Dragons Clinch First Round Bye In CAA Tournament With Defensive Win Against Tribe

Sunday, February 26

Philadelphia, Pa.

2:00 P.M.

Drexel University

21-7,13-4CAA

William & Mary

15-12,10-6CAA

William & Mary

Drexel

Photo by: Deena Ghazzi

Dragons Clinch First Round Bye In CAA Tournament With Defensive Win Against Tribe

2/26/2023 3:50:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

PHILADELPHIA – The Drexel women's basketball team held William & Mary to 33 percent shooting for the game as the Dragons beat the Tribe 55-47 on Sunday afternoon.

With the win, Drexel clinched a First Round bye in the upcoming CAA Tournament and will now play its first game in the quarterfinals on March 10.

BY THE NUMBERS

Keishana Washington scored 20, her 23rd game this season with 20+ points.
Kylie Lavelle joined Washington in double figures with 10.
Maura Hendrixson had nine assists, moving her into the top-10 on the CAA single-season list. She also scored six in the contest.
Grace O'Neill pulled in a team-high eight rebounds, adding six points and two steals.
Hetta Saatman scored eight with four boards, a steal and a block.
Drexel has held its last three opponents to 45.3 PPG.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first quarter was one where both teams had spurts of seven points in a row. The Dragons' second 7-0 push of the frame ended the period, allowing DU to take a 17-12 lead after 10 minutes. Five different players scored in the quarter for Drexel.
DU turned up the defense in the second period, holding William & Mary to 2-for-11 shooting while forcing five turnovers. The Dragons used a strong offensive start to the stanza to take a 28-17 lead into the break.
Washington began to heat up to start the third, scoring six of the first eight points and delivering a no-look pass through a double team for two more as the Dragons upped their lead to 12 by the midway point. The Tribe responded, tallied the next eight points and 11 of 13 before a jumper by Washington allowed Drexel to hold a 40-36 lead into the final 10 minutes.
The game remained close through the first two minutes of the fourth when O'Neill stepped up and hit a big three, her first field goal of the game, to put the Dragons up 45-38. From that point, William & Mary got no closer than five points as Drexel pulled away during the next four minutes to seal the win.

UP NEXT
Drexel wraps the regular season with a Senior Day contest against North Carolina A&T on Saturday, March 4. Tipoff from the Daskalakis Athletic Center is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.