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DREXEL 2013-14 Game Notes WOMENS

2009 CAA Champions • 2013 WNIT Champions • 2010, 2011, 2012 WNIT

DREXEL MEDIA RELATIONS 2013-14 Schedule Assistant 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, , PA 19104 9 at Toledo#...... 2:30 www.DrexelDragons.com 10 vs. Villanova/Miss. Valley St.#...... Noon 15 PROVIDENCE...... 7:00 20 at Saint Joseph’s...... 7:00 25 at Maryland...... 7:00 Today’s Game December vs. 4 at Colgate...... 7:00 8 at American...... 2:00 Glass City Tournament 14 at St. John’s%...... Noon 15 vs. Prairie View%...... Noon Sunday, November 10, 2013 • Noon 18 HAMPTON...... 7:00 John F. Savage Arena (7,300) 21 at Penn...... 2:00 30 at Cornell...... 7:00 January The defending WNIT 4 PRINCETON...... 2:00 champions open the 9 *...... 7:00 2013-14 season at the 16 at William & Mary*...... 7:00 Glass City Tournament, 19 at Delaware*...... 2:00 23 at James Madison*...... 7:00 taking on host Toledo. 26 NORTHEASTERN*...... 2:00 They follow that up with 30 WILLIAM & MARY*...... 7:00 a battle against city rival February Villanova, playing for the 2 HOFSTRA*...... 2:00 first time since 2010. 7 at College of Charleston*...... 7:00 9 at UNCW*...... 1:00 13 at Towson*...... 7:00 Drexel Probable Starters 16 JAMES MADISON*...... 5:30 No. Name (Yr., Pos., Hgt.; Hometown) PPG* RPG* Other* 18 DELAWARE*...... 7:00 5 Sarah Curran (Fr., F, 5-11; Media, Pa.) ------23 at Northeastern*...... 2:00 Joins teammates Meghan Creighton and Rachel Pearson as Archbishop Carroll alums. 27 UNCW*...... 7:00 22 Meghan Creighton (So., G, 5-7; West Chester, Pa.) 5.9 2.6 2.2 A/TO March CAA All-Rookie Team as a freshman in 2012-13, starting all 38 games. 2 at Hofstra*...... 2:00 24 Rachel Pearson (So., G, 5-11; West Chester, Pa.) 3.5 1.2 .365 3FG% 5 TOWSON*...... 7:00 Nine points in WNIT third round win at Bowling Green 13-16 CAA Championships...... TBA 33 Fiona Flanagan (Sr., G/F, 5-10; Penn Valley, Pa.) 5.4 3.7 .397 3FG% Finished third in the CAA last season with her .397 3FG% (Upper Marlboro, Md.) 41 Jamila Thompson (R-Jr., F, 6-4; London, England) ------Redshirt season in 2012-13 after transferring from Daytona State. *CAA Game #Glass City Tournament Off the Bench %St. John’s Classic 2 Abby Redick (Sr., G/F, 6-1; Roanoke, Va.) 2.4 2.2 1.2 APG Home Games in ALL CAPS Shooting .354 from the floor, had two rebounds in eight minutes vs. Delaware All dates and times are subject to change. 3 Ashida Cooper (Fr., G, 5-5; Bensalem, Pa.) ------Walked onto team during fall tryouts after two-time all-league career at Bensalem 10 Tory Thierolf (Sr., G/F, 6-0; Doylestown, Pa.) 1.4 1.0 0.6 APG Appeared in 31 games, making her first two collegiate starts 13 Pandora Wilson (R-Fr., F, 6-0; Gaithersburg, Md.) ------Redshirt season in 2012-13 15 Carrie Alexander (So., G, 5-7; Bowie, Md.) 2.2 0.8 .545 FG% Scored in seven of first nine collegiate games, missed 10 games midseason to injury 23 Alexis Smith (Fr., G, 5-6; Lusby, Md.) ------Three-time Maryland State Champion with Calvert 42 Jackie Schluth (R-So., F, 6-1; Medford, N.J.) ------Medical redshirt season in 2012-13

*All stats from the 2012-13 season 2013-14 Drexel Quick Facts About Villanova It was under the watchful eye of Villanova Head Coach University Information that emerged as Big 5 Hall of Fame player, and developed Location: Philadelphia, Pa. 19104 the coaching acumen that would help her shape the success of the Drexel Founded: 1891 by Anthony J. Drexel Dragons over the past 10 years. Perretta had another strong season in Enrollment: 25,500 2012-13, bringing the Wildcats to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 9 seed Nickname: Dragons in the Spokane Region last Colors: Navy Blue and Gold year. STATISTICAL The Drexel connections do President: John A. Fry COMPARISON (2012-13) not stop with Dillon and Per- Senior Vice President: James Tucker retta when it comes to these Director of Athletics: Dr. Eric Zillmer two programs. Over the sum- Faculty Athletic Advisor: Dr. Kevin Gard Drexel Category Villanova mer, the Wildcats hired Mimi Athletic Department Phone: (215) 895-1999 59.8...... Points Per Game...... 59.3 Riley as their new Director of 51.4...... Opp. Points Per Game...... 52.5 Basketball Operations. Riley’s Affiliation: NCAA Division I husband, James Clark, served +8.4...... Scoring Margin...... +6.8 Team Facts as an assistant under Dillon .417...... Field Goal Pct...... 395 Home Venue: John A. Daskalakis Athletic Center at Drexel from 2007-2012. Capacity: 2,509 .375...... Opp. Field Goal Pct...... 369 The Wildcats went 21-11 Division I Record: 449-442 (31st season) .357...... 3-Point Field Goal Pct...... 328 in 2012-13, and started the .291...... Opp. 3-Point Field Goal Pct...... 300 Conference: Colonial Athletic Association season winning 10 of their 6.5...... 3-Point Field Goals...... 7.3 first 11 and 16 of their first Coaching Staff .788...... Free Throw Pct...... 690 18. Caroline Coyer, who Head Coach: Denise Dillon 32.8...... Rebounds...... 33.9 averaged 7.4 points per game Alma Mater: Villanova ‘96 32.9...... Opp. Rebounds...... 37.9 as a freshman last year, was Career Record: 179-135 -0.1...... Rebounding Margin...... -4.0 named to this season’s Pre- season All-Big East team. Drexel Record: same (11th season) 15.8...... Assists...... 15.9 Assoc. Head Coach: Amy Mallon (St. Joseph’s ‘93) 11.3...... Turnovers...... 10.5 Stat of the Day Asst. Coach: Melissa Dunne (Temple ‘02) 13.9...... Opp. Turnovers...... 13.4 Asst. Coach: Stacy McCullough (Drexel ‘08) +2.6...... Turnover Margin...... +2.9 Coord. of Basketball Ops: Taylor Wootton (Drexel ‘13) 1.4...... Assist/Turnover Ratio...... 1.5 1 6.5...... Steals...... 7.2 Operations Assistant: Michelle Baker (St. Joseph’s ‘12) There are six Division I 2.3...... Blocks...... 3.9 2012-13 Review: WNIT Champions women’s basketball programs Overall Record: 28-10 Team Leaders in the greater Philadelphia area CAA Record (Finish): 13-5 (3rd) Mershon (19.5)...... Scoring...... Sweeney (14.0) (Drexel, La Salle, Penn, Saint Mershon (6.2)...... Rebounding...... Sweeney (6.8) Joseph’s, Temple, Villanova). CAA Tournament: 2-1, Beat William & Mary 65- Mershon (1.3)...... Steals...... Sweeney (2.3) Throughout the histories of 31 in quarterfinals, beat James Madison 50-34 Jones (1.4)...... Blocks...... Sweeney (1.9) those six programs, there has been just one postseason tour- in semifinals, lost to Delaware 59-56 in cham- Mershon (6.8)...... FG...... Sweeney (5.5) pionship game. nament championship - Drex- Jones (.509)...... FG%...... Sweeney (.523) el’s WNIT victory last April. WNIT: 6-0, Beat Iona 59-50 in First Round, beat Mershon (3.7)...... FT...... Sweeney (2.4) The Dragons join La Salle (1952 Harvard 82-72 in Second Round, beat Bowling Mershon (.861)...... FT%...... Coyer (.882) NIT, 1954 NCAA), Temple Green 50-47 in Third Round, beat Auburn 56-43 Mershon (2.1)...... 3FG...... Roberts (2.0) (1938 & 1969 NIT) and Villa- in Quarterfinals, beat Florida 67-57 in Semifi- Flanagan (.397)...... 3FG%...... Buford (.400) nova (1985 NCAA, 1994 NIT) as the only postseason champs in Mershon (34.8)...... Min...... Roberts (29.4) nals, beat Utah 46-43 in Championship Game. the city across genders. Award Winners: Hollie Mershon (Sr., G) VILLANOVA ROSTER Dean Ehlers Leadership Award NO. NAME POS. CL. HT. PPG** RPG** OTHER** First Team All-CAA 1 Taylor Holeman F Jr. 6-1 4.4 3.8 0.9 APG WNIT Most Valuable Player 5 Caroline Coyer G So. 5-10 7.4 3.1 2.5 APG Taylor Wootton (Sr., F) 10 Katherine Coyer G So. 5-11 2.9 1.9 14 GP First Team All-CAA 12 Megan Quinn C Fr. 6-2 ------13 Kendall Burton G So. 5-8 ------Honorable Mention CAA All-Academic 14 Pearl Mensah F Sr. 6-1 ------WNIT All-Tournament Team 20 Jordan Dillard G Fr. 6-0 ------Meghan Creighton (Fr., G) 21 Lauren Burford F Jr. 6-0 6.0 1.5 2.1 APG CAA All-Rookie Team 22 Devon Kane G Sr. 5-9 6.5 2.8 2.4 APG 25 Brandi Teague F/C R-Fr. 6-2 ------Drexel All-Time Series w/ Villanova 32 Samantha Wilkes F Fr. 6-1 ------Last meeting: Drexel matched what was then the pro- 33 Ellen Hill G Sr. 5-6 ------gram’s best start, 4-0, and beat Villanova for the first time, 34 Jessica Wamala F Sr. 5-11 0.4 0.1 13 GP 56-50, on Nov. 26, 2010. Fiona Flanagan had a rebound 35 Kavunaa Edwards F So. 6-0 0.6 1.5 21 GP and an assist, the only Dragon remaining from that game. 55 Emily Leer F/C Jr. 6-2 5.2 2.6 0.8 BPG All-Time Series: Drexel is 1-2 all-time against De- *probable starter nise Dillon’s alma mater. **2012-13 stats