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Maine 74, Delaware 68
December 9, 2000

Maine Continues to Thrive at BCC; Downs Blue Hens


Ryan Iversen

NEWARK, DE -- The University of Maine continued to be one of the few teams to enjoy success at the University of Delaware's Bob Carpenter Center Saturday night as the Black Bears posted a 74-68 America East men's basketball victory over the Blue Hens.

Maine (5-2, 1-1 America East), which has snapped Delaware home winning streaks of 17 and 15 games over the past two seasons, snapped the Blue Hens' seven-game home win streak as four Black Bears scored in double figures. Maine is the lone conference school with a winning record vs. Delaware at the BCC with a 6-5 mark.

Carvell Ammons scored a game-high 15 points, Julian Dunkley scored 14 points and pulled 10 rebounds, Errick Greene added 13 points, and Derrick Jackson chipped in with 10 to lead a balanced Maine attack.

Sophomore Ryan Iversen came off the bench to lead Delaware (3-5, 2-2) with a career-high 18 points, including three three-pointers, while Ajmal Basit had 14 points and 10 rebounds and Austen Rowland and Billy Wells each chipped in with 11 points apiece. Rowland, who had 14 assists in a 92-75 win over New Hampshire Thursday night, dished out seven vs. Maine.

Maine, which led 32-31 at halftime, used a 17-6 flurry to open the second half and took their biggest lead of the night at 49-35 with 12:23 left. But the Blue Hen responded with a run of their own and pulled to within 53-49 on two Iversen free throws with 7:35 left to play.

The Black Bears went on another big run, taking another 14 point lead at 64-50 with 3:44 left to play, but a wild comeback attempt by Delaware fell just short. Wells nailed a three-pointer with 36 seconds left to cut the lead to 69-67, but Maine freshman point guard Tony Cavalieri coolly sank four straight free throws in the final 33 seconds to clinch the victory.

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OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E   T O T A L S                          
Maine vs Delaware                                                               
12/9/00 7:30 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, DE                           
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VISITORS: Maine 5-2, 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
30 GREENE, Erick        f  6 10   0  0   1  2   2  5  7   3  13   6  2  0  2  34
44 AMMONS, Carvell      f  7 13   0  0   1  1   3  2  5   4  15   1  1  0  2  22
23 DUNKLEY, Julian      c  5 12   0  1   4  7   5  5 10   2  14   1  3  2  1  33
12 CAVALIERI, Tory      g  2  6   0  2   5  6   0  4  4   2   9   2  1  0  2  32
35 JACKSON, Derrick     g  2  8   1  4   5  9   2  5  7   4  10   4  3  0  0  38
10 WATERMAN, Tom           1  1   0  0   0  0   0  0  0   2   2   0  0  0  0   8
31 HAYNES, Colin           2  7   1  3   2  2   0  3  3   3   7   1  1  0  0  22
40 BROWN, Clayton          0  0   0  0   2  2   0  1  1   1   2   0  2  0  0   5
43 WHITE, Rickey           1  1   0  0   0  0   1  1  2   1   2   0  0  0  0   6
TEAM ........................................   0  1  1                         
TOTALS                    26 58   2 10  20 29  13 27 40  22  74  15 13  2  7 200
                                                                                
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-29  .414   2nd Half: 14-29  .483   Game:  .448   DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2- 5  .400   2nd Half:  0- 5  .000   Game:  .200   REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6-11  .545   2nd Half: 14-18  .778   Game:  .690      3    
                                                                                
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HOME TEAM: Delaware 3-5, 2-2                                                    
                          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  7 11   0  0   0  2   3  7 10   5  14   1  6  1  0  25
44 SESSOMS, Maurice     f  2  6   0  1   3  6   2  2  4   3   7   1  4  0  0  23
22 ROWLAND, Austen      g  4 10   1  4   2  3   0  2  2   1  11   7  0  0  0  35
24 MILLER, Greg         g  0  1   0  1   0  1   2  2  4   2   0   3  1  1  0  22
25 WELLS, Billy         g  5 13   1  7   0  1   0  2  2   3  11   0  1  0  3  36
23 WENTT, Robin            1  1   0  0   2  3   2  1  3   5   4   0  4  0  1  17
32 IVERSEN, Ryan           4  9   3  6   7  8   1  7  8   4  18   1  0  0  1  22
33 KNITTER, Sean           0  2   0  0   1  2   1  1  2   0   1   0  1  1  0  10
42 HINDENLANG, Dave        1  3   0  0   0  0   0  1  1   0   2   0  1  0  0  10
TEAM ........................................   1  0  1                         
TOTALS                    24 56   5 19  15 26  12 25 37  23  68  13 18  3  5 200
                                                                                
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-22  .500   2nd Half: 13-34  .382   Game:  .429   DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  3- 5  .600   2nd Half:  2-14  .143   Game:  .263   REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half:  6- 9  .667   2nd Half:  9-17  .529   Game:  .577      4    
                                                                                
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OFFICIALS:   Robert Patey, Jeff Bryant, David Elliott                           
TECHNICAL FOULS:                                                                
Maine                         -  none                                           
Delaware                      -  none                                           
ATTENDANCE:  4974                                                               
SCORE BY PERIODS:                  1st  2nd  OT1  OT2  OT3  OT4   TOTAL         
Maine                               32   42                          74         
Delaware                            31   37                          68