The Fast Break

• Towson and UNCW officially open the 2018 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament, tipping off at the Daskalakis Athletic Center at 2 p.m.
• The teams meet for the second time in less than a week after squaring off in WIlmington, N.C. last Friday.
• Both home teams won the previous two meetings this season, Towson 72-71 on Jan. 12 and UNCW 64-53 last week.
• Towson's PRA is led by a pair of seniors and a sophomore. Senior Mary Cuevas paces in points (13.1), sophomore Nukiya Mayo averages 9.1 rebounds per game while Raine Bankston hands out 2.2 assists per outing.
• The Tigers are making their 16th appearance in the CAA Tournament since joining the league for the 2002-03 season.
• Wednesday's game will mark the 35th time Towson plays in a conference tournament, dating back to 1983 when Towson first appeared in the East Coast Conference tournament.
• The Tigers have played in tournaments in four different leagues: East Coast Conference (1983-92), Big South (1992-95), America East (1996-2001) and the CAA (2002-18).

SERIES HISTORY

• Towson and UNCW will meet for a third time this season.
• The Tigers and Seahawks will meet in the CAA Tournament for the firs time since 2010-11.
• Towson and UNCW have met twice previously in the CAA Tournament. The Seahawks are 2-0 against Towson in the postseason.
• UNCW leads the all-time series 22-10 after a 64-53 win in Wilmington, North Carolina last week.

SWAT CITY

• Towson has shown its length this season, swatting away 168 total opponent shots.
• The Tigers rank 15th in Division in total blocks this season and second in the CAA behind William & Mary.
• The Tigers are 13th nationally in blocked shots per game, putting aside 5.8 on average, which also ranks second in the league.
• Mary Cuevas is 35th in the country in individual blocked shots with 63 in 2017-18. Nukiya Mayo is also ranked 135th in the country in blocks (39).
• Likewise, Cuevas is also 36th in Division I in blocks per game, bumping away 2.17 per outing, which is second in the league.

SHINE THE GLASS

• Of the 349 Division I women's basketball programs, almost none of them grab more offensive rebounds than the Tigers.
• Towson ranks fourth in the country in offensive rebounds per game, averaging 17 per outing.
• The Tigers have hauled in 501 offensive rebounds this year, which ranks ninth in total nationally and first in the CAA.
• A big-time contributor to that ranking is Nukiya Mayo. The sophomore forward reels in 5.0 offensive rebounds per game, which ranks first in the league and fourth in the country. She has 144 total offensive rebounds, which is good enough for fifth in total among Division I student-athletes.

SEEING DOUBLE

• Three Tigers have logged at least one double-double this season.
• Mary Cuevas leads the team with 11, inclyding a 17-11 double on Jan. 12 against first round foe UNCW.
• Nukiya Mayo has posted nine doubles this year, ripping off eight during CAA play. She has double-doubles in both meetings against the Seahawks this season.
• Mayo had a 27-17 double on Jan. 12 and another 11-11 on March 1.
• Fellow sophomore Maia Lee put up her first double-double of the year in the regular season finale, tucking away a career-best 16 points and another career-high 12 boards against Delaware.
• Cuevas has the most double-doubles by a Tiger since LaTorri Hines-Allen had 14 during the 2014-15 campaign.

Picked Your Pocket

• Towson has made a name for itself in conference play with fast hands.
• The Tigers average 9.4 steals per game this season, which ranks second in the CAA and 65th nationally.
• Senior guard Raine Bankston swipes 1.93 per game this season, which is eighth among all CAA student-athletes.
• Danielle Durjan has quick hands as well, swiping 1.76 steals per game, which ranks 10th in the CAA.
• Towson is one of two CAA programs with at least two players ranked in the league's top 10 in steals per game. William & Mary have a pair as well.

DON'T HOLD THE MAYO

• Nukiya Mayo has been a force on defense in league play, blocking 1.3 shots per game while coming up with 1.3 steals per outing.
• She is ranked in the top 25 in both CAA rankings for blocks and steals.
• The only other CAA players ranked in the top 25 of both categories are: Nicole Enabosi (Delaware), Bianca Boggs (William & Mary), Victoria Reynolds (William & Mary), Logan Reynolds (James Madison), Shay Burnett (Elon), Jenna Green (William & Mary), Kelsi Lidge (Delaware).

START ME UP

• The Tigers have been fairly steady in the starting five this season.
• Two Tigers have started all 29 games, Raine Bankston, and Danielle Durjan.
• Nukiya Mayo is third with 28 starts.
• Mary Cuevas is fourth with 24 starts.
• Towson has used just six different starting combinations in 2018.

UP NEXT

• The winner of Game 1 in the 2018 CAA Women's Baskeball Tournament draws top-seeded Drexel University.
• Game time for Game 3 is set for noon on Thursday, March 8 in the Quarterfinals.
• Drexel earned the top seeded spot after finishing 16-2 in the league and an overall record of 24-6.
• Game 2 of the CAA Tournament pits #7 Hofstra (5-13) against #10 College of Charleston (2-16).