Feb. 26, 2006
Box Score
Fairfax, Va.--On senior day, Mason's women's basketball team (10-15, 6-10 CAA) edged Towson (8-17, 3-13) in a Colonial Athletic Association match-up by a score of 50-45 at the Patriot Center Sunday afternoon.
Mason's lone senior, guard Jen Daniels (Brigantine, N.J.), was honored prior to tip-off for all of her hard work and dedication to the program.
The first half was tied twice and the lead changed two times, but there was a combination of 24 turnovers between the two teams. With the score tied at four, Mason went on a 7-0 run to put the score at 11-4 (13:53) after a made jumper by junior forward Tracy Ann Holness (Brooklyn, N.Y.). Mason was up by four points (18-14) with just under five minutes, but the Tigers responded with a 7-2 run to pull ahead and went into the break with a 23-18 advantage.
Towson extended its lead to six in the opening minute of the second stanza after a made 3-pointer from Kelly Robinson for the Tigers' largest lead of the game. Mason came back and tied it at 33 with about 10 minutes remaining after a made lay-up by junior Nikkia Slade (Yorktown, Va.).
Sophomore guard Casey Quigley (Springfield, Va.) sank one from long range to knot the score at 42 (4:53), which started a 9-0 run by the Patriots and gave them a six-point advantage with 46 seconds left. Towson's Kacy O'Brien cut the deficit to three after making a trey just seven seconds later, but sophomore guard Keyhana Wakefield (Albany, N.Y.) made two free throws down the stretch to seal the victory for Mason.
Holness led the Patriots with 11 points, while Wakefield netted a team second-best 10 as she was 7-of-11 from the charity stripe. Holness tallied a game-high five steals and was one shy of tying her career-best, while Daniels matched a game-high four assists.
Tierra Jackson led the Tigers with 13 points and also registered a double-double as she grabbed a game-high 14 rebounds.
Mason shot 30 percent on the day (17-of-56), while Towson made 18 of its 46 attempts (39 percent). The Patriots went to the line 19 times and made 12, while the Tigers were 5-of-6 from the charity stripe.
The Patriots will wrap-up their regular season on March 2 when they face UNC Wilmington at 7 p.m. at Trask Coliseum in North Carolina.
