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CAA Tournament Quarterfinals Delaware 72, Drexel 63 OT March 7, 2002 Rible Scores Career-High 28 Points; Sailer Hits Clutch Free Throws as Blue Hens Survive Score and Advance Christina Rible scored a career-high 28 points and pulled 13 rebounds to lead the Blue Hens into the CAA semifinals NORFOLK, VA -- Freshman Julie Sailer nailed two free throws with eight seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime and Delaware took control early in the extra session to survive a first round scare and down Drexel 72-63 in a Colonial Athletic Association women's basketball tournament quarterfinal game Thursday afternoon at the Old Dominion Fieldhouse. Delaware senior Christina Rible (Red Bank Regional/Little Silver, NJ) erupted for a career-high 28 points and pulled 13 rebounds as the No. 2 seed Blue Hens won their sixth straight game and advanced to the CAA semifinals Friday at 5 p.m. where they will play the winner of Thursday's quarterfinal game between No. 3 seed Virginia Commonwealth and No. 6 UNC Wilmington. Drexel, the No. 7 seed, finished its season with a record of 14-15. Delaware won all three meetings during the season. Senior guard Megan Dellegrotti and junior guard Allison Trapp each added 13 points to lead the Blue Hens, who overcame 18 turnovers and 37.1 percent shooting from the field to notch their 15th win in the last 16 outings since mid-January. Rible posted her 11th double of the season and surpassed her previous scoring high of 26 points. Drexel got 20 points from freshman guard Jessica Copskey and 14 points and 13 rebounds from first team All-CAA forward Michelle Maslowski. Delaware overcame an eight-point deficit at 53-45 with 4:09 left in regulation, outscoring Drexel 10-2 to send the game into overtime. Sailer (Council Rock/Washington Crossing, PA), the CAA Rookie of the Year and the league's leading free throw shooter at 88.7 percent, rebounded a miss by Dellegrotti with 10 seconds left and was fouled on the way back up. The freshman sank the first free throw, and following a Drexel timeout, hit the second to send the game into overtime. "The first game of a tournament is always the hardest, but our kids never quit," said Delaware head coach Tina Martin. "We got down by nine in the second half and our kids never hung their heads. We played tight after our initial run and we missed some shots we usually make. Drexel came into the game with nothing to lose but our kids, especially our seniors, feel a lot of pressure because they want to get to the NCAAs or to the NIT. I can't say enough about the way we battled back. Rible was just unbelievable, Carrie Timmins and Tracey Howell gave us a huge lift off the bench, and what can I say about Julie Sailer. She has ice in her veins. I wasn't even worried about her shooting those free throws. I knew she would knock them down." Delaware, which won its sixth straight overtime game since 1997, took control early in the extra period. Rible and Trapp each hit two free throws to break a 57-57 tie, Sailer hit a jumper, Dellegrotti nailed a three-pointer, and Trapp followed with two more layups as part of a 13-3 run that put the Hens up 70-60 with 1:16 left to play. Rible, a second team All-CAA selection, scored 15 of her points in the first half as Delaware took a narrow 23-22 lead into intermission. The Hens came out on fire, scoring the first 10 points of the game and taking a 15-2 lead eight minutes into the game. The Dragons didn't hit their first field goal until Copskey nailed a three-pointer to start a 11-0 run that eventually resulted in a 17-17 tie with 4:20 left. Delaware hit just three field goals, all by Rible, in the final 12 minutes of the half. Backed by eight early points from Copskey, Drexel used a 12-2 run early in the second half to go up by as much as nine points at 40-31 with 12:22 left to play. The Dragons maintained that lead and held a 53-45 advantage with 4:09 left in regulation but would hit just one field goal the rest of the way. The Hens came storming back as Rible hit a jumper, Dellegrotti completed a three-point play, and Rible came back with another three-point play with 1:26 left to cut the lead to 55-53 with 1:52 left. AGATE: Official Basketball Box Score Official Basketball Box Score Drexel vs U. of Delaware 3/7/02 12 noon at Old Dominion Fieldhouse, Norfolk, VA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Drexel 14-15 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 33 Maslowski, Michelle. f 5-14 0-2 4-5 6 7 13 4 14 3 3 1 2 44 34 Willis, Synia....... f 3-6 0-0 2-2 2 3 5 1 8 2 3 0 2 19 43 McIntyre, Meghan.... c 2-5 0-0 1-2 1 6 7 5 5 2 3 0 3 36 20 Frysinger, Steph.... g 4-7 1-1 3-4 1 4 5 3 12 5 3 0 2 45 23 Copskey, Jessica.... g 8-24 4-12 0-1 0 3 3 1 20 1 2 0 1 45 13 Lucas, Kim.......... 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 24 Scanlan, Bridget.... 1-6 0-4 0-0 0 0 0 4 2 3 3 0 1 29 TEAM................ 4 2 6 1 Totals.............. 23-63 5-19 12-16 14 27 41 19 63 16 19 1 11 225 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 7-26 26.9% 2nd Half: 13-29 44.8% OT: 3-8 37.5% Game: 36.5% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1- 7 14.3% 2nd Half: 3- 8 37.5% OT: 1-4 25.0% Game: 26.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 7- 8 87.5% 2nd Half: 4- 5 80.0% OT: 1-3 33.3% Game: 75.0% 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: U. of Delaware 23-5 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 11-21 0-1 6-6 6 7 13 1 28 2 2 3 0 42 43 Davis, Lindsay...... f 0-4 0-1 0-0 1 6 7 1 0 1 2 1 2 19 54 Cole, Christine..... c 1-4 0-0 1-2 3 7 10 4 3 2 2 1 0 36 03 Trapp, Allison...... g 4-15 0-1 5-6 1 2 3 1 13 3 3 0 3 37 11 Dellegrotti, Megan.. g 4-10 1-7 4-6 0 1 1 3 13 2 4 0 1 39 04 Timmins, Carrie..... 2-4 0-1 0-2 1 0 1 1 4 3 0 0 1 11 15 Sailer, Julie....... 2-9 0-2 3-4 5 1 6 2 7 2 4 1 1 29 33 Malcom, Tiara....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 50 Howell, Tracey...... 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 0 4 1 1 0 0 6 TEAM................ 3 3 6 Totals.............. 26-70 1-13 19-26 21 30 51 14 72 16 18 6 8 225 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-26 30.8% 2nd Half: 13-36 36.1% OT: 5-8 62.5% Game: 37.1% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0- 4 00.0% 2nd Half: 0- 7 00.0% OT: 1-2 50.0% Game: 7.7% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd Half: 6- 8 75.0% OT: 6-8 75.0% Game: 73.1% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Alrich, Zentz, N. Jones Technical fouls: Drexel-None. U. of Delaware-None. Attendance: Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT Total Drexel........................ 22 33 8 - 63 U. of Delaware................ 23 32 17 - 72 - DDD -