PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – Seniors Bianca Boggs and Misha Jones pushed the Tribe to a thrilling 77-72 triple-overtime victory at Drexel on Friday night in Philadelphia, Pa. Boggs scored a season-high 32 points, while Jones added a career-high 12 to halt the Dragons 12-game winning streak in three extra sessions.
 
After conceding the first basket of the third overtime, W&M used a 6-0 run to push its lead to four. Sophomore Nyla Pollard split a pair of free throws before Boggs diced through the lane for two to regain the Tribe's lead. Redshirt sophomore Harper Birdsong then hit a free throw line jumper, and Boggs added a free throw to make it 74-70 with 2:27 remaining in the third overtime. The Dragons were able to cut it to 74-72, but freshman Emma Krause and Jones connected on 3-of-4 from the stripe down the stretch to win it 77-72.
 
The Green and Gold trailed by as many as three in the second overtime but battled back to send the game into a third extra period. Boggs hit 3-of-4 from the free throw line in the stanza, and keep the score tied at 68-68.
 
Drexel made the comeback in the first overtime as it evened the score down four points in the final 42 seconds of the period. A Keishana Washington jumper and two Niki Metzel free throws forced the game into double overtime tied at 63-63.
 
Down by six, Drexel used an 8-4 run to tie the score at 57-57 at the end of regulation, Metzel scored the first four points, before Bailey Greenberg tied the score at 55-55. Both teams traded points and got the stops over the final 1:48 of regulation.
 
W&M Starters – #2 Boggs, #10 Hodgson, #11 Pollard, #25 Rogers, #30 Reynolds
 
Drexel Starters - #1 Washington, #11 Brown, #12 Nihill, #23 Greenberg, #24 Metzel
 
Individual Highlights
Senior Bianca Boggs poured in a season-high 32 points in the victory. She added five rebounds, five assists, three steals, and two blocks. Classmate Misha Jones added a career-high 12 points with three rebounds, three assists, and two steals. Freshman Eva Hodgson rounded out the double-figure scorers with 16 points, four rebounds, six assists, and one steal.
 
Bailey Greenberg had a team-high 24 points and grabbed eight rebounds, four assists, and eight steals. Niki Metzel added 21 points, eight rebounds, and three dimes for the Dragons, while Aubree Brown added 13 points five rebounds, three assists, and two steals.
 
Inside the Numbers
- W&M shot a season-high 53.8-percent (28-of-52) from the field, including 31.6-percent (6-of-19) from 3-point range.
 
- On the defensive end, W&M limited Drexel to 28-of-83 from the field (33.7-percent). W&M limited the Dragons to just 2-of-28 from 3-point range, which is 7.1-percent.
 
- W&M won the rebounding battle, 43-37.
 
- The Tribe handed out 18 assists but had 24 miscues. Drexel had 19 assists against just 11 turnovers.
 
Notes
W&M's 77 points are the most allowed by Drexel this season, which is the nation's best scoring defense … Senior Bianca Boggs scored a season-high 32 points, which was her second career 30-point … She has now scored 20, or more, nine times this season and 16 times in her career … It was her 23rd double-digit game of the season and 65th double-figure game of her career… The 32 points were the third most in single-game history … She now has 1,377 career points, which puts her sixth place in school history all time … Senior Misha Jones scored a career-high 12 points, which was her first double-digit game … She also played a career-high 41 minutes … Freshman Eva Hodgson was in double-figures for the 14th time this season … She played a career-high 50 minutes … It was W&M's first triple overtime games since, Nov. 29, 1999 … It was also the Tribe's first overtime win since a 71-65 triumph over East Carolina on Nov. 21, 2017 … The Green and Gold are now 1-1 in overtime this year, with both games requiring at least two extra sessions.
 
What's Ahead
W&M closes the road portion of its regular season schedule as it heads to Delaware on Sunday, March 3. Tip time between the Tribe and the Blue Hens is set for 2 p.m.