HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – The Hofstra University women's basketball team is set to compete in the 2021 Colonial Athletic Association Championship presented by Sonabank which kicks off on Wednesday, March 10. The Hofstra Pride is set to meet the fourth-seeded Towson Tigers in the CAA Quarterfinal on March 11 at 11 a.m. All games for the Championship will take place at the Schar Center located on the campus of Elon University. 
 
Hofstra enters the Championship as the five-seed, and it is the highest seed since the Pride was the No. 3 seed during the 2015-16 season.  
 
Thursday's quarterfinal matchup against Towson will be streamed live on FloHoops.com. In addition, live audio will be available on WRHU (88.7 FM) and WRHU.org, and live statistics will also be available. Links to all of the above can be found at the top of this release and on the women's basketball schedule page on GoHofstra.com.
 
Hofstra finished the regular season with a 7-11 overall mark while also posting a 5-7 league record. The Pride more than doubled its win total from a year ago, but also missed nine games out of its schedule (eight being conference games) due to COVID-19 protocols. Towson completed the regular season with a 13-8 record to go along with an 8-6 CAA mark.
 
Junior guard JaKayla Brown, who was named to the CAA All-Conference Second Team on Tuesday afternoon, scored 17.3 points per game during conference action which ranked fourth in the league. Redshirt junior Jaylen Hines will also continue to make a big impact for the Pride after scoring 14.3 points per game during the CAA regular season to go along with a team-high 7.5 rebounds. Junior guard Jahsyni Knight, a CAA All-Defensive team honoree, added 9.1 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game in league play.
 
For Towson, CAA First-Teamer Kionna Jeter averaged 22.5 points per game during the CAA regular season while also adding 4.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists. She was followed by All-CAA Second Team honoree, Aleah Nelson, who is second on the team with 13.5 points per game and 5.8 assists per game, while Shavonne Smith is the third double-digit scorer for the Tigers with 10.8 points per game in league play.
 
Hofstra and Towson met twice this season toward the end of January and the Tigers won each of those contests at SECU Arena. Towson opened up the weekend with a narrow 65-60 decision before closing out the weekend with a 92-64 win over Hofstra. Brown led Hofstra in scoring on both occasions, netting 19 points during the first meeting and 15 points during the second. For Towson, Jeter scored a team-high 24 points on Saturday and 26 points on Sunday.
 
Thursday will be the 75th meeting between the two teams with Towson holding the slight edge in the all-time series, 39-35. The series dates back to the 1982-83 season when Hofstra won, 75-75. Towson has won seven-straight contests against Hofstra. The last time that the teams faced in the CAA Championship was when Towson defeated Hofstra in the 2018-19 semifinals at the Bob Carpenter Center, 68-48.