PHILADELPHIA -- Sophomore forward Gabriela Marginean scored 15 of her game-high 19 points in the second half, accounting for 13 of her team’s last 19 points, to lead Drexel to a 48-42 victory over Delaware in CAA women’s basketball action on Thursday evening.

Senior guard Narissa Suber notched 14 points and hit four three-pointers for the Dragons, who recorded their second straight win over UD after a 66-62 win in Newark last month.

Sophomore forward Sha’Ron Harrison (at right) scored 13 points and hauled in six rebounds for UD (6-18, 5-7 CAA), which dropped its second consecutive game and managed 42 points for the third outing in a row. Freshman guard Tesia Harris added eight points and four boards and freshman forward Ariene Jenkins contributed seven points and five rebounds in the defeat.

The Dragons came out firing, as they scored the first eight points of the game and held UD scoreless for the first 6:37. Harrison ignited a 9-3 UD rally, scoring seven points during the run, to help the Hens close to within 11-9 at the 9:44 mark. Neither team scored over the next 6:18, as the teams went a combined 0-for-12 from the floor until senior guard Kyle DeHaven knotted the score on a banked jumper with 3:26 left in the period.

The Hens and Dragons traded three-pointers over the next four possessions – two by UD freshman guard Tesia Harris and one each by Drexel guards Narissa Suber and Jasmina Rosseel – and the squads went to the locker room tied at 17.

UD opened the half by scoring seven consecutive points to take command at 24-17 with 17:50 left, but the Dragons wouldn’t die. They countered with an 11-2 run of their own to regain the lead, as Rosseel drained two trifectas during the spurt and Suber swished one from 28 feet out as the shot clock sounded.

After sophomore center Farrah Ferguson hit a 10-foot jumper to tie the score at 30 at the 12:14 mark, Marginean netted nine straight Drexel points – the last five at the charity stripe – to give her Dragons a 39-32 advantage they would never relinquish. UD suffered through an 8:12 stretch without a field goal midway through the half.

“We need to take care of the ball and make better decisions down the stretch,” said Delaware head coach Tina Martin. “We’ve played very tough in the conference, and once these kids get back up – get their psyches right – I feel we can make a big push to end the season. The loss tonight was tough, but we have so much potential. Once the kids learn to make better decisions, we’re going to be a very good team.”

Delaware shot 15-for-47 (.316) from the field, committed 25 turnovers, and hit just 10 of its 17 free-throw attempts in the defeat. The Hens did manage to hold Drexel to .306 shooting, forcing 23 Dragon turnovers.

Rosseel finished with nine points on three three-pointers for Drexel (13-10, 8-4 CAA), while senior point guard Kyle DeHaven notched four points, five assists, and six steals for the Hens. DeHaven, the national leader in steals at 5.0 spg, now has 407 career steals and a school-record 109 this season.

The Hens return to action on Sunday, when they host Hofstra at 1 p.m.

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