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Delaware vs. James
Madison
December 12, 1998
Delaware 67, James Madison 57
The University of Delaware women's basketball team (5-3)
defeated James Madison (5-4) 67-57 at the Bob Carpenter
Center on Saturday.
The win moved Delaware's home record to 4-0 at home this
year, which is the first time they have won the first four
home games of the season since 1989-90.
Delaware got out of the gates quickly outscoring James
Madison 30-15 to start off the first half. James Madison
went on a 6-0 run to cut the lead to 30-21, but Delaware
went into the half leading 33-25. James Madison went on a
13-4 run to start the second half and took a 39-38 lead.
The game went back and forth for about five minutes until
Megan Dellegrotti (Berwick, Pa./Berwick) hit a three
pointer with 7:22 left to break a tie at 46.
The Blue Hens went on a 9-0 run to put them up 55-46, and
never looked back as they won 67-57.
Delaware was led by Suzanne Street (Butler,
Pa/Butler) who had a season-high 20 points, 10 rebounds and
four blocks. Delaware also got a big game out of
Danielle Leyfert (Vienna, Va./Oakton) who had 17
points, six rebounds and a Delaware season-high six
assists.
James Madison was led by Mistiza Colebank and
Becky Wollenberg who had 15 points each. Colebank
also had five assists in the game.
James Madison (5-4): Jordan 4-9 0-2 8; Cook 3-10
0-0 6; Franklin 2-4 1-2 5; Colebank 5-15 4-5 15; Wollenberg
4-15 4-4 15; Archer, 0-2 0-0; White 1-2 0-2 2; Keener 1-1
0-0 2; Hardbarger 0-1 0-0 0; Todd 2-3 0-0 0; Totals: 22-63
9-15 57
Delaware (5-3): Leyfert 5-15 7-8 17; Baker 2-7 0-0
5; Street 9-13 2-3 20; Dellegrotti 2-3 2-2 7; Johnson 2-5
2-2 6; Wilmer 0-0 0-0 0; Whitling 1-2 1-2 3; Rible 0-1 2-2
2; Davis 1-6 5-6 7; Totals: 22-52 21-25 67
Halftime: Delaware 33-25; Three-pointers: JMU 4-16 (Cook
0-1, Colebank 1-3, Wollenberg 3-10, Archer 0-1, White 0-1),
UD 2-7 (Leyfert 0-1, Baker 1-1, Dellegrotti 1-2, Davis 0-3);
Steals:JMU 8 (Colebank 3), UD 4 (four tied with 1);Blocks:
JMU 4 (Franklin 3), UD 8 (Street 4); Attendance: 869
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