WILMINGTON, N.C. – UNCW travels to Drexel to take on the Dragons at Daskalakis Athletic Center on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Seahawks, who are in a three-way tie for fifth place in the CAA standings, will look to defeat the second-place Dragons for the first time since 2011. 

After building a 16-point lead early in the second quarter, UNCW women's basketball went cold offensively in the third, falling to Delaware, 72-67, in Coastal Athletic Association action at Bob Carpenter Center on Friday night. Delaware outscored UNCW in the second half, 42-28. The Blue Hens finished with a 36-20 advantage in points in the paint and forced 20 turnovers. Delaware also held UNCW without a field goal for the final 6:11 of the third quarter. With the loss, UNCW slipped from third to tied for fifth in the CAA standings.

UNCW had a balanced scoring attack against the Blue Hens on Friday night. Jania Hall led the Seahawks with 17 points in 26 minutes off the bench. Ali Zelaya added 16 points, nine rebounds, and four blocks. Tia Dobson finished with 11 points and four assists, and Taylor Henderson chipped in with 10 points and six rebounds. 

Graduate Evan Miller broke the program's 14-year career games played record in the first quarter against Delaware. Miller entered the game with 5:15 left in the quarter to surpass the record of 126 games held by Treasure Johnson and Martha White (both played at UNCW from 2007-11). Miller also moved into the program's top five for career minutes played in the game, passing Tracy Morgan (2000-04). The graduate guard is 92 points away from 1,000 and averages 9.6 points per game during the 2024-25 season.

With a team-high 17 points vs Delaware, Hall needs 16 points to reach 1,000 for her career. Hall was the CAA's Sixth Player of the Year at Monmouth last season and moved to the bench 10 games ago for UNCW. Since the switch, Hall has scored in double figures six times. Hall averages 9.8 points per game this season. She also needs 17 minutes to reach 3,000 for her career.

Zelaya leads UNCW in scoring with 11.7 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. The graduate transfer has recorded seven double-doubles this season. She ranks seventh in the CAA with 15.3 points per game in conference play. She is among the nation's elite in four statistical categories. Zelaya is 12th in defensive rebounds per game (7.7), 13th in blocks (50), 22nd in blocks per game (2.17), and 33rd in rebounds (215). She leads the CAA in blocks, rebounds, and defensive rebounds per game.

Henderson averages 11.5 and 6.3 points per contest, ranking second in both categories for the Seahawks.  Henderson has scored 689 points in 52 career games (13.3 PPG). 

GAME COVERAGE

•   UNCW (12-11, 6-4 CAA) at Drexel (11-9, 7-3 CAA)
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•   Live Stats: UNCWSports.com/coverage

SERIES INFO

Drexel has won 34 of the 42 all-time meetings. The Seahawks are looking to snap a 25-game winless streak against the Dragons since 2011. UNCW has not beaten Drexel in Philadelphia since 2010.

SCOUTING THE DRAGONS

The Dragons fell to Monmouth on the road on Friday night, 50-47. Monmouth outscored Drexel in points in the paint, 22-14. Amaris Baker, last season's Most Outstanding Player in the CAA Tournament, scored 20 points, shooting 9-of-31 from the field in 40 minutes. Baker leads the league with 18.8 points per game and ranks second in field goal percentage (42.1%). Deja Evans, Cara McCormack, and Chloe Hodges each average just under 8 points per game. Drexel leads the CAA with 16 assists per game, and the Dragons are 9-1 at home this season.

SEAHAWK STATS - SUPER BOWL SUNDAY EDITION

UNCW is 7-23 all-time on Super Bowl Sunday...Drexel and UNCW have played three previous times on Super Bowl Sunday (2007, 2009, and 2015)...Last season on Super Bowl Sunday, UNCW defeated Elon on the road, 60-58. 

LOOKING AHEAD

UNCW returns to Trask Coliseum for Alumni Night against Elon on Friday at 7 p.m. Elon leads the all-time series, 16-9. The Seahawks are 5-7 against the Phoenix in games played in Wilmington.