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DREXEL 2015-16 Game Notes WOMEN'S BASKETBALL 2009 CAA Champions • 2013 WNIT Champions • 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015 WNIT DRexel MeDIA RelATIoNs 2015-16 Schedule Associate Director/WBB Contact: Sam Angell • [email protected] Date Opponent .....................................Time/Result O: 215-895-6895 • F: 215-895-2038 November 3141 Chestnut Street, Daskalakis Athletic Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104 13 DARTMOUTH # .................................. W, 69-53 www.DrexelDragons.com 15 at No. 20/19 South Florida # .............L, 73-58 21 ST. BONAVENTURE # ........................ W, 58-46 Today’s Game: 28 vs. Villanova % ......................................L, 67-55 Drexel Dragons (5-8, 1-1) at 29 vs. Montana % .......................................L, 58-50 December William & Mary Tribe (11-2, 2-0) 3 VANDERBILT .........................................L, 74-64 Sunday, January 10, 2016 • 2:00 p.m. 5 at Hampton ......................................... W, 57-36 Kaplan Arena (8,600) 13 at Saint Joseph’s ..................................L, 53-46 19 at Penn ...................................................L, 72-67 21 QUINNIPIAC ........................................ W, 62-49 Drexel will try to rebound 29 at RV/RV Syracuse...............................L, 83-62 from a tough overtime January loss on Friday as they 3 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON * .......... W, 66-54 visit William & Mary, 8 NORTHEASTERN * ......................L, 73-65 (OT) attempting to hand the 10 at William & Mary * ...........................2:00 p.m. Tribe its first CAA loss of 15 at James Madison * ...........................7:00 p.m. the year. 17 ELON * ..................................................2:00 p.m. 22 at Delaware * ......................................7:00 p.m. 24 at Northeastern * ...............................2:00 p.m. Drexel Probable Starters 29 HOFSTRA * ..........................................7:00 p.m. 31 DELAWARE * .......................................5:00 p.m. No. Name (Yr., Pos., Hgt.; Hometown) PPG RPG Other February 22 Meghan Creighton (R-Jr., G, 5-7; West Chester, Pa.) 5.3 3.9 6.5 APG 5 at UNCW * ...........................................7:00 p.m. Netted a season-high 15 points, adding six boards and five assists vs. Northeastern 7 at College of Charleston * ................2:00 p.m. 24 Rachel Pearson (sr., G, 5-11; West Chester, Pa.) 14.7 2.2 .412 3FG% 12 JAMES MADISON * .............................7:00 p.m. CAA Player of the Week, scored 14 against Northeastern 14 UNCW * ................................................2:00 p.m. 20 Jessica Pellechio (R-Jr., G, 5-6; lebanon, N.J.) 8.9 2.5 2.1 3FG/G 19 TOWSON * ...........................................7:00 p.m. Scored six points against Northeastern 21 at Elon * ...............................................3:00 p.m. 33 Sarah Curran (Jr., F, 5-11; Media, Pa.) 14.5 5.5 .435 FG% Chipped in nine points, three boards and two steals vs. Northeastern 26 at Hofstra * .........................................7:00 p.m. 42 Jackie schluth (Gr., F, 6-1; Medford, N.J.) 4.4 4.5 1.4 BPG 28 WILLIAM & MARY *............................2:00 p.m. Scored six and blocked a career-high four shots against Northeastern March 2 at Towson * .........................................7:00 p.m. Drexel Reserves 9-12 CAA Championships^ ...............................TBA 10 Eline Maesschalck (Fr., F, 5-11; Aalst, Belgium) 0.0 0.4 2.8 MPG Has made five appearances, most recently at Syracuse on her birthday *CAA Game 11 Aubree Brown (Fr., G, 5-11; Philadelphia, Pa.) -- -- -- # Preseason WNIT Expected to redshirt the 2015-16 season % Christmas City Classic, Bethlehem, Pa. 14 Sara Woods (so., G/F, 5-10; olney, Md.) 0.7 0.5 6.2 MPG ^CAA Championships, Show Place Arena, Had a steal in six minutes against Northeastern Upper Marlboro, Md. 15 Carrie Alexander (sr., G, 5-7; Bowie, Md.) 2.8 1.3 .824 FT% Home Games in ALL CAPS Contributed six points and two assists against Northeastern All dates and times are subject to change. 21 Megan Marecic (so., G, 5-11; Bethel Park, Pa.) 1.1 0.6 .400 3FG% Averaging 4.6 minutes per game off the bench 23 Alexis smith (Jr., G, 5-6; lusby, Md.) 5.0 2.7 1.4 APG Had five points including a game-tying three late against Northeastern 25 Kelsi lidge (so., F, 5-8; Aurora, Colo.) 2.7 3.7 1.3 APG Played three minutes against Northeastern before injury forced her out 34 Tereza Kracikova (Fr., C, 6-2; Prague, Czech Republic) 1.7 1.8 7 Blks Scored four points, adding two boards and a block against Northeastern Internet Video and Audio Coverage DrexelDragons.tv (streaming video at home) DrexelDragons.com (audio for home and road) Ari Bluestein, play-by-play NCAA Rule Changes About William & Mary The NCAA has instituted several rule changes for Picked to finish sixth in the preseason Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball starting in 2015-16. Several of coaches poll, the William & Mary Tribe has surprised many thus far, the key changes are as follows: winning 11 of its first 13 games and starting 2-0 in CAA play. The Tribe comed into Sunday’s game riding a three-game winning streak, and has • Games will consist of four 10-minute quarters won nine of its last 10 games. They opened league play with a 65-59 instead of two 20-minute halves. overtime win over defending champion James Madison STATISTICAL and also handled Towson on • Teams will be in the bonus and will shoot two COMPARISON free throws starting when the opposition com- the road. Marlena Tremba’s 14.2 mits its fifth foul of the quarter. There will be no points per game leads the 1-and-1 free throws. Drexel Category William & Mary Tribe. Three players score in 59.9 ................... Points Per Game .......................65.3 double figures, with Alexan- 60.8 ...............Opp. Points Per Game ..................57.6 • Coaches will have three 30-second timeouts and dra Masaquel adding 12.5 a one full timeout per game, and can only carry three -0.9.......................Scoring Margin ........................+7.7 game and Abby Rendle chip- total timeouts over to the second half. In the past, .384 ..................... Field Goal Pct. ....................... .407 ping in 11.3 a contest. The they had four 30-second timeouts. .379 ................ Opp. Field Goal Pct. .................. .361 Tribe averages 65.3 points .377 .............. 3-Point Field Goal Pct. ................ .288 per game as a team, and • Media timeouts will come at the first deadball .255 ......... Opp. 3-Point Field Goal Pct. ........... .262 shoots at a .407 clip from at or after the 5:00 mark of each quarter, or at the 8.9 .................... 3-Point Field Goals .......................4.6 the floor while holding oppo- first team-called timeout of the quarter regardless .771 .................... Free Throw Pct....................... .681 nents to a .361 percentage. of the game clock. The first team-called timeout of 32.2 ......................... Rebounds .............................38.8 Ed Swanson is in his third season in Williamsburg the second half will also extend to a media timeout 39.8 .................... Opp. Rebounds ........................38.8 after 23 seasons at Sacred and will not count as the official media timeout of -7.6...................Rebounding Margin ......................0.0 that quarter. Heart. He has won 440 career 15.3 ............................Assists ...............................17.3 games. 13.2 .........................Turnovers ............................14.8 • Teams will have 10 seconds to advance the ball 13.7 .................... Opp. Turnovers .......................19.7 Series History over halfcourt. That countdown will only reset if +0.5 ................... Turnover Margin ......................+4.9 the offensive team calls a timeout or if the defen- 1.2 ................. Assist/Turnover Ratio ...................1.2 last Meeting sive team commits a foul. In the past, it also reset 6.6 ................................ Steals ................................11.2 The Dragons turned the ball due to the defensive team knocking the ball out of 3.1 ............................... Blocks ..................................5.5 over 26 times as William & bounds or a retained jump ball. Team Leaders Mary fought back from a Pearson (14.7) ............Scoring .............Tremba (14.2) six-point deficit in the first overtime period to win in Follow the Dragons Curran (5.5) ........... Rebounding ........ Masaquel (8.5) double overtime at the DAC, Creighton (6.5) ..........Assists ...................Green (4.8) 72-68. Jackie Schluth, Rachel Curran (1.2) ................. Steals ..................Rendle (2.0) Pearson, Alexis Smith and Schluth (1.4) ............... Blocks ..................Rendle (3.0) Carrie Alexander all scored Curran (5.6) ....................FG ................ Masaquel (5.8) Athletics Department @DrexelDragons in double figures. Pearson (.458) ...............FG% .............Masaquel (.547) Women’s Basketball @DrexelDragonsWB Curran (1.8) .................... FT ................... Tremba (3.2) All-Time HC Denise Dillon @DeniseDillon Drexel leads, 20-12. The Assoc. HC Amy Mallon @DUtwindragons Schluth (.882) ...............FT% .............Masaquel (.813) Dragons had won 10 in a row Asst. Coach Michelle Baker @shake_n_bake22 Pearson (3.1) .................3FG .................. Tremba (2.0) Curran (.429) ...............3FG% ...............Tremba (.394) before the loss last year. Creighton (34.1) ...........Min ................Tremba (32.4) WILLIAM & MARY ROSTER No. NAMe Cl. Pos. HT. HoMeToWN Athletics Department