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November 27, 1999
NEWARK, DE - Mike Pegues scored 27 of season-high 32 points in the first half to stake Delaware to 10-point halftime lead and the Blue Hens held on down the stretch for a 58-57 non-league men's basketball victory over American Saturday night at the Bob Carpenter Center. The Blue Hens (4-0), who won their 14th straight regular season game, let a 12-point second half lead get away before escaping with the win when American guard Hasheem Alexander missed a 15-footer from the left side with one second left. American, off to its best start since 1995-96, fell to 2-1 despite 24 points and seven rebounds from forward Patrick Doctor. Forward Tim Washington added eight points and eight rebounds. The 6-5 Pegues, the 1999 America East Player of the Year, scored 27 of Delaware's 40 first half points, connecting on five three pointers, to give UD a 40-30 lead. Pegues (DeMatha/ Forestville, MD), who is averaging 27.5 rebounds per game, also added 10 rebounds and a team-high three assists. Pegues, who had connected on just five three pointers in his career entering the game, set a UD record with his ninth career 30-point game. Delaware, playing with nine players, including a newly activated team manager, due to injuries, jumped out to a 17-4 first half lead on the way to the 40-30 halftime cushion. But the Eagles slowly chipped away and took a 52-50 lead with 9:12 left as Doctor scored six points in an 8-0 run. The game featured four more ties, the last at 57-57 when American's Saliou-Bineyt Telly hit one of two free throws with 1:35 left. Delaware's Madou Diouf provided the winning margin when he converted one of two free throws with 18 seconds left. American had one last chance to win the game, inbounding the ball under its own basket with 3.2 seconds left. But Alexander's jumper just inside the three-point line missed. Delaware 7-1 center Ndongo Ndiaye scored four points, pulled nine rebounds, and blocked five shots in his first career start. AGATE: AMERICAN (2-1) Washington 4-10 0-0 8, Doctor 11-21 2-2 24, Telly 2-5 1-2 5, Childs 2-7 0-0 5, Alexander 1-8 1-2 3, Goodwin 0-1 0-0 0, Hearns 3-5 0-0 8, Olsen 0-0 0-0 0, Gray 1-2 0-0 2, Pringle 1-2 0-0 2, Totals 25-61 4-6 57. DELAWARE (4-0) Ndiaye 2-3 0-1 4, Pegues 10-18 7-8 32, Marciulionis 2-11 2-2 7, Miller 1-2 0-0 2, Wells 3-17 0-0 7, Diouf 2-5 1-2 6, Arnold 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 20-57 10-13 58. Halftime: Delaware 40, American 30; Three Point Field Goals: AU - 3-11 (Hearns, 2-3, Childs, 1-2, Washington, 0-2, Alexander, 0-4), D - 8-21 (Pegues, 5-7, Marciulionis, 1-6, Wells, 1-5, Diouf, 1-1, Arnold, 0-1, Miller, 0-1); Rebounds: AU - 40 (Washington, 8), D - 35 (Pegues, 10); Assists: AU - 17 (Washington, Childs, 4), D - 9 (Pegues, 3); Fouled Out: Telly; Total Fouls: AU - 15, D - 9 Attendance: 4,508. |
