University of Delaware Women's Basketball: 2000

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Delaware 67, Vermont 55
December 3, 2000

Blue Hens Thrive at the Foul Line; Down Defending Champion Catamounts

Christina Rible

NEWARK, DE -- The University of Delaware women's basketball squad thrived at the foul line for the second straight game and junior forward Christina Rible posted her second straight double-double with team highs of 23 points and 10 rebounds as the Blue Hens knocked off defending league champion Vermont 67-55 in an early season battle of America East pre-season favorites Sunday at the Bob Carpenter Center.

Rible hit 7 of 11 shots from the field and connected on 9 of 10 shots from the line for 23 points to lead four Blue Hen starters in double figures. The Blue Hens (5-2, 2-0), the pre-season favorite to win the conference title, hit just 15 field goals for the game but converted 35 of 42 free throws to clinch the win. Delaware connected on 31 of 39 shots from the line in Friday night's 70-50 win over Hartford.

America East power Vermont (3-4, 0-1), which lost at Delaware for the fourth straight season, was hurt by 31 fouls and 22 turnovers for the game and went to the line just 15 times, converting 12. Dawn Cressman was the team's lone double figure scorer with 15 points and a team-high 10 rebounds. Sophomore forward Morgan Hall, the 2000 America East Rookie of the Year, scored just two points before fouling out in the final minute.

Delaware, which won for the 10th straight time at home since last season, got 17 points from guard Cindy Johnson while forward Danielle Leyfert and guard Megan Dellegrotti each chipped in with 10. The Hens won despite shooting just 29.4 percent from the field (15 of 51).

The game looked like a blowout early as the Hens jumped out to a 15-2 lead in the first five minutes of the game. But the Catamounts fought back and cut the lead to 18-15 with 7:16 left in the half. But another Delaware run gave the Blue Hens a 32-19 lead at halftime.

Vermont could never get closer than seven points at 44-37 with eight minutes left in the game when UD followed with a six-point run to go up 50-37.

AGATE:

OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S Vermont vs Delaware 12/3/00 1 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, DE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Vermont 3-4, 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 03 LAROCQUE, Theresa f 2 3 0 1 0 0 4 2 6 3 4 2 4 0 2 27 21 BRYAN, Rachel f 1 5 0 0 5 6 0 4 4 4 7 1 0 1 0 23 10 CRESSMAN, Dawn g 5 17 1 9 4 5 4 6 10 2 15 3 4 0 0 35 11 SMITH, Libby g 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 12 33 HALL, Morgan g 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 5 2 1 3 0 0 19 05 MACAULAY, Jen 2 7 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1 3 0 0 13 14 YANTZI, Aaron 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 5 4 0 1 0 0 16 22 MULLIGAN, Amy 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 4 2 0 3 0 0 11 23 BURROUGHS, Heather 2 9 1 7 0 0 3 1 4 2 5 0 3 0 1 29 34 BROWNLEE, Morgan 4 5 0 0 1 2 3 3 6 3 9 0 0 2 0 15 TEAM ........................................ 0 1 1 TOTALS 20 58 3 22 12 15 17 25 42 31 55 8 22 3 3 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-20 .350 2nd Half: 13-38 .342 Game: .345 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1- 7 .143 2nd Half: 2-15 .133 Game: .136 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 4- 6 .667 2nd Half: 8- 9 .889 Game: .800 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Delaware 5-2, 2-0 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 1 5 0 0 8 9 1 3 4 4 10 5 1 0 3 36 40 RIBLE, Christina f 7 11 0 0 9 10 4 6 10 2 23 0 2 1 1 35 54 COLE, Christine c 0 2 0 0 4 8 2 1 3 5 4 0 0 0 2 23 11 DELLEGROTTI, Megan g 2 9 2 7 4 4 0 2 2 1 10 2 1 0 1 31 22 JOHNSON, Cindy g 4 13 0 0 9 9 3 1 4 3 17 2 5 0 2 33 03 TRAPP, Allison 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 04 TIMMINS, Carrie 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9 43 DAVIS, Lindsay 0 4 0 1 1 2 1 5 6 2 1 3 2 0 3 19 50 HOWELL, Tracey 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 TEAM ........................................ 2 3 5 TOTALS 15 51 2 8 35 42 14 22 36 19 67 12 13 1 13 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-25 .320 2nd Half: 7-26 .269 Game: .294 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2- 5 .400 2nd Half: 0- 3 .000 Game: .250 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 14-19 .737 2nd Half: 21-23 .913 Game: .833 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS: John Morningstar, Tom Danaher, Norma Jones TECHNICAL FOULS: Vermont - none Delaware - none ATTENDANCE: 881 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Vermont 19 36 55 Delaware 32 35 67 Yantzi fouled out (4:44)...Hall fouled out (:36)...Cole fouled out (:20)... UD has won 10 straight games...UD has defeated Vermont 4 straight times at BCC...Rible third double-double of season.

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