2015–16 Drexel Dragons women's basketball team

2015–16 Drexel Dragons women's basketball
2015–16 Drexel Dragons women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	19–14 (13–5 CAA)
Head coach	Denise Dillon (13th season);
Assistant coaches	Amy Mallon; Stacy McCullough; Michelle Baker;
Home arena	Daskalakis Athletic Center
	Seasons ← 2014–15 2016–17 →

2015–16 CAA women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
James Madison †	17	–	1	.944	27	–	6	.818
Hofstra	13	–	5	.722	25	–	9	.735
Drexel	13	–	5	.722	19	–	14	.576
Elon	11	–	7	.611	18	–	13	.581
Delaware	10	–	8	.556	16	–	15	.516
Northeastern	9	–	9	.500	15	–	16	.484
William & Mary	6	–	12	.333	15	–	15	.500
College of Charleston	5	–	13	.278	11	–	20	.355
UNC Wilmington	3	–	15	.167	7	–	23	.233
Towson	3	–	15	.167	7	–	24	.226


† 2016 CAA tournament winner As of March 28, 2016 Rankings from AP poll

The 2015–16 Drexel Dragons women's basketball team represent Drexel University during the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Dragons, led by thirteenth year head coach Denise Dillon, play their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association.

They finished the season 19–14, 13–5 in CAA play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the CAA women's tournament where they lost to James Madison. They were invited to the Women's National Invitational Tournament where they lost to Temple in the first round.

Roster[edit]

2015–16 Drexel Dragons women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	10	Eline Maesschalck	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	KA Redingenhof	Aalst, Belgium
G	11	Aubree Brown	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Archbishop Wood	Philadelphia
G/F	14	Sara Woods	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	Good Counsel	Olney, Maryland
G	15	Carrie Alexander	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Sr	Bishop McNamara	Bowie, Maryland
G	20	Jessie Pellechio	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Jr	North Hunterdon/VCU	Lebanon, New Jersey
G	21	Megan Marecic	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	So	Bethel Park	Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
G	22	Meghan Creighton	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Jr	Archbishop Carroll	West Chester, Pennsylvania
G	23	Alexis Smith	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Jr	Calvert	Lusby, Maryland
G	24	Rachel Pearson	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	Archbishop Carroll	West Chester, Pennsylvania
F	25	Kelsi Lidge	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	So	Regis Jesuit	Aurora, Colorado
F	33	Sarah Curran	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Jr	Archbishop Carroll	Media, Pennsylvania
C	34	Tereza Kracikova	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Gymnazium Pripotocni	Prague, Czech Republic
F	53	April Henson	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	South County	Lorton, Virginia

Head coach

Denise Dillon (Villanova)

Assistant coach(es)

Amy Mallon (Saint Joseph's)
Stacy McCullough (Drexel)
Michelle Baker (Saint Joseph's)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: Sep 8, 2015

Schedule[edit]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
August 21, 2015* 2:00 pm		at Biddenland	W 77–49	1–0	16 – Pellechio	6 – Pellechio	3 – Creighton	De Driesprong Rotterdam, Netherlands
August 23, 2015* 11:00 am		at Waregem	W 85–74	2–0	21 – Pellechio	8 – Pellechio	5 – Creighton	Sporthal De Treffer Waregem, Belgium
August 24, 2015* 2:00 pm		at Sparta Laarne	W 96–45	3–0	16 – Pellechio	–	5 – Alexander	Sporthal De Treffer Waregem, Belgium
August 27, 2015* 1:00 pm		at Franconville	W 74–66	4–0	29 – Pellechio	7 – Schluth	6 – Smith	Franconville CSL Franconville, France
October 31, 2015* 12:00 pm		Bloomsburg	W 63–41	5–0	18 – Schluth	6 – Lidge	5 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia
Non-conference regular season
November 13, 2015* 7:00 pm		Dartmouth Preseason WNIT First Round	W 69–53	1–0	21 – Pearson	12 – Schluth	8 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,143) Philadelphia
November 15, 2015* 4:00 pm		at No. 20 South Florida Preseason WNIT Second Round	L 58–73	1–1	15 – Tied	9 – Kracikova	6 – Creighton	USF Sun Dome (1,790) Tampa, Florida
November 21, 2015* 5:00 pm		St. Bonaventure Preseason WNIT consolation round	W 58–46	2–1	23 – Curran	7 – Curran	5 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,479) Philadelphia
November 28, 2015* 2:00 pm		vs. Villanova Lehigh Christmas City Classic semifinals	L 55–67	2–2	14 – Pearson	9 – Smith	6 – Creighton	Stabler Arena (473) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
November 29, 2015* 12:00 pm		vs. Montana Lehigh Christmas City Classic 3rd place	L 50–58	2–3	13 – Curran	6 – Lidge	7 – Crieghton	Stabler Arena (234) Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
December 3, 2015* 7:00 pm		Vanderbilt	L 64–74	2–4	23 – Curran	6 – Lidge	8 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center (539) Philadelphia
December 5, 2015* 4:00 pm		Hampton	W 57–36	3–4	16 – Pearson	9 – Curran	7 – Creighton	Hampton Convocation Center (1,011) Hampton, Virginia
December 13, 2015* 2:00 pm		at Saint Joseph's	L 46–53	3–5	20 – Pearson	7 – Kracikova	3 – Creighton	Hagan Arena (1,085) Philadelphia
December 19, 2015* 12:00 pm		at Penn Battle of 33rd Street	L 67–72	3–6	17 – Pearson	8 – Lidge	5 – Alexander	The Palestra (1,407) Philadelphia
December 21, 2015* 2:00 pm		Quinnipiac	W 62–49	4–6	22 – Curran	12 – Curran	17 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center (508) Philadelphia
December 29, 2015* 7:00 pm		at Syracuse	L 62–83	4–7	22 – Pearson	6 – Schluth	8 – Creighton	Carrier Dome (567) Syracuse, New York
CAA regular season
January 3, 2016 2:00 pm		College of Charleston	W 66–54	5–7 (1–0)	28 – Pearson	6 – Tied	11 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center (703) Philadelphia
January 8, 2016 7:00 pm		Northeastern	L 65–73	5–8 (1–1)	15 – Creighton	6 – Creighton	5 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center (570) Philadelphia
January 10, 2016 2:00 pm		at William & Mary	W 67–50	6–8 (2–1)	31 – Curran	9 – Creighton	10 – Creighton	Kaplan Arena (572) Williamsburg, Virginia
January 15, 2016 7:00 pm		at James Madison	L 56–67	6–9 (2–2)	11 – Tied	6 – Kracikova	4 – Creighton	JMU Convocation Center (2,495) Harrisonburg, Virginia
January 17, 2016 2:00 pm		Elon	W 74–31	7–9 (3–2)	22 – Curran	6 – Curran	7 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center (916) Philadelphia
January 22, 2016 7:00 pm		at Delaware	W 54–53	8–9 (4–2)	21 – Curran	7 – Creighton	4 – Creighton	Bob Carpenter Center (1,567) Newark, Delaware
January 25, 2016 7:00 pm		at Northeastern	W 53–49	9–9 (5–2)	17 – Creighton	7 – Curran	6 – Curran	Cabot Center (319) Boston
January 29, 2016 7:00 pm		Hofstra	W 67–64	10–9 (6–2)	16 – Creighton	8 – Schluth	8 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center (521) Philadelphia
January 31, 2016 5:00 pm, ASN		Delaware	W 47–43	11–9 (7–2)	16 – Curran	5 – Schluth	6 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center (614) Philadelphia
February 5, 2016 7:00 pm		at UNC Wilmington	W 71–57	12–9 (8–2)	21 – Curran	8 – Creighton	6 – Creighton	Trask Coliseum (616) Wilmington, North Carolina
February 7, 2016 2:00 pm		at College of Charleston	L 46–49	12–10 (8–3)	10 – Creighton	6 – Tied	7 – Curran	TD Arena (239) Charleston, South Carolina
February 12, 2016 7:00 pm		James Madison	L 55–59	12–11 (8–4)	22 – Curran	11 – Curran	4 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,016) Philadelphia
February 14, 2016 2:00 pm		UNC Wilmington	W 66–60	13–11 (9–4)	14 – Pellechio	5 – Creighton	8 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center (506) Philadelphia
February 19, 2016 7:00 pm		Towson	W 56–40	14–11 (10–4)	10 – Schluth	6 – Schluth	9 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center (908) Philadelphia
February 21, 2016 3:00 pm, ASN		at Elon	W 54–47	15–11 (11–4)	23 – Curran	8 – Curran	4 – Creighton	Alumni Gym (527) Elon, North Carolina
February 26, 2016 7:00 pm		at Hofstra	L 54–61	15–12 (11–5)	20 – Pellechio	6 – Tied	4 – Pellechio	Hofstra Arena (258) Hempstead, New York
February 28, 2016 2:00 pm		William & Mary	W 69–53	16–12 (12–5)	21 – Pellechio	7 – Tied	5 – Pellechio	Daskalakis Athletic Center (903) Philadelphia
March 2, 2016 7:00 pm		at Towson	W 74–33	17–12 (13–5)	13 – Curran	9 – Alexander	4 – Schluth	SECU Arena (520) Towson, Maryland
CAA Tournament
March 10, 2016 5:00 pm, ASN	(2)	vs. (10) Towson Quarterfinals	W 71–54	18–12	17 – Curran	5 – Tied	5 – Creighton	Show Place Arena (1,147) Upper Marlboro, Maryland
March 11, 2016 4:00 pm, CSN	(2)	vs. (6) Northeastern Semifinals	W 58–45	19–12	14 – Pellechio	6 – Pellechio	4 – Curran	Show Place Arena (1,216) Upper Marlboro, Maryland
March 12, 2016 4:00 pm, CSN	(2)	vs. (1) James Madison Championship	L 46–60	19–13	8 – Schluth	5 – Tied	3 – Tied	Show Place Arena (1,207) Upper Marlboro, Maryland
WNIT
March 18, 2016* 7:00 pm		Temple First Round	L 66–74	19–14	24 – Curran	5 – Smith	7 – Creighton	Daskalakis Athletic Center (641) Philadelphia
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

References[edit]

^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

[1] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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