Drexel Dragons vs La Salle Explorers Tuesday, December 17, 2019 / 11:30 a.m. Philadelphia, Pa. / Daskalakis Athletic Center Patrick Shatkus, Asst. Director of Athletic Communications and Social Media Email / [email protected] Website / DrexelDragons.com DREXEL UNIVERSITY Office / 215-571-3605 Twitter / @DrexelWBB WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Instagram / @drexelwbb 2019 - 20 SCHEDULE DREXEL INFO OPENING TIP NOVEMBER (3-3) Drexel University * Drexel is 5-4 on the season following 5 Tue. at Quinnipiac W, 66-62 a 60-49 loss at Bucknell University on 9 Sat. DAVIDSON # W, 74-63 Dragons / 5-4, 0-0 CAA Sunday evening. Before that, the Drag- 11 Mon. No. 18/20 DePaul # L, 81-57 ons won a 54-52 overtime affair over 16 Sat. PACIFIC # L, 58-51 2018-19 Record 24-9 / 14-4 CAA the Villanova University Wildcats at the 24 Sun. RICHMOND W, 58-52 Last Game L, 60-49 at Bucknell / Dec. 8 DAC. The Dragons are 3-1 at home this 30 Sat. vs. Buffalo % L, 63-59 year. Head Coach Denise Dillon / Villanova, ‘96 * Senior Bailey Greenberg leads the DECEMBER (2-1) Drexel Record 311-208 / 17th season team in scoring, averaging 21.1 points 1 Sun. at Saint Joseph’s % W, 62-52 Career Record 311-208 / 17th season 4 Wed. VILLANOVA W, 54-52 (OT) per game. She also leads the confer- 8 Sun. at Bucknell L, 60-49 ence and ranks 11th in the country. Assistant Coaches 17 Tue. LA SALLE 11:30 a.m. * The Dragons have had three-straight Amy Mallon Saint Joseph’s, ‘93 20 Fri. at Penn 11:30 a.m. 20-win seasons for the first time in 30 Mon. MAINE 4:30 p.m. Stacey Weiss Drexel, ‘08 program history. Last year, DU ad- Michelle Baker Saint Joseph’s, ‘12 vanced to its second-straight CAA JANUARY championship game (third in the last 3 Fri. at Charleston * 6:30 p.m. four years) and earned a bid to the 5 Sun. at UNCW * 1 p.m. OPPONENT INFO WNIT, its 10th postseason appearance 10 Fri. NORTHEASTERN * 7 p.m. in the last 11 years. 12 Sun. HOFSTRA * 2 p.m. La Salle University * Drexel returns 1880 of its 1985 19 Sun. DELAWARE * 2 p.m. Explorers / 6-4, 0-0 A-10 points scored last year when the Drag- 24 Fri. at Elon * 7 p.m. ons went 24-9, 14-4 CAA. 26 Sun. at William & Mary * 2 p.m. 31 Fri. TOWSON * 7 p.m. 2018-19 Record 6-25 / 3-13 A-10 Last Game L, 70-43 at Rider / Dec. 7 SERIES HISTORY FEBRUARY 2 Sun. JAMES MADISON * 2 p.m. Head Coach Mountain MacGillivray / Temple ‘96 All Time-Series La Salle leads 19-6 7 Fri. at Hofstra * 5 p.m. School Record 12-29 / second season Last Meeting W, 58-43 / Nov. 18, 2018 9 Sun. at Northeastern * 2 p.m. Career Record 12-29 / second season First Meeting W, 71-45 / Feb. 26, 1983 16 Sun. at Delaware * 1 p.m. Last Drexel Win W, 58-43 / Nov. 18, 2018 21 Fri. WILLIAM & MARY * 7 p.m. Current Streak W5 23 Sun. ELON * 2 p.m. 28 Fri. at James Madison * 7 p.m. 2019 - 20 DREXEL DRAGONS MARCH # Name (Year / Position / Height / Hometown) PTS REB Other 1 Sun. at Towson * 2 p.m. 1 Keishana Washington (So. / G / 5-7 / Pickering, Ont.) 8.2 1.8 0.9 AST 5 Thu. UNCW * 7 p.m. Second leading scorer on the team 7 Sat. CHARLESTON 1 p.m. 2 Hetta Saatman (Fr. / F / 6-2 / Philadelphia, Pa.) 0.0 1.0 1.0 BLK 11-14 CAA Championships @ TBA Made her first appearance at No. 18/20 DePaul 3 AJ Davis (Fr. / F / 6-1 / Baltimore, Md.) 1.0 1.0 0.3 BLK * | Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) opponent Made first appearance at Quinnipiac with a block and three rebounds BOLD | Daskalakis Athletic Center, Philadelphia, Pa. 4 Kayla Bacon (Jr. / G / 5-8 / Owings Mills, Md.) 2.5 0.9 1.0AST # | Preseason WNIT at various locations Strong defender coming in as a reserve; tied career high (8) vs. Buffalo % | 26th Annual Saint Joseph’s Hawk Classic 5 Maria Ferariu (Fr. / G / 6-0 / Brasov, Romania) 0.0 0.0 - @ | CAA Championships in Elon, N.C. Made her first appearance at No. 18/20 DePaul 11 Aubree Brown (Sr. / G / 5-11 / Philadelphia, Pa.) 4.0 4.0 5.3 AST Third all-time at Drexel with 418 career assists 12 Hannah Nihill (Jr. / G / 5-3 / Drexel Hill, Pa.) 6.4 2.8 2.7 AST QUICK FACTS 2017-18 CAA Rookie of the Year; had 8p, 7a, 6r at Davidson 15 Brianne Borcky (Jr. / F / 6-0 / Garnet Valley, Pa.) 0.0 0.8 0.5 STL School Drexel University Made first appearance at Quinnipiac with two steals and three rebounds Mascot Dragons 20 Kate Connolly (So. / F / 6-1 / Harleysville, Pa.) 1.7 1.4 0.4 STL Colors Navy Blue and Gold Made 16 appearances in 18-19 Founded 1891 22 Maura Hendrixson (So. / G / 5-9 / Garnet Valley, Pa.) 5.7 1.8 1.4 STL Location Philadelphia, Pa. / 19104 Set career highs with 18 points and six three-pointers at Quinnipiac Enrollment 24,190 23 Bailey Greenberg (Sr. / F / 5-11 / North Wales, Pa.) 21.1 5.4 1.2 STL President John A. Fry Reigning CAA Player of the Year; tied career high in first two games with 31 points Director of Athletics Dr. Eric Zillmer 24 Niki Metzel (Sr. / F / 6-2 / Princeton, N.J.) 4.6 3.8 1.1 AST Preseason All-CAA Honorable Mention Home Venue Daskalakis Athletic Center 30 Mariah Leonard (Sr. / F / 5-10 / Ashburn, Va.) 3.1 2.3 0.8 STL DAC / 2,509 capacity Tallied her career-high 11-point performance vs. Buffalo DI WBB Record 583-515 (38th season) 50 Ana Ferariu (Sr. / G / 5-9 / Brasov, Romania) 1.6 1.8 0.8 AST Sparkplug off the bench; made fourth career start against Pacific 2009 CAA Champions / 2013 WNIT Champions / 2018 CAA Regular Season Champions / Nine WNIT Appearances 1 2019 - 20 LA SALLE EXPLORERS No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown / High School 2 Carley Lytton F 5-10 Gr. Floyd, Va. / Floyd County (East Tennessee State) 3 Kayla Braxton-Young G 5-7 Fr. Newark, Del. / Paul M. Hodgson Vocational Technical 4 Kate Hill G 5-7 Jr. Toronto, Ontario, Canada / The Peddie School (Rutgers) 5 Christina Kline G 5-10 Fr. Winter Garden, Fla. / West Orange 10 Claire Jacobs G 6-0 Fr. Perth, Australia / Kennedy Baptist College 11 Deja King G 5-7 Jr. Trenton, N.J. / Life Center Academy 12 Molly Masciantonio G 5-10 So. Morton, Pa. / Archbishop Carroll (Holy Family) 14 Haleigh Hill F 6-0 Jr. Allen, Texas / Allen (Dodge City CC/South Plains) 1 5 Kayla Spruill G/F 6 - 0 S o . Baltimore, Md. / Western School of Technology and Environmental Science 22 Jordon Lewis F 5-10 Fr. Houston, Texas / Westside 24 Amy Jacobs G 6-0 Fr. Perth, Australia / Kennedy Baptist College 25 Shalina Miller F/C 6-2 Sr. Philadelphia, Pa. / Archbishop Prendergast 33 Erin Morgan G 5-8 So. Willow Grove, Pa. / Archbishop Wood 35 Sofilia Ngwafang C 6-4 Sr. Silver Spring, Md. / Paint Branch Head Coach: Mountain MacGillivray (Temple, ‘96); second season Assistant Coaches: Chris Day, Boo Abshire, Sam Guastella ABOUT THE OPPONENT THE SERIES COMPARISON La Salle is 6-4 on the year after La Salle leads the all-time series, TEAM dropping its last three games. The 16-9. Though the Explorers have Drexel Category La Salle Explorers got off to a 6-1 start be- the series edge, the Dragons have 58.9 ...................Points/Game ................... 63.6 fore running into Navy (L, 61-46 on won the last five meetings while 60.3 ..............Opp. Points/Game............... 62.1 Dec. 1), Penn (L, 65-49 on Dec. 4) head coach Denise Dillion is 7-5 -1.4 ................. Scoring Margin .................. +1.5 .380 ..........................FG % ........................... .355 and Rider (L, 70-43 on Dec. 7). against La Salle. .435.....................Opp. FG % ...................... .345 .323 ........................ 3PT % .......................... .332 The Explorers have wins over Cop- Last year, Drexel never trailed in .319 ...................Opp. 3PT %...................... .264 pin State, Harvard, Howard, Nor- the team’s 58-43 win at La Salle. 5.6 ................... 3PT FG/Game ......................8.5 folk State, Penn State and UMBC. Greenberg led all scorers with .726 ..........................FT % ........................... .693 19 points. Keishana Washington 30.6 ...............Rebounds/Game ................ 42.2 #10 Claire Jacobs is the only contributed 14 points for the first -3.8 .............Rebounding Margin .............. -0.2 Explorer averaging double figures double-figure scoring game of her 15.0................. Assists/Game ................... 12.4 with 10.0 points per game. Three career and Aubree Brown added 11 13.9 .............. Turnovers/Game ................ 20.7 other players are averaging at least points as three Dragons finished in 10.0 .................. Steals/Game .......................7.9 seven points per contest. double figures. 1.7 ....................Blocks/Game ......................5.3 La Salle has already matched its INDIVIDUAL win total from a season ago when Drexel Category La Salle the Explorers went 6-25 overall Greenberg / 21.1.......Scoring .............. Jacobs / 10.0 Greenberg / 5.4 ...... Rebounds ..................Mille / 7.9 and 3-13 in conference play. Brown / 5.3 ................Assists .................... King / 3.1 2 tied / 1.6 .................. Steals ................... Miller / 1.5 Head Coach Mountain MacGillivray, 2 tied / 0.4 ................. Blocks ................... Miller / 2.4 in his second season, is 12-29 with Leonard / .481 ..............FG% ..........