Matchup                 No. 7 Towson (17-13, 10-8 CAA) vs. No. 10 Hofstra (8-21, 6-12 CAA)
When                     Thursday, March 12 at 6 p.m.
Where                    CareFirst Arena | Washington, D.C.
Stream                   FloCollege
Live Stats               TowsonTigers.com
 
TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's basketball team enters the Credit Union 1 Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Championship as the No. 7 seed, set to face No. 10 Hofstra in the second round of the tournament on Thursday at 6 p.m. at CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C.
 
The game will stream live on FloCollege. Live stats can be found at TowsonTigers.com.
 
Last Time Out
Towson's India Johnston owned the moment in her final home game at SECU Arena, scoring the second 30-point game of the season and her career. Drexel didn't go down easily, cutting it to an eight-point game with 7:13 to go. Johnston went for 16 on 6-7 shooting in the fourth to lead the Tigers to a 74-58 win.
 
Towson won the rebounding battle 48-36. The Tigers held shooting advantages from the floor (43.8%-31.3%) and from deep (37.0%-31.3%).
 
Scouting the Pride
Hofstra enters the CAA Championship as the No. 10 seed after finishing the season 6-12 in league play and 8-21 overall. The Tigers and Pride faced off twice this season, games the Tigers won 47-46 on the road and 58-55 at SECU Arena.
 
Senior guard Chloe Sterling leads the team, averaging 10.0 points per game on 33.3% shooting from the floor. The Georgia product also lead the team with 65 assists this season in 23 appearances. Graduate forward Sandra Magolico leads the team with 7.9 rebounds per game.
 
Shooters Shoot
The Tigers hit at least seven threes in all their non-conference wins and are 13-5 in games in which they hit seven or more as a team.
 
Towson has hit at least eight triples in 14 of its 30 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 (1.80) and Tilda Sjökvist (1.50). Zoli Khalil (0.93), Viki Matulevicius (0.90) and Thalia Shepard (0.77) 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.
 
All-CAA Awards
Johnston earned the CAA Sixth Player of the Year award after finishing the regular season as the league's third-leading scorer with 15.8 points per game on 41.5% from the field and 32.5% from deep. The Delaware product added 2.4 assists, 2.1 rebounds and 1.0 steal per game in 30 games, primarily off the bench.
 
Morris earned an All-CAA Defensive Team nod after pacing the CAA with 62 total blocks, 13 more than the second-highest finisher. The New York native anchored the Black & Gold defense, averaging 2.1 blocks per game and 1.0 steal per game.
 
Morris' 62 blocks are the fifth-most in a single season in Towson history and with 138 blocks over three seasons, she holds the third-highest career mark in program history.
 
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 has etched her name among the program's all-time scoring leaders with 1,249 total points in her career. She currently stands ninth all-time and, with 16 points, will pass Towson Athletic Hall of Fame member Ruth Ann Holter to stand alone in eighth place.
 
The Delaware product boasts 175 made triples in her fourth season with the Tigers, 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.
 
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.