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UD women’s basketball extends winning streak

Tiffany Young scored 21 points to lead UD past Manhattan.

10:14 a.m., Dec. 23, 2003--The University of Delaware women’s basketball team, led by Tiffany Young’s career-high 21 points, defeated Manhattan College 63-42 on Monday night at the Bob Carpenter Sports/Convocation Center.

It was the eighth straight win for the Fightin’ Blue Hens, who are off to the best start in UD history.

Young, a junior forward, scored 14 of her points in the second half points as the Hens pulled away. She was 11 of 14 from the foul line and also had eight rebounds, two blocked shots and three steals.

Julie Sailer added 11 points for the Hens and Tiara Malcom had eight points and five rebounds.

UD (8-1) is unbeaten since losing its season opener to the University of Richmond and has held three straight opponents to fewer than 50 points.

Manhattan (3-4) was led by forward Rosalee Mason, who had 13 points and eight rebounds. Serra Sanger and Nikoletta Deutsch scored eight points each and Danielle Cooper had six assists.

Manhattan, which has just eight players on its roster, committed 30 turnovers and had three players foul out. UD took advantage by connecting on 33 of 45 foul shots.

The game was close for the first 12 minutes but the Hens scored the last eight points of the half to take a 34-22 lead into the break. Tracey Howell hit a half-court shot at the buzzer for the 12-point lead.

UD dominated the second half and held Manhattan to just three points over the final seven minutes of the game.

The Hens will return to action on Sunday, Jan. 4, when they open the Colonial Athletic Association season with a game at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Tip-off will be at 2 p.m.

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