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CAA Tournament • Quarterfinals Delaware 85, Drexel 59 March 2, 2002 Blue Hens Take Care of Business in Quarterfinals with Big Win over Drexel; Will Meet Top Seed UNC Wilmington in Semifinals Sunday Dave Hindenlang enjoyed his best game of the season with 10 points and five rebounds off the bench RICHMOND, VA - New conference, but the same impressive result. Delaware, the No. 5 seed playing in its first ever Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament game, bombed away for 11 three-pointers and committed just five turnovers for the game as the Blue Hens advanced with an overwhelming 85-59 quarterfinal victory over No. 4 seed Drexel Saturday at the Richmond Coliseum. The win, Delaware's fourth straight post-season victory over the rival Dragons, puts the Blue Hens into the CAA semifinals Sunday at 3:08 p.m. against top seed UNC Wilmington (20-9), which advanced with a 78-62 quarterfinal victory over No. 9 James Madison. The championship game will be played Monday evening. The Blue Hens (14-15), who won their season-high fourth straight game and won a league tournament opener for the sixth straight season, placed five scorers in double figures as sophomore guard Mike Ames delivered 15 points on five three-pointers, junior guard Ryan Iversen came off the bench to add 14 points, six rebounds, and six assists, junior guard Austen Rowland had 13 points and five assists, freshman point guard Mike Slattery chipped in with 11 points and a career-high eight assists, and junior forward Dave Hindenlang contributed 10 points and five rebounds. Delaware matched a season-high with 24 assists while committing a season-low five turnovers, two in the first half. The five turnovers was the lowest total for the Hens in their last 463 games since committing just five vs. Washington State Dec. 6, 1986. The Hens had just six turnovers in their previous game. Drexel, a surprise team in 2001-02 after being picked to finish ninth in the pre-season poll, ended its season with a record of 14-14. All-CAA center Robert Battle led the way with 16 points and nine rebounds while Eric Schmieder added 13 points. The Dragons shot just 36.2 percent from the field for the game (21 of 58) and made just 3 of 13 three-pointers. Drexel converted only 25.8 percent of its second half shots from the field (8 of 31). The teams battled closely early on as there were six ties in the first 10 minutes of the contest before the Blue Hens pulled away. After the Dragons cut the UD lead to two at 31-29 with 2:38 left before intermission, Delaware followed with a 11-4 run to end the half and take a 42-33 lead into the lockerroom. Iversen started the run with a three-pointer and added a layup and freshman backup Calvin Smith converted two field goals to lead the way. Hindenlang followed a miss just before the buzzer for the nine-point cushion. The Dragons slowly chipped away at the Blue Hen lead in the second half and pulled to within two points again at 45-43 three minutes into the stanza. Delaware sped away from there, using a 19-2 run over a span of six minutes to put the game away. Drexel missed 11 straight field goal attempts during the run and when they finally sank a basket, a jumper by Tim Whitworth with 10:07 left, the Hen lead was insurmountable at 66-49. Ames, the top three-pointer shooter in the CAA, was 5 of 8 from beyond the arc for the game and hit three pivotal three-pointers during the run. Delaware and UNC Wilmington split their two meetings during the season with the Hens capturing a 65-60 win Jan. 12 in Wilmington, NC and the Seahawks winning 69-66 Feb. 16 in Newark, DE. UNC Wilmington advanced against JMU Saturday behind the play of 2002 CAA Player of the Year Brett Blizzard who scored 29 points and All-CAA center Craig Callahan who added 21 points and six rebounds. AGATE: Official Basketball Box Score Official Basketball Box Score U. of Delaware vs Drexel 3/2/02 2:30 p.m. at Richmond Coliseum - Richmond, VA -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: U. of Delaware 14-15 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 01 Hunter, Vohn........ f 2-9 1-3 0-0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 1 1 15 24 Wentt, Robin........ f 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 17 44 Sessoms, Maurice.... c 3-7 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 4 7 1 1 0 0 13 03 Slattery, Mike...... g 4-11 1-4 2-2 0 1 1 3 11 8 3 0 2 27 10 Ames, Mike.......... g 5-11 5-8 0-0 1 4 5 0 15 2 0 0 0 27 21 Thomas, Anthony..... 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 22 Rowland, Austen..... 4-13 2-8 3-4 2 1 3 1 13 5 0 0 2 30 30 Smith, Calvin....... 3-4 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 4 6 1 0 2 0 20 32 Iversen, Ryan....... 5-8 1-3 3-3 1 5 6 1 14 6 1 0 3 25 42 Hindenlang, Dave.... 4-7 0-0 2-5 3 2 5 3 10 1 0 1 1 24 TEAM................ 4 4 8 Totals.............. 32-73 11-27 10-15 14 28 42 18 85 24 5 4 9 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 17-35 48.6% 2nd Half: 15-38 39.5% Game: 43.8% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 6-12 50.0% 2nd Half: 5-15 33.3% Game: 40.7% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 2- 5 40.0% 2nd Half: 8-10 80.0% Game: 66.7% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Drexel 14-14 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 24 Whitworth, Tim...... f 4-9 1-3 2-2 1 5 6 1 11 1 2 0 1 30 34 King, Jeremiah...... f 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 2 2 3 4 0 0 27 23 Battle, Robert...... c 5-9 0-0 6-7 1 8 9 3 16 2 2 2 0 29 32 Goss, Phil.......... g 2-10 2-7 3-4 1 3 4 2 9 1 0 0 0 31 44 Schmieder, Eric..... g 5-12 0-1 3-4 1 2 3 2 13 2 0 1 1 38 04 Brooks, Sean........ 3-5 0-0 0-3 5 3 8 3 6 1 3 1 1 18 15 Fairfax, Doug....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 Overcash, Jay....... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21 Hinds, Danny........ 1-5 0-1 0-0 1 2 3 3 2 2 2 0 1 20 25 Williams, Julius.... 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50 Showers, Steve...... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 TEAM................ 1 4 5 Totals.............. 21-58 3-13 14-20 12 29 41 16 59 12 14 4 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 13-27 48.1% 2nd Half: 8-31 25.8% Game: 36.2% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1- 5 20.0% 2nd Half: 2- 8 25.0% Game: 23.1% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 6- 6 100.0% 2nd Half: 8-14 57.1% Game: 70.0% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Steve Gordon, Joe Lindsay, Joey Caruthers Technical fouls: U. of Delaware-None. Drexel-None. Attendance: 3580 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total U. of Delaware................ 42 43 - 85 Drexel........................ 33 26 - 59 - DDD -