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Cornell University Classic • 1st Round Coppin State 52, Delaware 44 December 7, 2001 Tiara Malcom had 12 rebounds off the bench for Delaware ITHACA, NY -- Plagued by cold shooting and 30 turnovers, the University of Delaware women's basketball team dropped a 52-44 verdict to Coppin State in the opening round of the Cornell University Classic Friday night at Newman Gym. The Blue Hens (3-2), who had a two-game win streak snapped, connected on just 22.6 percent of their shots from the field (12 of 53) and turned the ball over 30 times as they fell to Coppin State (3-4) in the first ever meeting between the two teams. The 22.6 percent shooting was the lowest by a Delaware team since shooting 20.9 percent in a 70-44 loss to Lehigh Jan. 28, 1987. Forward Shannon Muir scored a game-high 20 points and dished out four assists and center Jackie Johnson-Stewart added 19 points and five rebounds as the Lady Eagles overcame a tough shooting night themselves (31 percent on 18 of 58 shooting) to advance to Saturday evening's championship game vs. host Cornell at 7 p.m. Cornell (3-5) defeated Centenary 71-51 in the first round game as Tanya Karcic scored 20 points and pulled 12 rebounds. The Blue Hens will take on Centenary (4-4) in the consolation game Saturday at 5 p.m. Senior forward Christina Rible led the Blue Hens with 14 points and was one of three Delaware players with 10 or more rebounds as UD held a 52-42 advantage on the boards. Freshman Tiara Malcom added seven points and a team-high 12 rebounds while Lindsay Davis pulled 11 rebounds for Delaware. It was a tough night from the outset for the Hens, who missed 12 of their first 13 shots from the field and fell behind 14-3 nine minutes into the contest. Malcom got the Hens on the board with a field goal at the 17:33 mark but the Hens could not find the basket until six minutes later when Rible scored to cut the lead to 14-5. The Hens did rally to send the game into halftime tied 20-20. Delaware held a share of the lead several times early in the second half but could never pull ahead. Coppin State took the lead for good at 37-35 with 9:50 left to play on a basket by Courtney Strickland that broke the third tie of the half. The Blue Hens were still down just five points at 43-38 with 4:35 left to play but followed by missing six straight shots and committing four turnovers until Tracey Howell's layup with 43 seconds left cut the lead to 51-41. Coppin State gave the Hens a chance to get back in it, missing 9 of 12 shots from the foul line in the final three minutes, but UD could never capitalize. AGATE:   Official Basketball Box Score Official Basketball Box Score Coppin State vs U. of Delaware 12/7/01 5 p.m. at Ithaca, NY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Coppin State 3-4 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 23 Reese, Antoinette... f 1-8 1-1 0-1 2 2 4 4 3 4 2 0 4 22 42 Muir, Shannon....... f 8-17 2-6 2-6 0 3 3 2 20 4 2 0 1 37 41 Johnson-Stewart, J.. c 7-10 0-0 5-10 2 3 5 4 19 0 2 0 2 20 10 Plain, Denita....... g 0-3 0-1 1-6 1 4 5 2 1 3 6 0 4 33 15 White, Jeaneen...... g 0-5 0-1 1-2 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 0 2 31 13 Williams, Nakeisha.. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 0 7 24 Strickland, Courtney 2-5 0-0 2-2 0 1 1 1 6 1 0 1 2 16 31 Dickerson, Shequra.. 0-5 0-0 0-0 3 3 6 2 0 0 2 0 1 16 33 Singleterry, Shamera 0-3 0-0 2-4 0 3 3 0 2 0 1 2 0 14 40 Waugh, Kigen........ 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 54 Harry, Leisel....... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 TEAM................ 3 6 9 Totals.............. 18-58 3-9 13-31 13 29 42 22 52 13 20 3 16 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-32 21.9% 2nd Half: 11-26 42.3% Game: 31.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2- 4 50.0% 2nd Half: 1- 5 20.0% Game: 33.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 4- 5 80.0% 2nd Half: 9-26 41.9% Game: 41.9% 9 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: U. of Delaware 3-2 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 40 Rible, Christina.... f 6-15 0-0 2-4 3 8 11 2 14 0 3 1 1 37 43 Davis, Lindsay...... f 2-7 1-2 1-2 5 6 11 4 6 1 7 0 2 29 54 Cole, Christine..... c 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 2 0 2 0 2 0 8 11 Dellegrotti, Megan.. g 1-11 0-7 6-6 0 0 0 4 8 1 5 0 1 37 15 Sailer, Julie....... g 1-10 0-2 4-4 1 4 5 3 6 0 4 0 0 29 03 Trapp, Allison...... 0-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 11 04 Timmins, Carrie..... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 0 0 12 33 Malcom, Tiara....... 1-3 0-0 5-8 3 9 12 4 7 1 3 1 1 26 50 Howell, Tracey...... 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 2 3 0 0 1 0 11 TEAM................ 2 2 4 1 Totals.............. 12-53 1-11 19-26 16 36 52 27 44 6 30 6 5 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-31 22.6% 2nd Half: 5-22 22.7% Game: 22.6% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0- 4 00.0% 2nd Half: 1- 7 14.3% Game: 9.1% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 6- 9 66.7% 2nd Half: 13-17 76.5% Game: 73.1% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Ron DePasqual, Gary Meyers, Steve Berwind Technical fouls: Coppin State-None. U. of Delaware-None. Attendance: 208 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total Coppin State.................. 20 32 - 52 U. of Delaware................ 20 24 - 44 Cornell University Classic 1st Round... - DDD-