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Women's Basketball Plays #1 Texas in First Round of NCAA Tournament
3/21/2024 2:21:00 PM | Women's Basketball
AUSTIN, Texas - The 2024 CAA Champions begin the NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas taking on the top-seeded Texas Longhorns at 3 p.m. on Friday afternoon. Action from Moody Center can be seen on ESPNU.
LAST TIME OUT
The Drexel women's basketball team captured the program's third CAA title after defeating the top-seeded Stony Brook Seawolves, 68-60. With the victory, Drexel earned the Coastal Athletic Association's automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Amaris Baker, Chloe Hodges and Brooke Mullin were all named to the 2024 CAA Women's Basketball Championship All-Tournament Team for their performances in the tournament. In addition, Baker was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament after scoring 19.8 points per game in the four-day stretch.
Three Dragons reached double-digits in the finals. Baker scored 19 points, while Mullin and Sweeney each scored 16. Baker was 4-for-5 from behind the arc. Mullin also had four 3-pointers, while Sweeney had her career-high in the game and was 5-for-10 from the floor. The Dragons shot 50 percent from the field and held the Seawolves to 31 percent from the field.
Drexel never conceded the lead, nor was Stony Brook ever tied with DU besides when the game was tied at 0-0 for the first 16 seconds of the contest.
The Dragons are the second seventh-seeded team to clinch the CAA title in conference history.
About The Longhorns
The Longhorns captured the Big 12 title and was named the No. 1 seed of the Portland Region in the NCAA Tournament. Texas finished the season with a 14-4 conference record and 30-4 overall. The team averages 81.2 points per game and shoots just under 50 percent from the field. Madison Booker leads the team with 16.9 points per game.
Baker Is On Fire
Amaris Baker has caught fire for Drexel in the final games of the season. The Junior transfer from Harcum leads the Dragons with 388 points scored this season. In conference play, the Philadelphia native has scored 309 points. More impressively, Baker has scored in double-digits for 11 straight games to end the season, including Drexel's game against Delaware in the second round, the quarterfinals game against Monmouth, the semifinals against Towson and in the championship against Stony Brook. In those 11 games, she has scored 188 points.
Tournament Awards
At the end of the regular season, Drexel had no one named in the All-CAA awards. However, Drexel landed three athletes on the conference's All-Tournament team. Chloe Hodges and Brooke Mullin were each recognized for their play in the four-day span. Amaris Baker averaged 19.8 points per game and played 38 minutes per game to be named to the All-Tournament team and also was named the Most Outstanding Player, the third in program history.
"Because We Can"
The phrase "Because We Can" began as a pep talk by Head Coach Amy Mallon fueled the Dragons to win six-straight games and capture the program's third conference title. Since the team's game on the road at North Carolina A&T on March 7th, the phrase was written on a white board and displayed for the players in the locker room prior to each game. After the Dragons won the championship, the white board read, "Because We Did".
Lucky Number 7
The Dragons were selected seventh in the preseason poll and that is where they finished in the regular season. By chance, Drexel's seventh-straight win was the Championship game versus Stony Brook. There has only been two seventh-seeeded champions in the history of the CAA Tournament.
LAST TIME OUT
The Drexel women's basketball team captured the program's third CAA title after defeating the top-seeded Stony Brook Seawolves, 68-60. With the victory, Drexel earned the Coastal Athletic Association's automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Tournament.
Amaris Baker, Chloe Hodges and Brooke Mullin were all named to the 2024 CAA Women's Basketball Championship All-Tournament Team for their performances in the tournament. In addition, Baker was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament after scoring 19.8 points per game in the four-day stretch.
Three Dragons reached double-digits in the finals. Baker scored 19 points, while Mullin and Sweeney each scored 16. Baker was 4-for-5 from behind the arc. Mullin also had four 3-pointers, while Sweeney had her career-high in the game and was 5-for-10 from the floor. The Dragons shot 50 percent from the field and held the Seawolves to 31 percent from the field.
Drexel never conceded the lead, nor was Stony Brook ever tied with DU besides when the game was tied at 0-0 for the first 16 seconds of the contest.
The Dragons are the second seventh-seeded team to clinch the CAA title in conference history.
About The Longhorns
The Longhorns captured the Big 12 title and was named the No. 1 seed of the Portland Region in the NCAA Tournament. Texas finished the season with a 14-4 conference record and 30-4 overall. The team averages 81.2 points per game and shoots just under 50 percent from the field. Madison Booker leads the team with 16.9 points per game.
Baker Is On Fire
Amaris Baker has caught fire for Drexel in the final games of the season. The Junior transfer from Harcum leads the Dragons with 388 points scored this season. In conference play, the Philadelphia native has scored 309 points. More impressively, Baker has scored in double-digits for 11 straight games to end the season, including Drexel's game against Delaware in the second round, the quarterfinals game against Monmouth, the semifinals against Towson and in the championship against Stony Brook. In those 11 games, she has scored 188 points.
Tournament Awards
At the end of the regular season, Drexel had no one named in the All-CAA awards. However, Drexel landed three athletes on the conference's All-Tournament team. Chloe Hodges and Brooke Mullin were each recognized for their play in the four-day span. Amaris Baker averaged 19.8 points per game and played 38 minutes per game to be named to the All-Tournament team and also was named the Most Outstanding Player, the third in program history.
"Because We Can"
The phrase "Because We Can" began as a pep talk by Head Coach Amy Mallon fueled the Dragons to win six-straight games and capture the program's third conference title. Since the team's game on the road at North Carolina A&T on March 7th, the phrase was written on a white board and displayed for the players in the locker room prior to each game. After the Dragons won the championship, the white board read, "Because We Did".
Lucky Number 7
The Dragons were selected seventh in the preseason poll and that is where they finished in the regular season. By chance, Drexel's seventh-straight win was the Championship game versus Stony Brook. There has only been two seventh-seeeded champions in the history of the CAA Tournament.
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