FAIRFAX. Va. – The Towson University women's basketball team faced George Mason in the second game of a five-game road trip to begin the season. A third quarter push from the Patriots lifted them over the Tigers 76-55 on Saturday afternoon at EagleBank Arena in Fairfax, Va.
 
Khady Leye led the field with 18 points, adding a team-high seven rebounds. India Johnston added 13 points and two assists.
 
Records:

• Towson (0-2)
• George Mason (2-0)

 
Key Stats

• George Mason scored 28 points off turnovers over Towson's 10.
• The Patriots outscored the Tigers 26-6 in the third quarter with a four-point lead at the half.
• George Mason had a 49.2% to 40.7% field-goal percentage advantage in the game.

 
How it Happened

• A Deja Bristol layup and Shariah Baynes three were the first two Tiger buckets of the game. Baynes tied the game at five with her triple.
• Jordan Wakefield broke George Mason's 7-2 run with a jumper to make it a three-point game at 12-9.
• The Patriots closed the quarter on a 10-4 run. Wakefield dropped a pair of free throws and Bristol added another layup late in the period.
• Towson cut the deficit to four with five-straight points to begin the quarter.
• Leye scored the Tigers' next nine points, taking the score to 36-27 with 2:04 left in the first half.
• A pair of threes from Wakefield and Johnston, plus the foul, pulled the Tigers within four points at 38-34 going into the halftime break.
• George Mason thwarted the Towson attacks in the third quarter, holding the Tigers to six points, to extend their lead to 24.
• A pair of scores from Johnston and Leye, plus a Wakefield free throw, gave the Black & Gold the first five points of the fourth quarter.
• A three-pointer from Leye broke up an 8-3 George Mason run that followed.
• Towson scored seven of the final 11 points of the game, with five from Johnston and two from Anaiah Jenkins.

 
Up Next
The Tigers will continue their season-opening five-game road trip against Morgan State on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in Baltimore, Md.