COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Towson University women's basketball team faced the 9^th-ranked Maryland Terrapins on Thursday night at the Xfinity Center.
 
Maryland (4-0) jumped out to a lead in the first half over Towson (2-2), going up 51-23 at the break. The Tigers had a strong showing in the second half, outscoring the Terps, 47-37, on 54.8% second-half shooting. The Terps won by a score of 88-70.
 
Key Stats

• Maryland shot 46.7% (7-15) from behind the arc while holding Towson to a 27.3% (6-22) mark.
• The Terrapins grabbed 21 offensive rebounds, scoring 19 second chance points off those offensive boards.
• The Terps got 50 points from players off their bench.

 
How it Happened

• Maryland jumped out to a 9-2 lead through the first 3:17 of the game. India Johnston hit the Tigers' first shot on a layup with 7:47 on the clock.
• Thalia Shepard and Zoli Khalil hit back-to-back shots for the Tigers, cutting the deficit to 9-6 just under halfway through the first quarter.
• Tilda Sjökvist (2), Shepard (3) and Johnston (2) all scored for Towson in the back half of the period as Maryland took a 23-13 lead into the quarter break.
• Maryland's Addi Mack and Kaylene Smikle scored 10 points for the Terps through the first 2:43 of the second quarter. Hannah Dereje had a bucket for Towson in the stretch.
• Sjökvist (2), Johnston (2), and Shepard (2) all scored for the Tigers in the rest of the quarter as the Terps went up 51-23 at the halftime break.
• Dereje and Sjökvist each hit a shot through the first two minutes of the second half.
• Shepard scored the Tigers' next eight points, pulling them within 25 with 6:16 left in the period.
• In the closing minute of the third, Johnston hit jumpers on back-to-back possessions to make it a 68-46 game.
• Zoli Khalil and Johnston were each fouled on made shots to begin the fourth. Johnston's four-point play cut the deficit to 20.
• Johnston scored seven-straight Tiger points over a 2:18 span late in the period.
• Sjökvist hit Towson's final field goal of the game as the Tigers fell to the Terps, 88-70.

 
Inside the Numbers
Thalia Shepard and India Johnston finished with 23 and 20 points, respectively. It marks the first time two Tigers finished with 20 or more points since Patricia Anumgba (22) and Kylie Kornegay-Lucas (25) did against Stony Brook on Feb. 8, 2024.
 
Next Game
The Tigers will return to SECU Arena to host Baltimore County foe, Coppin State, on Sunday at 2 p.m.