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Drexel 82, Delaware 70

December 3, 2000


Austen Rowland

PHILADELPHIA -- Drexel University set an NCAA Division I record for three-point shooting by hitting 11 of 12 from behind the arc en route to an 82-70 America East men's basketball win Sunday afternoon.

The Dragons (2-2, 1-0 America East) were paced by Mike Kouser's 26 points, including 5-for-5 from three-point range. Stephen Starks also added 20 points, while Ashley Howard had 17 points off the bench. Howard was 3-for-3 from three-point range, including two key baskets to end Delaware runs.

Drexel led by as many as 12 (29-17) early in the first half, by Delaware fought back to forge a 37-37 tie on Greg Miller's baseline drive with 2:06 left before intermission. However, a pair of free throws and a Howard three-pointer gave Drexel a 42-37 lead at halftime.

Drexel extended its lead to 13 with 13:21 left when Starks scored on a driving lay-up to make it 56-43. Delaware would rally again, though. Austen Rowland's lay-up capped an 11-2 run to pull Delaware within four, 58-54 with 6:16 to play.

Drexel extended the lead to 12 again, though, by scoring the next eight points. Six of those points came on a pair of three-pointers by Kouser.

Delaware would pull close on two more occasions. The Blue Hens got to within six the first time and five later on, only to see Drexel pull back away.

Delaware (2-4, 1-1 America East) got a balanced scoring effort, led by Rowland's 14 points. Ajmal Basit, who had a five-game double-double streak snapped, had 12 points and nine rebounds. Ryan Iversen added 13 points off the bench, while Billy Wells chipped in with 12 points.

Delaware, which had won six straight over Drexel prior to Sunday's loss, set a school-record with 37 three-point attempts in the game. The Blue Hens did connect on 10 of those to extend their streak to 18 consecutive games with five or more three-point field goals.

Drexel's 91.7% shooting from three-point range broke the record of 90.9% (10-for-11) set by Duke in 1988 and equalled by Hofstra in 1993.

Delaware returns to action Thursday night when it hosts New Hampshire in an America East contest at the Bob Carpenter Center beginning at 7:30 p.m.

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OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S Delaware vs Drexel 12/3/00 1 p.m. at Daskalakis Center, Philadelphia, PA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Delaware 2-4, 1-1 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 03 BASIT, Ajmal f 6 16 0 0 0 0 4 5 9 5 12 3 3 3 1 37 44 SESSOMS, Maurice f 1 6 0 0 0 0 1 4 5 4 2 1 2 1 0 18 22 ROWLAND, Austen g 5 15 3 9 1 2 1 3 4 2 14 3 2 0 2 33 24 MILLER, Greg g 2 9 1 6 2 2 3 8 11 5 7 2 1 2 1 30 25 WELLS, Billy g 5 12 2 8 0 2 1 4 5 4 12 4 1 0 1 34 10 AMES, Mike 2 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 1 7 23 WENTT, Robin 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 7 32 IVERSEN, Ryan 4 8 3 7 2 2 2 1 3 1 13 1 1 0 1 18 33 KNITTER, Sean 1 5 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 5 3 2 0 0 0 11 42 HINDENLANG, Dave 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 TEAM ........................................ 3 0 3 TOTALS 27 79 10 37 6 9 17 25 42 31 70 17 12 6 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 27-79 .342 2nd Half: 0- 0 .000 Game: .342 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 10-37 .270 2nd Half: 0- 0 .000 Game: .270 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 6- 9 .667 2nd Half: 0- 0 .000 Game: .667 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Drexel 2-2, 1-0 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 30 STARKS, Stephen f 5 10 2 3 8 9 1 6 7 1 20 2 1 0 0 35 32 KOUSER, Mike f 8 13 5 5 5 10 1 6 7 4 26 2 1 0 3 32 44 LINDERMAN, Joe c 3 13 0 0 4 7 3 6 9 2 10 2 3 1 1 30 12 STORM, Brett g 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 3 1 0 2 25 24 MOORE, Jamil g 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 22 SCHMIEDER, Eric 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 6 23 BATTLE, Robert 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 1 2 4 1 0 2 3 0 10 31 SANDERS, Petrick 2 3 0 0 1 2 2 1 3 0 5 2 0 0 1 8 5 HOWARD, Ashley 4 4 3 3 6 8 0 5 5 1 17 4 3 0 0 27 TEAM ........................................ 2 5 7 1 TOTALS 23 50 11 12 25 38 10 37 47 17 82 16 15 4 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 23-50 .460 2nd Half: 0- 0 .000 Game: .460 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 11-12 .917 2nd Half: 0- 0 .000 Game: .917 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 25-38 .658 2nd Half: 0- 0 .000 Game: .658 5 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS: John Hughes, Bob Adams, Fran Connolly TECHNICAL FOULS: Delaware - none Drexel - STORM, Brett(1) ATTENDANCE: 2064 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Delaware 37 33 70 Drexel 42 40 82