(WESTMINSTER, Md.) – Leah Laubach (Jr., Marietta, Pa. / Lancaster Catholic) and Leah Drozginski (FY, Scranton, Pa. / Pittston) both reached double-figures, but it wasn't enough as Wilson fell to McDaniel in the season opener on Friday evening. Laubach matched the Green Terror's Grace Hempsell for game-high honors on the offensive end while also having a strong night on the glass as she tied a pair of McDaniel players for the most rebounds.

The Basics

Score: Wilson 49, McDaniel 80

Venue: Gill Center

Records: Wilson 0-1, 0-0 UE; McDaniel 1-0, 0-0 Centennial

How It Happened

• Tournament host McDaniel got off to a hot start with a 9-0 run in the first two minutes before Drozginski put the Phoenix on the board with a 3-pointer on a dish from Laubach. After a Laubach steal, Drozginski hit a midrange jumper to cut the deficit to four. The Green Terror responded with a 7-0 run en route to a 22-11 lead at the end of the first.
• McDaniel pulled away even more in the second quarter, its best frame of the night. The hosts made 10-of-19 in the stanza to extend their lead by 17.
• Things faired better for the Blue and White in the second half as they were nearly equal with McDaniel in the each quarter. Gabbie Ball (So., Falling Waters, W.Va. / Spring Mills / Hagerstown CC) scored a pair of buckets in the third to lead a balanced Wilson offense that saw seven players scored. Laubach added five of her total in the fourth.

Inside The Numbers

• Laubach finished the night with 11 pointsand was a rebound shy of a double-double.
• Drozginski hit double-figures in her collegiate debut with 10 points and hit a pair of 3-pointers in the process.
• Ball and Shaylee McGlinchey (FY, New Market, Md. / Oakdale) also had solid debuts with eight points each.
• Mackenzie Caldwell-Degnon (Sr., Rockville, Md. / Richard Montgomery) had an excellent second half as she scored all seven points during the final two frames.
• McDaniel was paced by Hempsell who scored 11 after going 5-for-9 on the night. Raegan Lenz and Teya McConnaha each had nine rebounds to match Laubach.
• The Green Terror were a force on the glass as they outrebounded the Phoenix 57-31.

Up Next
Wilson will take on Union in the consolation game of the Rebecca Martin Memorial Tip-Off. The Garnet Chargers were defeated by Catholic in the second game on Friday evening. The Phoenix and Union will open up Saturday's slate at the Gill Center at 2 p.m.