WHEN: Monday, November 2, 2026; 10 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. PT
WHO: Towson (0-0) at Santa Clara (0-0)
WHERE: Santa Clara, Calif.
Audio: TowsonTigers.com
TV/Stream: ESPN+
All-Time Series: 0-0 (0-0 away)
Pat Skerry Era Series: 0-0 (0-0 away)

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Towson University men's basketball will begin the 2026-27 campaign on the road at West Coast Conference (WCC) preseason favorites Santa Clara on Monday, Nov. 2. Tip is scheduled for 10 p.m. ET, 7 p.m. PT. This will be the first time Towson men's basketball and Santa Clara have played each other.

The Tigers are coming off a 2025-26 season that saw Towson reach the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) semifinals for the fifth straight year, finishing 19-15.

Key contributors returning to Towson this season are Jaquan Womack and Caleb Embeya. Womack was named to the All-CAA Preseason Team as an honorable mention. The sophomore guard/forward averaged 7.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game as a freshman. Embeya averaged the most minutes of any returner at 20.7 and had the most starts at 16. The junior was 24th nationally in offensive rebound rate last season at 15.1%.

Zion Stanford and Ben Roseborough highlight the crop of newcomers. Stanford was named to the All-CAA Preseason Second Team. While at Temple, he also was named to the 2023-24 All-American Athletic Conference (AAC) Freshman Team. Roseborough comes to Towson from San Jose State. With the Spartans, Roseborough averaged 12 points per game, shot .394 from the field, .411 from three and .821 from the line.

The Broncos were predicted to win the WCC with nine of 10 first-place votes in the preseason coaches poll.. Guards Jake Ensminger and Sash Gavalyugov were picked to the WCC Men's Basketball Preseason Team.

Following this game, the Tigers travel to Utah to face the Utes at 9 p.m. ET/7 p.m. MT in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Nov. 5. After the Utes, Towson opens the home schedule against LIU on Monday Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased using the link above.