Towson Falls To UConn In NCAA Tournament

STORRS, CT — The Towson Tigers fell to the mighty UConn Huskies in what was the first ever appearance by the TU women's basketball team in the NCAA tournament. Heading into the game as the No. 2 seed in the conference, UConn set out to prove that it should have been number one.

At the end of Friday night's game, the Huskies came out on top, 110-61.

"We got here and played a great team in UConn — all respect to them," Towosn senior Danielle Durjan said. In her final year on the team, she noted the Tigers won a CAA championship. "It was just a great moment and great experience," Durjan said.

"It's just a blessing, and we're going to take it into next year," Towson sophomore Kionna Jeter said during a post-game press conference.

Towson had been the No. 15 seed going into the game, and coach Diane Richardson told the Hartford Courant that she was "proud of our young ladies who didn't give up and played through to the final buzzer."

The Tigers "had a lot of fight in them," Richardson added, but Towson was outmatched in the end.

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