Thursday, January 6
Daskalakis Athletic Center
7:00
Drexel University
56
vs
46
Georgia State
Hollie Mershon scored a career-high 18 points in the victory.
Reserves Spark Inspired Comeback Victory Over Georgia State 56-46
1/6/2011 9:28:12 PM | Women's Basketball
Box Score
Philadelphia - Sophomore guard Hollie Mershon came off the bench to score a career-high 18 points and lead Drexel from behind in a 56-46 CAA victory over Georgia State (5-8, 0-2). The Dragons improved to 9-4 (1-1) on the season with the win. Junior guard Kamile Nacickaite added 12 points and sophomore guard Renee Johnson-Allen chipped in career highs with five assists and five rebounds. Drexel trailed in the game until the 9:45 mark in the second half and used a 22-6 run, fueled largely by its reserves, to open an insurmountable 12-point lead on the Panthers in the final minutes.
Drexel's bench combined to score 31 of the team's 56 points, led by Mershon's 18 and a career-high eight points from freshman Tory Thierolf. Redshirt freshman Ashley Davis scored her first career points, knocking down a three-pointer and a put-back jumper to finish with five on the game.
The Dragons found themselves in deficits as large as nine points in the first half while shooting a miserable 3-for-23 to start the game and suffering through a scoring drought of nearly nine and a half minutes. Drexel trailed just 25-20 at the half, however, thanks to a jumper by Nacickaite as time expired.
Georgia State's 10 first-half turnovers were enough to keep the Dragons in the game. The Panthers shot just under 50 percent in the first half, while the Dragons made just 8-of-31 shots from the floor and only 2-of-10 from long range.
The second half opened with a put-back layup by Georgia State's Chan Harris, who finished with 16 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Following an offensive rebound by the Panthers that required Georgia State players beating Dragons to a lose ball on three different occasions, Head Coach Denise Dillon opted to send in four substitutes at the 17:49 mark in the half.
This decision proved to be just the spark Drexel needed to pull itself back into the game. Thierolf, Mershon and Davis knocked down three-pointers for Drexel's first three buckets of the half, diminishing a seven-point Georgia State lead down to two within three minutes of entering the game.
One of the highlight plays of the game came midway through the period when Thierolf caught the ball on the wing, threw a head fake past one charging defender then drove to the right before throwing another shot fake and employing a spin move to open up space for a hook shot. The whirling bucket, whipped Drexel's fans into a frenzy, sliced the Panthers' lead to two points and cued a run by the Dragons that the Panthers could not overcome.
Mershon's back-door layup at the 9:45 mark gave Drexel its first lead of the contest at 39-38. Drexel's core unit of substitutes would play as a whole until the 4:48 mark in the game when Nacickaite and Taylor Wootton returned to the floor to help the team with its final push to victory.
Drexel's defense in the second half held the Panthers to 7-for-27 shooting from the floor and just 1-for-8 from deep. The Dragons reversed their first-half shooting woes to knock down half of their attempts in the second half, including seven three-pointers.
The Dragons are back at home on Sunday when they host their rival Delaware at 2:00 p.m.
Philadelphia - Sophomore guard Hollie Mershon came off the bench to score a career-high 18 points and lead Drexel from behind in a 56-46 CAA victory over Georgia State (5-8, 0-2). The Dragons improved to 9-4 (1-1) on the season with the win. Junior guard Kamile Nacickaite added 12 points and sophomore guard Renee Johnson-Allen chipped in career highs with five assists and five rebounds. Drexel trailed in the game until the 9:45 mark in the second half and used a 22-6 run, fueled largely by its reserves, to open an insurmountable 12-point lead on the Panthers in the final minutes.
Drexel's bench combined to score 31 of the team's 56 points, led by Mershon's 18 and a career-high eight points from freshman Tory Thierolf. Redshirt freshman Ashley Davis scored her first career points, knocking down a three-pointer and a put-back jumper to finish with five on the game.
The Dragons found themselves in deficits as large as nine points in the first half while shooting a miserable 3-for-23 to start the game and suffering through a scoring drought of nearly nine and a half minutes. Drexel trailed just 25-20 at the half, however, thanks to a jumper by Nacickaite as time expired.
Georgia State's 10 first-half turnovers were enough to keep the Dragons in the game. The Panthers shot just under 50 percent in the first half, while the Dragons made just 8-of-31 shots from the floor and only 2-of-10 from long range.
The second half opened with a put-back layup by Georgia State's Chan Harris, who finished with 16 points and a game-high eight rebounds. Following an offensive rebound by the Panthers that required Georgia State players beating Dragons to a lose ball on three different occasions, Head Coach Denise Dillon opted to send in four substitutes at the 17:49 mark in the half.
This decision proved to be just the spark Drexel needed to pull itself back into the game. Thierolf, Mershon and Davis knocked down three-pointers for Drexel's first three buckets of the half, diminishing a seven-point Georgia State lead down to two within three minutes of entering the game.
One of the highlight plays of the game came midway through the period when Thierolf caught the ball on the wing, threw a head fake past one charging defender then drove to the right before throwing another shot fake and employing a spin move to open up space for a hook shot. The whirling bucket, whipped Drexel's fans into a frenzy, sliced the Panthers' lead to two points and cued a run by the Dragons that the Panthers could not overcome.
Mershon's back-door layup at the 9:45 mark gave Drexel its first lead of the contest at 39-38. Drexel's core unit of substitutes would play as a whole until the 4:48 mark in the game when Nacickaite and Taylor Wootton returned to the floor to help the team with its final push to victory.
Drexel's defense in the second half held the Panthers to 7-for-27 shooting from the floor and just 1-for-8 from deep. The Dragons reversed their first-half shooting woes to knock down half of their attempts in the second half, including seven three-pointers.
The Dragons are back at home on Sunday when they host their rival Delaware at 2:00 p.m.
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