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South Florida 65, Delaware 61 December 4, 1999 USF Tournament 2nd round TAMPA, FLA. – Host University of South Florida came from behind to defeat the University of Delaware women’s basketball team 65-61 in the second round of the USF Tournament Saturday night at The Ccrall. The Blue Hens, who lost to Mississippi 90-55 in the opening round Friday night, led 28-26 at halftime and led inside the nine-minute mark before South Florida rallied for the win. The Blue Hens fell to 3-2 on the season while USF, a first round winner over Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, improved to 5-0. Delaware junior guard Cindy Johnson led the Blue Hens once again with 17 points and seven rebounds, upping her tournament total to 35 points. Junior Danielle Leyfert bounced back from a scoreless effort vs. Mississippi to score 11 points while sophomore Christina Rible, playing just her second game back from a knee injury, added 10 points and nine rebounds off the bench. Dione Smith led South Florida with 12 points while Monica Echeverria had 11 points and nine rebounds. Delaware lost despite holding a 44-35 rebounding advantage and forcing 26 turnovers. “I thought we played a very solid basketball game,” said Delaware head coach Tina Martin. “I’m proud of the way we played tonight and I think that will help us as the season progresses.” The Hens built a 28-26 lead at halftime and held a slim lead for most of the early part of the second stanza. But South Florida rallied and went up for good when Sarah Wilson hit two free throws with 8:26 left to go up 53-52. Delaware trailed just 64-61 with 1:21 left to play, but Dione Smith nailed a free throw and the Hens never got closer. Delaware will return to action Thursday when it opens the 1999-2000 America East Conference season at Vermont. - DDD - OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S Delaware vs South Florida 12/4/99 7:30 p.m. at Tampa, FL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Delaware 3-2 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 3 8 0 1 5 6 4 0 4 3 11 3 4 0 1 26 34 BAKER, Renee f 2 6 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 4 5 0 1 0 0 12 50 STREET, Suzanne c 4 8 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 2 8 1 5 0 0 21 12 KOREN, Christine g 0 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 2 32 22 JOHNSON, Cindy g 8 20 0 4 1 2 3 4 7 3 17 2 4 0 5 38 04 TIMMINS, Carrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 DELLEGROTTI, Megan 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 1 2 0 0 9 40 RIBLE, Christina 5 7 0 0 0 0 3 6 9 5 10 0 1 0 2 22 43 DAVIS, Lindsay 2 7 0 1 1 2 6 3 9 2 5 0 1 1 0 20 54 COLE, Christine 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 19 TEAM ........................................ 1 3 4 TOTALS 26 72 2 15 7 10 22 22 44 25 61 11 21 1 11 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-33 .394 2nd Half: 13-39 .333 Game: .361 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1- 6 .167 2nd Half: 1-9 .111 Game: .133 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 1- 2 .500 2nd Half: 6-8 .750 Game: .700 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: South Florida 5-0 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 30 Echeverria, Monica f 5 8 0 0 1 2 2 7 9 4 11 5 5 1 3 33 50 Smith, Lindsey f 2 4 0 0 3 7 2 0 2 2 7 0 1 0 1 16 11 Fairley, Melissa c 4 7 1 2 0 0 3 1 4 0 9 1 3 0 0 17 14 Layne, Shannon g 4 10 1 5 0 0 1 7 8 0 9 1 7 0 0 36 21 Smith, Dione g 3 3 0 0 6 11 0 3 3 3 12 3 3 0 3 35 05 Leslie, Charmain 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 10 Stinson, Denetrice 2 6 0 0 4 8 0 3 3 1 8 1 3 0 1 27 22 Leggett-Smith, Meaga 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 9 24 Wilson, Abbi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 33 Shepard, Aiya 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 6 34 Wilson, Sarah 1 3 0 0 2 4 2 2 4 2 4 0 2 0 0 17 TEAM ........................................ 0 2 2 TOTALS 23 45 2 7 17 36 10 25 35 15 65 12 26 1 10 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9- 21 .000 2nd Half: 14-24 .583 Game: .511 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1- 4 .000 2nd Half: 1- 3 .333 Game: .286 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 7- 11 .000 2nd Half: 10-25 .400 Game: .472 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS: Mario Coppoza, Ed Novak, Laura Phillips TECHNICAL FOULS: Delaware - none South Florida - none ATTENDANCE: 175 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Delaware 28 33 61 South Florida 26 39 65