Drexel women fall to William & Mary, see winning streak end at 8 games
The Dragons suffered their first loss in 2023, despite Washington moving up in the school record books.
Despite a 27-point performance from Keishana Washington, the Dragons suffered their first loss since Dec. 11 at the hands of William & Mary, 74-58, on Sunday in Colonial Athletic Association play.
Drexel (13-4, 5-1 CAA) fell behind, 13-4, through five minutes of action and would end up trailing the entire way, facing a deficit as large as 18 points. After a three-pointer from Washington with 6 minutes, 19 seconds left made it a 57-51 contest, William & Mary (7-9, 2-3 CAA) used a 9-0 run to put it out of reach.
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Washington had her 13th effort of at least 20 points in 17 games played, but also saw her worst shooting effort (11 of 31, .355%) since the team’s last loss about a month ago to Yale (11 of 35, .314%). The graduate student guard’s two three-point makes, meanwhile, etched her into school history as the sixth women’s player all-time with 200 threes.
Chloe Hodges had a career-high 10 points off the bench, and Jasmine Valentine recorded a game-high 11 rebounds for Drexel, which shot just 36.5% overall (23 of 63) and 19% (4 of 21) from beyond the arc.
William & Mary was paced by Riley Casey’s game-high 31 points on 10 of 21 shooting.
Drexel wraps up a three-game road trip next Sunday at conference foe Towson with a 2 p.m. start.