Towson women's basketball falls to Iowa 73-45 in season opener

The Towson Tigers opened their season with a 73-45 loss to the Iowa Hawkeyes on Monday night at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City. Towson is 0-1 and Iowa is 1-0.

The game had three lead changes, and the Tigers' largest lead was 2 points. Iowa built a 28-point lead.

How it unfolded

Iowa won every quarter, scoring 17, 16, 19 and 21 points. Towson scored 14, 9, 14 and 8. The Tigers managed only 8 points in the fourth quarter.

Wilkerson leads Towson

Eva Wilkerson came off the bench to lead Towson with 15 points and 8 rebounds. She shot 6-for-11, including 2-for-2 from three-point range, and had 3 steals in 29 minutes. Thalia Shepard scored 13 points on 6-for-17 shooting. Diamond Watters added 6 points in 16 minutes.

Ava Renninger led Towson with 2 assists and had 4 rebounds, but she also committed 5 of the team's 8 turnovers.

Shooting and the glass

Towson shot 19-for-61 from the field (31 percent) and 3-for-18 from three (17 percent). Asya Lara Barnes went 0-for-5, with all four of her three-point tries missed. Zoli Khalil played 35 minutes and shot 1-for-9.

Iowa shot 25-for-56 (45 percent) and 8-for-29 from three. The Hawkeyes also went 15-for-23 at the free throw line, compared with Towson's 4-for-7. Towson was called for 20 fouls to Iowa's 12.

Rebounding was lopsided. Iowa outrebounded Towson 52-27, including 18 offensive boards to the Tigers' 9. The Hawkeyes had 30 points in the paint to Towson's 20.

Towson did win the turnover battle, forcing 16 turnovers while committing 8, and scored 13 points off those giveaways to Iowa's 7. It had 6 steals to Iowa's 4.

Iowa's scorers

Dani Carnegie led Iowa with 21 points and 5 assists. Chazadi Wright scored 14 on 3-for-8 from three and 5-for-6 at the line. McKenna Woliczko had 10 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks. Ava Heiden added 7 points and 7 rebounds.

Next up

Towson returns home to face the Frostburg State Bobcats on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. ET.