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UD women’s basketball prepares for CAA tourney

Chrissy Fisher was one of four Hens who scored in double figures in the victory over Northeastern.

8:02 a.m., March 2, 2007--The University of Delaware women's basketball team defeated Northeastern University 65-35 in their Colonial Athletic Association regular season finale on Thursday night in Boston.

With the victory, the Fightin' Blue Hens finished 25-4 overall and 16-2 in the CAA, clinching the No. 3 seed in the conference tournament to be played March 8-11 at the Bob Carpenter Center.

The Hens will begin tournament play at 5 p.m., Friday, March 9, with a quarterfinal game against the winner of Thursday's first round game between No. 6 seed Virginia Commonwealth University and No. 11 seed Northeastern.

“Our kids played extremely well tonight,” UD Head Coach Tina Martin said following Thursday's victory. “We had four players in double figures which is great. We've been playing good basketball but we just have to keep it going. Winning 25 games is a great achievement and a true testament to our efforts. We will get back home and start thinking about the tournament. We have to be physically and mentally ready to go for what hopefully will be a championship run. We are excited to be hosting the tournament and we hope all the fans come out to see us play. We want to show people the kind of support we have.”

Scoring in double figures were senior guard Tyresa Smith, with 16 points and 15 rebounds, junior guard Kyle DeHaven with 13 points, senior guard Alena Koshansky with 11 points and senior forward Chrissy Fisher with 10 points.

The CAA women's tournament will open Thursday, March 8, with No. 8 seed Georgia State University meeting No. 9 Drexel University at noon. That will be followed by No. 5 College of William & Mary against No. 12 George Mason University at 2:30, No. 6 Virginia Commonwealth against No. 11 Northeastern at 5 p.m., and No. 7 Towson University against No. 10 University of North Carolina Wilmington at 7:30 p.m.

The Hens, along with No. 1 seed Old Dominion University, No. 2 James Madison University and No. 4 Hofstra University have opening round byes.

In Friday's quarterfinals, Old Dominion will meet the winner of the Georgia State-Drexel game at noon, Hofstra will meet the winner of the William & Mary-George Mason game at 2:30 p.m., the Hens will take the court at 5 p.m., and James Madison will meet the winner of the Towson-UNC Wilmington game at 7:30 p.m.

The semifinals are set for noon and 2:30 p.m., Saturday, March 10, with the championship game at 2 p.m., Sunday, March 11.

All 11 games of the CAA women's basketball championship will be available via various multimedia platforms. Thursday's first-round games and Friday's quarterfinal contests will be web streamed on [www.caasports.com].

Comcast CN8 and other CAA television affiliates will televise both semifinal games on Saturday. The semifinals can also be viewed on the Internet at [www.cn8.tv]. Comcast SportsNet will televise the CAA championship game on Sunday afternoon. Visit the CAA athletics web site throughout the week for updated television listings.

Tickets can be purchased through the box offices of CAA member institutions, by calling the University of Delaware box office at (302) 831-2257, or by logging on to [www.ticketmaster.com].

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