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Saturday, March 9
North Charleston Coliseum | North Charleston, S.C.
4 p.m.
James Madison University
vs
Towson
3/8/2019 7:36:00 PM | Men's Basketball
| No. 8 James Madison vs No. 9 Towson North Charleston Coliseum | North Charleston, S.C. Saturday, March 9, 2019 - 4 p.m. |
 13-18 (6-12 CAA) @JMUMBasketball | #GoDukes JMUSports.com | Game Notes |
 10-21 (6-12 CAA) @Towson_MBB TowsonTigers.com |
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QUICK HITS
- Eighth-seeded James Madison will open its 2019 CAA Men's Basketball Championship on Saturday afternoon, taking on No. 9 Towson in a 4 p.m. bout for the right to take on top-seeded Hofstra in Sunday's CAA Quarterfinals.
- The Dukes fell to 13-18 (6-12 CAA) last Saturday, dropping a 70-66 decision to William & Mary in a matchup that dropped JMU into a tie for eighth, where the Dukes claimed the No. 8 seed by virtue of their win over No. 1 Hofstra earlier this year.
- Three JMU players pace the Dukes in scoring in 2018-19, all averaging at least 12 points per contest. Senior guard Stuckey Mosley leads the way with 17.0, while sophomores Matt Lewis and Darius Banks average 15.9 and 12.5, respectively.
- Mosley and Lewis were each named to CAA All-Conference teams on Friday afternoon, with Mosley earning Second Team honors while Lewis was selected to the Third Team, while freshman Deshon Parker was named CAA All-Rookie.
- The ninth-seeded Tigers enter Saturday's first-round matchup having lost four straight, tied for the longest streak in the league. The run has dropped them to 10-21 (6-12 CAA) on the season with just a 1-5 mark in neutral site games, all of which came during a 4-9 non-conference slate earlier in the season.
- Junior Brian Fobbs continues to lead the way for Towson, having averaged 17.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per contest on his way to Second Team All-CAA honors on Friday. Junior forward Dennis Tunstall was also tabbed to the CAA All-Defensive Team.
- The Dukes and Tigers split their two contests during the 2018-19 regular season, with each team winning on its home floor to push the all-time series between the teams to 34-17 in JMU's favor.
- Though the Dukes have dominated on their home court by a 21-4 margin, the teams have split the only two neutral-site matchups they have played. The most recent of those was played in Baltimore during the 2014 CAA Tournament: an 80-71 Towson victory.
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