2008-09 Drexel Women’ s Basketball Drexel vs. Virginia Commonwealth Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, Pa. Thursday, Feb 26, 2009 • 7:00 p.m. 2008-09 Schedule Game Preview Date Team Time/Result Teams: Drexel (18-8, 13-2 CAA) vs. VCU (23-4, 13-2) November 16 at American L (65-74) Media: WKDU FM 91.7 (Pat Delsi and Brett Fischer) 19 Saint Joseph’s W (76-61) 22 at La Salle L (48-46) SID Contacts: Drexel: Britt Faulstick ([email protected]) 25 at Bucknell W (44-35) University of Colorado Coors Classic VCU: Mike Harris ([email protected]) 28 vs Minnesota L (74-50) 29 vs. Colorado W (67-63) All-Time Series: Va. Commonwealth leads 9-4 December 5 Army L (55-49) Last Meeting: 2/10/08 VCU won 65-61 in Richmond, Va. 19 at Penn W (62-52) 22 Richmond L (73-60) Saint Joseph’s Hawk Classic at Phila U. Drexel Capsule 28 Holy Cross L (63-58) PPG RPG APG SPG FG% 3FG% FT% TO/G Bk./G 29 Maine W (87-55) 61.9 33.1 13.3 7.3 40.1 32.8 80.5 15.8 3.0 January Team Leaders: Marginean (24.0 ppg); Peterson (3.2 apg); Marginean (7.4 rpg); 4 at Delaware* W (56-40) Marginean (49.8 FG%); Nacickaite (39.5 3FG%); Marginean (88.5 FT%) 8 at William & Mary* L (63-57) Andrea Peterson hit a three-pointer with 13 seconds remaining in regu- 11 Hofstra* W (71-66) lation to force overtime in a 58-53 Drexel win at Northeastern on 15 Georgia State* W (74-65) Sunday. She also hit a pair of free-throws with 22 seconds left in the 18 at James Madison* L (60-56) extra period to ice the game for her team. Drexel rallied from a nine- 22 Northeastern* W (61-51) point deficit with just over four minutes left in the game after trailing 25 Towson* W (60-41) for the majority of the contest. The Dragons got four key defensive 29 at Hofstra* W (57-50) stops in the final minutes and found a way to come back with Gabriela Drexel University Dragons February Marginean on the bench in foul trouble. Marginean led all scorers with 1 at UNC Wilmington* W (55-50) 22 points and matched Drexel’s single-season scoring record (625). 5 at George Mason* W (71-52) 8 William & Mary* W (76-74OT) Va. Commonwealth Capsule 12 Old Dominion* W (67-55) PPG RPG APG SPG FG% 3FG% FT% TO/G Bk./G 15 at Georgia State* W (72-53) 67.7 41.0 14.3 10.5 40.8 30.1 70.5 17.0 2.9 19 Delaware* W (54-33) Team Leaders: Hollingsworth (14.3 ppg); Lane (3.7 apg); Walton (9.2 rpg); 22 at Northeastern* W (58-53 OT) Hollingsworth (51.8 FG%); Bachvarova (29.3 FG%); Bachvarova (86.8 FT%) 26 Virginia Commonwealth* 7:00 March VCU overcame a horrid shooting start in its last game to outscore 1 George Mason* 1:00 Hofstra 39-18 in the second half and come from behind for a 55-43 vic- 4 at Towson* 7:00 tory over the Pride on Sunday. The Rams shot just 6-for-31 in the first period and trailed 25-16 at the break. But their defense engaged in the Home games in bold second half and held Hofstra to just eight buckets in the duration of Dates and times subject to change the game. Radoslava Bachvarova scored 13 of her game-high 17 points in the second period to provide the offense for VCU to maintain its eight-game winning streak. The Rams, who topped JMU twice and ODU once this season, have been tied with Drexel in first place since Jan. 29. Probable Starters Drexel Virginia Commonwealth No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. PPG RPG Asst. No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. PPG RPG Asst. 2 Andrea Peterson G Sr. 5-6 5.6 2.8 83 00 Quanitra Hollingsworth C Sr. 6-5 14.3 9.2 12 5 Jasmina Rosseel G So. 5-8 11.4 3.4 63 1 Jennifer Lane G Fr. 5-8 5.7 2.6 100 14 Jennifer Stjarnstrom F Jr. 6-2 2.0 2.0 20 4 Kita Waller G Jr. 5-11 9.0 5.1 58 24 Nicole Hester F Sr. 5-10 4.0 4.1 64 14 La’Tavia Rorie G Jr. 5-9 9.9 5.9 40 44 Gabriela Marginean F Jr. 6-1 24.0 7.4 24 10 Radoslava Bachvarova F Sr. 6-0 10.8 3.2 29 Reserves Reserves 3 Ebony Patterson G So. 5-7 1.5 0.8 16 3 Tyler Hale F Fr. 6-0 2.7 3.0 15 15 Stephanie Solomon F Jr. 6-1 0.8 1.1 1 4 Silvia Jankova G RFr. 5-8 - - - 22 Kurtise Wilkes G Jr. 5-7 0.3 0.3 1 11 Alison Lupariello G Jr. 5-6 0.8 0.3 2 23 Jessica Taylor G So. 5-8 4.1 2.4 43 12 Marisa Crane G Fr. 5-5 3.5 1.8 45 24 D’Andra Moss F Jr. 6-0 9.9 5.9 55 41 Brooke Cornish F Sr. 6-4 2.8 1.5 9 32 Rhonda Watts G Fr. 5-9 1.1 0.2 2 22 Ayana Lee F Fr. 5-7 1.1 1.1 2 34 Chelsea Snyder C Fr. 6-6 0.4 1.0 0 23 Kamile Nacickaite G Fr. 5-11 6.3 3.6 19 44 Courtney Hurt F Fr. 6-0 4.5 4.4 5 2008-09 Drexel Women’ s Basketball Tonight’s News of Note: Stats, the Story of the Streak •A win today would move Drexel into sole possession of Drexel is currently on 10-game winning streak first place in the CAA standings after a shaky start to the season. Since entering CAA play the team has won 13 of 15 games, due •A win today would give Drexel an 11-game winning in large part to improved consistency on defense streak, the second longest in school history behind the and shooting percentage. 16-game streak during the 1989-90 season Non Conference (5-6) CAA Play (13-2) •The Dragons are a perfect 7-0 in CAA games at home Scoring . .664 Scoring . .868 •If Drexel wins today it will be the team’s 14th conference Points per game . .60.4 Points per game . .63.0 victory, the most ever for a Drexel team Margin . .+1.0 Margin . .+9.3 Field Goals-Att. .223-588 Field Goals-Att. .330-792 •When Gabriela Marginean scores her first point today she PCT . .389 PCT . .417 will overtake Michelle Maslowski’s mark for the single- 3-Point FG-Att. .69-238 3-Point FG-Att. .104-290 season scoring record at Drexel (625 pts) PCT . ..290 PCT . .359 3-Pt. FG per game . .6.3 3-Pt. FG per game . .6.9 •Marginean eclipsed the CAA’s single-season record for Free Throws-Att. .149-184 Free Throws-Att. .181-226 free-throws made when she sunk four from the stripe FT PCT . .810 FT PCT . .801 against Northeastern on Feb. 22. She now has 185 this FT per game . .13.5 FT per game . .12.1 Rebounds . .361 Rebounds . .499 season, moving ahead of the previous record-holder Beth Reb. per game . .32.8 Reb. per game . .33.3 Shearer who made 183 free throws in 1987-88. Margin . .-3.7 Margin . .-1.9 Assists . .125 Assists . .221 Asst. per game . .11.4 Asst. per game . .14.7 Turnovers . .185 Turnovers . .226 TO per game . .16.8 TO per game . .15.1 TO margin . .+1.3 TO margin . .+2.5 A/TO ratio . .0.7 A/TO ratio . .1.0 Steals . .71 Steals . .120 Stl. per game . .6.5 Stl. per game . .8.0 Blocks . .32 Blocks . .47 Blk. per game . .2.9 Blk. per game . .3.1 Drexel University Dragons Approaching Milestones Drexel’s Longest Winning Streaks All-Time Leaders No. Dates Ended Gabriela Marginean 16 1/6/90-2/21/90 2/24/90 (L 71-53) at Lehigh 10 1/22/09-present --- 19 more FG to move into 3rd place 9 1/13/87-2/3/87 2/7/87 (L 72-55) at Lafayette 21 more rebounds to move into 14th 9 12/16/07-1/20/08 1/24/08 (L 57-52OT) at Towson 190 more points to move into 1st place 8 1/7/88-2/19/88 2/24/88, (L84-74) at Bucknell Nicole Hester Needs 1 more steal to move into 12th place 1 more three-pointer into 9th place Marginean’s Double-Doubles 2 more blocks to move into 6th place Team Pts. Reb. 8 more assists to move into 9th place 1. vs. Loyola (11/12/06) 26 12 Jasmina Rosseel 2. vs. Temple (11/17/06) 18 11 Needs 21 more 3ptrs to move into 2nd place 3. vs. Towson (1/25/07) 17 13 Alison Lupariello 4. at Towson (2/8/07) 16 15 Needs 16 more 3ptrs to move into 12th place 5. vs. N’eastern (2/22/07) 47 22 Jennifer Stjarnstrom 6. vs. GMU (3/1/07) 14 11 Needs 18 more blocks to move into 12th place 7. vs. Ga. State (3/8/07) 28 11 8. vs. ODU (3/9/07) 18 11 Single-Season Records 9.