Gabriela Marginean

When Drexel's Gabriela Marginean scored 47 points in the NCAA record five-overtime win over Northeastern her freshman season, it was apparent that coach Denise Dillon had recruited one of the special players in the history of the local six Division I schools. Four years later, the senior has outscored them all. Marginean, a native of Romania, set a local women's career scoring record last night in Drexel's 58-52 win over Towson in a Colonial Athletic Association game at the Daskalakis Athletic Center.

Kamile Nacickaite scored 26 points to lead Drexel past Bucknell, 67-54, in a women's basketball game at the Daskalakis Athletic Center yesterday. Gabriela Marginean added 24 in a win that improves the Dragons to 5-4. Joyce Novacek scored 17 points and Cosima Higham added 11 to lead Bucknell (2-8).

Gabriela Marginean scored 20 points, becoming the Colonial Athletic Association's all-time leading scorer and leading Drexel to a 46-43 victory over visiting William & Mary last night. Marginean entered the game needing just eight points to surpass the total of 2,121 set by James Madison's Tamera Young in 2008. She broke the mark by hitting a free throw with 6:34 remaining in the first half. Tyler Hale and Kamile Nacickaite each added eight points for the Dragons (8-5, 2-0 CAA).

Gabriela Marginean had 25 points and 12 rebounds as Drexel eased past visiting Northeastern, 58-50, in a Colonial Athletic Association women's game last night. Marginean shot 10-for-17 from the floor and 4-for-4 from the line. Marisa Crane (10 points) was the only other player in double figures for the Dragons (15-8, 9-3), who had lost their previous two games. Kim Carr scored 15 points to lead the Huskies (9-13, 4-8).

Gabriela Marginean led a second-half Drexel rally, but the Dragons were still on the losing end of a 53-46 final against host James Madison in a Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball game last night. Marginean led the Dragons (8-3 CAA, 14-8 overall) with 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Tyler Hale added 12 points as Drexel closed an 18-point lead to only two with 8 minutes left. However, JMU's Dawn Evans (31 points) led the Dukes (8-3, 18-4) on a 23-8 run to close the contest.

Nicole Hester scored a season-high 17 points to help Drexel extend its winning streak to seven games with a 62-42 victory over George Mason in a women's basketball game yesterday in Fairfax, Va. The streak is the Dragons' longest since 2000-01. Drexel (8-6, 3-0 Colonial Athletic Association) shot a first-half, season-best 58.8 percent to take a 37-24 halftime lead. Narissa Suber had 14 points and Jasmina Rosseel added 13. Leading scorer Gabriela Marginean was held to nine points in 23 minutes because of foul trouble.

Gabriela Marginean went off yet again, this time scoring a season-high 33 points in a 69-59 Drexel loss to conference foe Old Dominion yesterday at the Constant Center in Norfolk, Va. The loss snapped a 15-game win streak against Colonial Athletic Association opponents for the Dragons (8-6, 2-1 CAA) who led 25-24 at the half. An 8-2 run in the second from the Lady Monarchs (4-9, 2-1), who were led by Jasmie Parker's 22 points, proved the difference. Drexel is off until Thursday when it travels to Hofstra.

It was a record-setting night for the Drexel women's basketball team as it won its first-ever postseason game, advancing to the second round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament with a 57-41 victory over Fairfield in Fairfield, Conn., on Thursday night. The win was the Dragons' program-best 10th on the road this season in 15 true road contests. Kamile Nacickaite, who reached double figures for the 30th time this season with 12 points, played in her 126th career game, breaking a tie with former teammate Gabriela Marginean for the school record.

IT WAS a record-setting performance for the Drexel women's basketball team as it won its first-ever postseason game, advancing to the second round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament with a 57-41 victory at Fairfield last night. The win was the Dragons' program-best 10th on the road this season in 15 true road contests. Kamile Nacickaite, who reached double figures for the 30th time this season with 12 points, played in her 126th career game, breaking a tie with former teammate Gabriela Marginean for the school record.

Gabriela Marginean averaged 20.6 points and 7.6 rebounds at Drexel, good enough to land atop the list as the Dragons' and the Colonial Athletic Association's all-time leading scorer in men's and women's basketball, with 2,581 points. She also left Drexel as the top scorer in Philadelphia women's basketball history. Now that she has graduated, playing professionally in Romania, few know what to expect from the Drexel women's basketball team. But the Dragons do. Led by junior Kamile Nacickaite, they won their first five games, good for the best start in school history, before losing their first game Saturday, to Virginia.

Gabriela Marginean scored 27 points with eight rebounds in what might have been her final game at Drexel, a 67-61 overtime loss to Delaware in a quarterfinal game of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament yesterday in Harrisonburg, Va. The Blue Hens (21-10) rallied from five points down in the last 2 minutes of OT, and beat the Dragons (17-13) in the teams' third overtime game of the season. Drexel, the defending CAA Tournament champion, had won the first two meetings. "I'm proud of how our girls battled back to give us a chance to get into overtime," Drexel coach Denise Dillon said.

Drexel, the defending women's basketball champion in the Colonial Athletic Association, could be heading for a third battle with Delaware tomorrow in a quarterfinal of the conference tournament at the JMU Convocation Center in Harrisonburg, Va. That's the place the Dragons made history last season, ousting the perennial champion, Old Dominion, in the semifinals. They then beat the host, James Madison, for the automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. This year, Drexel (17-12) has its spot locked up for tomorrow with a bye despite dropping its last four games.

Hofstra's Nicole Capurso sank a layup with two seconds remaining in overtime yesterday, lifting the Pride over Drexel, 68-67, at the Daskalakis Athletic Center. "We weathered the storm," Hofstra coach Krista Kilburn-Stevesky said. "We talked at halftime about Drexel's ability to come back. " The Dragons (17-9, 11-4 Colonial Athletic Association) trailed by 16 points early in the second half. They rallied to force the overtime when Gabriela Marginean hit two foul shots with 25 seconds remaining for a 59-59 tie. Marginean scored on a layup with 24 seconds left in overtime for a 67-66 lead before Capurso hit the winner.

Brittany Ford drilled a 15-foot jumper from the left baseline with 0.9 seconds remaining to lift visiting Saint Joseph's to a 67-66 Atlantic 10 victory at Richmond. Ford finished with 14 points and Mariame Djouara added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the Hawks (15-12, 8-4), who trailed by as many as nine in the second half. Abby Oliver scored 21 points to lead Richmond (16-10, 5-6). In another women's game: Nicole Capurso scored on a driving layup with 2 seconds left in overtime to lift visiting Hofstra to a 68-67 win over Drexel in a Colonial Athletic Association game.

When Drexel's Gabriela Marginean scored 47 points in the NCAA record five-overtime win over Northeastern her freshman season, it was apparent that coach Denise Dillon had recruited one of the special players in the history of the local six Division I schools. Four years later, the senior has outscored them all. Marginean, a native of Romania, set a local women's career scoring record last night in Drexel's 58-52 win over Towson in a Colonial Athletic Association game at the Daskalakis Athletic Center.

Gabriela Marginean had 25 points and 12 rebounds as Drexel eased past visiting Northeastern, 58-50, in a Colonial Athletic Association women's game last night. Marginean shot 10-for-17 from the floor and 4-for-4 from the line. Marisa Crane (10 points) was the only other player in double figures for the Dragons (15-8, 9-3), who had lost their previous two games. Kim Carr scored 15 points to lead the Huskies (9-13, 4-8).

Gabriela Marginean led a second-half Drexel rally, but the Dragons were still on the losing end of a 53-46 final against host James Madison in a Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball game last night. Marginean led the Dragons (8-3 CAA, 14-8 overall) with 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Tyler Hale added 12 points as Drexel closed an 18-point lead to only two with 8 minutes left. However, JMU's Dawn Evans (31 points) led the Dukes (8-3, 18-4) on a 23-8 run to close the contest.