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Delaware 70, Hartford 50 December 1, 2000 Christina Rible NEWARK, DE -- Junior forward Christina Rible (Red Bank/Little Silver, NJ) led the way inside with 16 points and 14 rebounds and junior guard Megan Dellegrotti (Berwick, PA HS) did the job from the outside with 16 points and three assists as the University of Delaware women's basketball team downed Hartford 70-50 in the America East conference opener for both teams Friday night at the Bob Carpenter Center. The Blue Hens (4-2, 1-0), the pre-season favorites to capture the league title, opened the game on an 18-2 run and never looked back in posting their ninth straight home victory since last season. Delaware has now won six straight home openers. Hartford (4-1, 0-1) fell from the unbeaten ranks despite game highs of 17 points and 11 rebounds from forward Janeka Lopp and 12 points from center Kenitra Johnson. Delaware senior guard Cindy Johnson, the Hens' leading scorer at 20 points per game, managed nine points on the night while senior forward Danielle Leyfert added eight points and seven rebounds. The Blue Hens took advantage of 30 Hartford fouls and connected on 31 of 39 free throws for the game, including 22 of 26 in the second half. The Hens came out storming, going up 18-2 in the first eight minutes as Dellegrotti connected on two three-pointers. Delaware led 25-6 with eight minutes left in the first half before Hartford recovered and cut the lead to 34-21 at the half. But the Hawks could never chip away at the UD lead and never got closer than 13 points in the final 14 minutes of play. The Hens face a showdown Sunday when they host defending America East champion Vermont at 1 p.m. at the Bob Carpenter Center. AGATE: OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S Hartford vs Delaware 12/1/00 7 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, DE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Hartford 3-1, 0-1 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 21 LOPP, Janeka f 6 17 1 5 4 6 4 7 11 2 17 2 3 1 3 31 34 WHALEN, Anne f 2 10 1 4 0 0 2 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 21 35 JOHNSON, Kenitra c 5 9 0 0 2 5 4 2 6 5 12 0 4 0 2 26 20 PEZZETTA, Angie g 1 9 0 3 1 3 2 2 4 4 3 1 4 0 0 27 42 ELEAZER, Cheri g 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 1 4 0 0 15 04 CHARLES, Kelly Ann 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 6 05 BRICKHOUSE, Laquanda 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 6 10 LLOYD, Candace 0 1 0 0 3 4 2 1 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 4 22 MILLER, Dorcas 1 5 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 12 24 MURRAY, Bridget 1 5 1 4 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 0 1 26 32 SCOTT, Shanta 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 33 FRANKS, Jamisen 1 4 0 0 0 0 3 4 7 4 2 1 1 0 0 24 TEAM ........................................ 4 1 5 TOTALS 17 64 4 20 12 22 23 20 43 30 50 8 23 1 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-26 .269 2nd Half: 10-38 .263 Game: .266 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2-10 .200 2nd Half: 2-10 .200 Game: .200 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 5- 9 .556 2nd Half: 7-13 .538 Game: .545 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Delaware 4-2, 1-0 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 33 LEYFERT, Danielle f 2 6 0 0 4 4 3 4 7 5 8 1 5 0 1 18 40 RIBLE, Christina f 5 13 0 0 6 7 4 10 14 2 16 0 0 0 3 35 54 COLE, Christine c 1 3 0 0 3 5 0 6 6 4 5 0 0 1 2 23 11 DELLEGROTTI, Megan g 3 7 3 7 7 8 0 0 0 0 16 3 1 0 2 34 22 JOHNSON, Cindy g 3 9 0 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 9 2 3 0 2 22 03 TRAPP, Allison 2 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 6 0 4 0 0 12 04 TIMMINS, Carrie 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 3 0 0 19 24 BOYER, Jayne 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 0 0 2 0 0 4 43 DAVIS, Lindsay 0 1 0 1 2 4 0 4 4 3 2 1 2 0 2 24 50 HOWELL, Tracey 0 1 0 0 4 5 1 2 3 1 4 0 2 0 0 9 TEAM ........................................ 1 1 2 TOTALS 18 46 3 10 31 39 11 30 41 26 70 7 22 1 12 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-26 .423 2nd Half: 7-20 .350 Game: .391 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3- 6 .500 2nd Half: 0- 4 .000 Game: .300 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 9-13 .692 2nd Half: 22-26 .846 Game: .795 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS: Jack Plunkett, Bob McEntee, Kathleen Lonergan TECHNICAL FOULS: Hartford - the bench(1) Delaware - none ATTENDANCE: 887 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Hartford 21 29 50 Delaware 34 36 70 Leyfert fouled out (2:20)...K. Johnson fouled out (1:37)...UD has won nine straight games at home...UD has won six straight home opener.