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February 24, 2001 Wells Celebrates Senior Night in Style with 28 Points
NEWARK, DE -- Senior guard Billy Wells celebrated Senior Night in a big way as he connected on a school record eight three-pointers and finished with a career-high 28 points to lead the University of Delaware to a 98-72 America East men's basketball victory over the University of Hartford Saturday night at the Bob Carpenter Center. Wells, a second-year transfer from Tulane, tied a school record with five three-pointers in the first half and added three more in the second stanza as part of Delaware's 16 of 31 shooting from beyond the arc for the game. Wells added three rebounds and three assists in just 26 minutes of action. Delaware (18-9, 14-4), which played its final regular season home game of the season, won its fifth straight game and clinched the No. 2 seed in this weekend's America East championship being held at Delaware. Hartford (4-23, 1-17), which will be the No. 10 and last seed in the tournament, lost its 15th straight game as the Hawks shot just 35 percent (23 of 65) from the field. Keyon Smith led the way with 22 points while freshman Louis Bosley came off the bench to add a career-high 17 points. Senior forward Ajmal Basit added 17 points and a game-high 10 rebounds, his league-leading 17th double-double of the season, and sophomore guard Austen Rowland added 16 points and dished out nine assists for the second straight game for the Blue Hens. Maurice Sessoms added six points and nine rebounds while senior Greg Miller added nine points. Delaware shot 54 percent from the field for the game (35 of 65) and 71.4 percent in the second half when it hit on 20 of 28 shots from the field. It was the second straight game that the Hens were near flawless from the field, especially from the three-point line. In Thursday's 91-68 win over Vermont, the Hens hit on 10 of 11 three-pointers in the second half and were 19 of 23 from the field in the second stanza. Wells scored 17 of his 28 points in the first half as he hit five of Delaware's 10 three-pointers on the way to a 45-35 lead at intermission. Hartford never got closer than nine points the entire second half and Delaware led by as much as 37 points at 92-55 with 3:17 left to play. AGATE: OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S
Hartford vs Delaware
2/24/01 7:30 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, DE
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VISITORS: Hartford 4-23, 1-17
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 STORPIRSTIS, Mantas f 1 10 1 10 3 3 0 1 1 4 6 0 0 0 1 29
30 SAWICKI, Rob f 2 9 0 2 0 0 3 4 7 1 4 1 0 0 0 17
10 McCLINTON, Wayne g 2 8 0 0 2 3 4 0 4 2 6 2 1 0 2 34
20 STYS, Ryan g 3 8 1 3 0 0 0 5 5 2 7 4 1 0 1 36
33 SMITH, Keyon g 6 11 3 5 7 11 2 1 3 2 22 0 4 0 0 36
01 ROZIER, Sonny 3 5 0 0 2 3 1 2 3 1 8 0 3 0 0 15
21 BOSLEY, Louis 5 8 0 0 7 10 4 0 4 3 17 0 2 2 1 19
50 JONES, Todd 1 6 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 14
TEAM ........................................ 5 3 8
TOTALS 23 65 5 20 21 30 21 17 38 16 72 7 11 2 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-30 .433 2nd Half: 10-35 .286 Game: .354 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2- 8 .250 2nd Half: 3-12 .250 Game: .250 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-12 .583 2nd Half: 14-18 .778 Game: .700 2
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HOME TEAM: Delaware 18-9, 14-4
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 10 0 0 5 5 7 3 10 5 17 2 2 1 1 26
44 SESSOMS, Maurice f 3 6 0 0 0 0 1 8 9 2 6 2 2 2 0 24
22 ROWLAND, Austen g 6 10 4 8 0 0 0 3 3 0 16 9 0 0 2 30
24 MILLER, Greg g 3 8 2 6 1 1 0 1 1 2 9 2 0 1 0 26
25 WELLS, Billy g 9 15 8 12 2 2 0 3 3 2 28 3 1 0 1 26
10 AMES, Mike 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 4 0 3 0 0 16
21 THOMAS, Anthony 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 3
23 WENTT, Robin 1 1 0 0 3 4 0 1 1 1 5 1 0 0 0 10
32 IVERSEN, Ryan 2 4 2 4 0 0 0 3 3 2 6 2 2 0 0 16
33 KNITTER, Sean 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 2 2 0 1 0 11
34 DONOVAN, Brock 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
42 HINDENLANG, Dave 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 2 2 0 1 1 0 9
TEAM ........................................ 1 2 3
TOTALS 35 65 16 31 12 14 13 30 43 23 98 23 14 6 4 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 15-37 .405 2nd Half: 20-28 .714 Game: .538 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 10-22 .455 2nd Half: 6- 9 .667 Game: .516 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 5- 5 1.000 2nd Half: 7- 9 .778 Game: .857 0
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OFFICIALS: Gary Agger, Ben Vasconcells, Bob Patey
TECHNICAL FOULS:
Hartford - none
Delaware - WENTT, Robin(1)
ATTENDANCE: 5004
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
Hartford 35 37 72
Delaware 45 53 98
Basit fouled out (2:40)...Wells sets UD record for 3's in half (5), and .
game (8)...Basit 17th double-double...UD has won 5 straight...Hartford
has lost 14 straight...Pts. in Paint: D-28, H-30; Pts. off TO: D-13,H-13
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