Hempstead, NY - Sandra Karsten scored a career and game-high 15 points while Boogie Brozoski added 11 points and a season-best nine assists, but Towson came away with a 68-56 Colonial Athletic Association victory Friday night at the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex. Kionna Jeter led the Tigers with 14 points.

Hofstra fell to 7-15 overall and 1-9 in CAA play. The Tigers snapped a two-game losing streak with the win and moved to 13-8 on the year and 7-3 in conference play.

Both teams got off to slow offensive starts with Towson holding a 4-0 lead three minutes into the game. Hofstra got on the board 3:39 into the game on a Petja Krupenko jumper, but neither team would score again until 3:50 remained when Towson's Ryan Holder hit one-of-two free throws to give the Tigers a 5-2 advantage. After the Tigers went up, 10-2, the Pride scored eight consecutive points including a run -closing three-pointer from Karsten to make it a 10-10 game at the end of the first quarter. 

Towson would outscore the Pride, 15-4 over the first 4:44 of the second quarter to open a 25-14 lead after a basket from Jeter with 5:17 to play.  The Pride came out of a timeout with a bucket from Marianne Kalin that stopped an 11-0 Towson run. The teams traded baskets, but Hofstra would draw within nine, 30-21, after a three-pointer from Karsten with 3:24 to go. Sica Cuzic's two free throws with 1:12 remaining in the quarter made it a 32-25 game and after a Towson turnover, Karsten's two foul shots got the Pride to within five, 32-27, with 33 seconds on the clock. But Maia Lee beat the buzzer for Towson on the final possession to send the Tigers into the locker room with a 34-27 lead.   

After a relatively high-scoring second quarter (24-17), the teams once again started slowly in the third. The teams combined for 10 points over the first 4:05 with the Tigers holding a 6-4 edge in the quarter and a 40-31 overall advantage. The Tigers would grow the lead to as many as 12 in the stanza, the last at 49-37 following a Danielle Durjan layup. An old-fashioned three-point play from Brozoski cut the Hofstra deficit to nine, 49-40, with 2:11 remaining. Trailing by eight, Vanerlie Valcourt bucket made it a six-point game with 1:30 to go. Holder would hit a pair of free throws with 2.2 seconds left in the quarter to give the Tigers a 51-43 lead after 30 minutes of action.

The Tigers scored the first four points of the final quarter to go back up by 12, 55-43, before the Pride scored four unanswered on jumpers from Brozoski and Jaylen Hines that cut the deficit to eight with 7:30 to play. The Tigers would respond with an 8-2 run and took their largest lead of the game, at that point, 63-49, after a Durjan jumper with 3:03 on the clock. The visitor's lead would reach 16 with 2:40 to play after Nukiya Mayo's jumper. Karsten's third three-pointer of the game got the Pride within 11, 65-54, with 1:23 to play. Hofstra would get as close as 10, 66-56, with a minute to go before a late Towson basket made it a 12-point final. 

Hines finished with a team-best seven rebounds for the Pride, while Valcourt had a season-best six rebounds to go along with four points. Kalin added eight points, three rebounds and a blocked shot for Hofstra as well.

In addition to Jeter, the Tigers received double-figure scoring games from Mayo (12) and Janeen Camp (11). Mayo also added a game-high 12 rebounds and two blocked shots. Jeter added seven rebounds, three assists and three steals to her 14 points.  

The Pride returns to action Sunday when they host CAA-leading James Madison at 2 p.m. Tickets are available by visiting HofstraTickets.com, calling (516) HOF-TIXX or in-person at the Mack Sports Complex Box Office starting one hour before game time.

Notes:
-Hofstra leads the all-time series with Towson, 35-34. The Tigers swept the season series in 2018-19.
-Sandra Karsten's previous career best was 14 points, versus UMBC on Nov. 11, 2017.
-Sica Cuzic, Hofstra's second leading scorer (11.1 ppg) made her return to the lineup after missing the last seven games and scored nine points.
-Boogie Brozoski finished in double-figures for the 20th time this season.
-Karsten has led the Pride in scoring in two of the last three games.