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March 5, 2000
NEWARK, DE -- The University of Delaware jumped on Maine early and cruised to a 68-46 victory in the semifinals of the America East Men's Basketball Tournament Sunday afternoon at the Bob Carpenter Center. Senior forward Mike Pegues led the way once again for the Hens with 21 points and 10 rebounds and Kestutis Marciulionis chipped in with 14 points as the Blue Hens (24-6) won their eighth straight game and earned a berth in the America East title game Saturday, March 11 vs. top seed Hofstra. The Flying Dutchmen downed No. 5 Drexel in the other semifinal game. The Hens, the two-time defending America East champions, will be making their third straight appearance in the America East title game. The Hens will enter the championship riding an eight-game tournament winning streak. Hofstra is making its first ever America East championship game appearance. Maine (24-7), the only team to defeat Delaware at the Bob Carpenter Center in the last two seasons, could not complete the season sweep after downing the Hens 72-68 in Orono, ME Jan. 2 and 71-56 Jan. 29 in Newark. The Black Bears had handed the Hens their only two home losses the last two seasons. Delaware also knocked the Black Bears out of the America East Tournament semifinals for the second straight year. Maine could never get its outside shooting in gear all day, converting just 30 percent of its shots from the field (17 of 56) and just 5 of 21 three-pointers. Maine hit just 8 of 29 shots in the opening stanza and fell behind 40-22 at intermission. Senior center Nate Fox led the Black Bears with 16 points and eight rebounds, Derrick Jackson chipped in with 11 points, and Carvell Ammons added 11 rebounds off the bench, including eight on the offensive end. The Black Bears were hurt by the loss of first team All-America East point guard Andy Bedard who missed the game with a fractured wrist suffered in an 80-63 quarterfinal win over Hartford on Saturday. Delaware senior forward Madou Diouf, who fouled out in limited action in Saturday's 79-69 quarterfinal win over Towson, redeemed himself with a spirited effort. He converted six of seven shots from the field and finished with 13 points while pulling six rebounds. The Hens jumped out quick to a 10-2 lead but Maine countered and cut the lead to 21-17 with 11:08 left in the first half. Pegues than scored eight points in a 10-0 Delaware explosion that sent the Hens on their way. Delaware led 40-22 at halftime and led by at least 14 points the entire second stanza, going up by as much as 27 points at 49-22 three minutes into the final half.
OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S
Maine vs Delaware
3/5/00 2:37 P.M. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, DE
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VISITORS: Maine 24-7
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
23 DUNKLEY, Julian f 0 7 0 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 0 2 1 0 0 31
35 JACKSON, Derrick f 4 9 3 8 0 1 0 6 6 1 11 2 1 0 2 40
32 FOX, Nate c 6 15 0 2 4 7 4 4 8 3 16 3 3 2 1 35
20 THIBODEAU, Corey g 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 15
42 DYE, Huggy g 2 14 0 5 1 1 0 1 1 2 5 1 4 0 0 34
10 WATERMAN, Tom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
31 HAYNES, Colin 3 4 2 3 0 2 2 4 6 2 8 3 0 0 0 25
44 AMMONS, Carvell 2 7 0 1 2 5 8 3 11 4 6 1 1 0 0 18
TEAM ........................................ 1 3 4
TOTALS 17 56 5 21 7 16 18 25 43 14 46 12 13 2 3 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-29 .276 2nd Half: 9-27 .333 Game: .304 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-10 .300 2nd Half: 2-11 .182 Game: .238 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3- 9 .333 2nd Half: 4- 7 .571 Game: .438 3
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HOME TEAM: Delaware 24-6
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 9 17 1 1 2 4 3 7 10 3 21 2 1 2 1 35
04 NDIAYE, Ndongo c 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 5 0 1 0 1 0 19
10 MARCIULIONIS, Kest. g 6 13 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 14 4 1 0 4 32
15 GORDON, John g 3 9 1 5 0 0 0 5 5 1 7 3 2 0 2 35
25 WELLS, Billy g 3 7 3 5 0 0 0 4 4 2 9 5 1 0 0 34
23 DIOUF, Madou 6 7 1 1 0 0 2 4 6 4 13 0 1 0 1 21
24 MILLER, Greg 0 3 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 17
30 ROWLAND, Austen 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 5
34 ARNOLD, Dave 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1
42 HINDENLANG, Dave 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TEAM ........................................ 1 1 2
TOTALS 29 61 8 23 2 6 8 27 35 20 68 18 8 3 8 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 18-32 .563 2nd Half: 11-29 .379 Game: .475 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 .400 2nd Half: 4-13 .308 Game: .348 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 0- 3 .000 2nd Half: 2- 3 .667 Game: .333 3
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OFFICIALS: John Hughes, Fran Connolly, Bob Patey
TECHNICAL FOULS:
Maine - FOX, Nate(1) the bench(1)
Delaware - PEGUES, Mike(1)
ATTENDANCE: 5,086
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
Maine 22 24 46
Delaware 40 28 68
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