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Philadelphia – Evona McGill She posted three straight double-digit scoring runs, and the Elon Women’s Basketball Team held CAA Preseason Player of the Year Keeshana Washington to its worst shooting performance of the season, but Phoenix eventually finished 61-0 on Sunday. Lost to Drexel on 49.

McGill scored 14 points on 7-of-11 shooting to tie the game Raven Preston As part of a strong all-around effort, he led the team with 6 rebounds. Renaja Evans Joining McGill in double figures with 10 points, Preston and Asia James Each scored 9 points.

Elon (5-16, CAA 1-9) limited Washington’s shooting percentage to 25% (20-5), but the alumni guard still finished with a game-high 16 points. Chloe Hodges followed her with 15 points on 6-for-6 shooting as the Dragons (15-5, 7-2) won the only meeting between the two schools this season.

rundown

McGill started hot and scored the first four points of the game, but Drexel could not take the lead with an 11–0 run in response. Evans made his two free throws to cut the deficit to 11-6 with 4:37 left in the first quarter, but the Dragons scored 6 of his 8 points in the final of this period. Scored and he took a 17-8 lead in the second quarter.

Both teams bounced back and forth over the first five minutes of the second quarter, with neither scoring any runs. But with 4:57 left in the period, Jasmine his Valentine made a layup that ignited his 10-3 run that extended Drexel’s lead to 33-19. Elon scored his last four points of the quarter but went into halftime 33-23.

Coming out of the break, Phoenix scored the first four points of the 3rd quarter to take it 33-27. Both teams traded batting over the next four minutes, and with 4:37 left in the period, James scored three points to cut the deficit to 39-35. It proved to be Elon’s final field goal of the quarter as the Dragons finished the period with a 7-2 run to take a 46-37 lead.

After both teams scored on their first fourth quarter possession, Washington went on a 5-0 run to put Drexel up 53-39. James snapped a run with a three-pointer a few minutes later to start a 10-2 run with 2:19 remaining to bring Elon back within six of him, but the Dragons won on his 6-0 run. Finished the game.

Note

McGill’s three-game scoring streak equals her longest season record. The Alumni Center kicked off the year with three straight double-digit games against Wake Forest, North Carolina, and High Point.

Evans scored in double figures for the 12th time this season to tie Preston for the team lead.

James went 3-5 on 3-pointers to end Phoenix’s two-game road trip 5-8.

Vanessa Taylor It was the 36th start of his career for the second year in a row.

Drexel won the board battle 35-28. Elon’s 28 rebounds were his second-lowest this season, and his offensive board with 6 was his lowest.

Phoenix had the second-lowest 10 turnovers this season. Elon is averaging 11.5 turnovers over his last 4 games. He entered the stretch averaging 20.1 turnovers in his first 17 games.