NEWARK, Del. – Senior Bianca Boggs set a school record for points in a season thanks to her team-high 18 points on Thursday afternoon. Unfortunately, Drexel took control behind a hot-shooting first half and a strong start to the second on the way to a 71-60 victory over William & Mary in the Colonial Athletic Association Quarterfinals at the Bob Carpenter Center.
 
Boggs eclipsed the previous school record held by recent W&M Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Kyra Kaylor with a lay-up late in the third quarter and finished with 530 points on the year. For the game, Boggs was 8-of-14 from the floor and turned in her usual all-around stat line adding six rebounds and three assists.
 
The Tribe (15-16) led in the early going behind a 7-0 capped by a Boggs 3-pointer midway through the first period. Drexel heated up from distance hitting its final four shots, all 3-pointers, in the opening 10 minutes to take an 18-14 lead.
 
In the second quarter, the Dragons (23-7) seized control thanks to a 12-0 run. W&M drew within a point on an Eva Hodgson 3-pointer at the 8:33 mark, but Drexel hit five-straight shots to open up a 14-point cushion. The Dragons connected on 75 percent from the field in the second quarter and hit 6-of-8 from long range in the opening half to lead 43-30 at the break.
 
Out of the locker room, the Dragons scored the opening seven points to take a commanding 20-point lead just over three minutes in the third quarter. W&M battled back to within 59-46 thanks to five-straight Boggs' points, including a 3-point play, just three minutes into the fourth quarter. Despite the fight, the Tribe could get no closer than the final margin of 11.
 
Individual Standouts
Along with Boggs' 18 points, junior Victoria Reynolds tallied 17 points on 7-of-13 from the floor to go with four rebounds and four assists. Hodgson rounded out the Tribe double-digit scorers with 12 points, while sophomore Gabby Rogers added eight points and seven rebounds.
 
For Drexel, Niki Metzel led four Dragons in double figures with a game-high 20 points on 7-of-10 shooting. Bailey Greenburg and Keishana Washington chipped in 11 points apiece, while Aubree Brown finished with 10.
 
How It Happened
- The Tribe used a 7-0 run to take an early lead. Rogers converted back-to-back lay-ups before Boggs knocked down a fast-break triple to give W&M a 9-4 lead with 5:24 remaining in the first quarter.
- Drexel responded with an 8-2 run. Aubree Brown capped the spurt with back-to-back 3-pointers to take a 12-11 lead with 2:54 left.
- After W&M moved back in front on a Hodgson jumper at the 1:25 mark, Kayla Bacon and Maura Hendrixson ended the opening 10 minutes with back-to-back 3-pointers to give Drexel an 18-14 advantage at the end of the first.
- W&M draw within one on a Hodgson triple just 1:27 in the second quarter, but the Dragon ripped off a 12-0 run to open up as much as a 14-point lead. Drexel hit five-straight shots during the stretch, including back-to-back lay-ups from Eline Maesschalck to give the second seed a 35-21 lead with 4:22 left in the frame.
- Leading by 13 at the half, Drexel scored the opening seven points of the third quarter. Keishana Washington and Niki Metzel converted back-to-back fast-break lay-ups to force a W&M timeout just 1:25 in the third quarter. Metzel added a trio of free throws to extend the margin to 50-30 with 6:47 remaining.
- The lead reached as much as 21, but W&M pulled within 16 on a Victoria Reynolds old-fashion 3-point play to close the period. The junior forward drove down the middle of the lane and scored while drawing the foul. The officials went to the monitor to make sure the play occurred before the clock hits zeros. The bucket was ruled good, and Reynolds added the free throw to close the gap to 57-41.
- Boggs scored five-straight early in the fourth to draw W&M within 13. He drove for a lay-up and was fouled with 6:58 remaining. Her conventional 3-point play cut the deficit to 59-46.
- Drexel answered with four-straight points and pushed the lead back to 17, 63-46, on a Metzel jumper at the 5:21 mark.
- The Green and Gold scored the final seven points of the game but could get no closer than the final margin of 11. Hodgson knocked down a 3-pointer during the stretch, while senior Misha Jones added a pair at the free throw line and Reynolds converted a lay-up with a minute to play.
 
Inside the Numbers
- Drexel shot 75 percent (9-of-12) in the second quarter and 61.5 percent (16-of-26) overall in the first half. The Dragons connected on 6-of-8 from 3-point range (75 percent) in the opening 20 minutes.
- W&M shot 56.5 percent (13-of-23) in the first half, including 63.6 percent (7-of-11) in the second quarter. The Tribe was just 2-of-8 from 3-point range (25 percent) in the first half.
- The Dragons finished the game at 54.3 percent (25-of-46) from the floor, including 7-of-14 from 3-point range.
- The Green and Gold ended the game at 48 percent (24-of-50) shooting.
- The Tribe shot 80 percent (8-of-10) at the free throw line, while DU was 14-of-20 (70 percent).
- W&M outscored the Dragons, 36-28, in the paint, but DU held a six-point cushion at the free throw line (14-8) and a nine-point advantage (21-12) from 3-point range.  
 
Notes
Senior Bianca Boggs set a new school record as her 18 points pushed her season total to 530, topping the old mark of 522 held by Kyra Kaylor in 2005-06 … She scored in double figures in 27 of her 31 games this season and 52 of her 61 games over the last two years … With her three assists, Boggs moved into a tie for eighth on the single-season list with 132 and sixth on the career list with 325 … Freshman Eva Hodgson capped her rookie season moving up to sixth on the Tribe's freshman scoring list with 315 points … As a team, the Tribe ended the year with 2,014 points, which ranks second in program history … The Tribe dished out 12 assists to bring its season total to 474, which ranks second in program history behind the 488 in 2016-17 … It marks the fifth-straight season that W&M eclipsed the 450 assists mark … Junior Victoria Reynolds scored in double figures for the 21st time in 31 games this season, including both in the CAA Tournament.