WESTMINSTER (MD) – Delaware Valley College junior Brenna Coll scored a game-high 24 points and reached the 1,000-point milestone in her career, but second-seeded McDaniel College used 27-9 run in the beginning of the second half to pull past the seventh-seeded Aggies, 73-58, in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) South Region quarterfinals.
The Green Terror improved to 20-6 on the year and advanced to the semifinals where they will take on No. 3 Saint Vincent College. For Delaware Valley, its season came to an end with a 15-12 and berths in both the Freedom Conference and ECAC playoffs for the first time since 2010. The entire roster is slated to be back next season.
Coll hit a fast-break layup with 14 seconds left in the first half for her 12th and 13th points of the game and points number 1,000 and 1,001 in her career. She became just the 14th player in program history to reach the coveted milestone. Coll finished the game shooting 10-for-18 from the field (2-for-3 from 3-point land) and 2-for-2 from the foul line for her 24 points. She also had a game-high 11 rebounds.
Coll scored the first nine points for the Aggies as they led 9-3 in the early moments. The next six were by Eireann Anastasi to maintain a six-point advantage.
McDaniel took its first lead of the half at 27-26 with two minutes to go, but Delaware Valley responded with three straight fast-break layups. Agatha Drozd hit the first followed by Sam Foy and then Coll on her milestone basket. . The Green Terror had a free throw in the closing seconds to stop the run but Delaware Valley took the 32-28 lead into the half.
However, the second half was all McDaniel, especially the first 11 minutes of the stanza when it turned a four-point deficit into a 55-41 advantage thanks to its 27-9 run. Part of that was 11 straight points by the Green Terror after a Coll 3-pointer pulled the Aggies to within three at 44-41 with 13:02 left. Delaware Valley's next points did not come until a pair of free throws by Drozd with 8:21 remaining.
Both teams shot under 40 percent from the field, but McDaniel took advantage of 21 Delaware Valley turnovers and turned them into 19 points (the Aggies had eight points off of McDaniel's 13 turnovers).
Steph Perez hit five 3-pointers and finished with 18 points to pace the Green Terror. Lindsay Nichols came off the bench to score 13 points while Emma Wingert had 10 points and seven boards.
Anastasi finished with 10 points for Delaware Valley. Drozd had nine points while Brittany Wood added eight points.