Women’s City Six: Mariah Leanord’s key bucket lifts Drexel past Elon in OT
Drexel gets a pivotal road conference win while Villanova needs to regroup.
DREXEL 55, ELON 53 (OT)
The Dragons grinded out an overtime victory on the road over the Phoenix to improve to 12-6 overall and 5-1 in the Colonial Athletic Conference.
Senior foward Mariah Leonard gave Drexel the lead when she converted a basket-and-one with 53 seconds left in overtime.
Junior guard Hannah Nihill knocked down a free throw to give the Dragons some breathing room with 11 seconds left.
Senior foward Bailey Greenberg played a game-high 41 minutes, scored 13 points and grabbed eight rebounds.
Sophomore forward Keishana Washington also had 13 points and made three of the Dragons’ four three-pointers.
Drexel capitalized off Elon’s turnovers, scoring 24 points while forcing 20.
The Dragons (12-6, 5-1 CAA) will visit William & Mary on Sunday at 2 p.m.
DEPAUL 85, VILLANOVA 68
The Blue Demons proved to be too much for the Wildcats in a road loss that drops Villanova to 11-8 and 5-3 in the Big East conference.
The Wildcats fell behind by 14 points after the first quarter and never recovered.
Senior forward Mary Gedaka finished with a team-high 20 points.
Redshirt freshman forward Madison Siegrist added 19 points for the Wildcats.
Villanova could not contain Sonya Morris as the sophomore guard scored a game-high 30 points.
The Wildcats will visit Marquette on Sunday at 3 p.m.