TOWSON, Md. – Only two games remain in the regular season for the Towson University women's basketball team, both home games, against Delaware and Drexel.
 
The Blue Hens come to town for round two on Thursday night with a 7 p.m. tip at SECU Arena. The game will be streamed on TowsonTigers.com from the Towson Sports Network with video and audio, with live stats also available on the website.
 
Last Time Out
Towson is coming off a home loss to league-leading James Madison on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers saw three players score in double figures, including Kionna Jeter's first double-double of the year with 16 points and 10 rebounds. In what was mostly a close game, Towson and JMU battled back and forth for the first two quarters, entering halftime with a two-point lead for the road team. Towson held the Dukes to just nine points in the third quarter, besting them with 10 points, but the final period held another challenge. In the first two minutes of the fourth, JMU's Kayla Cooper-Williams made a layup to extend the lead to three before Mia Lee made two free throws and cut the lead to one. Two buckets later and the game was tied for the fifth time, but James Madison took a 12-3 run to reach a nine-point lead with 3:11 left. The Tigers cut the lead to five four more times in the next three minutes, as close as they would get to tying it up.
 
The Delaware Series (Blue Hens Lead 55-22)
Thursday will be the 78th meeting between Towson and Delaware, teams separated by just 58.6 miles from arena to arena. The Blue Hens hold the advantage in all locations, including a 29-9 lead while playing on Towson's home court. The Tigers won this season's first meeting, taking a 56-48 victory for the first win at Delaware since 2008 and first win over the team since 2015. Delaware has won three of the last four meetings.
 
Last Time Against Delaware
After holding the Blue Hens to just eight points in the first quarter, Towson took a decisive win in Newark, 56-48, with two players in double figures and 11 rebounds from Maia Lee. The Tigers entered the second period leading by three before Delaware came out hard to tie the game. Entering the half the road team held a five-point lead and reached a 10-point advantage at the end of the third quarter. The Blue Hens brought another fight late in the fourth quarter, after Towson had led by 14 points, Delaware cut the lead to five with 53 seconds remaining. Kionna Jeter went to the line and made two free throws, sealing the game with her team-high 24 points.
 
Scouting the Tigers (17-10, 11-5 CAA)
Towson remains in the hunt for the two seed at the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Championships next week, hosted by Delaware. Currently third in the conference, the Tigers are led by redshirt sophomore Kionna Jeter with 18.3 points a night and junior Nukiya Mayo with 14.5. Mayo leads the team in rebounds with 7.5 per game while redshirt junior Q. Murray leads in assists with 4.5 per game. Towson is second in the league in scoring, averaging 69.4 points per game, leads in blocked shots with 6.48 per game and is second in steals with 9.04 per game.
 
Scouting the Blue Hens (15-13, 10-6 CAA)
Delaware sits right under Towson in the conference standings, fourth place with 10 CAA wins. The Blue Hens have won five of their last six games and have swept four conference opponents this year. Delaware is 5-6 on the road 3-3 against CAA teams on the road. Leading the offense is junior Samone DeFreese, averaging 11 points per game. Jasmine Dickey leads the Blue Hens in rebounds with 8.7 per game while Abby Gonzales leads in assists with three per game. As a team Delaware averages 62 points per game and shoots 37 percent from the field, with a 30.7 shooting percentage from three.
 
Tigers in National Statistics
Towson remains one of the top-five teams in the nation in blocked shots. The Tigers are second in blocked shots per game with 6.5, behind Baylor with 7.1. In total blocked shots Towson is fourth with 175 on the year. The Tigers remain sixth in the nation in offensive rebounds per game, averaging 17. Freshman Janeen Camp is 58th nationally in blocked shots (48) and 53rd in blocked shots per game (1.78). Kionna Jeter is 57th in points per game (18.3), 33rd in steals per game (2.63) and 36th in total steals (71).
 
Tigers in Conference Stats
While Jeter continues to lead the league in scoring with 18.3 points per game, she leads in steals with 2.6 per game and is third in field goal percentage with 43.6. The guard is also seventh in minutes per game (33.6), seventh in three-point field goals per game (1.9) and fourth in free throw percentage (82.0). The Tigers are first in the CAA in offensive rebounds (16.7), first in blocked shots (6.48), second in steals (9.04), and second in rebounding offense (42.9). With her 1.8 blocked shots per game, Janeen Camp is second in the league. Nukiya Mayo lands in three top-10 lists, eighth in free throw percentage (74.6), sixth in field goal percentage (37.6) and ninth in points (14.5). Point guard Q. Murray is first in the CAA in assists per game with 4.6, she's also fifth in minutes (34.2) and sixth in free throw percentage (77.4).
 
A Turnaround Year
In her second year as head coach, Diane Richardson has almost doubled the wins of the 2017-18 season. With a 17-10 record, the Tigers have the seventh best turnaround in the country. Towson went 3-1 against opponents from the Atlantic 10 Conference in the nonconference slate. The 2-0 start in conference action was the first time the Tigers have won two road conference games to start the year since 1996-97. In the last six years the most wins in a season was 13 and only six teams have recorded 17 or more wins in Towson women's basketball history. The 11-5 mark in CAA play is the most conference wins since the 2007-08 season.

Tigers in the Community
In February the men's and women's basketball teams paired up in support of Autism Awareness and hosted a clinic with the Hussman Center. On Wednesday the teams hosted adults with autism in SECU Arena to work on footwork, shooting and passing, and play some games. The event prefaced the two Autism Games hosted by Towson over the weekend, part of Autism Speaks Coaches Powering Forward. Click here to see a full recap and photos of the events.
 
CAA Championship Tickets on Sale
Ticket books remain on sale for the CAA Championship hosted by the University of Delaware. The championship runs March 13-16 at the Bob Carpenter Center. For a full ticket both in the section behind Towson's bench, please contact Scott Casten for more information. Ticket books start at $35 for general admission through the Delaware box office. Single game tickets begin at $8 and students who attend CAA schools receive free admission with a student ID.