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Delaware 84, Maine 59 December 10, 2000 Blue Hens Post Biggest League Road Win in 11 Years vs. Black Bears Christina Rible ORONO, ME -- The University of Delaware women's basketball team continued to roll through the America East Sunday afternoon as Christina Rible led four scorers in double figures with 18 points and 12 rebounds to pace the Blue Hens to an 84-59 league victory over host University of Maine at Alfond Arena. The Blue Hens (7-3, 4-0) won their 12th straight America East regular season game and improved to 4-0 in league play for the first time since 1988-89 when Delaware opened 9-0 as a member of the East Coast Conference. The 12 straight regular season victories are the most since 1983-85 when Delaware won 14 straight ECC games. The 25-point victory was the Hens' largest win margin against a league team on the road since a 68-43 win over Lafayette in 1989-90 in the ECC. Maine (3-5, 1-2), a 2000 NCAA Tournament participant and for years the top team in America East, lost to the Hens at home for the second straight year. Lacey Stone came off the bench to lead the Black Bears with 16 points and eight rebounds while Melissa Heon added 11 points. Delaware, off to a 7-3 start for the second straight season, held a commanding 51-34 margin on the boards and took advantage of 24 Black Bear turnovers. Rible, who netted her fourth double-double in four league games this season, was aided by Cindy Johnson who scored 18 points and pulled six rebounds while Danielle Leyfert added 16 points, four rebounds, and three assists and Megan Dellegrotti hit for 16 points, pulled four rebounds, dished out a team-high six assists, and hit on 4 of 9 three-pointers. Freshman Tracey Howell (A.I. duPont HS) came off the bench to deliver nine points and eight rebounds in just 17 minutes of action. The Hens converted on all 11 free throws. "We played very well today," said Delaware head coach Tina Martin, whose squad swept the tough New Hampshire-Maine road swing for the first time since joining the league. "I'm very pleased with our effort and the great strides we have made with this win." Delaware took a 36-28 lead into intermission and rolled through the second half as the Black Bears never got closer than 10 points after the first two minutes of the stanza. The Hens opened the second half with a 22-6 lead to go up 58-34 with 12:55 left to play and led by as much as 33 points at 73-40 with 8:01 remaining. The Hens will return to action Dec. 17 when they host American in a non-league game at the Bob Carpenter Center. AGATE:   OFFICIAL BASKETBALL BOX SCORE -- G A M E T O T A L S Delaware vs Maine 12/10/00 12 noon at Alfond Arena, Orono, ME -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VISITORS: Delaware 7-3, 4-0 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 6 12 0 0 2 2 4 0 4 2 14 3 3 0 2 29 40 RIBLE, Christina f 7 17 0 0 4 4 8 4 12 1 18 0 1 2 0 35 54 COLE, Christine c 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 6 2 2 0 1 1 2 18 11 DELLEGROTTI, Megan g 6 13 4 9 0 0 1 3 4 2 16 6 0 0 1 36 22 JOHNSON, Cindy g 9 17 0 0 0 0 2 4 6 3 18 3 5 0 2 33 03 TRAPP, Allison 0 5 0 0 2 2 0 4 4 1 2 1 5 0 0 16 04 TIMMINS, Carrie 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 MILLS, Kristin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 BOYER, Jayne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 32 TINGLEY, Kim 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43 DAVIS, Lindsay 2 5 1 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 2 1 0 3 8 50 HOWELL, Tracey 3 6 0 0 3 3 4 4 8 3 9 0 0 1 1 17 53 MALONEY, Brianna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM ........................................ 2 3 5 TOTALS 34 79 5 11 11 11 23 28 51 16 84 15 16 4 11 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 34-79 .430 Game: .430 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 5-11 .455 Game: .455 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 11-11 1.000 Game: 1.000 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOME TEAM: Maine 3-5, 1-2 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 23 VEILLEUX, Julie f 4 10 0 2 0 1 1 2 3 0 8 4 2 0 2 30 33 JAMES, Anna f 2 5 1 1 1 4 0 3 3 2 6 2 1 2 0 23 35 GROVER, Christy c 1 8 0 0 5 7 1 2 3 1 7 0 3 0 1 23 01 HEON, Melissa g 5 8 1 3 0 0 2 2 4 2 11 2 1 0 1 20 12 GUERRETTE, Tracy g 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 2 0 3 20 10 MOLDRE, Eva 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 14 11 ERNEST, Heather 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 4 5 2 0 0 3 1 0 20 21 LOPEZ, Kizzy 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 7 22 STONE, Lacey 5 10 3 5 3 4 2 6 8 4 16 0 5 0 0 24 30 GERAGHTY, Ellen 2 4 0 0 2 2 1 0 1 0 6 4 6 0 0 19 TEAM ........................................ 4 1 5 TOTALS 21 56 5 14 12 20 12 22 34 14 59 16 24 4 8 200 TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 21-56 .375 Game: .375 DEADBALL 3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 5-14 .357 Game: .357 REBOUNDS F Throw % 1st Half: 0- 0 .000 2nd Half: 12-20 .600 Game: .600 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OFFICIALS: Kathleen Lynch, Kathy Jenkins, Reta Brown TECHNICAL FOULS: Delaware - none Maine - none ATTENDANCE: 2373 SCORE BY PERIODS: 1st 2nd OT1 OT2 OT3 OT4 TOTAL Delaware 36 48 84 Maine 28 31 59