TOWSON, Md. – This weekend the Towson University women's basketball team hits the road for its first conference away games of the season.
The Tigers travel to the College of Charleston for a Friday meeting with the Cougars before heading to Wilmington on Sunday to take on UNCW. Both games will be broadcast on FloSports, links for streaming and live stats can be found on the women's basketball schedule page on TowsonTigers.com
Scouting the Tigers
Towson enters the weekend after a monster win over James Madison on Sunday at home, knocking off the previous league-leader. The Tigers are led by
Kionna Jeter with 18.6 points per game and
Nukiya Mayo with 15.5. Mayo leads Towson on the glass with 7.1 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game.
Q. Murray continues to pace the offense with 5.0 assists per game. Towson holds a 6-8 record and is 1-2 in Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) action.
Last Time Out
With 6.1 seconds to go in Sunday afternoon's game,
Q. Murray inbounded the ball to
Kionna Jeter who drove in the lane and scored a layup, leaving 2.2 seconds on the clock and putting Towson up by one point against JMU. On the other end of the court Kamiah Smalls missed a jumper and time ran out as the Tigers defeated James Madison for just the sixth time in program history and the first time since 2017. Jeter led the Tigers with 27 points while
Nukiya Mayo posted a double-double 23 points and 12 rebounds.
Scouting the Cougars
The College of Charleston enters the week with a 9-6 record overall and 2-2 in conference play. The Cougars are coming off two road losses over the weekend at Elon and William & Mary. At home Charleston is 5-2 this season, with wins over Drexel and Delaware. Latrice Perkins leads Charleston with 14.1 points per game while Deja Ford is averaging 12.8 and Tyler Collins is posting 12.2 a night. Perkins is 10th in the conference in her scoring and appears in the leaderboard again for rebounds, with teammate Arynn Eady. Eady leads the Cougars and is second in the CAA in rebounds per game with 8.3 per game. Currently Charleston is tied for third in the league.
The Charleston Series
A series that started not long ago, Friday will be the 16th meeting between Towson and the College of Charleston. The Tigers lead the series 10-4 and have won the last three meetings. In South Carolina Towson has a 4-2 advantage. The last time these teams met, on Feb. 17, 2019, Towson came away with an 87-61 win.
Scouting the Seahawks
UNCW is also tied for third in the CAA, with a 5-10 overall record and 2-2 in conference action. The Seahawks have wins over Delaware and William & Mary and have fallen to Drexel and Elon so far. Gigi Smith leads UNCW with 17.8 points per game while Lacey Suggs is averaging 12.6. Suggs also leads the team in rebounds with 5.1 a night, Moriah Crisp is pacing the team in assists with 2.6. Before Towson and UNCW meet on Sunday, the Seahawks will face JMU on Friday night at home.
The UNCW Series
Sunday will be the 36th meeting between these two teams, the Seahawks lead the series 24-11. Towson won the last meeting in February of 2019 at SECU Arena, posting an 82-61 victory, the most points ever scored against UNCW. In Wilmington the Seahawks lead 13-3.
Kionna Jeter Named CAA Player of the Week, Jan. 13
Jeter helped Towson to a 2-0 week including a nonconference game against Chestnut Hill on Wednesday night. Against the Griffins she scored 13 points, had four steals and five rebounds. Sunday afternoon the Spartanburg, South Carolina native led the Tigers to victory against league-leading JMU. She paced Towosn with 27 points in a season-high 39 minutes while shooting 50 percent from the field. Jeter made 9-of-18 field goal attempts on her way to then scoring the game-winning layup. On the week Jeter scored 40 points, had 12 rebounds, 10 assists and three steals. She has now scored double-figure points in 16-straight games, dating back to last March against Drexel in the CAA Championship game.
Tigers in CAA Stats
Jeter is currently fourth in the CAA in scoring (18.6 ppg) while
Nukiya Mayo holds seventh (15.5). The scoring tandem also appear in the rebounding top-10, Mayo sixth (7.1 rpg) and Jeter seventh (6.6 rpg).
Q. Murray leads the conference in assists (5.0 per game) and assist/turnover ratio (2.2). Mayo is ranked for a third time in blocked shots, she is second in the CAA (3.4 bpg) and
Ryan Holder is third (1.3 bpg).Jeter leads the league in steals (3.1 spg) and Murray joins her in the top-10 as fifth (1.9 spg).
Jeter Ranked 33rd Nationally in Points Per Game
Last season
Kionna Jeter reached a peak in the top-10 of scorers nationally. Her highest position this season, the redshirt junior is 33rd in points per game (18.6) as of Jan. 14. She is also 15th in steals per game (3.14 avg.) 22nd in steals (44), 33rd in field goal attempts (245), 35 in free throw percentage (85.5 percent).
Q. Murray also finds herself in the national top-50 for assists, ranking 43rd in assists per game (5.0 avg.) and 46th in assist/turnover ratio (2.2).
Towson participating in #Play4Kay National Free Throw Challenge
On Feb. 14 the Tigers will host their annual Pink Game. This year Towson is partnering with Play4Kay to support cancer survivors and those battling cancer. The National Free Throw Challenge continues through the end of February. To make a pledge supporting Towson please click here:
https://pledgeit.org/towson-play4kay
Tigers In The Community
The Towson University athletics department deems community service as one of its highest priorities to give back to the Greater Baltimore area. For the seventh consecutive year, the department exceeded 10,000 hours of community service to the Greater Baltimore region, finishing with 11,162 hours of community service in the 2018-19 academic season. Towson ranked No. 1 nationally for community service and won the 2018 National Championship for Community Service through the Helper Helper NCAA Team Works Competition. Towson had a 97% participation rate, attended 118 community service opportunities and volunteered with 19 organizations. Towson won the 2018 Volunteer of the Year Award from Susan G. Komen of Maryland.
