Matchup                    Towson (14-11, 7-6 CAA) vs. College of Charleston (20-4, 12-1 CAA)
When                         Friday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m.
Where                        SECU Arena | Towson, Md.
Stream                       FloCollege
Live Stats                 TowsonTigers.com
 
TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's basketball team hosts the College of Charleston Cougars at SECU Arena on Friday, Feb. 20 at 7 p.m.
 
The game will stream live on FloCollege. Live stats can be found at TowsonTigers.com.
 
In honor of our Play4Kay game, fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of breast cancer awareness. The first 200 fans inside SECU Arena will receive a TU pink fanny pack, courtesy of Towson Athletics.
 
Last Time Out
On Sunday, Towson and William & Mary were well-matched in the first quarter as the Tribe went up 17-13 after one. The Tribe extended its lead to 17 at the half and 20 after three quarters, but the Tigers didn't go down without a fight.
 
India Johnston and Thalia Shepard combined for 24 in the fourth quarter as Towson cut the deficit to four in the final minute. A late turnover and pair of fouls put the Tribe back up seven in with less than 10 seconds remaining as they went on to win 75-70.
 
William & Mary outshot Towson from the floor (48.2%-36.8%) and from deep (50.0%-21.1%). The Tribe scored 40 points in the paint while holding the Tigers to 24. William & Mary's first-half shooting marks of 59.4% (19-32) and 75.0% (3-4) from three were the difference in the game as it gave the Tribe a 17-point halftime lead.
 
Johnston posted a career-high 31 points on 10-17 shooting from the field, adding four assists and two rebounds in her career night.
 
Scouting the Cougars
Charleston enters Friday at 20-4 overall and 12-1 in CAA play. The Cougars lost their first conference game of the season, 69-57, at Monmouth last Sunday after starting 12-0 in league play. Charleston leads the CAA in points (76.0), three-point percentage (.335), rebounds (41.2), offensive rebounds (15.8), steals (11.0), rebound margin (+5.8) and turnover margin (+6.9)
 
 Preseason All-CAA Player of the Year, Taryn Barbot, is the league's second leading scorer, averaging 18.7 points per game. Her sister, Taylor Barbot, earned a preseason second team selection. The Cougars received eight first place votes and were picked first in the league's preseason poll.
 
Shooters Shoot
The Tigers hit at least seven triples in all their non-conference wins and are 10-4 in games in which they hit seven or more as a team.
 
Towson has hit at least eight threes in ten of its 25 games this season. Compare that to last season, when the Black & Gold did so twice in 32 games.
 
The Tigers have two players this season currently averaging at least one made three per game: India Johnston (1.56) and Tilda Sjökvist (1.52). Zoli Khalil (0.88) and Viki Matulevicius (0.76) are just short of that mark.
 
Johnston (1.63) finished as the lone player on last year's squad to eclipse one made three per game over the full season.
 
1K India
On Jan. 18, 2026 vs. Stony Brook, India Johnston became the 20th player in program history to eclipse 1,000 points at Towson.
 
The senior guard currently stands 12th all-time in program history with 1,136 points in her Black & Gold career. She needs 36 points to stand alone at 11th all-time in team history and 72 to crack the top ten.
 
The Delaware product boasts 160 made triples in her fourth season at Towson, good for fourth all-time in TU history.
 
Weekly Honors
India Johnston was named CAA Co-Player of the Week on Dec. 22. The Delaware native averaged 21.5 points on 59.3% (16-27) shooting in wins over Maryland Eastern Shore and Lehigh. She shot a combined 57.1% (57.1%) from behind the arc in her first two games coming off the bench this season.
 
Johnston posted a career-high 26 points against the Hawks, including 20 in the second half and overtime. She was 10-18 from the field and 5-9 from behind the arc, adding three rebounds, three steals and an assist.
 
Viki Matulevicius earned the CAA Rookie of the Week nod on Nov. 17 after amassing 14 points on 5-6 shooting from the field and a perfect 4-4 mark from behind the arc in the Tigers' Nov. 16 win over Coppin State in 19 minutes off the bench. She added two rebounds and a block in the victory.
 
The redshirt freshman averaged 6.3 points, 1.0 rebound and 0.7 assists in the Tigers' 2-1 week, shooting 41.2% (7-17) from the field and 55.6% (5-9) from deep.
 
SECU Sellout
Towson University had the first sellout in SECU Arena history on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2025 as the women's basketball team faced Loyola on STEM Day. A record crowd of 5,209 was announced.
 
It marks the second consecutive season the Towson women's basketball team has hosted a program-record-setting crowd at SECU Arena.
 
Southpaw Shot-Makers
The Tigers have three guards this season who are natural left-handed shooters: Thalia Shepard, Asya Lara Barnes and Nadeya Regala.
 
International Flavor
Two young Tigers got a taste for International Basketball Federation (FIBA) basketball this summer.
 
True freshman Asya Lara Barnes played for Turkey in the U-18 Women's FIBA EuroBasket, where she led the field in three-point field goals made. Barnes finished seventh overall in shooting efficiency from behind the arc and led Turkey in scoring.
 
Redshirt freshman Viki Matulevicius played for Lithuania in the U-20 Women's FIBA EuroBasket, helping the team reach its first-ever championship appearance. She averaged 12.2 points on 43.2% shooting, adding 2.1 assists per game, all of which ranked third on Lithuania's team.
 
League Honors
Senior guard India Johnston earned a 2025-26 Preseason All-CAA Second Team selection after pacing the Tigers with 12.5 points per game on 37.4% shooting from the field, adding a team-best 2.5 assists. The Delaware product was efficient from behind the arc, hitting 52 triples at a 34.7% clip. She added 2.5 rebounds and 0.7 steals in 34 minutes per game in 32 games last season.
 
Johnston shot more efficiently in league play during her junior campaign, shooting 38.7% from the field and 35.9% from three-point range against CAA opponents. The senior matched her career-high of 24 in the second round of the CAA Championship last March, accounting for 45.3% of the Tigers' points in the win over the No. 6 Elon Phoenix.
 
Welcoming Coaches
The Tigers have added a couple of new and one familiar face to the staff ahead of the 2025-26 season.
 
Tony DiClemente joined the staff as an assistant coach after serving as associate head coach at Army West Point last season, where he helped lead the Black Knights to 25 wins, the team's second-most in program history. Army earned a berth to the Women's National Invitational Tournament (WNIT), where the Black Knights won their first-ever Division I postseason game, 59-58, over Bryant.
 
Nick Boboshko returns to Towson as an assistant coach and director of basketball operations, having worked in a similar role at Presbyterian last season. Prior to Presbyterian, Boboshko served as a graduate assistant at Ottawa University in Kansas. The Maryland native graduated from TU in 2023 after being a two-year manager and practice player for the Tigers from 2021-23.
 
Chris Hays joins the Tigers as the assistant director of basketball performance. Hays has held similar strength and conditioning roles at private facilities and other Division I institutions, like Jacksonville and Drexel. The Pennsylvania native previously worked with Coach Harper during her Coppin State tenure (2020-22).
 
Other staff changes include Eric Atkins' elevation to associate head coach and Lorie Khalil's assumption of the general manager role for the 2025-26 season.
 
Last Season's Recap
Towson finished the 2024-25 season at 12-20 overall and 8-10 in CAA play. The Tigers entered the CAA Championship as the No. 11 seed and topped the No. 14 Northeastern Huskies in the opening round. In the second round, the Tigers upset the No. 6 Elon Phoenix, backed by India Johnston's career-high-tying 24 points. The Tigers faced No. 3 Campbell in the quarterfinals, falling to the Camels at CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C.