ELON, N.C. – Sunday afternoon the Towson University women's basketball team played its final Sunday road game of the regular season at Elon. The Tigers left with a win led by Nukiya Mayo with 18 points while Maia Lee grabbed 10 boards.
 
The 58-50 victory moves Towson to 17-9 on the season and 11-4 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) play. The Tigers secured their first win over Elon on the Phoenix home court, before Sunday the home team was 4-0 in North Carolina.
 
How it Happened

• In the first quarter both teams traded buckets, reaching a 12-12 tie at the end of the period. The Tigers led by six with 5:40 left in the quarter but the Phoenix made three free throws, a three and a layup to tie it up.
• Nukiya Mayo opened the second period with a layup, drawing the foul and completing the three-point play. Back-and-forth scoring continued as Elon took the lead and gave it right back to Towson.
• Danielle Durjan drained a huge three with one minute left, and the Tigers went into the locker room up by three, 27-24.
• In the first two minutes of the second half neither team made a shot, until Mayo broke the silence on a jumper and once again the teams traded buckets.
• Towson reached a six-point lead with 6:59 left in the third on a three from Ryan Holder with four seconds left on the shot clock.
• Mayo and Durjan made two more threes late in the quarter before a two-minute scoring drought. The Tigers led by seven at the end of the third, up 43-36.
• Battle returned in the fourth quarter, as Elon would not go away quietly. The Phoenix cut the lead to four with 6:32 remaining, as the road team led 44-40.
• A three-point play from Q. Murray pushed the Tigers' lead to seven before a free throw from Mayo extended it to eight.
• Elon's Brie Perpignan cut the lead to six with 4:15 on the clock but Mayo responded 34 seconds with a jumper.
• That was as close as the Phoenix came to tying it up, as Towson rolled out to a game-high 13 point lead.

Inside the Numbers

• Towson has reached 17 wins for the first time since the 2008-09 season.
• The Tigers are 11-4 in conference play, the most conference wins since 2007-08 season when the team went 12-6.
• Kionna Jeter is one point away from entering the top-10 of single season points, she has 478 points this season.
• This is the third CAA weekend sweep of the year for Towson and is the third conference opponent sweep after Hofstra and Northeastern.
• The Tigers remain in third place in the CAA standings behind James Madison and Drexel.

 
Up Next
Towson hosts JMU on Sunday, March 3 at SECU Arena at 2 p.m.