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Delaware 110, Northeastern
66 Hot-Shooting Blue Hen Barrage Lifts Delaware to America East Title Game
NEWARK, DE -- Senior guard Billy Wells scored a game-high 23 points and sophomore Ryan Iversen came off the bench to add a career-high 20 points as the University of Delaware posted the most lopsided victory in America East Men's Basketball Tournament history with a 110-66 semifinal win over Northeastern Sunday at the Bob Carpenter Center. No. 2 seed Delaware (20-9), which won its seventh straight game and reached 20 wins for the fourth straight year, advances to the America East championship game for the fourth straight year. No. 1 seed and defending conference champion Hofstra will host Delaware next Saturday, March 10 in Hempstead, NY at 11:30 a.m. in a rematch of last year's title game won by the Pride. Hofstra (25-4) advanced with a 78-66 semifinal victory over No. 4 seed Maine. Delaware, which won its 10th straight home playoff game over four seasons, won for the 14th time in its last 16 outings this season. All 12 Delaware players scored at least three points led by Wells, who had 15 of his 23 in the first half, and Iversen, who tallied 11 of his 20 in the first stanza. Freshman guard Mike Ames came off the bench to score 12 points while Maurice Sessoms had 11 points and Ajmal Basit added nine points and eight rebounds. Northeastern (10-19), the No. 6 seed in the tournament, got 20 points from forward Ricky Cranford, 13 points from forward Jean Francois, and 12 more from forward Tyrone Hammick. The Huskies were trying to become the first No. 6 seed ever to advance to the America East finals. Delaware was deadly from the field all day, hitting on 34 of 56 shots from the field (.607) and converting 13 of 20 three-pointers. It marked the 10th time this season that the Hens have connected for 10 or more three-pointers in a game. Iversen, who also dished out five of Delaware's 22 assists, converted four of five three-pointers while Wells nailed three of four from beyond the arc. The Hens also hit on 29 of 36 free throws as Northeastern was whistled for 28 fouls. "We wanted to go inside to our big guys since we had a size advantage today and they came through," said Delaware first-year head coach David Henderson. "Our bench has performed well all season long so we felt comfortable using a lot of people. We are happy to be going to the championship game." "I thought they played about as well as they could play and Wells was great," said Northeastern head coach Rudy Keeling. "They were great offensively. .We never got any easy baskets. Everything was bump and grind and were out of sync." The Hens led from start to finish but were up just 20-17 with 10:05 left to play in the opening half. But a 13-4 flurry put the Hens up 33-21 and lead was double digits the rest of the way as the Hens outscored the Huskies 64-36 in the second half. The 64 points was the third highest scoring total ever for the Blue Hens and the 110 points was the sixth highest game total in UD history and the most since scoring 111 in a 113-11 overtime loss to New Hampshire in 1995. AGATE: OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S
Northeastern vs Delaware
3/4/01 2:37 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del.
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VISITORS: Northeastern 10-19
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
22 CRANFORD, Ricky f 5 12 1 3 9 10 2 3 5 2 20 1 2 0 1 30
34 HAMMICK, Tyrone f 3 9 0 0 6 6 3 3 6 3 12 0 2 0 1 30
40 AYGAR, George c 2 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 4 0 2 0 0 12
05 BAIN, Jean g 0 4 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 0 2 27
30 BLOSSOM, Marcus g 2 7 0 2 2 2 0 2 2 5 6 1 1 0 1 29
01 AMEDEE, Rubens 1 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 0 2 11
03 MORRIS, Cleophus 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 3 0 0 13
04 WEST, Tim 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
23 FRANCOIS, Jean 5 12 0 1 3 4 3 3 6 1 13 0 4 0 2 28
32 BARNES, Dwayne 3 6 0 1 0 1 1 3 4 3 6 1 1 0 0 15
TEAM ........................................ 3 0 3 1 1
TOTALS 21 58 1 10 23 29 14 15 29 28 66 8 16 0 9 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-28 .429 2nd Half: 9-30 .300 Game: .362 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0- 4 .000 2nd Half: 1- 6 .167 Game: .100 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 6- 8 .750 2nd Half: 17-21 .810 Game: .793 3
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HOME TEAM: Delaware 20-9
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 3 6 0 0 2 2 3 6 9 4 8 2 2 1 0 20
44 SESSOMS, Maurice f 4 7 1 2 2 2 1 3 4 1 11 1 2 1 0 19
22 ROWLAND, Austen g 2 5 0 1 5 9 0 2 2 2 9 4 3 0 1 26
24 MILLER, Greg g 1 3 1 3 4 4 0 1 1 2 7 2 2 0 0 21
25 WELLS, Billy g 6 10 3 4 8 8 2 1 3 2 23 4 1 0 4 25
10 AMES, Mike 3 4 2 3 4 4 1 3 4 1 12 3 1 0 0 16
21 THOMAS, Anthony 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 4
23 WENTT, Robin 2 3 1 1 1 2 0 2 2 1 6 0 0 1 0 16
32 IVERSEN, Ryan 7 10 4 5 2 4 2 2 4 1 20 5 1 0 0 21
33 KNITTER, Sean 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 2 4 0 0 1 0 15
34 DONOVAN, Brock 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 4
42 HINDENLANG, Dave 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 13
TEAM ........................................ 0 1 1
TOTALS 34 56 13 20 29 36 11 26 37 22 110 22 13 4 6 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-27 .519 2nd Half: 20-29 .690 Game: .607 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 7-13 .538 2nd Half: 6- 7 .857 Game: .650 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 11-14 .786 2nd Half: 18-22 .818 Game: .806 3
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OFFICIALS: Joe Mingle, John Hughes, Ray Perone
TECHNICAL FOULS:
Northeastern - HAMMICK, Tyrone(1) the bench(1)
Delaware - none
ATTENDANCE: 3829
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
Northeastern 30 36 66
Delaware 46 64 110
AMERICA EAST Semi-Final #2 ...Pts in Paint: N-22,D-34,FB Points: N- 02,
D-09...2nd Chance Pts.: N-14,D-09...Pts. off TO: N-15,D-18...UD sets record
for AE tournament win margin (44)...UD advances to 4th straight AE final.
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