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March 9, 2000 Delaware 77, New
Hampshire 65 Leyfert, Johnson Lead Blue Hen Comeback; Hens Headed to Semifinals BURLINGTON, VT -- The University of Delaware women's basketball squad advanced to its first league semifinal appearance since 1993 with a 77-65 victory over New Hampshire in the America East quarterfinals Thursday afternoon at the University of Vermont's Patrick Gymnasium. The No. 3 seed Blue Hens (21-7), who won their ninth straight game, got big efforts from junior forward Danielle Leyfert (Oakton/Vienna, VA) who scored 26 points and junior guard Cindy Johnson (August Martin/Far Rockaway, NY) who scored 13 of her 17 points in the second stanza as Delaware rallied from a 34-32 deficit. No. 6 seed New Hampshire, which got 20 points from all-league center Orsi Farkas, ended its season with a record of 13-15. Delaware backup 6-4 center Suzanne Street (Butler/Butler, PA) came off the bench to score 10 points to aid the Blue Hen effort. The Hens will face Maine (19-9), a 73-52 quarterfinal winner over Boston University Thursday, in the America East semifinals Friday night at 8 p.m. It will mark Delaware's first league semifinal appearance since falling to Vermont in 1993. Should the Hens win that game, they would advance to their first league title game since winning their third straight East Coast Conference title in 1991. The America East champion will earn an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. "Today's win was a huge step for the University of Delaware women's basketball program," said Delaware fourth-year head coach Tina Martin. "We struggled in the first half but really played well the final six minutes. I'm very proud of our kids." The Blue Hens, who trailed most of the first half, overcame a 34-32 halftime deficit and took control of the game at the six minute mark of the second half. New Hampshire, a 1999 Women's National Invitational Tournament participant, led for most of the second half before Delaware forged a 57-57 tie with 6:12 left to play. It was all Blue Hens after that as Delaware reeled off 16 straight points over a five-minute spurt to go up 72-57 with 1:28 left to play. Johnson, a first team All-America East selection, scored eight points and Leyfert, a second team choice for the second straight year, added four points during the stretch to help Delaware pull away. The Hens held off any UNH comeback attempt by nailing five free throws in the final minute of play. Delaware shot 52 percent from the field (29 of 56) for the game, hitting 15 of 26 shots in the second half. The Wildcats hurt themselves by committing 26 turnovers. Delaware's win was its first ever at Patrick Gymnasium after losing 12 straight, all to the host University of Vermont, including last year's 74-64 quarterfinal playoff loss.
New Hampshire vs Delaware
3/9/00 12 noon at Patrick Gym, Burlington, VT
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VISITORS: New Hampshire 13-15
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
21 DOMANSKI, Adriane f 2 12 2 12 0 0 0 2 2 5 6 4 4 0 1 35
35 DANEN, Aubrey f 5 8 0 0 4 4 1 5 6 2 14 2 7 1 1 31
33 FARKAS, Orsi c 10 18 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 3 20 1 2 0 1 31
13 DONOHUE, Kelly g 4 8 1 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 11 3 6 1 3 33
24 PROCTOR, Kiki g 3 7 2 4 0 0 2 0 2 2 8 4 3 0 3 38
05 CASCHERA, Emily 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
22 BUSHEY, Sarah 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 8
25 MATTHIAS, Anna 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 7 3 6 3 2 0 0 22
TEAM ........................................ 3 0 3 1
TOTALS 27 58 5 19 6 7 12 17 29 19 65 18 26 2 10 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-28 .500 2nd Half: 13-30 .433 Game: .466 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 2- 8 .250 2nd Half: 3-11 .273 Game: .263 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4- 5 .800 2nd Half: 2- 2 1.000 Game: .857 0
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HOME TEAM: Delaware 21-7
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
33 LEYFERT, Danielle f 9 15 0 1 8 10 4 0 4 1 26 2 4 2 1 39
40 RIBLE, Christina f 2 7 0 0 3 4 3 4 7 0 7 0 1 1 2 26
54 COLE, Christine c 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 3 6 2 6 0 2 0 0 21
12 KOREN, Christine g 2 5 1 2 2 3 0 3 3 1 7 4 4 0 3 33
22 JOHNSON, Cindy g 6 11 0 0 5 8 0 2 2 2 17 4 4 0 3 37
04 TIMMINS, Carrie 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
34 BAKER, Renee 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
43 DAVIS, Lindsay 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 2 4 1 4 1 0 22
50 STREET, Suzanne 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 10 0 0 0 1 13
TEAM ........................................ 2 2 4
TOTALS 29 56 1 4 18 25 14 20 34 12 77 11 19 4 10 200
TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-30 .467 2nd Half: 15-26 .577 Game: .518 DEADBALL
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 1- 4 .250 2nd Half: 0- 0 .000 Game: .250 REBOUNDS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3- 4 .750 2nd Half: 15-21 .714 Game: .720 3
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OFFICIALS: Angela Lewis, Frank Geiselman, Michelle St. Pierre
TECHNICAL FOULS:
New Hampshire - none
Delaware - none
ATTENDANCE: na
SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL
New Hampshire 34 31 65
Delaware 32 45 77
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