BOSTON, Mass. – Danielle Durjan scored a game-high 20 points as the Towson University women's basketball team fell, 79-61, to Northeastern Friday night at the Cabot Center.
 
How it Happened

• Both teams came out running in the first quarter as 14 of the 30 shots taken in the quarter were good. 
• Durjan knocked down a pair of three pointers to give the Tigers the early 13-8 advantage.
• NU battled back to take a one-point lead after the first quarter, but not before Maia Lee came off the bench for four quick points.
• As hot as both teams were in the opening stanza, the opposite could be said in the second.  The difference in the quarter was the three three-pointers made by the Huskies to take a 37-30 lead into the locker room. 
• Towson (9-16, 4-10 CAA) tried to make a run to start the second half, but the Huskies (13-12, 8-6 CAA) would answer back with a three pointer.
• Senior Daijha Thomas tried to give the Tigers a spark as she entered the game and quickly scored four points off a pair of offensive rebounds.
• Freshman Rayna Barbour got the start in the second half and scored two points on a driving left-handed layup.  She added a career-best four rebounds and two assists.
• Durjan was one point off her career-best as she was 7-of-14 from the field and 4-of-7 from beyond the arc.
• The Huskies used a balanced scoring attack with four players in double figures, led by 17 points from Jess Genco.

 
Up Next
The Tigers return to action Sunday afternoon as they take on Hofstra at 2 p.m.