Johnston leads Towson against Monmouth after 24-point game

Towson Tigers (16-12, 9-7 CAA) at Monmouth Hawks (18-10, 11-6 CAA)

West Long Branch, New Jersey; Thursday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Towson visits Monmouth after India Johnston scored 24 points in Towson's 63-55 victory over the Campbell Fighting Camels.

The Hawks have gone 9-5 at home. Monmouth is fourth in the CAA in team defense, allowing 57.6 points while holding opponents to 37.4% shooting.

The Tigers are 9-7 in CAA play. Towson is 5-8 in games decided by 10 or more points.

Monmouth is shooting 40.4% from the field this season, 1.0 percentage point higher than the 39.4% Towson allows to opponents. Towson averages 7.9 more points per game (65.5) than Monmouth allows (57.6).

The teams square off for the second time this season in CAA play. Monmouth won the last meeting 56-53 on Jan. 17. Gigi Gamble scored 22 points points to help lead the Hawks to the victory.

TOP PERFORMERS: Divine Dibula is averaging 13.5 points and 6.8 rebounds for the Hawks. Gamble is averaging 12.6 points over the last 10 games.

Johnston is averaging 15.3 points for the Tigers. Thalia Shepard is averaging 9.1 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Hawks: 5-5, averaging 59.0 points, 30.5 rebounds, 11.8 assists, 6.3 steals and 2.4 blocks per game while shooting 39.2% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 58.7 points per game.

Tigers: 5-5, averaging 62.5 points, 33.5 rebounds, 12.3 assists, 6.3 steals and 2.3 blocks per game while shooting 36.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 63.0 points.

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.