Shanae Baker-Brice scored 28 points, including going 13-for-16 from the free throw line in the second half as Towson defeated Northeastern 72-57 on Monday. The Tigers outscored the Huskies 21-9 in the final 7:30 minutes to seal the win. Brittany Wilson led Northeastern with 15 points and nine rebounds.

Northeastern would push out to a 20-13 lead over the first 12 minutes of the game after a Kim Carr jumper gave the Huskies a seven-point advantage. Towson responded, hitting two three pointers as part of a 10-2 run that gave the Tigers a 23-22 lead with 4:58 left in the half. Dani Iervolino hit a three for Northeastern to put the Huskies back on top, but Baker-Brice scored a lay up in transition to knot it at 25-all. The teams would go nearly two minutes without a field goal until Baker-Brice hit a jumper off an offensive rebound and was fouled in the process, sending her to the line where she completed the three-point play to put the Tigers up 28-25.

The Huskies were held without a field goal for 4:32 until Jamie Conroy hit a floater in the lane with five seconds left to bring the half to a close with Northeastern trailing 30-27. The Huskies shot 34.4 percent from the field while Towson converted 41.9 percent of its shots. Baker-Brice had 12 first half points while Katrina Wheeler nabbed 11 rebounds in the first 20 minutes. Kashaia Cannon led the Huskies with eight points in the first half.

Northeastern managed to cut the lead to three points early in the second half after Deanna Kerkhof hit a three pointer to put the Huskies down 33-30. Towson scored the next six points to take a nine-point lead and it would stay a two possession game until Kendra Walton nailed a three with 7:33 left to make it 51-48. Northeastern could not capitalize and as Towson's Haliena Snowden converted a three-point play to bring the lead back to six while only letting Northeastern to within four points for the remainder of the game. Baker-Brice scored 10 points in the final 2:37 as Towson also connected on 10 free throws in that span to take the 15-point win.

Northeastern continued its strong shooting in the second half, going 12-of-23 from the field for 52 percent, with Towson shooting 44 percent in the final frame. Wheeler nabbed 17 rebounds for Towson to go along with eight points while Dovile Miliauskaite added 12 points for the Tigers who improve to 11-11 overall and 5-6 in conference play.

Carr finished with 12 points for the Huskies and Cannon had 10 points. Northeastern drops to 9-13 overall and 4-7 in the CAA.

The Huskies return to action on Thursday, February 11 taking on Drexel at 7 p.m.