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February 1, 1999 NEWARK, DE -- Chris Seifert (Myerstown, Pa/Eastern Lebanon Valley) had a career-high 23 points and season-high nine rebounds to lead the University of Delaware women's basketball team (13-7, 7-5) to a 66-63 victory over Northeastern (12-6, 6-4) Monday at the Bob Carpenter Center. The Hens avenged a 90-67 loss earlier in the season at Cabot Gym to the Huskies and moved to six games over .500 for the first time since the 1989-90 season. Cindy Johnson (Far Rockaway, N.Y./August Martin) had 15 points for the Hens while Renee Baker (Wilmington, Del./Padua Academy) also scored in double figures with 11 points. Danielle Leyfert (Vienna, Va./Oakton) was held to only six points, but had six rebounds and five assists for Delaware. Christina Rible (Little Silver, N.J./Red Bank Regional) tied a team-high with nine rebounds. Northeastern was led by Tesha Tinsley who had 30 points and 15 rebounds. Tinsley has now scored 71 points and grabbed 24 rebounds this year against the Hens. Betsy Palecek also chipped in with 17 points and eight rebounds for the Huskies, while Lani Lawrence had 10 points and seven boards. Delaware trailed at halftime for the fourth straight game 28-27 after a first half that saw them shoot 8-29 from the field. The second half was back and forth. Delaware took a 54-47 lead with 9:02 left, however Northeastern went on a 10-2 run to take a 57-56 lead with 5:15 left. Delaware was down 59-58 with 4:27 left, but Leyfert had two straight buckets and assisted on Rible layup to put Delaware up for good at 64-60. Northeastern had a chance to tie the game when Baker missed two free throws with 66-63 lead and 13 seconds left, but a Tinsley three pointer at the buzzer missed to perserve the Delaware victory. The Hens shot .593 percent from the field in the second half. Delaware will be in action on Saturday Feb. 6 against Towson at the Bob Carpenter Center at 1 p.m. Northeastern (12-6, 6-4): Palecek 6-10 5-6 17, Almengot 2-9 0-0 5, Lawrence 4-8 2-4 10, Tinsley 10-19 9-12 30, Caruso 0-5 0-0 0, Burroughs 0-2 0-0 0, Hanewald 0-1 1-2 1, Kruger 0-0 0-0 0, Totals: 22-54 17-24 63 Delaware (13-7, 7-5): Leyfert 3-10 0-2 6, Baker 4-7 3-7 11, Seifert 9-12 5-6 23, Dellegrotti 0-6 0-0 0, Johnson 5-10 5-6 15, Whitling 0-0 0-0 0, Mulligan 0-1 0-0 0, Rible 3-6 1-2 7, Davis 0-3 4-4 4, Street 0-1 0-0 0, Totals: 24-56 18-27 66 Halftime: NU 28-27; Three point attempts: NU: 2-6 (Almengot 1-1, Tinsley 1-5); UD: 0-4 (Dellegrotti 0-3, Davis 0-1); Rebounds: NU: 43 (Tinsley 15), UD: (Seifert, Rible 9); Steals: NU: 5 (Tinsley 2); UD:11 (four with 2); Blocks: NU: 3 (Palecek 2); UD: 4 (Leyfert 2); Attendance: 945
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