ELON, N.C. – The No. 4 seeded Towson Women's Basketball team will take on the No. 5 seed Hofstra in the Quarterfinal round of the CAA Championship Tournament on Thursday, March 11 at 11 a.m. at Elon's Schar Center.
All CAA Tournament games will be available to stream on FloHoops.com.
As a result of the series split at UNCW, the Tigers slip into a third place tie with Drexel, as both teams have an 8-6 conference record. The Dragons win the tiebreaker between the two programs because both teams split series against James Madison and dropped games two contests each against Delaware. Drexel, however, swept Northeastern while Towson split against the Huskies. The Dukes earned the No. 2 seed, finishing a half-game ahead of both the Tigers and the Dragons.
LAST TIME OUT (March 5)
Towson split its last series of the regular season at UNCW, winning Thursday 77-66 but dropping Friday's contest, 55-86. During the second game, Jeter led the offense with 19 points, eight rebounds, two assists and three steals. Allie Kubek contributed 10 points and team-high nine rebounds as well as Skye Williams who added 13 points, six rebounds and team-best three assists.
SCOUTING THE TIGERS
Towson enters the tournament ranked 12th nationally and first in the league in points per game, netting 80.0. Kionna Jeter leads the offense with 23.3 points per game to rank 11th nationally. Jeter also tops the league in 3-pointers with 59 totals. The senior is also currently averaging 4.9 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.4 steals. She has scored +30 points six times this season, most recently dropping 30 on the Seahawks during the first game of the series. The offensive attack goes through Aleah Nelson, as she sits at eighth across all of Division I Basketball and first in the CAA in assists per game with 6.3. She also ranks first in total assists with 119 helpers total. The sophomore is averaging 13.6 points, 3.8 boards and 1.4 steals per contest. As a squad, Towson tops the conference in field goal percentage at 43.6 percent.
REIGNING CHAMPS
As the No. 4 seed, Towson went on to win the 2019 CAA Championship Tournament with a victory over Drexel, 53-49. The Tigers also defeated Delaware, Hofstra and Drexel on the way to the title. Due to the cancellation of the 2020 CAA Championship Tournament, the Tigers are still the defending conference champions.
THE HOFSTRA SERIES
(Towson leads 39-35)
This game will mark the 75th meeting between the Tigers and The Pride. Towson has won the last seven contests between the two programs, averaging 77.3 points per game over that span. Under head coach Diane Richardson, the Tigers are 8-1, with the lone blemish coming in February 2018, her first season at the helm. Towson earned a 69-48 win over Hofstra in the Semifinal round of the CAA Tournament before going on to win the championship.
LOOKING INTO THE PRIDE
Hofstra owns a 7-11 (5-7 CAA) record as the No. 5 seed. Since getting swept by Towson in late January, The Pride have only played four addition games. They swept UNCW and split against Northeastern to go 3-1 to end the regular season. The other eight scheduled contests were postponed due to COVID-19 protocols. JaKayla Brown leads Hofstra in scoring, averaging 15.9 points per game. Jaylen Hines leads the team on the boards with 7.2 rebounds per contest.
LAST TIME AGAINST HOFSTRA
Towson welcomed Hofstra earlier this season for a pair of games at SECU Arena on Jan. 23 and 24. The Tigers swept the series winning the first contest, 65-60 and the second, 92-64. In the later of the two games, three Tigers reached double-digits including Jeter and Nelson, who each had +20-point performances. As a team, Towson hit a 14 3-pointers to set a new program record. Over the weekend series, the Tigers led for 78:50 of the 80 minutes. The Pride led for just 29 seconds during the first game.
JETER MOVES TO THIRD
Kionna Jeter is currently at third overall on the Towson University women's basketball all-time scoring list. The Spartanburg, S.C. native has 1,563 career points. Next on the list is Tanisha McTiller with 1,605 points.
