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Delaware 76, Alabama
66
Bank One Fiesta Bowl Classic
December 28, 1999
Marciulonis Leads Hens to Big First Round Win;
Delaware Advances to Finals
TUCSON, AZ – Senior guard Kestutis
Marciulionis scored 15 of his game-high 24 points in the
second half and forward Mike Pegues added 18 points
as the University of Delaware men's basketball team posted
one of its biggest wins in school history with a 76-66 win
over Alabama in the first round of the Bank One Fiesta Bowl
Classic at the University of Arizona’s McKale
Center.
The Blue Hens, who knocked off a Southeastern Conference
foe for the second time in four years, won their fifth
straight game to improve to 9-1 on the season. Alabama (6-5)
had a two-game win streak snapped despite a 19-point,
11-rebound effort from guard Schea Cotton and 16 points off
the bench from Sam Haginas.
Delaware will play host and No. 5 ranked Arizona (10-2),
a 66-51 first round winner over UNC-Wilmington, Thursday
night in the championship game at 9:30 p.m. EST.
Delaware, which committed just 10 turnovers for the game,
overcame a 44-39 halftime defecit and a 46-34 rebound
disadvantage to post the victory. The Crimson Tide committed
20 turnovers for the game and shot just 35.6 percent from
the field (21 of 59). Alabama did not make a field goal in
the final 7:46 of action.
“We were more focused for this game than we have
been all season,” said Delaware head coach Mike
Brey, whose 1996-97 team downed SEC foe Florida 88-78 in
Puerto Rico for the Hens’ and the America East
Conference’s only wins over teams from that conference.
“We’ve had this game circled on the calendar for a
quite a while. Everyone contributed tonight. We are the more
experienced team. We did a great job defensively and got on
the boards. We played like veterans tonight.”
Alabama led 44-39 at the break and went up 46-39 early in
the second half on two free throws by Erwin Dudley (12
points). But the Hens came right back with a 9-0 run,
including five points by Marciulionis, and took a 48-46 lead
with 17:58 left to play. The lead changed hands several
times before the Hens got some breathing room on a clutch
three-pointer by junior Greg Miller (11 points) with
3:49 left that put Delaware up 69-64.
The Crimson Tide never got closer than four points the
rest of the way as Delaware scored seven of the last eight
points of the game to win going away. Alabama did not
connect on a field goal after Cotton hit a layup withi 7:46
left to play. Overall, the Crimson Tide hit just 6 of 26
(.231) second half shots.
Billy Wells came off the bench to add eight
points, eight rebounds, and five assists for the Hens, who
are 9-1 for the first time since the 1971-72 season.
Marciulionis, playing in his 100th career game at Delaware,
hit on 6 of 11 shots from the field, including two
three-pointers, and was 10 of 15 from the foul line.
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S
Delaware vs Alabama
12/28/99 7:15 p.m. at Tucson, AZ
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VISITORS: Delaware 9-1
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
05 PEGUES, Mike f 7 18 2 5 2 2 0 6 6 3 18 3 0 0 2 40
23 DIOUF, Madou f 4 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 3 4 9 2 1 0 3 18
22 PRESLEY, Darryl c 2 7 0 0 2 4 3 5 8 4 6 1 4 1 1 31
10 MARCIULIONIS, Kest. g 6 11 2 5 10 15 0 2 2 4 24 3 1 0 0 31
30 ROWLAND, Austen g 0 5 0 4 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 4 2 0 1 25
04 NDIAYE, Ndongo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
24 MILLER, Greg 4 5 3 4 0 0 0 2 2 0 11 2 0 0 1 23
25 WELLS, Billy 3 10 1 3 1 2 2 6 8 2 8 5 2 0 2 26
TEAM ........................................ 2 0 2
TOTALS 26 62 9 22 15 23 9 25 34 20 76 20 10 1 10 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-32 .438 2nd Half: 12-30 .400 Game: .419 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-13 .538 2nd Half: 2-9 .222 Game: .409 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4- 6 .667 2nd Half: 11-17 .647 Game: .652 3
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HOME TEAM: Alabama 6-5
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
21 GRIZZARD, Rod f 3 14 3 9 6 6 3 5 8 3 15 3 0 1 1 30
35 DUDLEY, Erwin f 4 7 1 1 3 4 2 6 8 3 12 1 4 1 0 38
42 WALKER, Kenny c 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 17
04 COTTON, Schea g 7 17 2 4 3 5 5 6 11 2 19 1 4 0 0 32
14 MEADE, Terrance g 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 4 3 0 0 27
05 LONDON, Tarik 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 13
20 MARTIN, Doc 1 3 0 1 2 2 1 4 5 0 4 2 1 0 0 18
43 HAGINAS, Sam 6 11 1 1 3 5 1 6 7 5 16 0 3 1 0 25
TEAM ........................................ 2 0 2
TOTALS 21 59 7 18 17 24 15 31 46 18 66 13 20 4 1 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-33 .455 2nd Half: 6-26 .231 Game: .356 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-10 .500 2nd Half: 2-8 .250 Game: .389 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 9- 9 1.000 2nd Half: 8-15 .533 Game: .708 5, 1
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OFFICIALS: Bob Sitov, Don McAlister, Kevin Brill
TECHNICAL FOULS: None
ATTENDANCE: na
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
Delaware 39 37 76
Alabama 44 22 66
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