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Delaware 65, UNC Wilmington 60 January 12, 2002 Blue Hens Clutch at the Foul Line; Knock Off CAA Leading Seahawks Mark Curry came off the bench to pull a game-high 11 rebounds for the Blue Hens WILMINGTON, NC -- The University of Delaware men's basketball team made sure Saturday night that there would be no undefeated team in Colonial Athletic Association this season. The Blue Hens, reeling from two tough back to back road losses in league play, pulled off a big early season upset as Delaware broke out to a 10-point second half lead and held on for a 65-60 win over host UNC Wilmington before an enthusiastic crowd of 5,558 at the Trask Coliseum. Junior transfer Vohn Hunter, making his first career start, led the Blue Hens with 13 points and Maurice Sessoms chipped in with 12 points as the Hens (7-7, 3-2) snapped a two-game losing streak. Redshirt freshman Mark Curry came off the bench to contribute a career-high 11 rebounds, including six on the offensive end for the Blue Hens, while guards Austen Rowland and Mike Slattery each added eight points. The Seahawks, the pre-season favorite to win the CAA title and the only team who remained unbeaten in league play entering the game, fell to 9-6, 4-1 CAA despite 20 points from pre-season CAA player of the year Brett Blizzard, who connected for 15 in the second half. UNCW lost at home in league play for just the fifth time in the last five years and had won 24 of its last 26 games at home. Craig Callahan added 13 points and six rebounds and Ed Williams chipped in with 11 points and 10 rebounds in the Seahawk effort. "I tried to tell our guys before the game just to go out and play," said Delaware head coach David Henderson, whose young team had lost consecutive road CAA games to William & Mary and Old Dominion despite holding second half leads. "Don't think about the CAA, don't think about who we are playing. Just go out and play. They responded. I was proud of the way we played in this kind of atmosphere." Delaware built a five-point halftime lead at 30-25 and extended it to 10 points several times in the second half, the last time at 50-40 with 8:03 left to play. But the Seahawks came storming back, pulling to within two points at 51-49 with 5:30 left before Delaware's Ryan Iversen answered with a three-point play to put UD back up by five. UNCW pulled to within two again at 59-57 with 56 seconds left on a free throw by Anthony Terrell, but the Hens never let them get closer. The Blue Hens were perfect on all six free throw attempts in the final 30 seconds to seal the win. For the game, Delaware converted 24 of 27 free throws, including 18 of 20 in the second stanza. The Hens have now clicked on 30 of 34 free throws inside the two-minute mark this season. The Blue Hens will continue their four-game CAA road swing Monday night at Virginia Commonwealth in Richmond, VA. AGATE: Official Basketball Box Score Official Basketball Box Score U. of Delaware vs UNC Wilmington 1/12/01 7 pm at Trask Coliseum - Wilmington, NC >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: U. of Delaware 7-7, 3-2 CAA 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 3-5 2-3 5-6 1 2 3 2 13 1 1 0 0 19 42 Hindenlang, Dave.... f 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 11 44 Sessoms, Maurice.... c 2-4 0-0 8-8 1 2 3 3 12 0 1 0 1 21 10 Ames, Mike.......... g 2-9 1-5 2-4 0 1 1 2 7 1 1 0 1 23 22 Rowland, Austen..... g 2-6 2-5 2-2 0 1 1 1 8 0 3 0 1 22 03 Slattery, Mike...... 2-3 2-3 2-2 0 4 4 2 8 1 3 0 2 19 24 Wentt, Robin........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 5 0 1 0 1 1 14 30 Smith, Calvin....... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 31 Curry, Mark......... 1-4 0-0 0-0 5 6 11 4 2 0 2 0 0 16 32 Iversen, Ryan....... 3-10 0-4 1-1 1 1 2 0 7 1 0 0 0 22 33 Knitter, Sean....... 2-4 0-1 2-2 0 4 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 18 35 Lunn, David......... 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 4 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 13 TEAM................ 1 1 1 Totals.............. 17-46 7-21 24-27 10 27 37 23 65 5 14 2 6 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-27 37.0% 2nd Half: 7-19 36.8% Game: 37.0% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 4-10 40.0% 2nd Half: 3-11 33.3% Game: 33.3% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 6- 7 85.7% 2nd Half: 18-20 90.0% Game: 88.9% 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: UNC Wilmington 9-6, 4-1 TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS ## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN 21 Williams, Ed........ f 4-9 0-1 3-4 4 6 10 4 11 3 2 1 2 36 23 Terrell, Anthony.... f 0-4 0-0 1-3 3 3 6 2 1 0 2 1 0 18 54 Callahan, Craig..... c 5-11 1-2 2-3 3 3 6 5 13 0 1 0 0 22 10 Chapman, Lou........ g 0-1 0-1 2-4 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 1 35 11 Blizzard, Brett..... g 5-16 4-11 6-7 1 0 1 1 20 2 1 1 0 39 00 Coombs, Aaron....... 2-2 0-0 1-1 1 0 1 2 5 0 2 0 0 7 05 Justus, Joel........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 15 King, Joseph.......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 22 Burnette, Tim....... 1-4 0-1 3-4 1 2 3 4 5 1 3 0 1 17 30 Clifford, Brandon... 1-5 1-3 0-0 0 3 3 3 3 1 0 1 0 16 TEAM................ 1 1 Totals.............. 18-52 6-19 18-26 13 19 32 22 60 11 11 4 4 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-25 32.0% 2nd Half: 10-27 37.0% Game: 34.6% DEADB 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2- 9 22.2% 2nd Half: 4-10 40.0% Game: 31.6% REBS F Throw % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd Half: 11-16 68.8% Game: 69.2% 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Officials: Mike Eades, Manny Upton, Tim Clougherty Technical fouls: U. of Delaware-None. UNC Wilmington-None. Attendance: 5558 Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total U. of Delaware................ 30 35 - 65 UNC Wilmington................ 25 35 - 60 - DDD -