University of Delaware Men's Basketball: 2000- 2001Schedule & Results

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Hofstra 68, Delaware 55

February 4, 2001

Hofstra Takes Control of America East With Win over Cold-Shooting Hens

Greg Miller

NEWARK, DE -- Rick Apodaca scored a game-high 18 points and Roberto Gittens added 14 points and eight rebounds as Hofstra University took control of the America East standings with a 68-55 men's basketball victory over host University of Delaware Sunday afternoon at the Bob Carpenter Center.

Hofstra (18-4, 11-2), the defending America East champion, won its 10th straight game and moved two games ahead of Delaware (13-9, 9-4) in the league standings, avenging a 79-74 setback to the Blue Hens Nov. 30 in Hempstead, NY.

Delaware, which had won seven of its last eight games, lost for just the fourth time in the last 48 home games at the Bob Carpenter Center and lost to an opponent other than Maine for the first since a loss to Hartford Jan. 16, 1998. Hofstra, which also got 11 points from swingman Norman Richardson and 10 more off the bench from Lars Grubler, defeated the Blue Hens at the BCC for the first time after eight straight losses.

Ajmal Basit led the Hens with 15 points and nine rebounds, Billy Wells added 15 points, and Greg Miller chipped in with 12 points but Delaware suffered through a cold-shooting day, hitting on just 19 of 53 shots for the game (.358) and just 10 of 28 (.357) in the second half.

Delaware missed 11 of its first 12 shots as Hofstra jumped out to a 14-2 lead in the first 10 minutes of play. But the Blue Hens rallied and a carried a slim 28-25 lead into intermission.

The Pride, who shot 60 percent from the field in the second half (15 of 25), took control early in the second stanza and never let go. Hofstra outscored the Hens 11-1 over the first four minutes of the second half to go up 36-29 and never trailed again.

Delaware cut the lead to four at 38-34 with 14:27 left, but Grubler answered with a dunk and then scored inside 36 seconds later to give the Pride some breathing room. The Hens never got closer than eight points in the final 13:31 of the game.

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OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S Hofstra vs Delaware 2/4/01 12:07 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, DE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Hofstra 18-4, 11-2 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 04 GITTENS, Roberto f 5 6 0 0 4 4 3 5 8 2 14 2 3 0 1 36 21 RICHARDSON, Norman f 4 11 3 5 0 0 0 4 4 2 11 4 3 0 1 40 03 SPRINGFIELD, Greg c 1 3 0 0 4 4 1 6 7 3 6 1 3 2 0 19 12 HERNANDEZ, Jason g 1 4 1 2 4 4 0 3 3 0 7 3 1 2 0 34 22 APODACA, Rick g 8 13 1 4 1 4 0 3 3 2 18 1 5 0 2 36 11 SUAREZ, Joel 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 10 20 SYLLA, Abdou 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 32 GRUBLER, Lars 4 6 0 0 2 3 0 3 3 3 10 1 0 0 0 22 TEAM ........................................ 1 0 1 TOTALS 24 48 5 13 15 19 6 26 32 14 68 13 16 4 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-23 .391 2nd Half: 15-25 .600 Game: .500 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3- 8 .375 2nd Half: 2- 5 .400 Game: .385 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 4- 4 1.000 2nd Half: 11-15 .733 Game: .789 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Delaware 13-9, 9-4 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 7 14 0 0 1 2 6 3 9 4 15 1 3 0 2 30 44 SESSOMS, Maurice f 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 2 1 16 22 ROWLAND, Austen g 1 10 0 4 0 0 0 3 3 1 2 3 2 0 2 30 24 MILLER, Greg g 2 5 2 2 7 8 1 4 5 1 13 1 1 0 0 32 25 WELLS, Billy g 6 13 3 6 0 0 1 4 5 4 15 0 1 0 1 37 23 WENTT, Robin 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 32 IVERSEN, Ryan 2 6 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 6 1 1 0 1 19 33 KNITTER, Sean 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 11 42 HINDENLANG, Dave 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 4 5 3 2 1 3 0 0 17 TEAM ........................................ 0 1 1 TOTALS 19 53 6 15 11 15 11 21 32 19 55 10 15 2 7 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-25 .360 2nd Half: 10-28 .357 Game: .358 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4- 8 .500 2nd Half: 2- 7 .286 Game: .400 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 6- 7 .857 2nd Half: 5- 8 .625 Game: .733 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS: Joe Vigna, Gary Agger, Michael Alvaro TECHNICAL FOULS: Hofstra - none Delaware - none ATTENDANCE: 5004 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Hofstra 25 43 68 Delaware 28 27 55 Hofstra wins 10th straight game...Hofstra def. Delaware for first time at BCC (now 1-8)...UD loses at home vs. team other than Maine for first time since 1/16/98 (Hartford).

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