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Women's College Basketball: Drexel women advance to CAA semifinals

Meghan Creighton (Archbishop Carroll) matched her career high with 20 points as the Drexel women's basketball team used two significant scoring runs to knock out Hofstra, 60-55, in the Colonial Athletic Association quarterfinals in Upper Marlboro, Md.

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Meghan Creighton (Archbishop Carroll) matched her career high with 20 points as the Drexel women's basketball team used two significant scoring runs to knock out Hofstra, 60-55, in the Colonial Athletic Association quarterfinals in Upper Marlboro, Md.

The Dragons never trailed in the game after opening on an 18-3 run over the first seven minutes of the game.

Drexel (15-15), seeded fourth in the tournament, moves on to face top-seeded James Madison (26-5) in the semifinals Saturday.

The Dragons scored the game's first 10 points, with Creighton and Tory Thierolf (Germantown Academy) each netting five, before the Pride got on the board 5 minutes, 29 seconds in.

Hofstra (14-15) staged a comeback and Drexel held a four-point cushion, 23-19, at the break.

The Dragons went on an 11-0 run in the second half to punch their ticket to the semifinals.

Delaware 63, Northeastern 61 - Kelsey Buchanan scored 15 of her 21 total points in the second half as the Blue Hens (19-9) came from behind to defeat the Huskies (12-18) in the CAA quarterfinal.

Joy Caracciolo tallied 16 points and 12 rebounds for Delaware, which will face either the College of Charleston (17-3) in Saturday's other semifinal.

MAC

Ball State 73, Bowling Green - Shelbie Justice scored 21 points as the fifth-seeded Cardinals upset the top-seeded and No. 25-ranked Falcons (27-4) in a semifinal in Cleveland. Ball State (18-15) has won seven straight after winning four games in five days to reach Saturday's championship game for the first time since 2009, where it will face third-seeded Akron.