HAMPTON, Va. (Feb. 23, 2024) … Towson (15-9, 7-6) won for the fifth time in six games, registering a 78-65 victory over Hampton (2-21, 2-11). Towson outscored the Lady Pirates 50-24 in the first half. Hampton battled back, outscoring the Tigers in the final two quarters, but it was not enough to overcome the deficit.

The Tigers kept Hampton's Camryn Hill in check. Hill, the CAA's fourth leading scorer, had been averaging 20.0 points per game over the last five contests. The senior was held scoreless in the first half and finished the game with six points after being whistled for her fourth personal foul and a technical foul midway through the fourth quarter.

For the game, Towson outrebounded the Lady Pirates, 53-32. Hampton missed 17 free throws, connecting on 21-of-38 (55 percent) from the line. In all, there were five technical fouls called in the game, four on Hampton players and one on Towson. There were 56 fouls called, 28 on each team, and a combined 75 free throws attempted (38 by Hampton and 37 by Towson).

Hampton closed to 65-51 with 7:01 to go in the game on a basket by Le'Asia Foreman. But nine straight points upped Towson's lead to 74-51. Hampton outscored Towson, 14-4, in the game's final 4:30 to cut the deficit to 78-65.

Cheyenne Talbot, Amyah Reaves and Foreman each scored 15 points apiece for the Lady Pirates. Towson's Alexia Nelson had game-high honors with 19 points and Patricia Anumgba chipped in 18.

In the first meeting between the two teams, Towson scored the game's first 12 points and never looked back in an 83-53 win. This time around, Reaves staked Hampton to a 2-0 lead but the rest of the first quarter was a replay of the first meeting. A 14-2 run put the Tigers ahead 19-7 with 3:21 left. Towson dominated both inside and outside play. Towson clicked on four first period three-pointers and outrebounded the Lady Pirates 16-5. Hampton shot 29 percent from the field.
  
The second quarter started with another Towson trey to go ahead, 32-11. Hampton made just one field goal in the first five minutes of the second quarter while shooting 14 percent from the field. The Lady Pirates went nearly six minutes without a basket before Foreman scored in the final seconds to make the score 50-24 at halftime.

In the first half, Towson outrebounded the Lady Pirates, 27-12, scoring 10 second chance points. The Tigers made seven of their eight treys in the first half.

Hampton mounted a comeback and outscored the Tigers, 11-3, in the first five minutes of the third quarter, limiting Towson to 1-of-9 shooting from the field to close the gap to 53-35.

The Lady Pirates outscored the Tigers, 20-11, in the third quarter after scoring just 24 points in the game's first two quarters. Hampton's defense stiffened, limiting Towson to 2-of 15 (13 percent) shooting, including 1-of-6 (17 percent) from three-point range.

Midway through the third quarter, Talbot lost her shoe. Shoeless Cheyenne picked it up, tossed it to the sideline and continued to play for nearly two minutes before a stoppage in play allowed her to retrieve the errant footwear.

The game was the annual Play4Kay contest to promote cancer awareness to find a cure for the disease. Teams, coaches and fans sported pink in support of cancer research.

Hampton returns to action on Sunday, Feb. 25 when the Lady Pirates play at William & Mary at Kaplan Arena in a 1:00 p.m. tip-off.