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Delaware 60, Delaware State 46

January 3, 2001

Cold-Shooting Hens Dominate Boards, Down DelState

Danielle Leyfert

NEWARK, DE -- The University of Delaware women's basketball team overcame a cold-shooting night but dominated on the boards for a 60-46 non-league victory over intrastate rival Delaware State Wednesday night at the Bob Carpenter Center.

Senior guard Cindy Johnson led four scorers in double figures with 14 points and senior forward Danielle Leyfert and junior guard Megan Dellegrotti each chipped in with 12 as the Blue Hens (10-3) won their fifth straight game and extended their home winning streak to 12 games over two seasons. Each of the 12 straight home wins have been by 10 or more points.

Delaware State (3-8), which lost its fifth straight game and second in two nights, got 10 points off the bench from Keysha Tiller while Ashley Etheridge scored nine points, pulled six rebounds, and dished out four assists. Delaware has now defeated Delaware State in all eight meetings in the series.

The Blue Hens shot just 30.3 percent from the field, hitting on 20 of 66 shots, but held a 55-34 rebounding advantage as junior forward Christina Rible pulled down 15 rebounds and Leyfert, Christine Cole, and Tracey Howell each collected nine. The Hens, who also hit just 17 of 26 shots from the foul line, had 24 offensive rebounds.

Delaware State did not fare much better from the field, hitting on 15 of 49 shots (.306) while committing 18 turnovers. The Hornets misfired on their first 11 field goal attempts of the game and did not score a field goal until Tiller connected at the 9:24 mark to cut the Delaware lead to 12-6.

Delaware State battled back to cut the Delaware halftime lead to 25-23 and pulled to within seven points at 38-31 with 11:19 left in the game before the Blue Hens moved on with a 13-1 run to go up 51-32 with 5:19 left to play. Allison Trapp (11 points) scored five points in the run while Leyfert and Dellegrotti each scored four to lead the way. Delaware led by as much as 20 points at 58-38 with 2:18 left before DSU made a late run.

AGATE:

OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E   T O T A L S                          
Delaware State vs Delaware                                                      
1/3/01 7 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, DE                               
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VISITORS: Delaware State 3-8                                                    
                          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
31 STEWART, Chavonne    f  3 15   0  0   2  5   3  4  7   0   8   1  3  0  4  40
50 DABNEY, Kimisha      f  1  3   0  0   1  2   1  8  9   5   3   0  0  0  1  22
40 RHONE, Memory        c  0  0   0  0   1  2   0  2  2   3   1   0  2  0  0  17
22 THOMAS, Yvette       g  2  5   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   4   0  1  0  2  21
23 ETHERIDGE, Ashley    g  2  8   0  3   5  6   0  6  6   2   9   4  6  0  0  34
03 TILLER, Keysha          4  7   0  0   2  2   2  1  3   3  10   0  0  0  0  29
13 DIXON, Sheena           2  9   2  4   1  2   1  1  2   4   7   1  4  0  1  25
34 MONROE, Tiffany         0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   0   0   0  0  0  0  0+
44 HOUSE, Andrea           1  2   0  0   2  2   1  1  2   4   4   0  1  2  0  12
TEAM ........................................   1  2  3              1          
TOTALS                    15 49   2  7  14 21   9 25 34  21  46   6 18  2  8 200
                                                                                
TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  7-22  .318   2nd Half:  8-27  .296   Game:  .306   DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2- 4  .500   2nd Half:  0- 3  .000   Game:  .286   REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  7-11  .636   2nd Half:  7-10  .700   Game:  .667      1    
                                                                                
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HOME TEAM: Delaware 10-3                                                        
                          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  3  7   0  0   6  7   5  4  9   1  12   1  5  0  1  34
40 RIBLE, Christina     f  2 15   0  0   2  5   5 10 15   4   6   0  0  1  2  29
54 COLE, Christine      c  2  6   0  0   0  1   6  3  9   4   4   0  0  2  3  25
11 DELLEGROTTI, Megan   g  2  9   2  7   6  6   0  2  2   0  12   3  2  0  1  33
22 JOHNSON, Cindy       g  6 10   0  0   2  3   1  0  1   4  14   2  2  0  0  23
03 TRAPP, Allison          5 13   1  1   0  0   3  1  4   3  11   2  1  1  1  24
04 TIMMINS, Carrie         0  2   0  0   0  0   0  2  2   0   0   2  2  0  0  14
32 TINGLEY, Kim            0  0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   1   0   0  0  0  0   1
50 HOWELL, Tracey          0  4   0  0   1  4   3  6  9   1   1   0  1  1  1  17
TEAM ........................................   1  3  4                         
TOTALS                    20 66   3  8  17 26  24 31 55  18  60  10 13  5  9 200
                                                                                
TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  9-28  .321   2nd Half: 11-38  .289   Game:  .303   DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  1- 3  .333   2nd Half:  2- 5  .400   Game:  .375   REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-14  .429   2nd Half: 11-12  .917   Game:  .654      6    
                                                                                
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OFFICIALS:   Tony Lippa, Denise Marrara                                         
TECHNICAL FOULS:                                                                
Delaware State                -  none                                           
Delaware                      -  none                                           
ATTENDANCE:  852                                                                
SCORE BY PERIODS:                  1st  2nd  OT1  OT2  OT3  OT4   TOTAL         
Delaware State                      23   23                          46         
Delaware                            25   35                          60         
 
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