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HACKENSACK, N.J. – The Fairleigh Dickinson men's basketball team will host the Towson Tigers at Stratis Arena on Friday, December 18 at 8 p.m.  The Knights (3-6) are coming off a thrilling 91-89 overtime victory against Lafayette, while the Tigers (7-3) enter the night riding a six-game winning streak.
 
GAME DETAILS
FDU (3-6) at Towson (7-3)
Where: Stratis Arena – Hackensack, N.J.
When: Friday, December 18, 2015 – 8 p.m.
Series History: FDU leads 3-1
First Meeting: 11/25/78 – FDU W, 94-85 OT
Last Meeting: 12/29/14 – FDU W, 85-84 OT
Last FDU Win: 12/29/14 – FDU W, 85-84 OT
 
 
Series History:  This is the fifth meeting in the all-time series between these programs with FDU holding a 3-1 advantage in the series.  The Knights have won the last two meetings in the series, including a thrilling 85-84 overtime victory in Maryland last season.  Prior to last season's meeting the teams had not played since the 1981-82 season when both schools were members of the ECAC Metro Conference.
 
Last Season at Towson:  The Knights trailed by as many as 16 points, but rallied to force overtime and then edged out an 85-84 victory.  The comeback and win were made possible by almost flawless ball control from the Knights who committed just three turnovers in 45 minutes of play.  In comparison Towson turned it over 25 times, which led to 26 FDU points.  Leading the offense for FDU was Darian Anderson (Washington, D.C./St. John's College ) who dropped in 23 points on 8-of-17 shooting and a perfect four-of-four from behind the arc.  Marques Townes (Edison, N.J./St. Joseph (Metuchen)) was also strong in the game, contributing 18 points.
 
Sophomore Scoring:  Four FDU sophomores - Earl Potts Jr. (Severn, Md./Archbishop Spalding ), Darian Anderson (Washington, D.C./St. John's College ), Marques Townes (Edison, N.J./St. Joseph (Metuchen)) and Stephan Jiggetts (Forestville, Md./Bishop McNamara) - currently rank as the team's top four scorers.  Potts leads the group at 16.2 per game, while Anderson (14.7), Townes (10.0) and Jiggetts (9.7) are close behind.  The quartet has accounted for 455 points this season, which is 67% of the team's scoring this year.
 
Coming Up:  Non-conference play will wrap-up on Dec. 23 at Rutgers and the Northeast Conference opener will be against St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday, January 2.  The Knights will follow that by hosting Bryant on Jan. 4, visiting Sacred Heart on Jan. 7 and hosting CCSU on Jan. 9.
 
Where the Points Come From:  Of the Knights' 633 points this season 683 have come from sophomores or freshmen, which is 93% of FDU's scoring this season.  The underclassmen are also responsible for 91% (1,658 minutes) of the teams 1,825 minutes this season.
 
Last Time Out:  The Fairleigh Dickinson men's basketball team earned a 91-89 overtime victory at Lafayette on Wednesday night.   Redshirt junior Tyrone O'Garro (Newark, N.J./Saint Peter's Prep) banked in a shot with three seconds remaining in regulation to tie the game at 74-74 and force overtime.
 
The Knights scored first in overtime with sophomore Marques Townes (Edison, N.J./St. Joseph (Metuchen)) and O'Garro each hitting a free throw after a foul and technical foul were called on the same play.  Lafayette would respond with a three-pointer to take a 77-76 lead, but FDU answered with sophomore Earl Potts Jr. (Severn, Md./Archbishop Spalding ) making a layup and then a three-pointer to give the Knights a four-point lead.
 
Potts added a dunk with 40 seconds remaining to put FDU up 88-82 and sophomore Stephan Jiggetts (Forestville, Md./Bishop McNamara) and Darian Anderson (Washington, D.C./St. John's College ) sealed the win at the free throw line in the final seconds.
 
Coach G on the Lafayette Game:  "Wow - that's all I can say.  I have to give my guys credit - they all said in the huddle, 'we're going to win this game,' when we were down five points late.  The credit goes to the players for believing that they were going to win no matter what the circumstances were.  I am so happy for Tyrone (O'Garro) - he made a huge play to get us into overtime, then he was huge defensively in the final 5 minutes.  He earned his captain stripes tonight.  Darian (Anderson) and Earl (Potts) are growing into a great duo and on top of all that Marques also broke out and had 18 (points) and 12 (rebounds).  I told them their first road win was not going to be easy, but I never dreamt of a finish like that." - Head Coach Greg Herenda after the Lafayette victory