of his 3PA; Solid offensive player, sound defensively, and excellent defensive rebounding skills.)
PF: Kevin Holmes (6-7 So; Home: Iselin, RI; Last Season: Ineligible due to transferring; As freshman at Georgetown scored 6.1 ppg and had 4.0 rpg, hitting 49% of his FGA and 43% of his 3PA; Good scorer from inside or outside.)
C: Donny Flint (6-9 Jr; Home: Aurora, IN; Last season: 13.4 ppg, 1.8 apg, 11.0 rpg; Beast on the boards, Excellent scorer inside and from mid-range, very strong defensively.)

Reserves:

PG Matt Faust (6-1, Sr; Home: Gainesville, GA; Last season: 2.8 ppg, 1.5 apg, 0.8 rpg; Skills improving quickly, Primarily a mid-range scorer, Good at distributing the ball and finding the open man.)
PG/SG Jon Spann (6-0 Fr; Home: Buckingham, VA; Last season: High school; Excellent outside shooter, Strong ball handler and passer, Good rebounder, Lock down defender.)
SG: Copley Dwiggins (6-1, So; Home: Westminster, MD; Last season: 1.2 ppg, 0.1 apg, 0.4 rpg; Still developing but good improvement since last season, Outside shooting skills improving.)
SG: Nathan Parks (6-2, Fr; Walk-on; Home: Parkton, MD; Last season; High school; Good defensive rebounder.)
SF/PF: Ross Davis (6-5 Sr; Home: Baltimore, MD; Last season: 1.4 ppg, 0.8 apg, 0.7 rpg, Hit 50% of his FGA and 3PA’s; Improving offensively and on the boards.)
SF: Mac McCaffery (6-7 Fr; Home: Hampton, NH; Last season: High school; Excellent outside shooter from mid and long range.)
SF/PF: Robert Jefferson (6-8 Sr; Home: Baltimore, MD; Last season: 0.3 ppg; Primarily a mid-range shooter.)
PF: Calvin Williams (6-8 Fr; Home: Woodbridge, VA; Last season: High school; Good inside shooter; Developing other skills.)
C: Donyell Porter (6-10 Jr; Home: Wilmington, DE; Last season: Junior college; Strong inside offensively, Solid rebounder.)

Redshirt:

PF Valery Henson (6-8, Fr; Home: Hawthorne, NJ); Last season: High school; Good mid and outside shooter but other skills need development.)

Other news:

We’re picked to win the CAA title this season with Elon 2nd, Charleston 3rd, and James Madison 4th.

The NCAA has already found 3 teams guilty of recruiting violations including one that is on our schedule: Virginia Tech (they’ve been hammered with 3 years with no scholarships and a 2-year postseason ban as well). Other teams that have received punishment include: St. Josephs (1 year with no scholarships) and North Dakota State (no scholarships for 2 years and no postseason play for a year). I’m glad we’re running a clean program.
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Re: FEDORA

Postby PointGuard » Thu Jan 07, 2021 12:57 am

November 14, 2023: DePaul Blue Demons (0-0) @ Towson Tigers (0-0)

Head Coach Frederick Aura


I’d like to get our new guys quite a bit of playing time to see how they do. But we need to win this home game, so I expect the starters will carry the load since DePaul is likely to play us tough. The Blue Devils lack experience on the perimeter, but their interior players are strong and experienced. We’re going to try pressuring their guards to force some turnovers and mistakes and keep them from working the ball inside to their big men.

CAA Shocker from last night: In their opening game of the 2K Classic Tournament, Charleston got by UCLA 91-89 with SF Russell Brown scoring 26 points. The Cougars hit 52% of their FG’s including 44% of their 3’s. Looks like Charleston will be a tough competitor when CAA action begins.

So much for inexperience outside. DePaul hits two 3’s in the first couple minutes. C Donny Flint picks up 2 fouls by the 17:36 mark. Dominick Collins gets tagged with his 2nd foul joins Donny on the bench at the 16:21 mark. The lead swings back and forth early but midway through the first half we began to outplay the Blue Demons and to pull away, leading 27-19 with 7 minutes left in the half. We continue to dominate and build a 45-31 halftime advantage. We outshot DePaul 56% to 35% and held a 12-7 turnover advantage.

With Flint riding the pine, Donyell Porter came on to pour in 12 points to lead our scoring.

We extended our lead to 17 but then DePaul trimmed it to 8. At that point, Donny Flint took command and we jumped back on top 71-53 with 6-1/2 minutes remaining. We failed to maintain the pressure the remainder of the game and let the Blue Demons to narrow the gap. While we came away with a 82-74 win, I wasn’t satisfied with our effort.

Our shooting slipped to 48% for the entire game and we only hit 3 of 14 from beyond the arc. We were out-rebounded 38-30 but held a 19-14 turnover advantage.

C Donny Flint finished with 16 points and C/PF Donyell Porter hit for 15. SG Dominick Collins scored 10 and SF Wayne Burrough had 9 points and 8 boards. Subs Calvin Williams scored 6 in 13 minutes on the court and SG Copley Dwiggins scored 7 in just 7 minutes of play. In part due to foul problems for 3 of our starters, our reserves played a total of 109 minutes and overall played pretty well, so that was a positive. But with a bunch of road games coming up, we need to pick up the level of our play.
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Re: FEDORA

Postby PointGuard » Thu Jan 07, 2021 5:57 pm

Nov. 17, 2023: Towson Tigers (1-0) @ Air Force Falcons (1-0)

Graduate Assistant Coach Adrian Brown


The Charleston Cougars pulled off another big upset win in the 2K Classic Tourney, topping #25 ranked Cincinnati 69-57, but then in the tournament championship game the Cougars lost to North Carolina State 90-82.

Air Force got balanced scoring from their starters in their first game. But PG Jeff Hatter sunk a couple 3’s and we had to play catch up early in the game. But then PG Matt Faust, SG Dominick Collins and C Donyell Porter began pumping in points and we went ahead 29-21 with 7 minutes left to go in the half. We led by as much as 15 before settling for a 41-31 lead at the break. Our two starting guards, PG Shaun White and SG Dominick Collins both scored 10 points and reserve PG Matt Faust added 5. Reserve C Donyell Porter hit for 9 points during the 7 minutes he was on the court. As in our previous game, we outshot our opponents 47% to 36% and made just 5 turnovers compared to 11 by the Falcons. Since we were out-rebounded 19-16, Coach Aura focused on rebounding while the team was in the locker room. He expects us to always attack the boards.

We held onto a solid lead throughout much of the 2nd half, but then went stone cold and Air Force came back to tie us at 67-67 with 3-1/2 minutes remaining. We then fell behind by 2, but clawed our way back to lead 72-71 with a minute to play. After the Falcons hit a 3 that put them up 74-73, PG Shaun White brought it down and buried a quick jumper to put us ahead by a single point again with 23 seconds remaining. We pressed and C Donny White intercepted a pass, drove to the hoop and slammed down a dunk putting us up 77-74 with 4 seconds on the clock. The Falcons beat our press and lofted up a 3 from midcourt as the buzzer sounded. The shot was short and we escaped with a 77-74 victory.

Again we shot reasonable well, hitting 46% of our FG attempts, but as in our first game this season our 3-point shooting was abysmal…2 of 11. Coach Fed pulled me aside right after the game to tag me with working with our perimeter players on getting clear shots from outside. We also lost the battle of the boards 37-26 but held a 23-11 turnover advantage. PG Shaun White topped our scoring with 20 points plus had 5 assists. SG Dominick Collins hit for 17 points. C Donyell Porter again came off the bench to make an impact, scoring 12 points plus getting 2 rebound, 3 assists, 3 steals and a block.

Coach Fed is concerned about PF Kevin Holmes. He’s pretty much disappeared in both games, averaging 4.0 ppg and just 1.5 rpg. He has the skills, but now we need to build his confidence level to get him attacking the boards and putting up shots. Another concern is that C Donny Flint has gotten into foul trouble in both games which has greatly limited his playing time. Since Flint is our strongest player on the boards, that (together with Holmes’ anemic rebounding) has impacted our rebounding. We’ve got to get his teammates giving him some help defensively inside. Coach Fed was clear that Air Force could well be the weakest of our 7 opponents we play on the road during pre-conference play this season. Barely getting by the Falcons means we have to step up our play a lot for the teams we will be going up against in the coming weeks.
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Re: FEDORA

Postby PointGuard » Sat Jan 09, 2021 1:50 pm

Nov. 21, 2023: Boston College Eagles (0-2) @ Towson Tigers (2-0)

Jackson Cramer, Tigers’ fan


BC has a much richer basketball history than Towson, but I like our chances against the Eagles. Not only are we playing at home, but I think that Coach Aura and his staff have been recruiting much better than BC the past few years. I’m a big Donny Flint fan. He was great last season and should be awesome this year. Of course he doesn’t have to do it all since we’re strong at all positions. BC’s Rashane Stephans is a good scorer from his 2 position and SF Jason Adams can get the ball in the hoop also.

We came out firing from outside against BC’s 2-3 zone. Unlike previous games this season, the Tigers were connecting on their 3’s. We opened a double digit lead midway through the first half. Late in the half, our offense fizzled and the Eagles cut into our lead to trail by just 4 with 2 minutes until halftime. BC scored the final 10 points of the half and Towson held just a 31-29 lead going into the 2nd half. SG Dominick Collins topped our first half scoring with 10 points.

Led by Donny Flint’s hot shooting, the Tigers spurted out to pull ahead 47-36 during the first 6 minutes of the 2nd half. Midway through the half Towson had expanded their lead to 70-43. Subs played the rest of the way for the Tigers allowing BC to narrow the gap, but the game was never in doubt. Towson pummeled the Eagles 81-64 to improve their record to 3-0.

C Donny Flint scored 18, PF Kevin Holmes and SG Dominick Collins both had 12 points, and SF Wayne Burrough hit for 11. The Tigers knocked down 49% of their FGA’s and 47% of their 3PA’s. Towson turned the ball over just 9 times while Boston College had 17 turnovers.
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Re: FEDORA

Postby PointGuard » Sun Jan 10, 2021 7:27 pm

Nov. 24, 2023: Towson Tigers (3-0) @ Virginia Tech Hokies (3-0)

Rob Martin


I live in Towson and go to Towson University’s home games when I can. But I’m in sales and travel quite a bit. Since I was near Blacksburg, Virginia this week, I decided to come to the Tigers’ game tonight. Both teams are unbeaten…I’d love to see Towson leave here with a 4-game win streak. Virginia Tech’s schedule this season begins with 6 straight home games…thus far they are cherry at home, but none of their first 3 opponents were record beaters. The Hokies seem to have solid, but not outstanding, players. So I think the Tigers have a chance to win, but often home court trumps all else. Although Cassell Coliseum isn’t full, there is a decent size crowd to root on the Hokies.

The two teams had a hard time getting their offenses going, but once Towson began hitting their shots, they opened and widened a lead. With 12-1/2 minutes left in the half, the Tigers were on top 16-8. After gaining a 13 point lead, the Tigers offense was stymied by Virginia Tech’s defense, allowing the Hokies to get back into the game and get within a point of the Tigers. But Jon Spann led a run in the final few minutes of the half that built a 33-25 halftime edge for Towson.

In the 2nd half the Tigers slowly began to expand their lead as C Donny Flint completely dominated the boards. Towson’s lead grew to as much as 18 points before the Tigers ended with a 65-51 stomping of the Hokies. Towson’s defense was stellar and held Virginia Tech’s shooting to just 34% while forcing the Hokies to make 18 turnovers.

PG/SG Jon Spann came off the bench to score 19 points while playing just 18 minutes. The hype about him appears to have been justified. C/PF Donyell Porter scored 11 and C Donny Flint had 10 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, a steal and 3 blocks.
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Re: FEDORA

Postby PointGuard » Mon Jan 11, 2021 3:35 pm

Nov. 28, 2023: Towson Tigers (4-0) @ #11-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish (5-1)

Head Coach Frederick Aura


Our RPI is now 13th best in the country…quite simply, the computer has overrated us. Both teams beat DePaul…Notre Dame won by 12 on a neutral court; we won by 8 on our home court. Notre Dame’s only loss was to #8 ranked Oregon, but their 5 wins haven’t been against any really strong teams. This is the toughest team we’ve played in the regular season since I became the coach here. The Fighting Irish use a 3-2 zone defense a lot. While we’ve practiced extensively against it, we haven’t had to go up against it in a game, so we’ll see how we do. Maybe we’ll get some open shots from the corners and Burroughs can get produce more for us offensively that he has so far this season.

We’re averaging 76 ppg. Our guards have accounted for 33-1/2 ppg of that. Our C/PF’s have combined to score 33-1/2 ppg. Our SF’s have added 9 ppg. Our SF’s are hitting a high percentage of their shots but just haven’t shot much so far. But SF Wayne Burrough has done a great job on the boards (6.3 rpg), 2nd only to C Donny Flint’s 8.3 rpg.

PG Shaun White scored our first 11 points. The rest of our team then got into the scoring act and we steadily pulled away from the Fighting Irish. We hit 56% of our FG’s in the first half and we dominated the boards. That resulted in a 51-40 halftime advantage for us.

With a double digit lead we switched our emphasis from offense to defense in the 2nd half. Our guys did a heckuva job controlling Notre Dame, holding them to just 20 points in the 2nd half. Notre Dame hit just 31% of their shots throughout the game. While our shooting cooled off, our control of the boards did not. We ended the game with an amazing 49-27 rebounding advantage. We continued to increase our lead to the very end of the game and came away with a convincing 83-60 thumping of the highly ranked Fighting Irish.

PG Shaun White finished with 17 points plus 5 assists and 4 rebounds. SG Dominick Collins scored 15 and SG Jon Spann tossed in 13. C Donny Flint pulled down 17 rebounds and blocked 3 shots and held Notre Dame’s starting C Tahj Wilder scoreless.

This has to be the most impressive victory we’ve had in my now 4 years at Towson. But there’s no time to spend celebrating. Our next 3 games are also on the road.
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Re: FEDORA

Postby PointGuard » Tue Jan 12, 2021 4:00 pm

Dec. 1, 2023: Towson Tigers (5-0) @ Oregon State Beavers (3-2)

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TOWSON IN THRILLER


Coming off a rousing upset win earlier this week, Towson’s basketball team travelled to Corvallis, Oregon to take on the Oregon State Beavers. Gill Coliseum wasn’t welcoming with a hostile crowd trying to rattle the Tigers throughout what turned out to be a close game the entire way. There were 25 lead changes, 11 ties, and at no point could either team get more than an 8 point lead.

Even though the lead shifted repeatedly throughout the first half, the Beavers generally were in control and took a 38-33 lead to the locker room. Beyond the crowd, the Tigers had to contend with the officials who sent the Beavers to the line 10 times while the Tigers had but 2 foul shots.

Towson quickly tied the game in the 2nd half and the two teams continued to exchange the lead. Towson had a 12-2 run that gave them an 8 point lead with 9 minutes to go. But the Beavers immediately recovered and recaptured the lead 3 minutes later. As the game wound down, Oregon State held a 3 point lead with 45 seconds remaining. The Tigers ran a play that opened Wayne Burrough who sunk a 3 from the right corner to tie the game. Following a time out, the Beavers put up a shot with 7 seconds left that was blocked by Kevin Holmes. The ball went into the hands of Dominick Collins who quickly passed the ball upcourt to a streaking Shaun White. With one defender who got back down court quickly to position near the basket and another defender right on him, instead of driving to the basket, White pulled up near the foul line and put up a jumper that settled cleanly through the silks to give Towson an 83-81 road win.

Coach Aura said, “I was concerned our heads were still in the clouds after our win over Notre Dame. We simply couldn’t shake the Beavers. With Oregon State in control of the ball, Holmes’ block was huge! And then Collins’ outlet pass was perfect, and White had the presence of mind to realize that driving for a layup would have been difficult to pull off, and instead pulled up to be able to get off a clear jump shot.”

White led the scoring for the Tigers with 17 points. C Donny Flint knocked down 13 points and had 9 rebounds, and SF Wayne Burrough and PG Matt Faust each scored 10 for the Tigers. Oregon State was led by SG Greg Waterman who pumped in 28 points and hauled down 13 rebounds.

The national polls came out and Towson with it’s 6-0 record and win over a highly ranked team still hasn’t cracked into the Top 25. The new RPI ratings have the Tigers ranked as #7. This coming week Towson has 2 away games that will test that rating. The first game is against St. Mary’s (ranked #18 in the national polls) and the second will be against Arizona State.
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