Matchup                    Towson (16-12, 9-7 CAA) @ Monmouth (18-10, 11-6 CAA)
When                         Thursday, March 5 at 7 p.m.
Where                        OceanFirst Bank Center | West Long Branch, N.J.
Stream                       FloCollege
Live Stats                 TowsonTigers.com
 
TOWSON, Md. – The Towson University women's basketball team takes on Monmouth this Thursday, March 5, at 7 p.m. at the OceanFirst Bank Center in West Long Branch, N.J.
 
The game will stream live on FloCollege. Live stats can be found at TowsonTigers.com.
 
Last Time Out
Last Friday in Buies Creek, Campbell used a strong second quarter to build a nine-point lead at the half over Towson. The Tigers never wavered, cutting the deficit to two after the third. In a tight fourth quarter, the Tigers held the Camels scoreless over the final 2:44 to win, 63-55, at Gore Arena.
 
Towson scored 22 points off 16 Campbell turnovers while holding the Camels to five points off 12 Tiger turnovers. The Black & Gold hit 11 threes on 47.8% (11-23) shooting while holding Campbell to four threes on 33.3% (4-12) shooting. The Tigers got 34 points from their bench, as opposed to the Camels' four bench points.
 
Scouting the Hawks
Monmouth enters Thursday at 18-10 overall and 11-6 in league play. Thursday's matchup is the last game of the regular season for the Hawks before the CAA Championship in Washington, D.C. from March 11-15. They come in on a two-game losing streak with losses to North Carolina A&T and Hofstra, both at home. Junior guard Gigi Gamble and junior forward Divine Dibula lead the team, averaging 13.7 and 13.5 points per game, respectively.
 
Shooters Shoot
The Tigers hit at least seven threes in all their non-conference wins and are 12-5 in games in which they hit seven or more as a team.
 
Towson has hit at least eight triples in 13 of its 28 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 (1.75) and Tilda Sjökvist (1.57). Zoli Khalil (0.93), Viki Matulevicius (0.86) and Thalia Shepard (0.79) 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 11th all-time in program history with 1,200 points in her Black & Gold career. She needs just eight points to stand alone at tenth all-time.
 
The Delaware product boasts 170 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.
 
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.