By Jerry Ratcliffe

Only 140 seconds had ticked off the game clock when Drexel coach Zach Spiker looked up and wondered what had poleaxed his basketball team Tuesday night.

Spiker knew his Dragons were in hostile territory, but c’mon man, this was ridiculous. In just a little more than two minutes into the game, Drexel trailed No. 9 Virginia, 16-2.

The main culprit of this early massacre was Thijs De Ridder, who had scored 12 points before the Dragons could breathe fire.

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