Drexel got double-digit scoring from four of their five starters, opening up an eight point lead at the half and extending it in the second half to end up with an 76–62 win. Island Division All-Tournament team Teanna Muldrow, West Virginia MVP Aubree Brown, Drexel Tori Schickel, Butler Taylor Emery, Virginia Tech Chania Ray, West Virginia Reef Division The opening day game between Syracuse and Wisconsin in the Reef Division was a nailbiter. These two teams had never played before. The game had 11 lead changes and neither team ever mounted a large lead. Syracuse had a three-point lead near the end of the game when Wisconsin's Suzanne Gilreath attempted a three-point shot with two seconds left which would have sent the game to overtime. The shot did not go in and Syracuse prevailed 77–74. George Washington and Vanderbilt squared off in the other Reef Division opening day game. The game was close into the second quarter, with Vanderbilt holding only a one point margin, when the Commodores held the Colonials scoreless for the last four minutes of quarter while scoring nine points of their own to go up 10 at halftime. Vanderbilt maintained then expanded their lead in the second half to almost 20 points. George Washington narrowed the lead near the end of the game but could get it no closer than 10 points, The Commodores won 69–59. George Washington faced Wisconsin on the second day. The colonials were up by a single point at the end of the first quarter but turned up their defense and held the Badgers to a single basket in the second quarter, outscoring them 15–3. Wisconsin cut into the lead in the second half closing to within seven points, but the Colonials clamped down on defense and increased the lead, ending with a 61–46 victory. Syracuse took on Vanderbilt in a game that was much closer than the final score indicated. In the first half the scoring margin never exceeded four points, and the half ended with Vanderbilt up by a single point. Both extended the lead to six in the second half but then Syracuse came back and opened up as much as a nine point lead. Vanderbilt came back within one, fell behind again, but then retook the lead 76–75 with under two minutes left. Tiana Mangakahia hit a layup to give Syracuse a one point lead that started a