Historic Season For Women's Basketball Closes in WNIT Third Round

Thursday, March 24

South Orange, NJ

7:00 P.M.

Drexel University

28-6,16-2CAA

Seton Hall

22-12,12-8Big East

Drexel

Seton Hall

Historic Season For Women's Basketball Closes in WNIT Third Round

3/24/2022 8:44:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. – The Drexel University women's basketball team saw its historic season come to a close on Thursday night, falling 78-71 at the Seton Hall Pirates in the Third Round of the WNIT.

HISTORICAL NOTES

Drexel closes the year 28-6. The 28 wins tie the most in program history while the six losses are the fewest.
The WNIT run was the deepest for Drexel since their 2013 championship.

BY THE NUMBERS

Hannah Nihill scored 20 in the game to lead Drexel, finishing with 1,434 in her career, 14th on the Dragons all-time list. She also had two steals, closing with 313, the second highest total in team history.
Tessa Brugler netted 15 and grabbed 12 rebounds for her 13th double-double of the season.
Mariah Leonard scored 16 and pulled in six rebounds.
Keishana Washington posted 11 in the game.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Drexel got off to a slow start, connecting on one of its first eight shots while the Pirates used their size advantage to take an early 12-5 lead at the opening media timeout. The Dragons started to find their footing as the quarter went on, connecting on a couple of treys before some late free throws saw SHU take a 17-11 lead after 10 minutes.
Trailing 21-13 a minute into the second, DU ripped off an 8-4 run on a pair of layups each from Brugler and Leonard, closing to 25-21 at the midway mark of the frame.
Leonard continued to shine in the period scoring twice more on back-to-back as the Dragons cut the lead to 30-29. After a layup inside for SHU, Tori Hyduke connected on a three-pointer, tying the game at 32-32 with 1:26 remaining in the half.
The game remained close in the third quarter as both teams hit big shots. Nihill and Leonard once again led the offense, as a layup by Leonard tied the score at 42-42 with 3:04 to go in the period before Nihill delivered a trey with 2:27 left that gave Drexel its first lead of the night at 45-44.
Seton Hall briefly went back up by two, but a 6-0 run to end the third period put Drexel up 51-47 with 10 minutes remaining.
Drexel continued the push into the fourth, scoring the initial five point of the quarter, going on top 56-47 just 79 seconds in. The Pirates rallied, using a 9-2 run, slicing the Dragons edge to 60-59 with 4:50 remaining. SHU continued the run through the end of the game, closing out with a 17-8 run.