Drexel Drops Heartbreaker to Monmouth in CAA Quarterfinals

Friday, March 10

Towson, Md.

5:00 p.m.

Drexel University

21-9,13-5CAA

Monmouth (7 Seed) - CAA Quarterfinals

16-15,9-9CAA

Monmouth

Drexel

Photo by: Rafael Suanes/CAA

Drexel Drops Heartbreaker to Monmouth in CAA Quarterfinals

3/10/2023 6:52:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

TOWSON, Md. – Keishana Washington became the NCAA all-time leading scorer among Canadian players, but the Drexel women's basketball team was dealt a heartbreaking 65-59 setback against the Monmouth Hawks in the quarterfinals of the CAA Tournament on Friday night.

BY THE NUMBERS

Washington scored 32 in the contest, her 12th game this season with 30 or more. In the process, she became the all-time leading scorer among Canadian players in NCAA history, passing Karalyn Church who played for Vermont from 1990-94. Washington ended the game with 2,320 career points.
The 17th point Washington scored was her 800th of the season, making her just the third player in CAA history to net 800+ in a year, joining Elena Della Donne (Delaware – 927 in 2011-12) and Precious Hall (JMU – 841 in 2016-17).
Kylie Lavelle added 16 points, all of them coming in the second half.
Maura Hendrixson had 12 assists, her eighth game this season with double digit dimes. The 231 assists she has this season are fifth most in a single-season in conference history.
Jasmine Valentine topped DU with eight rebounds.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Washington wasted no time in getting started, hitting five of her first seven shots and scoring 10 of the Dragons 12 points in the opening frame as Drexel led 12-11 after 10 minutes.
The second quarter got off to a rough start for the Dragons who shot 2-for-6 to open the stanza as Monmouth went on a 12-5 run, taking a 23-17 lead at the midway point. Trailing by as many as eight, the Dragons found the bottom of the net a couple times and went into the break down just 29-24.
Washington continued her torrid pace into the third, scoring the first basket for Drexel before Lavelle caught fire. The All-Rookie Team member netted nine points in a row for the Dragons, the last of them coming on a three-pointer from left of the key, giving DU a 36-35 lead four minutes into the period. Monmouth rallied, but Drexel battled back with each team scoring 19 in the frame, as the Hawks took a five-point lead into the final 10 minutes.
Drexel continued to battle and pulled to within a point on a second chance effort by Lavelle with 47 seconds remaining. That was as close as the Dragons would get as the Hawks connected at the line in the waning seconds.

UP NEXT
With a record of 21-9, Drexel will await word on further postseason opportunities.