PHILADELPHIA – In a game that felt a lot more like March than the middle of February, the William & Mary women's basketball team dropped an 84-74 overtime decision to first-place Drexel in Philadelphia Friday night.
 
Drexel's Aubree Brown scored the final three points of regulation, including a lay-in with 7.8 seconds left in regulation to tie the score and force the extra frame. The Dragons (19-8, 12-1 CAA), led by Keishana Washington, who scored 10 points in OT, went on to outscore W&M 16-6 in overtime to pick up the win.
 
A back-and-forth fourth quarter, saw the Tribe (18-7, 9-5 CAA) take the lead on a corner 3-pointer from senior Victoria Reynolds with 1:07 left. The Tribe extended its lead with two junior Bailey Eichner freebies with 57 seconds left, before Brown helped Drexel to the comeback.
 
Down six after the first half, Drexel used back-to-back 3-pointers from Bailey Greenberg and Brown to take a 51-50 lead with 2:08 left in the third quarter. The game remained within a possession until Drexel pulled away late with free-throws in overtime.
 
W&M opened the second quarter with a 14-0 to build its first lead of the game.  Sophomore Eva Hodgson scored the first five points of the spurt, before junior Nyla Pollard scored in transition to force a Drexel timeout. The run continued as junior Gabby Rogers knocked down a jumper to tie it, Pollard added a traditional 3-point play, and Reynolds had a lay-up to make it 25-20 with 6:29 left. The Tribe would go on to outscore the Dragons 14-13 and take a 39-33 lead into the locker room.
 
Leading by four the Dragons used a quick 5-0 run to take its first of three nine-point first quarter leads. Washington opened the spurt with a 3-pointer and Kate Connolly knocked down a jumper to make it 13-4 with 4:54 to go in the opening stanza. Drexel also led 18-9 and 20-11 at the end of the first frame.
 
W&M Starters – #10 Hodgson, #11 Pollard, #20 Bellamy, #25 Rogers, #30 Reynolds
 
Drexel Starters – #11 Brown, #12 Nihill, #23 Greenberg, #24 Metzel, #30 Leonard
 
Individual Highlights
Sophomore Eva Hodgson tied for game-high honors with 25 points. She shot 8-of-14 from the floor, 2-of-3 from 3-point range, and 7-for-7 from the line while adding eight rebounds, and three assists. Senior Victoria Reynolds added 18 points, five rebounds, two assists, and two steals, and redshirt sophomore Sydney Wagner added 10 points, three helpers, and a rebound. Junior Gabby Rogers had eight points and classmate Nyla Pollard scored seven as both players grabbed six rebounds.
 
Keishana Washington also had 25 points off of the bench to lead three Dragons in double-figures. Bailey Greenberg added 20 points, three rebounds, three assists, and three steals, and Niki Metzel had 12 points, seven rebounds, two assists, and two blocks.
 
Inside the Numbers
- W&M finished the game shooting 48.1% (26-of-54) from the floor.
- The Tribe also shot 94.4% (17-of-18) from the free-throw line.  
- W&M won the rebounding battle, 34-31.
- Drexel forced W&M into 19 turnovers, while only having nine miscues of its own.
 
Notes
Sophomore Eva Hodgson was in double-figures for the 24th time this season … It was her 13th 20-point performance of the season, and her 14th of career game … Hodgson tied a career-high with eight rebounds … With her 25 points, she now has 506 for the season and is the only the third player in school history to eclipse that mark … She is just 30 points away from setting the single-season school record … Senior Victoria Reynolds was in double-figures for the 20th time this season and 60th of her career … With her 18 points tonight, she moves her career total to 1,173 points, which moved her to sole possession of 14th in school history … She needs 45 more points to move into sole possession of 13th … Redshirt sophomore Sydney Wagner added her 10th double-figure effort this season and 16th of her career … It was the Tribe's first overtime game of the season, and the first since a triple-overtime thriller at Drexel on March 1 last season … It was the Tribe's first setback when three players scored in double-figures.
 
What's Ahead
W&M plays its final regular season road game as it travels to Delaware on Sunday, Feb. 23. Tip time between the Tribe and the Blue Hens is set for 1 p.m.