TOWSON, Md. - Anybody who talks to Krystin Fields can tell the senior forward is quiet and unassuming. As Fields explains it, it's just her personality.

So it makes sense the Fields is quietly putting together her best year as a Tiger this season, starting 11 of the 18 games she has played. In fact, Fields has posted career highs in almost every category this season, including points, rebounds and free throw percentage. By the end of the 2011-2012 season, Fields will have bested her previous career highs in a single-season for minutes in a season, and games played, among others.

“It was definitely something I wanted,” Fields said of having a more productive scoring year. “In previous years I hid behind people I thought were better than me. This year I didn't want to do that, didn't want to sit behind. It's my last year, I wanted to come out and have the best year I could have.”

Fields has played 436 total minutes, averaging just over 24 a game. She averages just over seven points a game, tied for fifth on the squad, and has 88 total rebounds on the year. With 129 points on the year, Fields is less than 40 points shy of overcoming her total combined points from her first three seasons as a Tiger. She averages five rebounds a game, good enough for third best on the roster, behind Nyree Williams and Deree Fooks.

And this is all from a player who wasn't even a forward when she first entered the program.

“I was a guard, now I'm in the post position,” Fields said of her transition during her four years at Towson.  “It is a different role now. I have to be more of a leader and a presence in the paint.”

“It definitely makes me a well-rounded player and I use my experience of being a guard to my advantage,” Fields added.

From the foul line Fields is shooting almost 70%, making 47 of 68 attempts. She also has compiled 10 blocks and 15 steals on the season. Three times this year Fields has led the team in scoring, including a career-high 20 against Loyola at the end of December. She also led the team in rebounds for a game three times this season.

The past two contests have seen Fields score in double digits, leading the Tigers offensively in both cases. The timing couldn't be better for Fields, who knew she had to step up her play once sophomore forward Williams broke her hand and was potentially lost for the rest of the season.

“We've always feed off each other,” Fields said of Williams. “She is such a big presence on the court. I knew I had to step up.”

 The Tigers will try to get back on track in the CAA after losing four out of their last five, when they welcome Virginia Commonwealth to the Towson Center on Thursday.

“I think we need to be consistent,” Fields said of Towson's recent troubles.

Not one to point fingers, Fields knows consistency has to start ultimately with herself.

 “Throughout my career I've never been consistent. I've had good games, bad games. I feel like I need to be consistent with my scoring, rebounds, everything that I know I can do.”