BOSTON, Mass. – The Towson University women's basketball team fell in a battle at Northeastern on Sunday afternoon 77-68.
 
The Tigers were led by junior Nukiya Mayo with 20 points while Ryan Holder recorded her first double-double in the Black and Gold with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Towson moves to 13-9 on the season and 7-4 in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) while the Huskies improve to 15-7 on the year and 5-6 in the CAA.
 
How it Happened

• Senior Maia Lee opened the game with the first bucket and a back-and-forth scoring period ensued.
• Northeastern took an eight-point lead, highest of the quarter, with four minutes remaining in the first. A layup and two free throws from Nukiya Mayo cut the lead to four and she cut it again to three with a single free throw.
• The Huskies led 13-10 with just over two minutes to go before extending the lead to five. Ryan Holder responded with a layup and two good foul shots to cut the lead to one, as the home team ended the first with a one-point advantage.
• In the second period the Tigers did not have the shooting advantage as Northeastern was shooting 50 percent from the field and from three. With 5:45 to go in the half Towson cut the lead to three, but the Huskies pulled ahead for a 10-point lead entering the locker room.
• Redshirt sophomore Kionna Jeter opened the third with a three and cut the lead to seven with nine minutes to go.
• Northeastern went on a 9-2 run to extend the lead to 14 before sending Jeter to the line. At the 2:46 mark the guard made both free throws, but the home team responded with a layup 16 seconds later.
• The Tigers went to the line four more times in the period, ending the third down by nine.
• The home team entered the fourth leading 55-46, but Towson was not backing down. For the first seven minutes of the fourth the Huskies owned a double-figure advantage.
• With 3:08 left to go, Q. Murray made two free throws and cut the lead to 10. Less than 30 seconds later Murray was fouled on a layup and cut the lead to seven after the three-point play.
• Northeastern reached an 11-point lead once again, with 2:12 to go, but a three from Mayo cut it to eight and Danielle Durjan made a jumper cutting the lead to six.
• Closing the 72-66 advantage was not out of reach, even after Stella Clark made a free throw extending the lead to seven.
• Jalynn Holmes got in the paint for a layup with 57 seconds left, creating a five-point game and only needing two possessions to tie the game up or take the lead. The Huskies took a timeout with 33 seconds to go and on the inbounding play had a turnover with a steal from Durjan.
• A missed layup on that Tiger possession forced the road team to foul and put the game out of reach with a nine-point lead and 10 seconds left.

Beyond the Box

• Sunday was Towson's highest free-throw shooting percentage of the season, 89.5 percent on a 17-of-19 performance.
• This was Nukiya Mayo's 15th game in double figures, her fifth with 20 or more points.
• Three different Tigers had three blocks, Ryan Holder, Maia Lee and Mayo all teamed up on the block effort.
• Sunday was Towson's 12th game this season with three players in double figures. It was Q. Murray's seventh game in double figures, she averages 8.7 points per game.

Up Next
The Tigers return home for two CAA games this weekend, hosting UNCW on Friday at 7 p.m. and College of Charleston on Sunday at 2 p.m. Friday's game will be the Pink Game supporting breast cancer and survivors, and Sunday's game will be the annual Autism Awareness Game.