As a member of the Romanian Under-20 National team, Gabriela Marginean averaged 19.5 points and seven rebounds per game and was named a team captain. Sounds like an international talent that should be highly touted. Fortunately for Drexel, Marginean was relatively unknown and turned out to be a great discovery for her coach, Denise Dillon.
Freshman Chris Fouch continued to light up the scoreboard during the Drexel men's basketball team's 97-55 thrashing of Towson at the Daskalaskis Athletic Center Feb. 2. Fouch dropped 28 points on the Tigers, including a ridiculous 6-of-7 from beyond the three-point arc.
In order to prepare her team for a Jan. 31 home matchup with Delaware, Drexel women's basketball head coach Denise Dillon put up a specific statistic on the board in the locker room for all of her players to see. "[Elena] Delle Donne gets 35 [points], the rest of the team gets 20.
The students at Penn Alexander School in West Philadelphia only have gym class once a week. But a surprising visit from Drexel University sport management students in Amy Giddings' women and minorities in sport class made their latest session a memorable one.
For the Philadelphia Eagles' fan base, the 2009 season ended before it even began. Denver Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels surgically removed Philadelphia's heart and soul when he plucked seven-time Pro Bowl safety Brian Dawkins from free agency. And once the season began it was more of the same, or what Eagles President Joe Banner would refer to as "insanity.
The Drexel women's basketball team was stunned by Towson 53-48 Feb. 4 at the Towson Center in Towson, Md. as the Tigers snapped the Dragons' six-game winning streak. Senior forward Gabriela Marginean had a game-high 28 points for Drexel (14-7, 8-2 Colonial Athletic Association), but it was not enough.
Since the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills met in Super Bowl XXVII, there haven't been two number one seeds in the Super Bowl - until now. The two best teams in the regular season are set to face off at Sun Life Stadium Sunday, Feb. 7 in Miami as the AFC's No.
