Dragons Give Nebraska All It Can Handle In San Diego

Friday, November 26

San Diego, Calif.

7:00 P.M. EST

Drexel University

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Nebraska

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Nebraska

Drexel

Photo by: Gavin Baker / Sideline Photos LLC

Dragons Give Nebraska All It Can Handle In San Diego

11/26/2021 9:09:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Drexel women's basketball team gave the Nebraska Cornhuskers all they could handle, holding Nebraska to a season-low 65 points, but the Dragons fell 65-53 in The Dana on Mission Bay Holiday Tournament on Friday afternoon.

BY THE NUMBERS

Hannah Nihill led Drexel with a season-high 19 points. She also had five rebounds, two assists, and two steals.
Keishana Washington added 13 points and four assists.
Kate Connolly had 11 points and a career-best five steals in the game.
Tessa Brugler led the Dragons with 10 rebounds. It was the fourth time this season she pulled in 10 or more boards.
Drexel committed just two turnovers in the contest, an NCAA single game season low for a team across all divisions thusfar in 2021-22.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Drexel got off to a hot start, opening an early 8-0 lead heading into the initial media timeout. The Huskers found their legs and knotted the score at 8-8 in a matter of two minutes. DU battled back thanks to hot shooting from Nihill, who scored 13 in the first quarter, as the Dragons led 15-11 after 10 minutes.
DU extended its lead through the initial stoppage of the second period, going up 23-17, but a 14-0 run for Nebraska to end the half saw Drexel trail 31-23 at intermission.
The Dragons chipped into the lead in the opening stages of the third quarter, slicing the advantage to 33-29 just less than four minutes into the frame. The Huskers countered with a 9-0 run to take their largest lead of the game at 42-29.
Undeterred, Drexel continued to hang around as seven points in the third quarter, including a late layup and trey from Connolly pulled the deficit back to single digits at 45-36.

UP NEXT
The Dragons wrap play in The Dana on Mission Bay Holiday Tournament, taking on Fresno State on Saturday, November 27. Tipoff is scheduled for 5:00 p.m. EST