For Towson women's basketball coach Diane Richardson, the road to the Tigers' first Colonial Athletic Association championship and NCAA Tournament berth was paved just before Christmas.
Towson lost, 90-43, at West Virginia Dec. 20 and played at Marshall on the same road trip two days later. The Tigers were 5-5 after the loss to the Mountaineers, and they had to get straightened out fast: conference play was set to start Jan. 4.
Towson headed into the locker room down, 39-27, to the Thundering Herd Dec. 22. But that's when the team came together, according to Richardson.
