Women Extend Streak to Eight

The women continued their hot play with another impressive home victory 71-66 over Northeastern. The win may have been against a last place team, but the Huskies certainly didn't play that way. They shot very well (over 49%) and led by two at halftime. The Dragons are going to start taking their opposition's best shot. They did so on this day and battled through for a win.

Drexel started off on fire and opened up a comfortable early lead. They struggled defensively though as the first half went on as Northeastern scored a number of easy baskets. The undersized Huskies were quicker early on and gave the Dragons difficulty.

The Dragons picked it up in the second half and continued to shoot well (over 60% in the 2nd half). Gabi was fantastic as usual. Last year she poured in the school record 47 points in the 5 OT thrilller. Tonight she wasn't that dominant, but still had 25 points. She even actually had a couple close misses late in the game and still finished 11-19. The sophomore is now approaching 800 career points.

After being named CAA Player of the Week, Narissa Suber had another good game. The sharpshooter was only 1 for 2 from beyond the arc. Instead she took advantage of a mismatch and attacked off the dribble. She did miss a few times around the rim, but also followed up her shot on a couple occasions.

Nicole Hester put together another fine all around game too. The talented forward sure fills up the stat sheet. She finished with 12 points (4 of 6 from the field), 4 rebounds, 5 assists, only 1 turnover, 2 blocks and a steal. Her ability to drive and finish or shoot or distribute are causing a lot of problems around the league. Jasmina Rosseel continues to really help this team off the bench. She finished with 8 points and has become a very deadly three point shooter. She dished out 4 assists as well.

Foul shooting is another area that can't be overlooked with this team. They were 15 of 16 from the charity stripe and scored 11 more points from there thanks to their aggressive play. They are second in the conference to only Northeastern from the line.

This team still hasn't faced any real stiff competition from the top of the league so it's tough to figure out just how good they are. They have been on fire from the field and it would be tough to see that continue at this level all season. That said, they have really worked for good shots and clearly have talented shooters on the roster. With neither Brooke Cornish or Delise Johnson playing physical inside, there will be some concern when they play bigger teams. Brooke has been great blocking shots, but really struggled today against the smaller and quicker Huskies. Delise was pretty solid defensively though. Rebouding hasn't hurt this team yet, but it certainly can against some of those teams. It's been a fun ride over the last few weeks and we can only hope it'll continue.