DREXEL 2013-14 Game Notes WOMENS BASKETBALL 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, Philadelphia, 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 Drexel Dragons vs. Villanova Wildcats 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 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON* ....................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 Harry Perretta University Information that Denise Dillon 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