WILMINGTON, N.C – The Towson women's basketball team led for all of but the first :47 seconds of its 77-66 rout of UNCW on Thursday night in Trask Coliseum. After scoring the first points of the contest at the 9:45 mark of the first quarter, the Tigers did not give up the lead for the remainder of the game.
Kionna Jeter led the squad netting a game-high 30 points, her sixth +30-point performance of the season. She also added six rebounds and four assists.
Skye Williams ran the offense at point guard for the majority of the game. The junior contributed 15 points, five boards and four helpers.
LaKaitlin Wright rounded out the three Tigers' double-digit scoring efforts, earning 10 points.
Kiara Johnson and Shavonne Smith each registered a team-high eight rebounds.
Carol-Anne Obusek led the Seahawks with a double-double 23 points and 18 rebounds. Towson held UNCW's top scorer Za'Nautica Downs to just eight points
Head Coach Diane Richardson did not travel with the team after being released from the hospital last weekend. Associate Head Coach Zach Kancher took over in her absence and led the Tigers to the win.
With another victory in tomorrow's matchup against UNCW, Towson would secure the second seed in the upcoming CAA Tournament with a 9-5 league record. James Madison would be the No. 3 seed with a conference record of 9-6 and Drexel would be the No. 4 seed with an 8-6 CAA mark. However, if the Seahawks win, the Tigers would slip into a third place tie with Dragons at 8-6. Towson would be seeded at No. 4 because the Drexel won the tiebreaker, sweeping Northeastern. In this scenario, the Dukes would be seeded second, finishing a half-game ahead of both the Tigers and Dragons. The CAA Tournament is set to begin on March 10 at Elon.
Records:
- Towson – 13-7 (8-5 CAA)
- UNCW – 5-13 (2-10 CAA)
Beyond the Box:
- Every active player in Towson's lineup Thursday night saw minutes, contributing to 17 bench points.
- Jeter is currently at fourth overall on the Towson University women's basketball all-time scoring list. The Spartanburg, S.C. native has 1,544 career points. Next on the list is Danielle Barry with 1,555 points.
- As a Tiger, Jeter has scored in double figures 73 times in 81 career games.
- Towson dominated on the boards on both sides of the ball, grabbing just one shy of 50 rebounds.
- The Tigers scored 42 points in the paint, 10 more than UNCW.
- Towson's defense held the Seahawks to just 14 percent (3-of-22) from 3-point range.
- UNCW turned the ball over 13 times and Towson capitalized to score 23 points.
How it Happened:
- Towson started out with a 6-0 edge over the opposition. Williams led the team with six points in the first quarter, in addition to two rebounds and two assists.
- To start off the second quarter, the Tigers went on an 8-0 run, hitting three consecutive field goals. They held the Seahawks scoreless for the middle three minutes of the quarter and only one of seven from the field.
- Towson came out of the locker room strong with two scores and a steal from Jeter to take the 40-28 edge.
- A 3-pointer from Williams gave the Tigers the biggest lead of the game with a 22-point advantage at the 1:38 mark.
- To end the third quarter, Towson made six of eight from the field and held the Seahawks to just two of their 13 field goal attempts.
- At just under three minutes in the final 10:00 of contest, the Seahawks went on a seven-point run to cut the lead to nine.
- Wright and Jeter added layups to end the game and give the Tigers the 77-66 win.
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