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2006-2007 SCHEDULE TOWSON UNIVERSITY'S 2006-2007 TIGER NOVEMBER 11 at Georgetown W, 65-57 14 WINSTON-SALEM STATE W, 76-51 19 at American W, 69-57 21 at UMBC (MASN-TV) W, 50-45 BASKETBALL 25 at Loyola W, 75-73 (OT) 29 at Wake Forest (WTMD) L, 45-58 DECEMBER Game 28 • March 1 3 at William & Mary * W, 66-59 10 NORFOLK STATE W, 83-66 Tigers at JMU 19 at Winston-Salem State W, 57-50 NOTES 22 RIDER W, 76-42 30 MOUNT ST. MARY’S W, 72-64 JANUARY PROBABLE STARTERS: 4 JAMES MADISON * L, 66-84 32 Kandace Davis F Fr. 6-1 Hyattsville, Md./Laurel H.S. 7 at Northeastern * (WTMD) L, 52-65 33 Kelly Robinson F Sr. 6-2 Hazlet, N.J./Raritan H.S. 10 VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH * W, 74-68 3 Shanae Baker-Brice G Fr. 5-6 Washington, D.C./Roosevelt H.S. 14 at Delaware * (CAA-TV, WTMD) L, 45-79 10 Alis Freeman G So. 5-9 Potomac, Md./Churchill H.S. 18 HOFSTRA * L, 49-56 21 Holly Mahan G Jr. 5-9 Queens, N.Y./Francis Lewis H.S. 21 GEORGE MASON * W, 64-54 25 at Drexel * (WTMD) W, 65-57 BENCH: 28 at Virginia Commonwealth * W, 59-52 1 Alexis Abraham G Fr. 5-9 Bowie, Md./Riverdale Baptist H.S. FEBRUARY 5 Haliena Snowden F Fr. 6-0 Laurel, Md./Seton Keough H.S. 1 GEORGIA STATE * L, 81-87 12 Brandy Black G So. 5-7 Houston, Texas/Klein Forest H.S. 4 NORTHEASTERN * (WTMD) W, 68-63 13 Katarina Stimac F Sr. 6-2 Zagreb, Croatia/Sportska H.S. 8 DREXEL * (WTMD) W, 55-52 15 Jamell Beasley G Jr. 5-9 Pottstown, Pa./Pottstown H.S. 11 at Georgia State * L, 43-89 22 Maya Newman G Fr. 5-8 Baltimore, Md./St. Frances Acad. 15 at Old Dominion * L, 42-82 18 DELAWARE * (WTMD) L, 52-70 25 Ashlee Keown F Fr. 6-1 Manassas, Va./C.D. Hylton H.S. 21 at Hofstra * L, 45-58 50 Erin Gaston C Sr. 6-1 Centreville, Va./Annandale H.S. 25 UNC WILMINGTON * (WTMD) W, 63-59 55 Kim Pyne C Sr. 6-4 Columbia, Md./Howard H.S. MARCH HEAD COACH: Joe Mathews (Radford, ‘91) - 6th season (55-113) 1 at James Madison * 7:00 ASSISTANTS: Stacy Alexander, Stephanie Cross, Joi Jefferson 8-11 CAA Tournament at Delaware TBA TRAINER: Mike Taylor COORDINATOR OF OPS: Eric Franc * Colonial Athletic Association Games TONIGHT’S GAME TIGERS FINISH REGULAR SEASON AT JAMES MADISON: After snap- OPPONENT: James Madison ping a four-game losing streak on Sunday afternoon, the Tigers finish the regular season on OPPONENT RECORD: 24-4, 15-2 CAA Thursday night when they travel to James Madison for the second meeting against the DATE: Thursday, March 1, 2007 Dukes this season ... Now 17-10 on the season, the Tigers are having their best season since TIME: 7:00 p.m. the 1993-1994 campaign when they members of the Big South Conference ... The Tigers SITE: JMU Convocation Center will be looking to avenge an 84-66 loss against James Madison on January 4 at the Towson TOWSON RADIO: None IN THE SERIES: JMU leads, 20-1 Center ... With a win against the Dukes, the Tigers will finish the CAA schedule with a 9- 9 record, giving them a .500 conference record for the second time in three seasons. This will be the 22nd all-time meeting between the Tigers and the Dukes with James Madison WHERE DID SHE COME FROM?: Junior guard Jamell Beasley scored a career- holding a commanding 20-1 series advantage ... high 28 points in the victory over UNC Wilmington on Sunday afternoon, marking the JMU has won the last 16 in a row over the Tigers, third 20-point game of her college career ... She made 10 of 16 shots from the floor and including an 84-66 victory over Towson on was also four-for-six from the free throw line ... Beasley scored 23 of her 28 points in the January 4 at the Towson Center ... Senior center second half as the Tigers overcame a six-point deficit in the final six minutes ... In her pre- Meredith Alexis scored a game-high 24 points vious five outings, Beasley had scored a total of 23 points ... Beasley is the Tigers’ fourth- with 16 rebounds as the Dukes snapped Towson’s leading scorer with an 8.7 average. five-game win streak ... The Tigers’ lone victory in the series was on February 4, 1984 in a 75-67 Senior forward Kelly Robinson is expected to break the win at the Towson Center ... Towson senior for- EVEN MORE HISTORY: ward Kelly Robinson has played in nine career Towson career games played record against the Dukes on Thursday night ... She has played games against the Dukes and has an 11.3 scoring in 113 games while making 108 career starts, including the last 34 in a row ... She is the average ... She scored 12 points with six rebounds only Tiger this year to start all 27 games this season ... Against UNC Wilmington on in the first meeting against James Madison. Sunday, Robinson tied Kelli Talbot, ‘05 for the all-time mark ... Talbot appeared in 113 career games ... The last time that Robinson came off the bench in a game was against ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS Georgia State last year in the Tigers’ 78-69 overtime loss to the Panthers in Atlanta. Women’s Basketball SID Eric Rhew Rhew Office Phone 410-704-6258 Rhew Cell Phone 443-690-2104 NEXT UP FOR TOWSON: The Tigers will compete in the CAA Tournament at E-mail [email protected] Delaware next week ... With a win, the Tigers will be the sixth seed ... However, if the Internet Address www.towsontigers.com Tigers lose and Georgia State wins, the Panthers will receive the seventh seed based on Sports Line 410-704-2200 winning both meetings against Towson ... If the Tigers lose and the Panthers lose, Towson Ath. Media Relations Fax 410-704-3861 will be the seventh seed. SCOUTING THE DUKES: Following back- ACTIVE PLAYER CAREER HIGHS to-back road losses to Delaware and Old Dominion, James Madison enters Thursday’s game with a 24- 1 - ALEXIS ABRAHAM Points 11, vs. Georgia State, Feb. 1, 2007 4 overall record and a 15-2 CAA mark ... The Rebounds 3, vs. Rider, Dec. 22, 2006 Dukes have won 25 straight home games at the Assists 2, two times Convocation Center, including all 12 this year ... Senior center Meredith Alexis is the Dukes’ lead- 3 - SHANAE BAKER-BRICE ing scorer and rebounder, averaging 18.7 points and Points 28, vs. Mount St. Mary’s, Dec. 30, 2006 11.6 rebounds per game ... A strong candidate for Rebounds 9, at UMBC, Nov. 21, 2006 CAA Player of the Year honors, she broke the CAA Assists 8, vs. Va. Commonwealth, Jan. 10, 2007 career rebounding record and stands in seventh 5 - HALIENA SNOWDEN place on the CAA’s career scoring list ... She is one Points 8, vs. Norfolk State, Dec. 10, 2006 of four players on the JMU roster who have scored Rebounds 2, two times 1,000 points in their career ... Junior guard Tamera Assists 1, two times Young ranks second on the team with a 16.9 scor- ing average while Lesley Dickinson and Shirley 10 - ALIS FREEMAN McCall are also averaging in double figures ... Points 26, vs. UNC Wilmington, Jan. 16, 2005 Prior to the two losses, the Dukes had won 16 Rebounds 11, two times straight games, including their first 15 CAA games. Assists 8, three times 12 - BRANDY BLACK Points 6, vs. Norfolk State, Dec. 10, 2006 TIGERS’ BIG GAMES Rebounds 2, two times Double-Doubles: 2006-07 .................. Career Assists 1, vs. Norfolk State, Dec. 10, 2006 Holly Mahan 4 ..............................4 Jamell Beasley 0 ..............................2 13 - KATARINA STIMAC Kelly Robinson 0 ..............................2 Points 11, vs. University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Dec. 20, 2003 Kandace Davis 1 ..............................1 20-Point Games: 2006-07 .................. Career Rebounds 4, several times Shanae Baker-Brice 6 ..............................6 Assists 2, three times Kelly Robinson 0 ..............................6 Jamell Beasley 1 ..............................3 15 - JAMELL BEASLEY Alis Freeman 0 ..............................3 Points 28, vs. UNC Wilmington, Feb. 25, 2007 Holly Mahan 2 ..............................2 Rebounds 13, at Northeastern, Jan. 8, 2006 25-Point Games: 2006-07 .................. Career Assists 8, at Northeastern, Jan. 8, 2006 Shanae Baker-Brice 3 ..............................3 Kelly Robinson 0 ..............................3 21 - HOLLY MAHAN Jamell Beasley 1 ..............................2 Points 22, at Hofstra, Feb. 21, 2007 Alis Freeman 0 ..............................1 Rebounds 14, vs. Rider Univ., Dec. 22, 2006 10+ Rebounds: 2006-07 .................. Career Assists 6, vs. George Mason Univ., Jan. 21, 2007 Kelly Robinson 0 ............................11 Steals 7, two times Holly Mahan 5 ..............................5 Kandace Davis 3 ..............................3 22 - MAYA NEWMAN Alis Freeman 0 ..............................3 Points 4, two times Jamell Beasley 0 ..............................3 Rebounds 3, vs. Norfolk State, Dec. 10, 2006 10+ Assists: 2006-07 .................. Career Assists 1, vs. Rider, Dec. 22, 2006 Alis Freeman 0 ..............................1 25 - ASHLEE KEOWN TOWSON IN THE NCAA RANKINGS: Points 10, at American, Nov. 19, 2006 (Ranked up to 324 teams as of Feb. 25, 2007) Rebounds 7, vs. Norfolk State, Dec. 10, 2006 Assists 2, two times Category (Team) Rank Scoring Offense ................................................ 220 (61.4) 32 - KANDACE DAVIS Scoring Defense ................................................136 (62.9) Points 16, vs. Georgia State, Feb. 1, 2007 Scoring Margin ..................................................177 (-1.5) Rebounds 11, two times FG Percentage ..................................................240 (38.4) Assists 2, vs. Georgia State, Feb. 1, 2007 FG Percentage Defense ....................................239 (41.8) 3-Point FG’s Per Game ......................................275 (3.5) 33 - KELLY ROBINSON 3-Point FG Percentage ................................................NR Points 27, vs.