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Delaware 64, Hofstra 52
March 1, 2002

Rible Hits For Season-High 24 Points as
Tina Martin Earns 100th Win at UD

Delaware head coach Tina Martin picked up her 100th win at the helm of the Blue Hens

HEMPSTEAD, NY -- Senior forward Christina Rible (Red Bank Regional/Little Silver, NJ) led the way with a season-high 24 points and 10 rebounds for her 10th double-double of the season as the University of Delaware women's basketball team helped head coach Tina Martin earn her 100th career victory with a 64-52 Colonial Athletic Association victory Friday night at Hofstra Arena.

The Blue Hens (22-5, 15-3 CAA) completed the regular season by winning their fifth straight game and their 14th in the last 15 outings. Delaware will be the No. 2 seed in next week's CAA Tournament at Norfolk, VA and will take on either Drexel, Towson, or Hofstra in the quarterfinals March 7 at 12 noon. The Hens' 22 wins is the second highest total in school history.

Hofstra (9-18, 6-12) lost despite having three players score in double figures as Tara Dilworth came off the bench to post 14 points and a team-high seven rebounds while guard Jen Brickey had 15 points and forward Kimberley Coke chipped in with 11. The Pride will be either the No. 7 or 8 seed in the CAA Play-In round and will play either No. 9 William & Mary or No. 10 Towson. Official pairings will be announced on Saturday.

"This was a great win to end the regular season, " said Martin, the 2001 America East Coach of the Year who led Delaware to a 26-5 record and its first NCAA Tournament appearance a year ago and improved to 100-69 in her sixth season. "I'm proud of this team in so many ways. Winning 22 games is quite an accomplishment. We played very consistently, especially in the second half. This is a good way to get some momentum heading into the CAA Tournament. As for the 100 wins, it is definitely a staff accomplishment. (Associate head coach) Jeanine Radice has been with me the entire way and deserves just as much recognition. We've been blessed with some outstanding players."

Just the third coach in UD women's basketball history, Martin is the second to reach 100 wins and reached the milestone in 169 games. All-time UD win leader Joyce Perry (266-212 in 1978-96) reached the 100-win plateau in 184 games.

Rible connected on 9 of 16 field goals and converted all six free throws for her season-high 24 points, her fourth 20-point effort of the season. The league leader in rebounding with 9.6 per game, Rible posted her 13th double digit rebounding performance of the season and upped her career total to 949, fourth best all-time at Delaware. She reached 1,000 points earlier this season.

Junior guard Allison Trapp added 15 points for the Blue Hens while Megan Dellegrotti chipped in with nine points and four assists and center Christine Cole added seven points and eight rebounds.

Delaware overcame 22 turnovers by outrebounding Hofstra 37-32 and holding the Pride to just 33.3 percent shooting from the field (16 of 48), including just 3 of 17 from the three-point line. The Blue Hens continued their torrid foul shooting be converting 20 of 24 tries, including all 17 in the second half.

Hofstra led briefly in the first half when Coke converted a layup with 13:36 left to put the Pride up 11-10. It would be the Pride's last lead of the night as the Hens countered with a 14-5 run with Rible scoring four baskets during the stretch. The Hens moved out to a 31-24 lead at intermission.

Delaware, which downed Hofstra for the fifth straight time, scored the first seven points of the second half, including four by Rible, to extend the lead to 14 points at 38-24 and stayed up by at least seven points the rest of the way. The Hens, who led by as much as 16 at one point, stayed on top by hitting 9 of 9 free throws in the final six minutes of play when they managed just one field goal.

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Official Basketball Box Score

         

Official Basketball Box Score
U. of Delaware vs Hofstra
3/1/02 7 p.m. at Hofstra Arena, Hempstead, NY
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VISITORS: U. of Delaware 22-5, 15-3 CAA
                          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  9-16   0-0    6-6    4  6 10   2  24  2  1  0  1  34
43 Davis, Lindsay...... f  1-3    1-2    2-2    2  3  5   4   5  1  6  0  3  21
54 Cole, Christine..... c  3-4    0-0    1-4    3  5  8   4   7  1  3  1  4  30
03 Trapp, Allison...... g  4-8    0-1    7-7    0  1  1   3  15  0  2  1  0  25
11 Dellegrotti, Megan.. g  3-8    1-5    2-2    0  4  4   1   9  4  4  0  1  31
04 Timmins, Carrie.....    1-4    0-0    0-0    1  1  2   3   2  2  1  0  3  16
15 Sailer, Julie.......    0-7    0-3    0-1    0  2  2   0   0  0  4  0  2  24
21 Katsorhis, Valerie..    0-1    0-1    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
32 Tingley, Kim........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
33 Malcom, Tiara.......    0-2    0-0    2-2    3  0  3   1   2  0  1  0  0  16
50 Howell, Tracey......    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
   TEAM................                            2  2
   Totals..............   21-53   2-12  20-24  13 24 37  18  64 10 22  2 14 200
         
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-26 50.0%   2nd Half:  8-27  29.6%   Game: 39.6%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2- 5 40.0%   2nd Half:  0- 7  00.0%   Game: 16.7%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  3- 7 42.9%   2nd Half: 17-17 100.0%   Game: 83.3%   1,2
         
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HOME TEAM: Hofstra 9-18, 6-12 CAA
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
21 Coke, Kimberley..... f  3-8    0-0    5-9    2  0  2   3  11  0  1  1  5  34
22 Scott, Megan........ f  1-2    0-1    2-2    1  3  4   1   4  2  3  0  2  21
45 Pela, Rume.......... c  0-0    0-0    1-2    1  1  2   4   1  1  1  1  2   9
15 Brickey, Jennifer... g  4-13   2-7    5-6    1  4  5   3  15  1  3  1  2  38
44 Hall-Gregory, Lauren g  1-7    1-4    0-0    2  1  3   3   3  5  7  0  0  40
12 Claxton, Stacey.....    0-3    0-0    4-6    0  4  4   5   4  1  4  0  4  22
25 Dilworth, Tara......    7-12   0-2    0-0    1  6  7   3  14  0  2  2  0  30
32 Olszewski, Jessica..    0-3    0-3    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   6
   TEAM................                         2  3  5             2
   Totals..............   16-48   3-17  17-25  10 22 32  22  52 10 23  5 15 200
         
TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  5-22 22.7%   2nd Half: 11-26 42.3%   Game: 33.3%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2- 9 22.2%   2nd Half:  1- 8 12.5%   Game: 17.6%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 12-17 70.6%   2nd Half:  5- 8 62.5%   Game: 68.0%    4
         
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Officials: Kelly Gill, Jerome Skrine, Rachelle Jones
Technical fouls: U. of Delaware-None. Hofstra-None.
Attendance: 378
Score by Periods                1st  2nd   Total
U. of Delaware................   31   33  -   64
Hofstra.......................   24   28  -   52
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