University of Delaware Men's Basketball: 1998-99 Schedule & Results

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NCAA EAST REGIONALS
Tennessee 62, Delaware 52
March 12, 1999
Charlotte Coliseum, Charlotte, NC

CHARLOTTE, NC -- Delaware's fourth trip to the NCAA Tournament was a near-miss as No. 20 ranked Tennessee pulled away midway through the second half on the way to the 62-52 win in the first round of the NCAA East Regionals at the Charlotte Coliseum.

No. 4 seed Tennessee (21-8), the champions of the Southeastern Conference East Division, won its first NCAA Tournament game since 1983 while the No. 13 seed Blue Hens had a 13-game win streak snapped and dropped to 0-4 in NCAA play. The Hens finished with a record of 25-6, the second best season in Delaware men's basketball history.

Delaware's Mike Pegues hit a turnaround jumper with 11:15 left to play to cut the UT lead to 36-35, but Volunteer forward Vincent Yarbrough scored four points and guard Brandon Wharton nailed a three-pointer and the Hens never got closer than six points the rest of the way.

Wharton scored 16 points and forward Isiah Victor came off the bench to add 14 points and pull 14 rebounds to lead the Volunteers. Pegues was the Hens' only player in double figures with 23 points and 10 rebounds while center John Bennett pulled 14 rebounds. Pegues set a UD single season record with 675 points. Delaware's No. 2 scorer, guard John Gordon, was held to just seven points and just one three-pointer.

The game was a sloppy one as the teams combined for 36 turnovers and neither shot better than 33 percent from the field. The Hens hit on 18 of 57 shots from the field (.298) and connected on just 2 of 15 three-pointers while Tennessee hit on 20 of 61 shots (.328), including just 3 of 17 from the three-point arc. The Hens' 52 points and two three-pointers were both season lows.

^{DELAWARE Min FG-A FT-A R A PF PTS}^{Pegues 33 7-23 9-14 10 2 2 23 Marciulionis 26 2-8 2-2 3 1 2 6 Bennett 33 2-6 1-2 14 0 4 5 Gordon 39 3-9 0-0 5 4 5 7 Perry 26 3-6 0-2 1 0 2 7 Diouf 24 1-3 0-0 0 0 1 2 Miller 19 0-2 2-2 0 0 1 2 Totals 200 18-57 14-22 43 7 17 52 .298 .684}^{TENNESSEE Min FG-A FT-A R A PF PTS}^{Yarbrough 21 1-4 4-4 4 1 2 6
Black 26 2-7 5-6 7 2 2 9
Tor. Harris 14 0-1 0-0 3 0 3 0
Ton. Harris 37 3-8 2-2 1 1 0 10
Wharton 39 5-18 5-6 7 4 4 16
Victor 25 7-15 0-1 14 0 4 14
Lee 21 1-4 2-4 4 0 2 4
Hathaway 16 1-2 1-2 2 0 3 3
Davis 2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0
Baker 1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0
Totals 200 20-61 19-25 47 8 21 62
.328 .760}

^{Delaware.......22.......30.......52

Tennessee......25.......37.......62}

^{Three-point FG}^{: D (.133), 2-15
(Gordon, 1-5, Perry, 1-3, Pegues, 0-1, Marciulionis, 0-5,
Miller, 0-1), T (.176), 3-17 (Ton. Harris, 2-5, Wharton,
1-5, Yarbrough, 0-1, Black, 0-1, Victor, 0-1, Lee, 0-2,
Davis, 0-1, Baker, 0-1);}^Blocks^{: D- 2 (Bennett, 2), T -
5 (Victor, 2, Yarbrough, Hathaway, Davis);}^Steals:^{D - 6 (Pegues, 2,
Perry, 2, Marciulionis, Perry), T - 7 (Ton. Harris, 3, Lee,
2, Black, Wharton);}^Turnovers:^{D - 17 (Pegues, 6, Bennett, 3, Team, 3, Marciulionis, 2,
Gordon, Perry, Miller); T - 19 (Ton. Harris, 6, Yarbrough,
2, Black, 2, Wharton, 2, Victor, 2, Lee, 2, Hathaway, 2,
Tor. Harris);}^Officials:^{Dave
Libbey, Jerry Petro, Paul Janssen;}^Attendance:^15,007
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