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Maine77, Delaware 66 February 18, 1999 UD Cagers handed second home loss by Maine 77-66 NEWARK, DE -- Jamie Cassidy had 24 points and nine rebounds to help Maine (19-5, 15-1) hand the University Delaware women's basketball team (15-9, 9-7) only its second home loss of the season 77-66 on Thursday at the Bob Carpenter Center. Delaware, who shot 26-72 from the field, was led by Danielle Leyfert who had 13 points and a game-high 10 rebounds for the Blue Hens. Sophomore guard Cindy Johnson had 12 points, scoring in double figures for her 16th consecutive game, while Megan Dellegrotti had 13 points, on 2-6 shooting from three point land. Maine also got 20 points from Kristen McCormick on 6-10 three point shooting. Martin Tinklova also had 15 points, while Amy Vachon had six assists for the Black Bears. Delaware, who lost 81-51 to the Black Bears earlier this season, took a 31-30 lead into halftime after closing the half on a 6-0 run. Maine stormed out of the gates in the second half on a 9-0 run. Delaware went on a 7-0 run to cut the lead to 39-38 but could not wrestle the lead from Maine. Delaware had the deficit down to 56-51 with seven minutes, but Maine went on a 12-4 run to move the score to 68-55 and close out the game for the Black Bears. Maine (19-5, 15-1): Lopez 2-7 2-4 6, A. Clark 0-1 1-2 1, Cassidy 7-13 10-11 24, McCormick 7-11 0-0 20, Vachon 3-7 1-2 9, K. Clark 0-1 0-0 0, Bowman 1-4 0-0 2, Tinklova 4-5 7-12 15, Moldre 0-1 0-0 1,Totals: 24-50 21-31 77 Delaware (15-9, 9-7): Leyfert 6-15 1-2 13, Baker 1-8 4-5 6, Seifert2-3 0-0 4, Dellegrotti 3-8 5-6 13, Johnson 6-19 0-1 12, Whitling 0-0 0-0 0, Mulligan 3-6 0-0 6, Rible 4-10 1-1 9, Davis 0-1 0-0 0, Street 1-2 1-1 3, Totals: 26-72 12-16 66 Halftime: UD 31-30; Three-point attempts: UM: 8-18 (Lopez 0-1,Cassidy 0-1, McCormick 6-10, Vachon 2-5, Bowman 0-1); UD: 2-9 (Baker 0-1, Dellegrotti 2-6, Mulligan 0-2); Rebounds: UM: 40 (Cassidy 9); UD: 40 (Leyfert 10); Blocks: UM: 3 (Cassidy 3); UD: 2 (Baker, Seifert 1); Steals: UM: 12 (Lopez 5); UD: 13 (Baker 5); Attendance: 918 -