TOWSON, Md. – Sunday afternoon the Towson University women's basketball team hosted its annual Autism Awareness game against the College of Charleston.
Towson came out with another strong win, taking the Cougars down 87-61.
The Tigers were led by freshman
Janeen Camp with 18 points, while
Nukiya Mayo tallied 13 and three other players scored in double figures. Redshirt sophomore
Kionna Jeter led the team in rebounds with nine. Towson improves to 15-9 on the year with a 9-4 mark in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).
After defeating UNCW on Friday night, the Tigers are in sole possession of third place in the CAA.
How it Happened
- Kionna Jeter scored the opening bucket, getting the game underway as both teams traded buckets until the 4:23 mark.
- In the final four minutes of the first period, Towson went on an 11-0 run after leading by only one point. Charleston's Ericka Broughton scored to break the road team's drought, but the Tigers led by nine at the end of the first.
- The Cougars fought back in the second period, coming within three points of tying the game, but the home team stayed ahead and entered the locker room with a 14-point lead.
- Nukiya Mayo and Danielle Durjan combined for 14 points of Towson's 23 in the second quarter.
- The Tigers saw a solid first half, shooting 50 percent from the field and 90 percent from the free throw line.
- In the second half Towson mashed on the gas, holding Charleston to only nine points in the third quarter and scoring 21 to enter the fourth leading by 26.
- Durjan drained a three in the first five seconds of the fourth quarter, reaching a 29-point advantage the highest lead of the day.
- Towson's freshmen made the most of their minutes at the end of the game with a three from Shavonne Smith followed by two from Aislinn Flynn.
Beyond the Box
- The 15 wins so far this season are the most Towson victories since the 2011-12 season (16-14).
- Janeen Camp's 18 points are a career-high for the rookie.
- Camp's monster day was completed in 15 minutes with her 18 points, six rebounds and one steal.
- Sunday was Towson's first game of the year with four people scoring in double figures as Kionna Jeter and Danielle Durjan scored 11 points each and Aislinn Flynn dropped 10.
- The Tigers have now recorded 12 games, including today's, with 40 percent or better field goal shooting.
- Towson is 8-1 at home after defeating the Cougars, the only loss at home was to William & Mary earlier this season.
- The Tigers have swept Charleston for the season, one of two teams Towson has defeated in both meetings this year. Hofstra is the other team the Tigers swept.
- This was Towson's second home CAA weekend sweep of the year.
From the Coach
"This was a very well-played, up-tempo game, which is what we want to be our identity, coming off hot from Friday night's game," said head coach
Diane Richardson. "Our goal is to win each quarter, earlier in the season we were starting slow, so we've tried to turn that around where we get out really early and they have been doing that so I'm pretty pleased with that effort."
Up Next
Towson hits the road this week for the final regular season road trip, heading to William & Mary on Friday and Elon on Sunday.
