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March 10, 2000 Maine 74, Delaware
66 Blue Hens Fall Short in Search of First America East Crown BURLINGTON, VT -The University of Delaware’s run to its first ever America East women’s basektball title fell short Friday night at Maine’s Jamie Cassidy scored 25 points to lead the Black Bears to a 74-66 win in the semifinals at the University of Vermont’s Patrick Gymnasium. The No. 3 seed Blue Hens (21-8), who will await a potential Women’s NIT invitation Sunday, had a nine-game win streak snapped despite 17 points and eight rebounds from Christina Rible and 13 points and eight rebounds from Danielel Leyfert. It was the Blue Hens’ first trip to the America East semifinals since 1993 and their 21 wins was the most by a UD team since 1989-90. No. 2 seed Maine (20-9) advances to Saturday’s America East title game vs. No. 1 seed Vermont (24-5) at 3 p.m. It will be Maine’s sixth straight trip to the league title game. Vermont advanced with a 69-56 win over defending league champion Northeastern earlier Friday night. Delaware fell behind early in their battle with Maine and could never quite catch up on the lost ground. The Hens trailed just 14-10 eight minutes into the game before the Black Bears went off on a 17-1 tear on the way to a 42-27 halftime cushion. The Blue Hen clawed back, cutting the lead to nine points at 44-35 two minutes into the second half, but Maine responded again with a 7-0 run and led by at least 11 the rest of the way. Maine also got 13 points from guard Kristen McCormick while Cassidy added eight rebounds and Amy Vachon chipped in with eight assists. “I’m proud of our kids,” said Delaware fourth-year head coach Tina Martin, whose team was 6-21 just two years ago. “We played with a lot of heart tonight like we have all season. We just came up a little short. It’s that simple. Maine played like the veteran team they are. They’ve been there before and they played that way. They were the better team tonight. Our team didn’t lay down all year.” Maine held Delaware’s leading scorer, first team all-conference junior guard Cindy Johnson, in check all night and that was the difference. Johnson, who entered with a team-leading 17.6 points per game average, hit just 1 of 8 shots from the field and finished with points. She was held in single digits for the first time since scoring six points in a loss at Towson Jan. 22. AGATE: OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S
Delaware vs Maine
3/10/00 8:15 p.m. at Patrick Gym, Burlington, VT
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VISITORS: Delaware
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
33 LEYFERT, Danielle f 6 14 1 1 0 0 1 7 8 3 13 2 8 0 1 39
40 RIBLE, Christina f 5 11 0 0 7 8 5 3 8 4 17 3 1 0 0 33
50 STREET, Suzanne c 3 5 0 0 2 2 1 2 3 5 8 0 4 0 0 17
12 KOREN, Christine g 3 7 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0 2 35
22 JOHNSON, Cindy g 1 8 0 0 7 8 1 5 6 1 9 4 6 0 0 38
04 TIMMINS, Carrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
30 MULLIGAN, Karen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
34 BAKER, Renee 2 2 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 1 13
43 DAVIS, Lindsay 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 4 3 2 2 0 1 13
54 COLE, Christine 1 2 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 4 3 0 1 0 1 10
TEAM ........................................ 3 3 6 1
TOTALS 22 52 4 7 18 26 12 25 37 21 66 13 24 0 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 22-52 .423 Game: .423 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 4- 7 .571 Game: .571 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 18-26 .692 Game: .692 3
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HOME TEAM: Maine
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
No. N A M E FG FGA FG FGA FT FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
05 CLARK, Katie f 4 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 2 8 1 1 0 0 17
21 LOPEZ, Kizzy f 2 6 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 6 3 1 1 1 21
24 CASSIDY, Jamie c 8 17 0 1 9 13 3 5 8 3 25 1 6 5 1 28
04 MCCORMICK, Kristen g 5 9 3 6 0 0 2 3 5 0 13 0 1 0 1 29
20 VACHON, Amy g 1 6 1 4 0 0 1 4 5 4 3 8 5 0 1 35
10 MOLDRE, Eva 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 5 1 0 0 1 0 9
12 GUERRETTE, Tracy 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 14
22 STONE, Lacey 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 8
25 TINKLOVA, Martina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 6
33 JAMES, Anna 3 5 0 1 4 4 2 4 6 3 10 1 0 0 2 19
34 CRUZ, Pam 1 4 0 0 2 4 0 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 14
TEAM ........................................ 1 0 1
TOTALS 25 55 5 16 19 27 11 23 34 23 74 15 18 7 7 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 25-55 .455 Game: .455 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 5-16 .313 Game: .313 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 19-27 .704 Game: .704 2
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OFFICIALS:
TECHNICAL FOULS:
Delaware - none
Maine - none
ATTENDANCE:
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
Delaware 27 39 66
Maine 42 32 74
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