After a disappointing start to the season with a really tough OOC schedule, the Lady Dragons opened up the CAA season with a nice 66-54 win over COC.

Rachel Pearson scored 28 points and tied the Drexel WBB record with 8 3 pointers. Drexel as a team nailed 15 3 pointers and attended 61% of their total shots from 3 point range. Drexel was 15 for 35 from beyond the arc. Interesting, that there was a trivia question during the game that stated that Drexel broke their school record by attempting 37 3-point shots 2 years ago in a game against COC also.

Very nice win for the Dragons at WM today after that brutal OT loss at home to Northeastern on Friday. Sarah Curran had a career high 30 points.

Dragons played as perfect a game as a team can play on Sunday afternoon against Elon, with a convincing 74-31 blowout. I was actually shocked by what happened, after I watched Elon almost knock off JMU at home last Sunday.

Rachel Pearson scored the 1st 2 points of the game to reach 1,000 for hear career.

This was the largest conference margin of victory ever for the Drexel WBB program.

Their tough OOC schedule looks like it's starting to payoff..
Dragons have now won 4 in a row..starting off with a blowout at home against a good Elon team, followed by 3 really hard fought close wins against Delaware, Northeastern, and previously 1st place Hofstra. Drexel is now in 2nd place in the CAA and holds a tiebreaker over Hofstra, and are just 1/2 game behind JMU.

Huge game tomorrow night against Delaware. A win would mean a sweep of the season series over UD, and it would make it tougher for them to finish ahead of Drexel in the standings. Hopefully there will be a good turnout for a TV game on Homecoming. Sunday night's game will be shown live on CSN Philly as part of an ASN telecast.

Great win tonight for Drexel. Dragons hold off Delaware 47-43 at the DAC. They sweep the season series with Delaware and are now 7-2, in 2nd place in the CAA, just 1/2 game behind JMU.

Too bad Denise isn't coaching the Men's team... Pretty sure the men wouldn't be this painful to watch at this point.

Not to jinx it but the 2/12 game could be very exciting 9-2 Dragons vs 9-1 Dukes at home!

(01-31-2016 11:11 PM)Dragon For Life Wrote:  Too bad Denise isn't coaching the Men's team... Pretty sure the men wouldn't be this painful to watch at this point.

Not to jinx it but the 2/12 game could be very exciting 9-2 Dragons vs 9-1 Dukes at home!

It is not jinxing us, they beat us badly the first time we played. JMU has always been the toughest team for us to beat and as long as they are one of the best, we will continue to have those feuds. We have a good team this year, but beating JMU will be a struggle.

Dragons take over sole possession of 2nd place tonight with a big 71-57 win on the road at UNCW and win their 6th in a row. The Dub only dressed 6 players tonight, but Drexel only played 7 due to Jess Pellechio getting injured at practice this week. It was too close for comfort toward the end as Drexel could not pull away. Seahawks trailed by 3 with less than 2 minutes to go (60-57), but Drexel finished them off with an 11-0 run. Sarah Curran was just money in the 2nd half hitting one big shot after another to help seal the win.

With JMU continuing to roll our games upcoming including Hofstra will be huge in determining who finishes 2nd behind JMU. Just have to keep winning.

Really tough loss for Drexel today, on a foul of a 3 point shot with less than 1 second left. Terrible shooting game. And as good as Sarah Curran was on Friday, she had an equally terrible shooting game today. This should push Drexel back to 3rd place in the CAA.

They play JMU this week maybe they will learn from this tough loss and provide a shock.

2 of their 3 CAA losses came on freaky fouls at the end that should never have happened against opponents who they should have beaten. Drexel ran their offense well yesterday but the shooting was horrible. No reason why they should have been in a position for the game to be that close.

Now they have to run the table for any chance to finish 1st. 3rd place is more likely for them.

2nd or 3rd doesn't really matter as the winner would have to play JMU ( assuming no upset)

(02-09-2016 08:56 AM)Dragon For Life Wrote:  2nd or 3rd doesn't really matter as the winner would have to play JMU ( assuming no upset)

The advantage to being 2nd rather than 3rd is getting to play a team that played the play-in-game the day before.

Just when you think you've seen it all, there's something new in sports. Drexel was awful in the first half yesterday at Elon scoring just 13 points in the entire half and trailing by 12. Then they dominate the 3rd quarter and score the first 23 points of the quarter, and outscore Elon 23-2 in 3Q. Elon tried to make a run in the 4th quarter, but was poor with their 3 point shooting and Drexel held on for the 7 point win.

Hofstra lost at Delaware, so Drexel is in sole possession of 2nd place and can clinch 2nd place with a win on Friday at Hofstra. Even if Drexel loses on Friday, they would still hold the tiebreaker over Hofstra by sweeping both Elon and Delaware, who look to be the 4 and 5 seeds. Drexel finishes up the season with 2 very winnable games against WM and Towson, so a win on Friday or wins in their last 2 would seal the 2 seed.

Dragons shot poorly on Friday against a tough Hofstra defense and fell to the Pride 61-54. Drexel and Hofstra are now tied for 2nd, but Drexel holds the tiebreaker due to sweeps over both Elon and Delaware. Drexel can clinch 2nd place with wins in their last two games against W&M and at Towson, or with 1 win and 1 Hofstra loss.

Dragons got off to a very tough shooting start on Sunday against William and Mary, as they may have been affected by the Senior Day festivities. They trailed 20-7 in the 1st quarter, slowly worked their way back in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, and dominated in the 4th quarter in route to a convincing win. Dragons need to beat last place Towson on the road on Wednesday to clinch the #2 seed.

Dragons head down to Towson for their final game in a game that they needed to win to clinch the #2, they fought Towson to the wire for a tight 74-33 win. The game was over in the 2nd quarter, so Drexel's backups got a lot of playing time.

Last year, Drexel had tons of injuries down the stretch and hobbled into the CAA Tournament as a 2 seed and got upset by Delaware and lost to Hampton in the WNIT. Hopefully this year will be a different story as this team is pretty healthy. Hopefully they can make a strong run to win a CAA Championship. If not, they'll be in the WNIT again, and maybe we can see something close to what we saw in 2013.

It is nice to see them finish strong, for sure. Problem I see is I really dont think we can beat JMU. Hofstra is good, but I know we can beat them on any given day, JMU I am not so sure about. I think JMU will win it but both us and Hofstra will make the WNIT and both will likely have a home game.

I think Drexel is the only team that can beat JMU. I hope Drexel wins but realistically it will probably be JMU.