CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Towson University women's basketball team faced off against the Harvard Crimson on Thursday night. The Tigers (21-12, 13-5 CAA) fell to Harvard 103-63 in the first round of the WNIT.
Mariah Wilson finished with a career-high 13 points while
Kylie Kornegay-Lucas added 13 points and four rebounds.
Key Stats vs Harvard:
- Towson went 20-of-25 (80%) from the free throw line.
- The Crimson shot 57.7% from the floor, including 52.4% from behind the arc.
- The Tigers were outrebounded 42-27.
How It Happened vs Harvard:
- Kylie Kornegay-Lucas and Patricia Anumgba hit early baskets to be tied at five apiece.
- Kornegay-Lucas's three-pointer sparked an 11-0 run to have a 16-5 lead.
- Harvard finished the quarter on a 7-2 run to give Towson a 17-12 edge.
- The teams traded early baskets, but the Crimson went on a 9-1 run to take a 25-23 edge midway through the second.
- Towson countered with a 5-0 run to regain a three-point lead.
- Harvard closed out the second quarter on an 18-4 run to take a 43-32.
- The teams opened the third quarter exchanging baskets, then the Crimson finished the quarter on a 25-4 run.
- Harvard continued where they left off and started the fourth on an 11-4 run.
- Mariah Wilson scored five consecutive points, including a three-point play.
- The teams traded baskets all the way to the end to reach the final score of 103-63.
Inside the Numbers vs Harvard:
- The Tigers finished with 32 bench points.
- Towson finished with 21 wins the third-most in program history.
- The Tigers have the WNIT in back-to-back seasons for the first time in program history.