Dragons Survive Overtime Battle With UNCW

Sunday, January 9

Wilmington, N.C.

1:00 P.M.

Drexel University

10-2,2-0CAA

UNC Wilmington

3-9,0-2CAA

OT 1

Drexel

UNCW

Photo by: UNCW Athletics Communications

1/9/2022 3:08:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Tessa Brugler posted her seventh double-double of the season as the Drexel women's basketball team tied the best start in program history with a 71-68 win in overtime against the UNCW Seahawks on Sunday afternoon.

BY THE NUMBERS

At 10-2 overall, Drexel matches the 2016-17 team for the best start in program history.
Brugler recorded her third consecutive double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds.
Keishana Washington scored 19 in the game to lead DU and has now tallied 10 or more in all 12 games this year.
Hannah Nihill also reached double figures, scoring 16 while dishing five assists.
Mariah Leonard contributed with a team-leading 13 rebounds and eight points.
It is the Dragons 21st consecutive win against UNCW.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Trailing by two with 7.6 seconds left in regulation, the Dragons initial shot came up short, but a rebound by Brugler kept possession as Kate Connolly calmly dropped an 10-foot baseline jumper as time expired to force overtime.
In the extra session, the Seahawks opened the scoring with a three before DU came back with six in a row and did not relinquish the lead the rest of the game.
The two teams played evenly in the first quarter as four different players scored for the Dragons, but UNCW led by two after 10 minutes.
After a put-back layup for the Seahawks pushed them up by three at the 5:37 mark of the second, DU answered with a 9-3 run as a pair of buckets by Brugler mixed around a three from Maura Hendrixson and a fastbreak layup by Washington, giving Drexel a 29-26 lead with three minutes remaining in the frame. Overall, Brugler posted six points and five rebounds in the period as DU took a three-point lead into the break.
Brugler continued her blistering pace early in the third, scoring three times in the opening 2:31 of the stanza as the Dragons opened a 39-31 lead. UNCW hung around, but some timely shooting from Connolly kept Drexel up 46-40 heading into the final period.
The Seahawks used an early 9-4 spurt in the fourth to close to within a point at 50-49, but Drexel was able to maintain the lead until the final 30 seconds.

UP NEXT
The Dragons begin a stretch of four home games in nine days, hosting Northeastern on Friday, January 14. Tipoff from the Daskalakis Athletic Center is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.