HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – Friday night resulted in the first conference sweep of the year for the Towson University women's basketball team over Hofstra, led by redshirt sophomore Kionna Jeter with 14 points. Junior Nukiya Mayo recorded her fourth double-double of the year with 12 points and 12 rebounds as the Tigers won 68-56.
 
Towson improves to 13-8 on the year with a 7-3 record in the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).
 
How it Happened

• In a game that was tied three times and had no lead change, the Tigers still had a fight to win at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex Friday.
• Towson took an early lead on a bucket from Maia Lee and cruised to an eight-point lead with 2:18 to go in the first, but the Pride would come right back and end the quarter tied 10-10.
• In the first two minutes of the second quarter the Tigers took a two-point lead twice and Hofstra tied it up twice, forcing the road team to push harder on defense.
• Freshman Janeen Camp had a layup to extend the lead to four, entering a 7-0 run. With 3:33 left in the half, Towson led 30-18 and went to the locker room with a seven-point lead.
• In the first half the Tigers shot 66.7 percent from the floor and 75 percent from the free throw line.
• Towson maintained a decent advantage in the third period, reaching a peak of a 12-point lead on two separate occasions, the shortest lead was six points with 1:30 left in the quarter.
• Entering the fourth the Tigers led by eight and extended the lead to 10 on a layup from Q. Murray.
• At the 7:30 mark, Hofstra cut the lead to eight as the road team was ahead 55-47, but plenty of time left for the Pride to chip away.
• Kionna Jeter responded with a jumper taking the lead back to 10 before Sandra Karsten made a bucket in the paint cutting it to eight again.
• An eight point deficit was as close as Hofstra would get to closing the gap in the final minutes, as Towson reached its biggest lead of 16 points with 2:40 on the clock.

 
Beyond the Box

• Friday night was a career night for freshman Janeen Camp who matched her career-high 11 points.
• Camp played 17 minutes and finished with 11 points, five rebounds and two blocks, on 75 percent shooting from the field and 62 percent from the line.
• The two blocks Camp recorded put her at 40 for the season, tied for 10th all-time in single-season blocks.
• Friday's team shooting percentage of 50.9 percent from the field is the highest of the year, also the first time shooting 50 percent or better since December 2017 at Saint Joseph's.
• Kionna Jeter has scored double figures in 20 of 21 games this season.
• This was Nukiya Mayo's fourth game of the year with 10 or more rebounds, her season high is 13.

 
Looking Ahead
The road trip continues for the Tigers at Northeastern on Sunday at 2 p.m.