DELAWAREW O M E N ’ S B A S K E T B A L L

BACK-TO-BACK COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CHAMPIONS

Senior Elena Delle Donne

2012-13 CAA Player of the YearSenior Danielle Parker

UD’s Career Games Played Leader

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

2012 -13 DELAWARE

No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 1 Candace Martino ^ So.r G 5-7 Pittsburgh, Pa./Bethel Park (Akron) 2 Courtni Green Fr. G 5-7 Winchester, Va./Millbrook 3 Jaquetta May *** Sr. G 5-9 Wilmington, Del./Delcastle 4 Jodi Salyer Fr. G 5-10 Roanoke, Va./Staunton River 10 Kayla Miller ** Sr. G 5-8 Wilmington, Del./Ursuline Academy (George Washington) 11 Elena Delle Donne *** Sr. F/G 6-5 Wilmington, Del./Ursuline Academy 12 Danielle Parker *** Sr. F 6-2 Phoenix, Md./Dulaney 13 Kelsey Buchanan ** Jr. C 6-3 South Riding, Va./Freedom 14 Alecia Bell Fr. G/F 6-0 Newport News, Va./Woodside 15 Akeema Richards * Jr. G 5-7 Baltimore, Md./Western (West Virginia) 21 Trumae Lucas * Sr. G 5-8 Greensboro, N.C./Grimsley (Florida) 22 Lauren Carra *** Sr. G 5-9 Dunmore, Pa./Dunmore 23 Jade Clark Fr. G/F 6-0 Ashburn, Va./St. John’s College HS (D.C.) 24 Joy Caracciolo # So.r F 6-1 Manassas, Va./Stonewall Jackson (Boston College) 33 Stephanie Leon So. C 6-4 Northport, N.Y./Northport 45 Chelsea Craig ** Sr. F 6-2 Rockville, Md./Wootton ^ Walk-on who will sit out 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer rules # Will sit out 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer rulesHead Coach: Tina Martin (Lock Haven ‘86) 17th season at Delaware (341-180 overall/Delaware) Associate Head Coach: Jeanine Radice (Fordham ‘89) Assistant Coach: Tom Lochner (Temple ‘89) Assistant Coach: Tiara Malcom (Delaware ‘05) Director of Basketball Operations: Allie Fedorowicz (Cornell ‘10) Captains: Chelsea Craig, Elena Delle Donne

BACK-TO-BACK CAA CHAMPIONS

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Women’s Basketball Quick Facts Location .......................................................... Newark, Del. Founded ....................................................................... 1743 Enrollment ..................................... 16,000 Undergraduates Nickname ................................................Fightin’ Blue Hens Official Mascot ..........................................................YoUDee Colors ......................................................Royal Blue & Gold Arena (Capacity) ................... Bob Carpenter Center (5,000) Affiliation .................................................... NCAA Division I Conference .................... Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) President ..............................................Dr. Patrick T. Harker Director of Athletics & Recreation Services ...........Eric Ziady

Head Coach ........................................................Tina Martin Alma Mater ..................................................Lock Haven ‘86 Record at Delaware/Career ...............341-180 (17 seasons) Associate Head Coach .................................. Jeanine Radice Assistant Coaches ..................... Tom Lochner, Tiara Malcom Director of Basketball Operations .............. Allie Fedorowicz

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2012-13 Schedule/ResultsNovember 9 %SAM HOUSTON STATE W 63-31 11 %GEORGETOWN L 56-62 14 at %Duquesne L 47-51 20 PROVIDENCE W 64-46 28 SAINT BONAVENTURE W 68-58 December 5 at Rhode Island ESPN3.com W 57-40 9 PRINCETON W 59-58 20 No. 9/8 MARYLAND L 53-69 22 at Monmouth W 82-53 29 vs. ^Villanova W 59-45 30 vs. ^Duquesne W 60-45January 2 at St. John’s ESPN3.com W ot 60-59 10 *GEORGE MASON W 62-27 13 at *Old Dominion W 63-46 15 at *Northeastern W 76-51 20 *TOWSON W 76-44 24 *UNCW W 67-39 27 at *Drexel W 65-56 29 *NORTHEASTERN W 77-50 31 at *Georgia State W 70-38February 3 *HOFSTRA WHYY W 79-63 7 at *Towson W 77-55 10 at *James Madison W 71-64 14 *OLD DOMINION W 86-62 17 at *William & Mary W 66-44 19 at *George Mason W 69-55 24 *JAMES MADISON CSN-MA, TCN W 61-60 28 at *Hofstra W 79-50March 3 *DREXEL CSN-MA, TCN W 62-57 6 *GEORGIA STATE W 86-58

CAA Tournament (The Show Place Arena - Upper Marlboro, Md.) 15 (9) UNCW - Quarterfinals CAA.TV W 51-43 16 (5) Hofstra - Semifinals CSN-MA, TCN W 75-54 17 (3) Drexel - Championship CSN-MA, TCN W 59-56

NCAA Tournament (Bob Carpenter Center - Newark, Del.) 24 (11) West Virginia - First Round ESPN2 W 66-53 26 (3) UNC - Second Round ESPN2 W 78-69

NCAA Tournament (Webster Bank Arena - Bridgeport, Conn.) 30 (2) Kentucky - Sweet 16 ESPNHD NoonApril 1 (1) Connecticut or (4) Maryland - Elite 8 ESPNHD 7:30 p.m. NCAA Tournament (New Orleans Arena - New Orleans, La.) 7 Final Four tba 9 Championship Final tba% Preseason WNIT ^ Blue Sky Classic (Hanover, N.H.)

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NCAA Tournament: #15/16 Delaware (32-3)March 30-April 1, 2013 • Bridgeport, Conn. • Webster Bank Arena

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15 AkeemaRICHARDS

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s Sweet Sixteen Game Information #15/16 Delaware (No. 6 Seed) #7/7 Kentucky (No. 2 Seed)

TV ...........................................................................................ESPNHDRadio .................................................................... The Ticket 1290 AM ...............................Matt Janus (play-by-play), Christine Motta (color) Live Stats ...............................................................www.BlueHens.com NCAA Tournament Central ... www.bluehens.com/ncaa-championship/

Overall Record (CAA) ......................................................... 32-3 (18-0) Neutral Site Record (CAA) ..................................................... 5-0 (0-0)Head Coach ........................................................................Tina Martin Record at Delaware ...........................................341-180 (17th season) Overall Record ...................................................341-180 (17th season)

Overall Record (SEC) ......................................................... 29-5 (13-3) Neutral Site Record (SEC) ...................................................... 4-1 (0-0)Head Coach ................................................................Matthew MitchellRecord at Kentucky ................................................143-61 (8th season) Overall Record .......................................................173-90 (6th season)

Storylines Stat Comparison

UD UKPoints 67.1 76.2Points Allowed 51.7 57.0Scoring Margin +15.4 +19.2

Field Goal % .418 .422Opp Field Goal % .341 .393

3-Point % .342 .331Opp 3-Point % .275 .295

Free Throw % .745 .702Opp Free Throw % .681 .662

Rebounds 41.1 39.5Opp Rebounds 34.5 35.6Rebound Margin +6.7 +3.9 Assists 12.7 13.4Turnovers 11.7 15.5Blocks 4.2 5.1Steals 7.2 12.1

• Delaware enters its second straight NCAA Tournament and is a No. 6 seed.• The Blue Hens face-off against the No. 2 seeded University of Kentucky Wildcats at Noon Saturday.• The matchup between UD and UK will be the second in school history. Delaware holds a 1-0 advantage after defeating the Wildcats in 2006.• With a win, Delaware could take on either No. 1 Connecticut or No. 4 Maryland on Monday, April 1 at 7:30 p.m.• The Hens have also never faced Connecticut.• UD is 0-11 all-time against Maryland. The Hens’ last loss this season came on Dec. 20 against the Terps.• Delaware clinched its second consecutive CAA Championship with a 59-56 victory over Drexel.• The Hens are riding a 27-game winning streak, breaking the school record of 21 set last season. This mark is good for third in the NCAA behind Baylor and Notre Dame.• UD picked up its second straight 30-win season and second in school history.• Elena Delle Donne became just the ninth player in NCAA Women’s Basketball his-tory to collect 3,000 career points with a 33-point performance against North Carolina.• Elena Delle Donne sits at 1,011 career rebounds to be just the fourth player in UD history to collect 1,000 career rebounds. Danielle Parker bypassed this mark earlier this season.• Danielle Parker needs eight rebounds to break the UD school record (1,063).• Danielle Parker has played in 143 career games, a new record for UD women’s basketball and fifth nationally. Lauren Carra is in second place with 133 games.

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Not Done Yet - Sweetness! With a win over North Carolina in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament, the University of Delaware advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history. The Blue Hens continue NCAA Tourney play with a 32-3 mark and have won a school-record 27 straight games. UD is now 3-3 in NCAA Tournament history.

NCAA Tournament History Delaware is making its fourth ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 2013 and its second consecutive after winning the Colonial Athletic Association title in back-to-back seasons. The Hens completed their second straight perfect season through the CAA, upping their overall win streak to 42 straight over conference op-ponents. Last season, the No. 3 seeded Hens picked up the first NCAA Tournament victory in school history with a 73-42 win over the Uni-versity of Arkansas - Little Rock. Delaware followed with a 70-64 loss to the No. 11 seed Kansas Jayhawks in the second round. Prior to last year’s appearance, UD previously played in the NCAA Tournament in 2001 (vs. North Carolina State) and 2007 (vs. Michigan State). This year’s First and Second Rounds were the first time that the Blue Hens played on their home court for the NCAA Tournament in school history.

Series History - Kentucky Saturday’s matchup in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament will be the second meeting between Delaware and Kentucky in women’s basketball history. In the lone contest between the two schools, Delaware came out victorious by a score of 86-70. The Blue Hens stunned No. 20 Ken-tucky in the First Round of the Odwalla Classic on Nov. 24, 2006 in San Francisco, Calif. Delaware trailed by as many as 11 points in the first half, but outscored the Wildcats, 47-28, in the second period to record the first victory in 22 tries over a top 25-ranked team. UD finished the 2006-07 season with a 26-6 overall record and earned the second trip to the NCAA Tournament in school history at the time. Delaware and Kentucky did not share any common opponents this season.

Series History - Connecticut/Maryland The winner of the Sweet 16 game between Delaware and Ken-tucky will advance to the Elite 8 to face either the No. 1 seeded Connecticut or the No. 4 seeded Maryland. The Blue Hens have never faced Connecticut in the 41 years of Delaware women’s basketball history. UD has gone head-to-head with Maryland 11 times since 1974. The Blue Hens have never won a game against the Terps and most recently lost, 69-53, to the then No. 9 Maryland on Dec. 20.

Last Time Out Behind Elena Delle Donne’s 33 points and eight rebounds, the University of Delaware women’s basketball team secured its first NCAA Sweet 16 appearance in program history following a 78-69 victory over the University of North Carolina Tuesday night at a sold-out Bob Carpenter Center. Down 43-35 at halftime, the Blue Hens out scored the Tar Heels, 43-26 points in the second half. Delaware took a 57-56 lead with 8:23 left in the second half on a Jaquetta May lay up and would not trail for the rest of the game. Delle Donne played 38 minutes and tallied 33 points with eight rebounds, two blocks and two assists. Trumae Lucas was second on the squad with a career-high 20 points to go along with four rebounds, four assists and four steals. Danielle Parker registered a double-double with 14 points and 13 rebounds in addition to one steal and one block in 34 minutes. Despite fouling out, North Carolina’s Waltiea Rolle led the Tar Heels with 23 points and six rebounds.

Delaware’s School Record Winning Streak The Blue Hens have won 27 straight games dating back to Dec. 20 when they lost, 53-69, to then ninth-ranked Maryland. Last sea-son, Delaware won a school-record 21 straight games from Jan. 5 to March 18, when they lost in the NCAA Tournament to Kansas. Pre-viously, the longest winning streak in school history was 17 games, set during the 2000-01 and 2004-05 seasons.

UD Third in NCAA With Winning Streak Delaware’s current 27-game overall winning streak is good for third in the NCAA. Through games on March 26, Baylor has won 32 straight contests while Notre Dame has picked up 28 straight victories. Both teams next play Sunday in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Baylor next takes on Louisville in Oklahoma City while Notre Dame plays Kansas in Norfolk, Va.

Delaware’s 32 Wins a New School-Record With a win over Drexel in the CAA Championship game, Dela-ware clinched its second straight 30-win season. The Blue Hens collected their school-record 32nd victory against North Carolina on March 26. Last season, Delaware finished with a historic 31-2 mark.

Delle Donne Hits 3,000 Career Points With 33 points against North Carolina, senior All-American Elena Delle Donne became just the ninth player in NCAA women’s basketball history to collect 3,000 career points. She finished the game sitting at 3,006 career points, the eighth-most in NCAA women’s basketball history.

Delle Donne in the NCAA Tournament Elena Delle Donne has scored at least 30 points in all four career NCAA Tournament games.

Parker Closing in on UD Rebounding Record Senior Danielle Parker needs seven rebounds to tie and eight re-bounds to break Delaware’s nearly 20-year-old rebounding mark. Parker currently has 1,056 career rebounds while Colleen McNa-mara (1991-95) collected 1,063 for her career.

Parker Crashing the Boards Danielle Parker has put up 13 double figure rebounding games this year, including the last two against West Virginia (11) and North Carolina (13).

Down But Not Out For just the eighth time this season and for the second straight game, Delaware did not hold a lead going into halftime against UNC. Six of the eight times, the Hens made a comeback and fin-ished the game with a victory. UD outscored the Mountaineers, 40-20, in the second half. The Hens held WVU scoreless for the first seven minutes of the second half and without a field goal for nearly eight minutes. Against the Tar Heels, Delaware outscored UNC, 43-26, in the second half.

Parker Breaks All-Time Games Played Record Danielle Parker has now played in 143 career games, a new record for UD women’s basketball. She is fifth nationally with this mark. Lauren Carra has also played in 133 games for the Blue Hens, good for second all-time. Jocelyn Bailey (08-12) played in 128 games throughout her career.

Delle Donne Fourth To Hit 1,000 Career Rebounds With a seven-rebound game against the Mountaineers, Elena Delle Donne now sits at 1,011 career rebounds to become just the fourth player in Delaware women’s basketball history to bypass this mark. Classmate Danielle Parker collected her 1,000th rebound earlier this season. She is the seventh active player to record 2,000 career points and 1,000 career rebounds.

Buchanan Comes Alive Junior Kelsey Buchanan scored a season-high 10 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field Sunday to tie her career high. She also added five rebounds in 31 minutes of play. Buchanan’s previous career-high in minutes played was 22, set on March 10, 2012 vs. UNCW.

Associated Press Top 25 Poll (Week 19 - March 18)Rk. Team Record Points1 Baylor (40) 32-1 1,0002 Notre Dame 31-1 9593 Connecticut 29-4 9014 Stanford 31-2 8915 Duke 30-2 8466 California 28-3 7767 Kentucky 27-5 7438 Penn State 25-5 6699 Texas A&M 24-9 66310 Tennessee 24-7 64211 UCLA 25-7 59312 Maryland 24-7 56413 North Carolina 28-6 49114 Georgia 25-6 46115 Delaware 30-3 42616 Louisville 24-8 36717 South Carolina 24-7 34918 Dayton 27-2 31719 Colorado 25-6 29920 Green Bay 29-2 23321 Purdue 24-8 22722 Syracuse 24-7 13523 Iowa State 23-8 10624 Nebraska 23-8 10425 Florida State 22-9 79Others receiving votes: LSU 55, Michigan State 40, Gonzaga 36, Okla-homa State 12, Florida 3, Quinnipiac 3, Toledo 3, San Diego State 2, Marist 2, Princeton 1, Albany 1, Chattanooga 1

ESPN/USA Today Top 25 Poll (Week 19 - March 19)Rk. Team Record Points1 Baylor (30) 32-1 7742 Notre Dame (1) 31-1 7453 Connecticut 29-4 7074 Stanford 31-2 6855 Duke 30-2 6516 California 28-3 6207 Kentucky 27-5 5838 Penn State 25-5 5499 Tennessee 24-7 51010 Maryland 24-7 46911 Texas A&M 24-9 45512 UCLA 25-7 45213 Georgia 25-6 37514 South Carolina 24-7 34115 Dayton 27-2 33616 Delaware 30-3 30017 Louisville 24-8 29118 North Carolina 28-6 27519 Colorado 25-6 19320 Green Bay 29-2 18821 Purdue 24-8 17822 Syracuse 24-7 12623 Iowa State 23-8 10624 Florida State 22-9 7025 Nebraska 23-8 36Others receiving votes: Marist 18, Middle Tennessee 9, Toledo 5, Princ-eton 5, San Diego State 5, South Florida 4, Gonzaga 4, DePaul 3, Villanova 2, Oklahoma State 1, Hampton 1, Liberty 1, Michigan State 1, St. John’s 1

College Insider Mid-Major Poll (Week 18 - March 12)Rk. Team Points 1st Votes1. Delaware 722 292. Green Bay 687 13. Gonzaga 664 14. Toledo 632 5. Princeton 565 6. Creighton 562 7. Quinnipiac 543 8. Marist 494 9. Chattanooga 445 10. Albany 43611. Florida Gulf Coast 423 12. Boston 386 13. Pacific 354 14. South Dakota State 319 15. Saint Mary’s 308 16. Liberty 285 17. MTSU 275 18. BYU 271 19. Wichita State 132 20. Youngstown State 127 21. Stetson 115 22. Hampton 114 23. Central Michigan 104 24. James Madison 100 25. San Diego 99

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Delle Donne in the CAA Record BookPoints Scored 1. 3,006 Elena Delle Donne, Delaware 2009-Pres. 2. 2,667 Dawn Evans, James Madison 2007-11 3. 2,581 Gabriela Marginean, Drexel 2006-10Field Goals Made 1. 1,019 Elena Delle Donne, Delaware 2009-Pres. 2. 904 Gabriela Marginean, Drexel 2006-10 3. 851 Dawn Evans, JMU 2007-11Free Throws Made 1. 762 Elena Delle Donne, Delaware 2009-Pres. 2. 684 Gabriela Marginean, Drexel 2006-10 3. 578 Dawn Evans, James Madison 2007-11Blocked Shots 1. 273 Elena Delle Donne, Delaware 2009-Pres. 2. 255 Tiffany Benson, William & Mary 2006-10 3. 236 Trish Halpin, George Mason 2007-10Free Throws Attempted 1. 838 Elena Delle Donne, Delaware 2009-Pres. 2. 816 Shante Evans, Hofstra 2009-2013 3. 769 Gabriela Marginean, Drexel 2006-10Field Goals Attempted 1. 2,287 Dawn Evans, James Madison 2007-11 2. 2,120 Elena Delle Donne, Delaware 2009-Pres. 3. 1,921 Gabriela Marginean, Drexel 2006-10

Delle Donne Atop NCAA Career Points Leaders As of Tuesday, March 26, Elena Delle Donne is in second place amongst active NCAA career points leaders with 3,006 points and has played at least 15 games less than three of the top four. 1 Brittney Griner , Baylor 3,269 146 games 2 Elena Delle Donne, Delaware 3,006 113 games 3 Kevi Luper, Oral Roberts* 2,867 126 games 4 Sugar Rodgers, Georgetown* 2,518 130 games*Season Complete

Delle Donne Nearing NCAA All-Time Scoring Top 5 All career leaders include only those players who played at least three seasons (in a four-year career) or two (in a three-season ca-reer) in Division I during the era of official NCAA statistics, begin-ning with the ‘81-82 season. Player, Team Last Seas. GP Pts. 1 Jackie Stiles, Missouri St. 2001 129 3,393 2 Brittney Griner, Baylor 2013 145 3,236 3 Patricia Hoskins, Mississippi Val. 1989 110 3,122 4 Lorri Bauman, Drake 1984 120 3,115 5 Maya Moore, Connecticut 2011 154 3,036 6 Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee 1999 148 3,025 7 Cheryl Miller, Southern Cal. 1986 128 3,018 8 Elena Delle Donne, Del. 2013 113 3,006 9 Cindy Blodgett, Maine 1998 118 3,005 10 LaToya Thomas, Mississippi State 2003 125 2,981

Blue Hens Earn CAA Honors For the second consecutive year and the third time in four years, senior Elena Delle Donne was named the CAA Player of the Year. Additionally, Delle Donne grabbed spots on the All-Defensive Team and All-Academic First Team. Delle Donne earns the third CAA Player of the Year honor of her career, joining Old Dominion’s Lucienne Berthieu and Celeste Hill as the only other players to receive the conference’s top award three times in their careers. Classmate Lauren Carra was picked as an All-CAA Second Team selection for the first time in her career after receiving Third Team honors. Senior Chelsea Craig and sophomore Stephanie Leon took home All-Academic Honorable Mention accolades. The award was the fourth for Craig while Leon picked up her second career honor.

Blue Hens Earn CAA Tournament Honors All-American Elena Delle Donne, who scored 21 points each in the Hens’ quarterfinal and semifinal wins, captured her second straight CAA Tournament Most Valuable Player Award as she scored 28 points and pulled five rebounds to lead the Blue Hens against Drexel. Trumae Lucas was just as important as she came off the bench to add 30 points and eight assists to earn a spot on the All-Tournament team.

We Are The Champions The second time is even sweeter as Delaware got what it came for in the CAA Tournament when the Blue Hens defeated Drexel for the second straight season to earn the CAA Championship. The title is the sixth overall in school history for the Hens, who won East Coast Conference titles in 1989, 1990 and 1991 and the America East crown in 2001. The Blue Hens, who had dropped previous CAA Tournament title games in 2003, 2005 and 2011, got the job done for the second time on March 17. Delaware also defeated Drexel to win the East Coast Conference Tournament title in 1990 when both were members of the now de-funct league.

CAA Finals Recap: Delaware 59, Drexel 56 It wasn’t an easy victory by any stretch, but the No. 15 Univer-sity of Delaware women’s basketball squad claimed their second straight Colonial Athletic Association Tournament title with a hard-fought 59-56 victory over Drexel at The Show Place Arena. All-American Elena Delle Donne scored 28 points and pulled five rebounds to lead the Blue Hens. Trumae Lucas was just as impor-tant as she came off the bench to add 12 points and earn her spot on the All-Tournament team. Lauren Carra pulled down a team-high 10 points and dished out six assists while Kayla Miller handed out five assists herself. Just as it had done two weeks ago in a 62-57 win over Drexel, Delaware had to work extra hard for the victory as the Blue Hens needed two free throws each from Delle Donne and Lucas in the final 44 seconds to clinch the win. The Hens managed just one field goal over the final seven min-utes of action as Drexel (22-10) rallied back from a 17-point second half deficit by using a 24-7 run to take the lead at 56-55 with 1:07 left. But Lucas hit her two free throws with 44 seconds left to give the Hens the lead for good and Delle Donne knocked down the deciding shots with just nine seconds left. Drexel failed to scorein its final two possessions as Abby Redick was called for traveling with 19 seconds left and Hollie Mershon turned the ball over in the final seconds, setting off a wild celebra-tion on the court that included many of the partisan Blue Hen crowd. Drexel, which fell to Delaware in the title game for the second straight year, got 21 points from Taylor Wootton, including 12 points from three-point range, and 18 from Mershon in the loss. Mershon also dished out nine assists and drained three pointers. The Dragons, who fell to Delaware for the seventh straight time, knocked down 10 three-pointers in 25 attempts during the game, including seven in the second half as part of their comeback.

Hens Clinch Second Straight CAA Regular Season Title With February 28’s win over Hofstra, Delaware clinched the their fourth regular season CAA title and second consecutive in addition to the No. 1 seed for the CAA Tournament.Delaware Regular Season Conference Championships2012-13 Colonial Athletic Association 18-02011-12 Colonial Athletic Association 18-02004-05 Colonial Athletic Association 16-22002-03 Colonial Athletic Association 15-3 (Tied 1st)2000-01 America East 17-11990-91 East Coast 10-21989-90 East Coast 10-41988-89 East Coast 13-11983-84 East Coast 8-01982-83 East Coast West 4-4

Record Attendance Set at the Bob Feb. 24’s game against JMU was the third sell-out of the season and also the largest crowd in school history. The March 6 contest vs. Georgia State was the fifth sell-out of the year.BCC Women’s Basketball Sellouts 5,098 James Madison Single 2/24/13 5,094 Drexel Single 3/3/13 5,092 Georgia State Single 3/6/13 5,089 #9/8 Maryland Single 12/20/12 5,043 Northeastern Single 2/26/12 5,021 Drexel Single 1/22/12 5,005 Hofstra Single 2/3/13 5,000 Drexel Doubleheader 3/3/93 5,000 Delaware State Doubleheader 11/22/96 5,000 Drexel Doubleheader 1/27/99 5,000 Princeton Doubleheader 11/23/99

Blue Hens in National Rankings (March 25) 3^ Turnovers Per Game 11.8 6^ Win-Loss Percentage 91.2 8 -- Scoring Defense 51.2 10^ Field Goal Percent Defense 33.9 16 -- Scoring Margin 15.6 21^ Personal Fouls Per Game 13.2 23 -- Assist Turnover Ratio 1.09 25 -- Rebound Margin 6.7 32 Three Pt FG Percentage 34.5 37^ Three Pt FG Defense 27.2 41^ Free Throw Percentage 74.1 55^ Turnover Margin 2.94 65 Field Goal Percentage 41.8 66^ Blocked Shots Per Game 4.2 77^ Scoring Offense 66.8 158 Assists Per Game 12.8 234 Three Pt FG Per Game 4.2 259^ Steals Per Game 7.3

To be ranked in individual categories, a basketball student-athlete must appear in at least 75.0% of the team’s games played.

2 -- Elena Delle Donne Points PG 25.5 4 -- Elena Delle Donne FT % 92.2 17 Kayla Miller Assist TO Ratio 2.18 24 -- Elena Delle Donne Blocks PG 2.39 44 Elena Delle Donne FG % 49.5 103^ Danielle Parker RPG 8.6 115 Elena Delle Donne RPG 8.4 182 Elena Delle Donne 3Pt FG PG 1.79 245 Kayla Miller APG 3.2

^ = Improvement over previous ranking -- = Stayed same from previous ranking

Martin at 500 Career Games Delaware head coach Tina Martin coached her 500th career game on Jan. 13 at Old Dominion. In her 17 seasons as the head coach at Delaware, Martin holds a 341-180 (.655) record. She is the winningest men’s or women’s basketball coach in school history and earned her 300th career victory on Feb. 12, 2012 when the Hens cruised past Georgia State, 94-56, scoring the most points in a game during Martin’s tenure. Martin has also won 155 regular season CAA games, the second most in league history, behind only ODU’s Wendy Larry, who won 353 from ‘92-’11.

UD Coaches Second in Nation with Career Points The UD women’s basketball coaches rank second in the nation with combined collegiate career points at 6,119. 1. Notre Dame -- four coaches / 6,415 2. Delaware -- three coaches / 6,119 3. Purdue -- four coaches / 6,014

Delaware Hits 11th 20-Win Campaign With a 71-64 victory over JMU, the Hens have posted their 11th 20-win season since the 1999-2000 season. In their 41 years of play, Delaware has put up 14 20-win seasons.

Hens from Downtown In their regular season finale against Georgia State, Delaware established a school single game record by draining 12 three-point-ers in just 23 attempts. The Hens hit 8 of 14 three-pointers in the first half alone and the 12 total broke the school record of 11 set vs. Buffalo in 2009-10, vs. UNCW in 2006-07, and against Princeton in 1999-2000.

Parker Collects 1,000 Career Rebounds Senior Danielle Parker recorded a 12-board performance against Georgia State in the team’s regular season finale to reach 1,011 career rebounds and become just the third player in Delaware women’s basketball history to reach 1,000 rebounds/1,000 points. Colleen McNamara (1991-95; 1,063 reb.) and Sharon Howett (1974-1978; 1,009 reb.) each also bypassed the 1,000 point mark in their illustrious careers.

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Keep Your Hands to Yourself Delaware picked up just nine fouls against Drexel on March 3. This was their lowest total since Dec. 29 when the Hens fouled Vil-lanova eight times. Last season, UD recorded seven fouls against ODU on Feb. 9, 2012 and eight against Drexel on Jan. 22, 2012. On Feb. 6, 2011, Delaware tallied just four fouls against Drexel. Prior to the 2008-09 season, the last time Delaware recorded single digit fouls was Jan. 9, 2003 vs VCU (9). The Hens average 13.6 personal fouls per contest, good for29th in the NCAA. N.C. Central leads the nation with 10.5 per game.

2013 Senior Class - A Special Group The senior class of Lauren Carra, Chelsea Craig, Elena Delle Donne, Trumae Lucas, Jaquetta May, Kayla Miller and Danielle Parker have made quite a big impact on the Blue Hen program. The group has experienced an overall record of 99-31 (.762) and has not lost a game in CAA play in the past two seasons, going 40-0 in regular and post-season play to date. Last year’s NCAA appear-ance included the program’s first victory in school history.

Dishing Out a Team Effort The 24 assists against ODU were the most by a Delaware team since the Hens dished out 27 vs. Delaware State on Dec. 10, 1992. Earlier this season, UD tallied 16 assists against Northeastern and UNCW and 19 against Towson. As a team, Delaware has dished out 370 assists on the season, an average of 12.8 per contest.

Scoring Machine The 86 points for Delaware over Old Dominion passed the previ-ous high of 82 against Monmouth back Dec. 23 and was the most scored for the Blue Hens since an 89-71 win over Northeastern Feb. 26, 2012.

Delle Donne Named Back-to-Back Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year® Elena Delle Donne continues to make history as she was hon-ored as just the fourth Division I women’s basketball player ever to be named the winner of the 2012-13 Capital One Academic All-America® of the Year in back-to-back seasons by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Delle Donne joins Maya Moore of Connecticut (2010-11, 2009-10), Karen Jennings of Nebraska (1992-93, 1991-92) and Michelle Flamoe of Oregon State (1988-89, 1987-88) as the only scholar-athletes to be named as Women’s Basketball Team Member of the Year in back-to-back seasons. To be nominated for the award, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale). Additionally, the student-athlete must be a sophomore or older for consideration.

Delle Donne Top Shot Blocker With six blocks against James Madison and four at Hofstra, Elena Delle Donne, bested the all-time CAA mark set of 255 by Wil-liam & Mary’s Tiffany Benson in 2006-10.

Delle Donne New CAA Career Points Leader With a 20-point performance against James Madison on Feb. 10, Elena Delle Donne broke the CAA women’s basketball all-time scor-ing record and now sits at 2,940 career points. The previous record of 2,667 was set Dawn Evans (James Madison) from 2007-11.

Delle Donne Breaks More CAA Records Elena Delle Donne broke two more CAA records against ODU with 913 field goals made and 688 free throws made. Gabriela Marginean (Drexel) set the original marks of 904 field goals and 684 free throws from 2006-10.

State Farm “Wade Watch” Elena Delle Donne, a preseason selection, was named recently to the acclaimed Wade Watch list, an award give to a player based on game and season statistics, leadership, character, effect on their team and overall playing ability. The State Farm Wade Watch list will be trimmed to 12 finalists in mid-March. State Farm and the Wade Trophy Coalition will officially announce the State Farm Wade Trophy winner during the WBCA National Convention, held in conjunction with the NCAA® Women’s Final Four® in New Orleans.

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UD played an overtime game 1/2/13 at St. John’s (W 60-59)UD played double overtime 1/17/10 vs. Drexel (L 67-70)UD scored 100 points 2/27/81 vs. Temple (W 101-96 OT)UD allowed 100 points 2/13/97 at Maine (L 54-102)UD was held under 40 points 3/12/09 vs. Towson (L 37-40)UD held opponent under 40 points 1/24/13 vs. UNCW (W 67-39) 1/31/13 at Georgia State (W 70-38)UD held opponent under 30 points 1/10/13 vs. George Mason (W 62-27)UD made 6 3-pointers 3/6/13 vs. Georgia State (12-23)UD allowed 6 3-pointers 3/24/13, West Virginia (6-22) 3/26/13, North Carolina (7-19)UD shot 50% from the field 1/29/13 vs. Northeastern (56.6%) 2/14/13 vs. Old Dominion (53.4%) 2/28/13 at Hofstra (51.6%)An opponent shot 50% from the field 3/20/12 vs. Kansas (50.0%)UD won after trailing at halftime 2/24/13 vs. James Madison (25-29 -- W 61-60) 3/15/13 vs. UNCW (15-20 -- W 51-43) 3/24/13 vs. West Virginia (26-33 -- W 66-53) 3/26/13 vs. North Carolina (35-42 -- W 78-69)UD lost after leading at halftime 3/20/12 vs. Kansas (37-31 -- L 64-70)A Blue Hen scored 25 points 3/3/13, Elena Delle Donne (28) vs. DrexelAn opponent scored 25 points 3/3/13, Hollie Mershon (26), DrexelA Blue Hen scored 30 points 3/24/13, Elena Delle Donne (33) vs. West Virginia 3/26/13, Elena Delle Donne (33) vs. North CarolinaAn opponent scored 30 points 1/8/12, Taleia Moton (30), George MasonA Blue Hen grabbed 10 rebounds 3/24/13, Danielle Parker (11) vs. West Virginia 3/26/13, Danielle Parker (13) vs. North CarolinaAn opponent grabbed 10 rebounds 3/24/13, Ayana Dunning (10), West VirginiaA Blue Hen grabbed 15 rebounds 1/13/13, Danielle Parker (15) at Old DominionAn opponent grabbed 15 rebounds 2/3/13, Shante Evans (14), HofstraA Blue Hen had 10 assists 11/29/99, Christine Koren (10) at LafayetteA Blue Hen had a double-double 3/26/13, Danielle Parker (14/13) vs. North CarolinaAn opponent had a double-double 3/24/13, Ayana Dunning (15/10), West Virginia

Delaware Ruling The Boards The Blue Hens collected a season-high 59 rebounds (22 offen-sive/37 defensive) at Old Dominion, the most since UD tallied 62 rebounds (23 offensive/39 defensive) against William & Mary on January 27, 2002 at the BCC. During the first game of the 2012-13 campaign, Delaware brought down 51 boards against Sam Houston State. The most rebounds the Hens have ever tallied in a single game came against Rider on January 27, 1990 as Delaware recorded 63 boards.

Delaware’s Dominating Defense For the fifth time this season, UD held an opponent to 40 or less points. Delaware defeated Sam Houston State (63-31), Rhode Island (57-40), George Mason (62-27), UNCW (67-39) and Georgia State (70-38). Additionally, the Hens have held eight opponents to 45 or less points in a game.

Overtime Experience... or Lack Thereof Prior to January 2’s overtime win at St. John’s, the Hens had not played an overtime game since Feb. 13, 2011 when they defeated William & Mary, 70-66, on the road. During the 2009-10 season, Delaware played four overtime games, going 1-3 in those contests.

NCAA Tournament Contenders Delaware faced five teams this season that earned berths into the 2012 NCAA Tournament. Maryland advanced the furthest of the four teams, making it to the Elite Eight before losing to Notre Dame, the eventual national runner-up. The Blue Hens finished 3-2 against 2012 NCAA Tournament teams during the 2012-13 regular season after losses to George-town and Maryland and victories over St. Bonaventure, Princeton and St. John’s.

UD Loses Back-To-Back For First Time Since 2010 Delaware’s 47-51 loss at Duquesne marked the first time the Blue Hens have tallied back-to-back regular season losses since 2010 when Delaware suffered three straight losses to Penn State, Saint Joseph’s, and Vanderbilt from Dec. 19-29.

UD Has Record-Breaking 2011-12 Campaign Delaware won a school-record 31 games during last season, in-cluding a record 21 straight from Jan. 5 through March 18. The Blue Hens’ 21 consecutive wins were tied for third longest in the nation, behind only Baylor which went undefeated and Stanford which won 32 straight. UD was one of four Division I teams with two or fewer losses, along with Baylor (40-0), Stanford (35-2), and Green Bay (31-2). The Blue Hens became the first CAA team to win 30 games in a season since Old Dominion went 34-2 in 1996-97. Delaware also went a perfect 18-0 in the CAA regular season, becoming the first conference team to go undefeated in league play since Old Domin-ion went 18-0 in 2001-02. Dating back to the 2010-11 season Dela-ware has won 19 straight CAA regular season games, second only to a 24-game streak in the America East conference from Feb. 3, 2000 to Feb. 24, 2001.

A Run Of Excellence During the last 14 seasons, Delaware has produced a run of suc-cess most teams in the nation would be hard-pressed to match. Since the start of the 1999-2000 season the Blue Hens have posted 11 20-win seasons (UD won 19 games in 2003-04), and have competed in postseason play nine times. Delaware competed in the NCAA Tournament in 2001, 2007 and 2012, winning the first NCAA game in men’s or women’s history over Arkansas Little Rock last spring. The Blue Hens earned Post-season WNIT berths in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2010, and 2011. UD won the America East Tournament Championship in 2001 and the CAA Tournament title in 2012. The Blue Hens also ad-vanced to the CAA Tournament Finals three other times, and to the CAA Semifinals in five other years. Delaware has gone 337-132 dur-ing the last 14 years, a .719 winning percentage.

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SCORING No. Name Years Points 1. Elena Delle Donne ...... 2009-Present ............3,006* 2. Cindy Johnson .....................1997-2001 ..................... 1,675 3. Tyresa Smith ........................2003-2007 ..................... 1,635 4. Colleen McNamara ...............1991-1995 ..................... 1,560 5. Debbie Eaves .......................1986-1990 ..................... 1,551 6. Tiara Malcom .......................2001-2005 ..................... 1,545 7. Lori Howard .........................1977-1981 ..................... 1,469 8. Danielle Leyfert ...................1997-2001 ..................... 1,447 9. Sharon Wisler ......................1986-1990 ..................... 1,420 10. Lauren Carra ............. 2009-Present ............. 1,265 11. Meg McDowell .....................1982-1986 ..................... 1,236 12. Shanda Piggott ....................1994-1998 ..................... 1,223 13. Lisa Cano .............................1984-1988 ..................... 1,188 14. Christina Rible .....................1998-2002 ..................... 1,181 15. Jennifer Riley ......................1989-1992 ..................... 1,165 16. Megan Dellegrotti ................1998-2002 ..................... 1,112 17. Danielle Parker ......... 2008-Present ............. 1,107 18. Denise Wojciech ...................1992-1996 ..................... 1,091 19. Sharon Howett .....................1974-1978 ..................... 1,089 20. Donna Werner .....................1980-1984 ..................... 1,088 SCORING AVERAGE No. Name Years PPG 1. Elena Delle Donne ...... 2009-Present ............... 26.6 2. Lori Howard ...........................1977-81 ......................... 17.7 3. Sharon Howett .......................1974-78 ......................... 15.6 4. Cindy Johnson .......................1997-01 ......................... 14.8 Ann Igo ................................1971-74 ........................ 14.8 6. Colleen McNamara ................1991-95 ......................... 14.1 7. Danielle Leyfert .....................1997-01 ......................... 13.5 Debbie Eaves ........................1986-90 ......................... 13.5 9. Tyresa Smith ..........................2003-07 ......................... 13.4 Jennifer Riley .......................1989-92 ......................... 13.4

FIELD GOALS MADE No. Name Years FG 1. Elena Delle Donne ...... 2009-Present .............1019* 2. Cindy Johnson .......................1997-01 .......................... 647 3. Debbie Eaves .........................1986-90 ......................... 641 4. Colleen McNamara .................1991-95 ......................... 639 5. Lori Howard ..........................1977-81 ......................... 598 6. Tyresa Smith ..........................2003-07 .......................... 580 7. Sharon Wisler .......................1986-90 ......................... 579 8. Tiara Malcom .........................2001-05 .......................... 504 9. Meg McDowell ......................1982-86 ......................... 501 10. Danielle Leyfert .....................1997-01 .......................... 495

FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED No. Name Years FGA 1. Elena Delle Donne ...... 2009-Present ............. 2,120 2. Cindy Johnson .......................1997-01 ....................... 1,526 3. Lori Howard ...........................1977-81 ...................... 1,395 4. Tyresa Smith ..........................2003-07 ....................... 1,376 5. Debbie Eaves ........................1986-90 ...................... 1,365 6. Colleen McNamara .................1991-95 ...................... 1,332 7. Sharon Wisler .......................1986-90 ....................... 1,192 8. Danielle Leyfert .....................1997-01 ....................... 1,180 9. Lisa Cano ...............................1984-88 ....................... 1,151 10. Christina Rible .......................1998-02 ....................... 1,134

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Min. 250 att.) No. Name Years Pct. 1. Courtney Irving......................2004-08 ........................ .509 2. Donna Werner ......................1980-84 ....................... .493 3. Kathie Malloy ........................1980-84 ........................ .488 4. Daphne Joy ..........................1986-90 ...................... .487 5. Sharon Wisler ........................1986-90 ...................... .486 6. Colleen McNamara ................1991-95 ...................... .483 7. Elena Delle Donne ...... 2009-Present .............. .481 8. Marian Moorer ......................1984-87 ....................... .476 9. Sarah Gause ..........................1983-86 ....................... .473 10. Tiara Malcom .........................2001-05 ....................... . .471

FREE THROWS MADE No. Name Years FT 1. Elena Delle Donne ...... 2009-Present ...............762* 2. Tiara Malcom .........................2001-05 .......................... 535 3. Tyresa Smith ..........................2003-07 .......................... 475 4. Shanda Piggott ....................1994-98 .......................... 451 5. Danielle Leyfert .....................1997-01 .......................... 442 6. Megan Dellegrotti ..................1998-02 .......................... 392 7. Julie Sailer ............................2001-05 .......................... 377 8. Cindy Johnson .......................1997-01 .......................... 360 9. Colleen McNamara .................1991-95 .......................... 292 10. Lauren Carra ............... 2009-Pres. .................. 279 11. Lori Howard ..........................1977-81 .......................... 273

FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED No. Name Years FTA 1. Elena Delle Donne ...... 2009-Present ...............838* 2. Tyresa Smith ..........................2003-07 .......................... 711 3. Tiara Malcom .........................2001-05 .......................... 688 4. Shanda Piggott .....................1994-98 .......................... 686 5. Danielle Leyfert .....................1997-01 .......................... 598 6. Cindy Johnson .......................1997-01 .......................... 502 7. Julie Sailer ............................2001-05 .......................... 476 8. Megan Dellegrotti ..................1998-02 .......................... 467 9. Lori Howard ..........................1977-81 .......................... 459 10. Colleen McNamara .................1991-95 .......................... 423 FREE THROW PERCENTAGE (Min. 80 Attempts) No. Name Years Pct. 1. Elena Delle Donne ...... 2009-Present .............. .909 2. Linda Cyborski .......................1988-92 ........................ .852 3. Megan Dellegrotti ..................1998-02 ........................ .839 4. Courtney Irving......................2004-08 ........................ .831 5. Chrissy Fisher.........................2005-07 ........................ .819 6. Carolyn Hartsky ....................1983-87 ........................ .807 7. Jennifer Riley ........................1989-92 ........................ .795 8. Julie Sailer ............................2001-05 ........................ .792 9. Tiffany Young ........................2001-05 ........................ .784 10. Alena Koshansky ...................2003-07 ........................ .782 THREE-POINT FIELD GOALS No. Name Years FG 1. Elena Delle Donne ...... 2009-Present ................ 206 2. Lauren Carra ............. 2009-Present ................ 170 3. Megan Dellegrotti ..................1998-02 .......................... 154 4. Alena Koshansky ...................2003-07 .......................... 145 5. Tesia Harris ............................2007-10 .......................... 116 6. Linda Cyborski .......................1988-92 ............................ 98 7. Bev Santee ............................1991-95 ............................ 91 8. Jen Lipinski ...........................1989-93 ............................ 76 9. Keisha McFadgion ..................1995-98 ............................ 74 10. Liz Hayes...............................2003-05 ............................ 66

THREE-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE (Min. 50 att.) No. Name Years Pct. 1. Elena Delle Donne ...... 2009-Present .............. .412 2. Chrissy Fisher.........................2005-07 ........................ .387 3. Alena Koshansky ...................2003-07 ........................ .367 4. Linda Cyborski ......................1988-92 ........................ .364 5. Jen Lipinski ...........................1989-93 ........................ .358 6. Amanda Blackstone ...............2002-06 ........................ .349 7. Liz Hayes...............................2003-05 ........................ .340 8. Megan Dellegrotti ..................1998-02 ........................ .336 Tesia Harris ............................2007-10 ........................ .336 10. Lauren Carra ............. 2009-Present .............. .322 11. Lindsay Davis ........................1998-02 ......................... .313

REBOUNDS No. Name Years Rebounds 1. Colleen McNamara ...............1991-1995 ..................... 1,063 2. Danielle Parker ......... 2008-Present ............. 1,056 3. Elena Delle Donne ...... 2009-Present ............. 1,011 4. Sharon Howett .....................1974-1978 ..................... 1,009 5. Debbie Eaves .......................1986-1990 ........................ 992 6. Christina Rible .....................1998-2002 ........................ 975 7. Sharon Wisler ......................1986-1990 ........................ 875 8. Donna Werner .....................1980-1984 ........................ 873 9. Shanda Piggott ....................1994-1998 ........................ 862 10. Lori Howard .........................1977-1981 ........................ 801

REBOUNDING AVERAGE No. Name Years Avg. 1. Sharon Howett .......................1974-78 ......................... 14.4 2. Mary Wisniewski ..................1972-76 ........................... 9.8 3. Lori Howard ...........................1977-81 ........................... 9.7 4. Colleen McNamara ................1991-95 ........................... 9.6 5. Donna Werner ......................1980-84 ........................... 9.2 6. Elena Delle Donne ...... 2009-Present ................. 8.9 Christina Rible .......................1998-02 ........................... 8.9 8. Debbie Eaves ........................1986-90 ........................... 8.6 9. Sue Sowter ...........................1974-76 ........................... 8.5 10. Paula Petrie ..........................1975-77 ........................... 8.1 Shanda Piggott .....................1994-98 ........................... 8.1

BLOCKED SHOTS No. Name Years Blocks 1. Elena Delle Donne ...... 2009-Present ...............273* 2. Colleen McNamara .................1991-95 .......................... 197 3. Debbie Eaves .........................1986-90 .......................... 177 4. Paula Polyanski .....................1983-86 .......................... 155 5. Sarah Gause ..........................1983-86 .......................... 115 6. Tiara Malcom .........................2001-05 .......................... 109 7. Christine Cole .........................1999-03 .......................... 108 8. Suzanne Street ......................1997-00 ............................ 79 9. Merel van Zanten ..................1990-94 ............................ 77 10. Tyresa Smith ..........................2003-07 ............................ 71

GAMES PLAYED No. Name Years GP 1. Danielle Parker ......... 2008-Present ................ 143 2. Lauren Carra ............. 2009-Present ................ 133 3. Jocelyn Bailey........................2008-12 .......................... 128 4. Tyresa Smith ..........................2003-07 .......................... 122 Alena Koshansky ...................2003-07 .......................... 122 6. Tiara Malcom .........................2001-05 .......................... 121 7. Vanessa Kabongo ...................2007-12 .......................... 120 8. Christine Cole .........................1999-03 .......................... 119 9. Eva Riddick ............................2007-11 .......................... 116 Jen Lipinski ...........................1989-93 .......................... 116 11. Debbie Eaves .........................1986-90 .......................... 115 Linda Cyborski .......................1988-92 .......................... 115

MINUTES PLAYED No. Name Years MP 1. Danielle Parker ........... 2008-Pres. ................ 4076 2. Lisa Cano ...............................1984-88 ........................ 3946 3. Elena Delle Donne ........ 2009-Pres. ................ 3935 4. Colleen McNamara .................1991-95 ........................ 3921 5. Lauren Carra ............... 2009-Pres. ................ 3844 6. Tiara Malcom .........................2001-05 ........................ 3753 7. Cindy Johnson .......................1997-01 ........................ 3708 8. Denise Wojciech .....................1992-96 ........................ 3655 9. Tyresa Smith ..........................2003-07 ........................ 3623 10. Debbie Eaves .........................1986-90 ........................ 3578 * - Colonial Athletic Association Record

DELAWARE

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UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORYDelaware in the NCAA Tournament

Overall: 3-3 | First Round: 2-2 | Second Round: 1-1 | Regional Semifinals: 0-0 | Regional Finals: 0-0Date Round Game Score SiteMar. 16, 2001 First N.C. State def. Delaware 76-57 Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, N.C.Mar. 18, 2007 First Michigan State def. Delaware 69-58 Breslin Center, East Lansing, Mich.Mar. 18, 2012 First Delaware def. Arkansas-Little Rock 73-42 Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock, Ark.Mar. 20, 2012 Second Kansas def. Delaware 70-64 Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock, Ark.Mar. 24, 2013 First Delaware def. West Virginia 66-53 Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del.Mar. 26, 2013 Second Delaware def. North Carolina 78-69 Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del.Mar. 30, 2013 Regional Semis Delaware vs. Kentucky Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, Conn.

TEAM SINGLE-GAME RECORDS Delaware OpponentPoints Scored 78, vs. North Carolina (Mar. 26, 2013) 76, vs. N.C. State (Mar. 16, 2001)Fewest Points Allowed 42, vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (Mar. 18, 2012) 56, vs. N.C. State (Mar. 16, 2001)Field Goals Made 28, vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (Mar. 18, 2012) 31, vs. N.C. State (Mar. 16, 2001)Field Goals Attempted 74, vs. Michigan State (Mar. 18, 2007) 62, vs. Michigan State (Mar. 18, 2007)3-Point FIeld Goals Made 7, vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (Mar. 18, 2012) 7, vs. Michigan State (Mar. 18, 2007) 7, vs. North Carolina (Mar. 26, 2013)3-Point Field Goals Attempted 15, vs. Michigan State (Mar. 18, 2007) 22, vs. West Virginia (Mar. 24, 2013)Free Throws Made 26, vs. North Carolina (Mar. 26, 2013) 18, vs. Michigan State (Mar. 18, 2007)Free Throws Attempted 32, vs. North Carolina (Mar. 26, 2013) 23, vs. Michigan State (Mar. 18, 2007)Rebounds 43, vs. North Carolina (Mar. 26, 2013) 54, vs. Michigan State (Mar. 18, 2007)Assists 12, vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (Mar. 18, 2012) 16, vs. Michigan State (Mar. 18, 2007) 16, vs. North Carolina (Mar. 26, 2013)Turnovers (fewest) 7, vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (Mar. 18, 2012) 9, vs. Kansas (Mar. 20, 2012)Blocked Shots 5, vs. West Virginia (Mar. 24, 2013) 11, vs. N.C. State (Mar. 18, 2007)Steals 15, vs. Michigan State (Mar. 18, 2007) 7, vs. North Carolina (Mar. 26, 2013)

INDIVIDUAL SINGLE-GAME RECORDS Delaware OpponentPoints Scored 39, Elena Delle Donne vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (Mar. 18, 2012) 27, Angel Goodrich vs. Kansas (Mar. 20, 2012)Field Goals Made 14, Elena Delle Donne vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (Mar. 18, 2012) 12, Angel Goodrich vs. Kansas (Mar. 20, 2012)Field Goals Attempted 28, Elena Delle Donne vs. North Carolina (Mar. 26, 2013) 21, Angel Goodrich vs. Kansas (Mar. 20, 2012)3-Point Field Goals Made 5, Elena Delle Donne vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (Mar. 18, 2012) 5, Megan Buckland vs. North Carolina (Mar. 26, 2013)3-Point Field Goals Attempted 9, Lauren Carra vs. Kansas (Mar. 20, 2012) 11, Taylor Palmer vs. West Virginia (Mar. 24, 2013)Free Throws Made 15, Elena Delle Donne vs. Kansas (Mar. 20, 2012) 6, Rene Hayes vs. Michigan State (Mar. 18, 2007)Free Throws Attempted 18, Elena Delle Donne vs. Kansas (Mar. 20, 2012) 8, Rene Hayes vs. Michigan State (Mar. 18, 2007)Rebounds 13, Danielle Parker vs. North Carolina (Mar. 26, 2013) 11, Aishah Sutherland vs. Kansas (Mar. 20, 2012)Assists 5, Trumae Lucas vs. Arkansas-Little Rock (Mar. 18, 2012) 9, Tierra Ruffin-Pratt vs. North Carolina (Mar. 26, 2013)Blocked Shots 4, Elena Delle Donne vs. West Virginia (Mar. 24, 2013) 6, Allyssa DeHaan vs. Michigan State (Mar. 18, 2007) 6, Waltiea Rolle vs. North Carolina (Mar. 26, 2013)Steals 5, Kyle DeHaven vs. Michigan State (Mar. 18, 2007) 4, Brittany Rountree vs. North Carolina (Mar. 26, 2013)

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DELAWARE All-Time in Postseason Tournaments (9-24)

NCAA Tournament (3-3) 2001 East Regional Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, N.C. (4) N.C. State 76, (13) Delaware 57

2007 Greensboro Regional Breslin Center, East Lansing, Mich. (5) Michigan State 69, (12) Delaware 58

2012 Des Moines Regional Jack Stephens Center, Little Rock, Ark. (3) Delaware 73, (14) Ark.-Little Rock 42 (11) Kansas 70, (3) Delaware 64

2013 Bridgeport Regional Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del. (6) Delaware 66, (11) West Virginia 53 (6) Delaware 78, (3) North Carolina 69

WNIT (0-6) 2002 Smith Center, Washington, D.C. George Washington 78, Delaware 71

2003 Alumni Fieldhouse, Philadelphia, Pa. Saint Joseph’s 65, Delaware 47

2005 Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del. St. John’s 48, Delaware 42

2006 Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. Pittsburgh 64, Delaware 57

2010 Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del. Richmond 67, Delaware 49

2010 Savage Arena, Toledo, Ohio Toledo 58, Delaware 55

AIAW Tournament EAIAW Regional (6-15)

1972 at Towson, Md. vs. Lock Haven W 56-50 vs. Monmouth L 50-51

1973 at Lock Haven, Pa. vs. Federal City L 50-61 vs. Glassboro State L 58-86

1974 at New Brunswick, N.J. vs. Slippery Rock L 48-76 vs. Lock Haven L 51-76

1975 at Glassboro, N.J. vs. Maryland L 65-76 vs. Ursinus W 56-53 vs. West Chester L 64-84

1976 at Pittsburgh, Pa. vs. Lock Haven L 64-91 vs. Rutgers W 97-56 vs. Penn State L 56-68

1977 at Philadelphia, Pa. vs. Cheyney State L 57-70 vs. West Chester W 66-62 vs. Rutgers L 75-78

1978 at West Chester, Pa. at West Chester L 53-60 vs. Temple W 76-67

1981 at Jersey City, N.J. vs. West Chester W 51-47 vs. Morgan State L 64-87 vs. Mount St. Mary’s L 55-57 (OT)

All-Time in Preseason Tournaments (1-6)

Preseason WNIT (1-6) 2000 Smith Center, Washington, D.C. George Washington 78, Delaware 56

2007 Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del. Delaware 54, Delaware State 47 Comcast Center, College Park, Md. Maryland 91, Delaware 43 Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, Fort Worth, Tex. TCU 66, Delaware 36

2012 Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del. Delaware 63, Sam Houston State 31 Georgetown 62, Delaware 56 A.J. Palumbo Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. Duquesne 51, Delaware 47

All-Time in Conference Tournaments (37-25)

East Coast Conference (14-6) 1983 Qtrs. American L 63-73

1984 Qtrs. vs. Bucknell W 64-37 Semis vs. Hofstra W 74-56 Final vs. Towson State L 58-61

1985 Qtrs. Hofstra W 88-67 Semis Lehigh L 61-69

1986 Qtrs. Drexel W 75-44 Semis vs. Lafayette W 62-55 Final vs. Lehigh L 59-72

1987 Qtrs. vs. Lehigh L 74-82

1988 Qtrs. vs. Lehigh W 80-78 Semis vs. Lafayette L 55-65

1989 Qtrs. vs. Rider W 73-64 Semis vs. Bucknell W 80-74 Final vs. Lafayette W 51-45

1990 Qtrs. vs. Bucknell W 83-66 Semis vs. Lehigh W 69-63 Final vs. Drexel W 67-58

1991 Semis vs. Drexel W 53-41 Final vs. Hofstra W 60-52

America East / North Atlantic Conference (7-9) 1992 Qtrs. Boston University W 77-75 Semis at Vermont L 66-82

1993 Qtrs. Hartford W 73-64 Semis at Vermont L 62-75

1994 Qtrs. Boston University L 60-62

1995 Qtrs. at Northeastern L 59-65

1996 Qtrs. at Hartford L 55-72

1997 Qtrs. Boston University W 76-65 Semis at Vermont L 40-72

1998 Qtrs. vs. Drexel L 66-68 (All Rounds at Orono, Maine)

1999 Qtrs. at Vermont L 64-74 (All Rounds at Burlington, Vt.)

2000 Qtrs. vs. New Hampshire W 77-65 Semis vs. Maine L 66-74 (All Rounds at Burlington, Vt.)

2001 Qtrs. vs. Boston University W 67-49 Semis vs. Hartford W 50-47 Final at Vermont W 69-66 (OT) (All Rounds at Burlington, Vt.)

Colonial Athletic Association (19-10) 2002 Qtrs. vs. Drexel W 72-63 (OT) Semis vs. UNC Wilmington L 60-65 (All Rounds at Norfolk, Va.)

2003 Qtrs. vs. Drexel W 69-51 Semis vs. Va. Commonwealth W 63-42 Final at Old Dominion L 58-66 (All Rounds at Norfolk, Va.)

2004 Qtrs. vs. UNC Wilmington W 65-59 Semis at Old Dominion L 62-73 (All Rounds at Norfolk, Va.)

2005 Qtrs. vs. Va. Commonwealth W 71-56 Semis vs. James Madison W 62-57 Final vs. Old Dominion L 74-78 (OT) (All Rounds at Fairfax, Va.)

2006 Qtrs. vs. Northeastern W 55-45 Semis vs. James Madison L 59-61 (All Rounds at Fairfax, Va.)

2007 Qtrs. Virginia Commonwealth W 79-58 Semis James Madison L 56-67 (All Rounds at Newark, Del.)

2008 1st Rd. vs. UNC Wilmington L 56-59 (All Rounds at Newark, Del.)

2009 1st Rd. vs. Towson L 37-40 (All Rounds at Harrisonburg, Va.)

2010 1st Rd. vs. George Mason W 58-41 Qtrs. vs. Drexel W 67-61 (OT) Semis vs. Old Dominion L 49-50 (All rounds at Harrisonburg, Va.)

2011 1st Rd. vs. Northeastern W 74-66 Qtrs. vs. Old Dominion W 72-55 Semis. vs. UNC Wilmington W 62-47 Final vs. James Madison L 61-67 (All rounds at Upper Marlboro, Md.)

2012 Qtrs. vs. Old Dominion W 74-54 Semis. vs. UNC Wilmington W 66-39 Final vs. Drexel W 59-43 (All rounds at Upper Marlboro, Md.)

2013 Qtrs. vs. UNCW W 51-43 Semis. vs. Hofstra W 75-54 Final vs. Drexel W 59-56 (All rounds at Upper Marlboro, Md.)

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One of the most successful coaches in University of Delaware ath-letics history, Tina Martin begins her 17th season at the helm of the Blue Hen women’s basketball team in 2012-13. A native of Williamsport, Pa., Martin was hired May 14, 1996, re-placing Joyce Perry who served for 18 years. She has signed through 2017 with the University of Delaware. In 16 seasons, Martin has transformed the Blue Hens into perenni-al championship contenders, first in the America East conference, and currently in the Colonial Athletic Association, which Delaware joined beginning with the 2001-02 season. In those 16 seasons, she has led the teams to a combined record of 309-177 (.636) overall and 186-102 (.646) in regular season league play with the Hens posting nine straight winning seasons through the 2006-07 season. Delaware has recorded 20-win seasons in 10 of the last 13 seasons and made postseason appearances in nine of the last 12 years, including three in the NCAA and six in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament. Last season Martin guided UD to a record-breaking year that saw the Blue Hens finish 31-2, go undefeated in CAA play, and win the first postseason game in school history. Delaware set a school record for wins in a season including a re-cord 21 consecutive victories, and claimed the first CAA Tournament title in UD history. The Blue Hens earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and posted a 73-42 win over Arkansas Little Rock, the first postseason win by a men’s or women’s basketball team in school history, and ended the year ranked No. 14 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll after climbing as high as No. 7 in early March. Along the way, Martin earned her 300th career victory on Feb. 12 when the Blue Hens defeated Georgia State, 94-56, the most points scored by UD under Martin. For her efforts, she was named the CAA Coach of the Year for the third time. Martin also was instrumental in the continuing development of Elena Delle Donne, a first team WBCA, John Wooden, Associated Press and USWBA All-American who led the nation in scoring by averaging 28.1 points per game. On Jan. 6, 2011, Martin became the winningest men’s or women’s basketball coach at Delaware, earning her 267th career victory with a

TINA Head Coach • Lock Haven ‘86

17th Season at Delaware • 341-180

61-51 win at Northeastern. The Hens have placed fourth or better in league play all but four times. Delaware has advanced to the league championship semifinals or better 11 times in the last 13 years, including four appearances in the CAA Championship Game. After a 6-21 campaign in 1997-98, Martin led the Blue Hens to a 16-11 record in 1998-99 and a 21-8 mark and a trip to the America East semifinals in 1999-2000. The team’s 21-8 mark in 1999-00 was the best season for a Blue Hen team since 1989-90. But it all came together during the 2000-01 season for the Blue Hens. Martin leaded an experienced Delaware squad to the finest sea-son in school history. Delaware put together a record of 26-5, setting school records for wins in a season and consecutive victories (17) and cruising to the America East regular season title with a 17-1 record. The Hens moved through the America East Tournament, defeating Boston University and Hartford in the first two rounds and rallying to down host Vermont in the championship game. That victory gave Delaware its first ever America East title and the team’s first conference championship since 1991 and its first program NCAA Tournament appearance. The Blue Hens advanced to the NCAA East Regionals at North Carolina State and hung tough with the 19th ranked Wolfpack before falling 76-57. The Hens also received their first ever votes in the USA Today Top 25 poll during the season. Among the other milestones during the season included Martin winning the America East Coach of the Year award for the first time and senior guard Cindy Johnson earning All-America East honors for the third straight year. Martin was instrumental in the development of Johnson, a 5-8 guard who became Delaware’s all-time leading scorer and was the first UD player to be invited to the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) Draft Camp in 2002. Delaware made it two straight post-season appearances in 2001-02. As first year members of the Colonial Athletic Association, Mar-tin helped guide the Blue Hens to a 23-7 record and their first ever Women’s National Invitational Tournament berth. The 2004-05 team produced one of the finest seasons in school history as Martin led the squad to a 25-6 mark and a 16-2 league mark. The Blue Hens claimed the CAA regular season title and tied the

school record for consecutive wins in a season with 17. The Blue Hens ended Old Dominion’s 122-game home CAA win streak with their vic-tory in Norfolk in January and then became the first CAA team since the 1992-93 Richmond Spiders to sweep Old Dominion in the regular season before a school record crowd at home. The squad received votes in the USA Today Top 25 Poll over the second half of the season. The Hens moved through the CAA Tournament before falling to Old Dominion in the CAA Championship game in overtime, 78-74. The Hens did make it back to the post-season though, as Delaware hosted St. John’s in the first round of the WNIT Tournament. Delaware mak-ing its third WNIT appearance in the last four years fell to the Red Storm by a score of 48-42. Martin was selected as the CAA Co-Coach of the Year honors, sharing the title with Drexel’s Denise Dillion. The winning ways continued in 2005-06 as the Blue Hens posted a record of 22-8, placed third in the CAA regular season standings, and advanced to the CAA Tournament semifinals. Delaware still earned its fifth post-season berth in six seasons, advancing to the WNIT for the fourth time before falling to Pittsburgh by a score of 64-57. During the 2006-07 season, Delaware tied the school record with 26 wins and tied the school record for conference wins with 16. The Blue Hens also received votes in the Associated Press Top 25 media poll for the first time in school history. The Hens garnered the school’s first ever at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament. UD fell to Michigan State on the Spartans’ home floor 69-58. Smith, who led the team in scoring and was 17th in the nation with 19.8 points per game, was named first team All-CAA and the league’s Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year. Smith be-came the first Delaware player to be drafted into the WNBA when the Phoenix Mercury selected her with the 18th overall pick. In 2009-10, the Blue Hens returned to dominance with a solid 21-12 season highlighted by CAA semifinal and a first round WNIT appearances. After an outstanding season in 2009-10, the Hens went through an up-and-down season. Delaware rebounded however and advanced to the CAA Tournament finals. The Hens earned yet another WNIT appearance with a first round game at Toledo. As an assistant coach, Martin played a big part in rebuilding a Se-ton Hall University program that went from three straight losing sea-sons to one that made back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances in 1994 and 1995 under head coach Phyllis Mangina. The 1993-94 team went 27-5 and advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16, the best season in Seton Hall history. Martin was a two-time NCAA Division II All-American at Lock Ha-ven (Pa.) University and was a four time Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference All-Star and two time league Player of the Year. She fin-ished as the PSAC’s all-time leading scorer with 2,157 points and had her number (33) retired at Lock Haven.

Year Record Conference Record (Finish) Team Notes1996-97 9-19 6-12 (7th), America East Martin’s First Win, 72-66 vs. Delaware State, Nov. 22, 19961997-98 6-21 3-15 (10th), America East1998-99 16-11 10-8 (5th), America East First Winning Season; America East Quarterfinals1999-00 21-8 13-5 (3rd), America East First 20 Win Season; America East Semifinals2000-01 26-5 17-1 (1st), America East America East Champions; America East Coach of the Year; NCAA Tournament2001-02 23-7 15-3 (2nd), Colonial Athletic Association CAA Semifinals; WNIT Tournament2002-03 22-9 15-3 (tie, 1st), Colonial Athletic Association WNIT Tournament; CAA Tournament Finals; CAA Regular Season Co-Champions2003-04 19-10 10-8 (4th), Colonial Athletic Association CAA Tournament Semifinals2004-05 25-6 16-2 (1st), Colonial Athletic Association WNIT Tournament; CAA Tournament Finals; CAA Regular Season Champions; CAA Co-Coach of the Year2005-06 22-8 13-5 (3rd), Colonial Athletic Association WNIT Tournament; CAA Tournament Semifinals2006-07 26-6 16-2 (3rd), Colonial Athletic Association NCAA Tournament; CAA Tournament Semifinals2007-08 7-24 6-12 (9th), Colonial Athletic Association 2008-09 15-15 7-11 (9th), Colonial Athletic Association 2009-10 21-12 11-7 (5th), Colonial Athletic Association WNIT Tournament; CAA Tournament Semifinals2010-11 20-14 10-8 (t-5th), Colonial Athletic Association WNIT Tournament; CAA Tournament Runner-Up; Won Record 267th Career Game at Northeastern, Jan. 6, 20112011-12 31-2 18-0 (1st), Colonial Athletic Association CAA Regular Season Champions; CAA Tournament Champions; NCAA Tournament Second Round; CAA Coach of the Year2012-13 32-3 18-0 (1st), Colonial Athletic Association CAA Regular Season & Tournament Champions; 500th Career Game (at ODU, 1/13/13); 150th Career CAA Regular Season Victory (at W&M, 2/17/13); NCAA Sweet 16Totals 341-180 (.655) 204-102 (.667)

Tina Martin Year By Year Head Coaching Record

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JANINE ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH

Fordham ‘8917th Season at Delaware

Jeanine Radice, a former standout player at Fordham and an assistant coach at Seton Hall for four seasons, begins her 17th season as Tina Martin’s top assistant on the University of Delaware women’s basketball staff in 2012-13. Her tenure is longer than any other current assistant coach among UD women’s athletics teams, and ties her for 17th amongst active NCAA Division I assistant/associate women’s basketball coaches at one institution.

Radice, who was promoted to associate head coach in April, 2000, has played a key role in Delaware’s rise to the top of the America East conference and now to the upper echelon of the Colonial Athletic Association. During her 16 seasons as Martin’s top assistant, she has led the Blue Hens to 309 wins, a .636 winning percentage, three NCAA Tournament berths, six Women’s National Invitation Tournament ap-pearances, and three conference titles. The Blue Hens have advanced to their league tournament semifinals 11 times during her 16 years.

Last season Radice helped guide UD to a record-breaking year that saw the Blue Hens finish 31-2, go undefeated in CAA play, and win the first postseason game in school history. Delaware set a school record for wins in a season including a record 21 consecutive victories, and claimed the first CAA Tournament title in UD history. The Blue Hens earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and posted a 73-42 win over Arkansas Little Rock, the first postseason win by a men’s or women’s basketball team in school history, and ended the year ranked No. 14 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll after climbing as high as No. 7 in early March.

Radice also was instrumental in the continuing development of Elena Delle Donne, a first team WBCA, John Wooden, Associated Press and USWBA All-American who led the nation in scoring by averaging 28.1 points per game.

Radice helped the Blue Hens turnaround from a 6-21 mark in 1997-98 to a 21-8 record and a trip to the America East semifinals in 1999-2000.

It all came together during the 2000-01 season for the Blue Hens as Delaware enjoyed its finest season in school history. Delaware put together a record of 26-5, setting school records for wins in a season and consecutive victories (17) and cruising to the America East regular season title with a 17-1 record. The Hens moved through the America East Tournament, defeating Boston University and Hartford in the first two rounds and rallying to down host Vermont in the championship game.

That victory gave Delaware its first ever America East title and the team’s first conference championship since 1991 and its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance. The Blue Hens advanced to the NCAA East Regionals at North Carolina State and hung tough with the 19th ranked Wolfpack before falling 76-57. The Hens also received their first ever votes in the USA Today Top 25 poll during the season.

Delaware made it two straight post-season appearances in 2001-02. As first year members of the Colonial Athletic Association, Radice helped guide the Blue Hens to a 23-7 record, the second highest season win total in school history. Delaware placed second in the CAA regular season standings behind nationally-ranked Old Dominion with a 15-3 mark and advanced to the CAA Tournament semifinals. Delaware earned its first ever WNIT berth before falling to Atlantic 10 regular season champion George Washington in the opening round, 78-71.

The remarkable string continued in 2002-03 as Radice helped lead an unheralded team to a 22-9 record and a 15-3 league mark, tying Old Dominion for the regular season title. It marked the first time since 1992-93 that the Lady Monarchs did not win the league regular season title outright. The Hens moved through the CAA Tournament before falling to host Old Dominion 66-58 in the championship game. Still, the Hens qualified for the WNIT Tournament for the second straight year, falling to host Saint Joseph’s 65-47 in the opening round.

The 2004-05 team produced one of the finest seasons in school history as Radice helped lead the squad to a 25-6 mark and a 16-2 league mark. The Blue Hens claimed the CAA regular season title and tied the school record for consecutive wins in a season with 17. The Blue Hens ended Old Dominion’s 122-game home CAA win streak with their victory in Norfolk in January and then became the first CAA team since the 1992-93 Richmond Spiders to sweep Old Dominion in the regular season before a school record crowd at home.

The squad received votes in the USA Today Top 25 Poll over the second half of the season. The Hens moved through the CAA Tournament before falling to Old Dominion in the CAA Championship game in overtime, 78-74. The Hens did make it back to the post-season though as Delaware hosted St. John’s in the first round of the WNIT. Delaware, making its third WNIT appearance in the last four years, fell to the Red Storm by a score of 48-42.

The winning ways continued in 2005-06 as the Blue Hens posted a record of 22-8, placed third in the CAA regular season standings, and advanced to the CAA Tournament semifinals before falling to James Madison in the final seconds. Delaware still earned its fifth post-season berth in six seasons, advancing to the WNIT but falling to Pittsburgh by a score of 64-57 in the opening round.

During the 2006-07 season, Delaware tied the school record with 26 wins and tied the school record for conference wins with 16. The Blue Hens also received votes in the Associated Press Top 25 media poll for the first time in school history. The Hens fell in the CAA semifinals to James Madison but garnered the school’s first ever at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament.

The Hens fell to Michigan State on the Spartans’ home floor 69-58. Smith, who led the team in scoring and was 17th in the nation with 19.8 points per game, was named first team All-CAA and the league’s Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year. Smith became the first Delaware player to be drafted into the WNBA when the Phoenix Mercury selected her with the 18th overall pick. Having graduated three key members of the NCAA Tournament team, the Blue Hens suffered a 7-24 season in 2007-08 before bouncing back and securing a .500 record in 2008-09 of 15-15.

In 2009-10 the Blue Hens returned to dominance with a solid 21-12 season highlighted by CAA semifinal and a first round WNIT appear-ances. Delaware, who smashed its previous attendance record having seated over 16,000 more than ever before, defeated George Mason in the CAA first round before edging past Drexel, 67-61 in overtime of the quarterfinals. Delaware went on to challenge Old Dominion in the semifinal contest, but fell short of a berth to the championship game as the Hens fell, 50-49, its seventh loss by five points or less that season. UD ended its season having dropped a 67-49 decision to visiting Richmond in the WNIT opening round.

Radice who earned her bachelor’s degree (1989) and master’s degrees (1990) from Fordham, served as an assistant with Martin at Seton Hall for four years, leading the team to the NCAA Tournament in 1994 and 1995. She previously served as an assistant coach at Marist College.

Radice coordinates Delaware’s recruiting efforts and oversees Delaware’s girl’s basketball summer camp. She worked primarily with the Blue Hen backcourt players. She was instrumental in the development of two-time first team All-America East guard and the school’s all-time leading scorer, Cindy Johnson.

At Fordham, Radice was the Metro Atlantic Athletic Association Most Valuable Player in 1989, was named Fordham’s Outstanding Female Athlete three times, was inducted into the Fordham Hall of Fame in 1995. She was also a standout on the Fordham cross country team.

A native of New York, Radice had a brilliant playing career at Fordham where she is second on the all-time leading scoring list with 2,417 career points and ranks second all-time in field goals made with 929. She holds the Fordham career records for scoring average (21.8), 3-point field goal percentage (.475), and free throw percentage (.851). A three-time first team selection to the All-Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference team, Radice was chosen the MAAC Rookie of the Year in 1985 and the Player of the Year in 1989.

TOM ASSISTANT COACH

Temple ‘892nd Season at Delaware

Tom Lochner, who previously spent 23 seasons as La Salle University in Philadelphia, including six years as head coach, was named an assistant coach for the Blue Hen women’s basketball staff in July, 2011. He begins his second season with Delaware during the 2012-13 season.

During his first season at UD in 2011-12, Lochner helped guide UD to a record-breaking year that saw the Blue Hens finish 31-2, go undefeated in CAA play, and win the first postseason game in school history.

Delaware set a school record for wins in a season including a record 21 consecutive victories, and claimed the first CAA Tournament title in UD history. The Blue Hens earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and posted a 73-42 win over Arkansas Little Rock, the first postseason win by a men’s or women’s basketball team in school history, and ended the year ranked No. 14 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll after climbing as high as No. 7 in early March.

Lochner also was instrumental in the continuing development of Elena Delle Donne, a first team WBCA, John Wooden, Associated Press and USWBA All-American who led the nation in scoring by averaging 28.1 points per game.

“We are thrilled to have Tom joining our staff,” said Delaware head coach Tina Martin at the time of Loch-ner’s hiring. “He brings a wealth of knowledge, experience, and recruiting ties that will really help our program. I have known Tom for over 20 years and have a tremendous amount respect for him as a person and as a coach.“

“I’m very excited to be a part of the University of Delaware women’s basketball coaching staff,” said Lochner. “I have an extremely high level of respect for what this program has been able to accomplish under Coach Martin and her staff. I hope to be able to contribute in some way to the future success of the program.”

Lochner holds two degrees from Temple University, a bachelor’s degree in physical education in 1989 and a master’s in sports management in 1997. He also earned a master’s degree in education from La Salle in 2006.

He served on the basketball staff for 23 seasons at La Salle, including the final six as head coach as he put together a record of 72-101. He was first hired as a volunteer assistant for the 1987-88 season under John Miller before being promoted to assistant head coach in 1989 and then associate head coach in 1998. He became the head coach in August, 2004, replacing Miller who resigned.

Lochner enjoyed his finest season as head coach at LaSalle in 2006-07 when he led the Explorers to 19 wins, the most by the school in over a decade, and earned Big Five Coach of the Year honors. The team started out 7-0 to tie a school record, won nine games on the road for the first time since 1991-92, and matched the school’s best ever home mark at Tom Gola Arena with a record of 10-3.

The journey for Lochner at La Salle began when he joined the Explorers coaching staff in 1987 serving as a volunteer assistant for two seasons. After gaining full-time coaching status in 1989, he remained as an assistant coach until the 1998-99 season, when he was promoted to associate head coach.

During his 17 years at La Salle prior to his head coaching stint, Lochner had been part of 296 La Salle victo-ries (296-196 overall). He had also been with the team for two NCAA Tournament appearances, one WNIT Tournament appearance, three conference titles, four Big 5 titles, and five 20-win seasons.

Lochner started his coaching career in his hometown of Schenectady, N.Y. at his alma mater, Bishop Gibbons High School. He coached the girls basketball team from 1980-87, with his first three seasons guiding the junior varsity squad and the last four as the varsity head coach.

During his varsity tenure, Bishop Gibbons posted an 88-13 record and captured the 1986 New York State Championships (Large Division) with a 26-2 record. His team also won three sectional titles, and Lochner was honored as New York State Section II Coach of the Year twice - in 1985 and 1986.

In addition to coaching at the high school and college levels, Lochner has extensive summer camp experi-ence, teaching basketball fundamentals to young athletes. He is also actively involved in alumni and booster fundraising activities.

Lochner, wife Beth, son Curtis, and daughter Samantha, reside in Willow Grove, Pa.

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TIARA ASSISTANT COACH

Delaware ‘057th Season at Delaware

Tiara Malcom, a record-setting forward and one of the top women’s basketball players in University of Delaware basketball history, begins her seventh season with the Blue Hen coaching staff in 2012-13.

Malcom, who played professionally during the 2005-06 season in Barreiro, Portugal with the GD ESSA Basketball Club, earned her degree in family and community services from Delaware in May, 2005.

In May 2011, Malcom graduated for the University’s College of Education & Human Development with her Masters of Education in higher education administration.

“We are excited to have Tiara back with our program,” said Delaware head coach Tina Martin, who made the announcement June 13, 2006. “She is one of the finest players I’ve ever coached and her work-ethic and knowledge of the game are outstanding. We are confident that those strong characteristics she had as a player will be valuable as she joins the coaching ranks.”

Malcom has helped guide the Blue Hens to four 20-win seasons during her six years, including two NCAA Tournament berths and two WNIT berths.

Last season Malcom helped guide UD to a record-breaking year that saw the Blue Hens finish 31-2, go undefeated in CAA play, and win the first postseason game in school history.

Delaware set a school record for wins in a season including a record 21 consecutive victories, and claimed the first CAA Tournament title in UD history. The Blue Hens earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and posted a 73-42 win over Arkansas Little Rock, the first postseason win by a men’s or women’s basketball team in school history, and ended the year ranked No. 14 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll after climbing as high as No. 7 in early March.

Malcom also was instrumental in the continuing development of Elena Delle Donne, a first team WBCA, John Wooden, Associated Press and USWBA All-American who led the nation in scoring by averaging 28.1 points per game.

A native of Wilmington, Del., the 6-1 Malcom enjoyed an outstanding high school career at nearby Caravel Academy before coming to Delaware. She was a two-time All-State selection and was named the state’s Co-Player of the Year in 2001.

She was a four-year standout for the Blue Hens under Martin, leading the squad to a four year mark of 89-32, Colonial Athletic Association regular season titles in 2003 and 2005, and berths in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament three times. The Hens, who went 55-15 in conference action during Malcom’s career, and appeared in the CAA Tournament championship game in both 2003 and 2005.

Malcom, who served as captain of the 2004-05 squad, was a three-time All-CAA selection, earning second team honors in 2003 and 2004 before garnering first team recognition in 2005 when she was named CAA Player of the Year honors after leading the league in scoring with 15.5 points per game while ranking among the league leaders with 6.8 rebounds per contest.

She became just the third player in UD history to be named conference player of the year. She was named the University of Delaware’s Outstanding Senior Female Athlete of the Year for the 2004-05 season.

A seven-time CAA Player of the Week, Malcom set school records for career free throws made (535) to lead the CAA at the time and now ranks third in league history. She also holds the all-time Delaware record for double-figure scoring games (88), ranks third in games played (121), fifth in scoring (1,545 points) and blocks (109), and ninth in rebounding (794) for the Blue Hens. She averaged 12.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for her career.

Malcom was a two-time CAA Dean Ehlers Award candidate for overall contributions on the court, classroom, and community and overcame a partial hearing loss in both ears to star for the Blue Hens. She was inducted into the University of Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame in November, 2012.

She worked at the University of Delaware Women’s Basketball Camp for three years, one year with the UD Men’s Basketball Camp, and was active working at the Future Stars Basketball Camp in 2000-05 and Final Exam Basketball Camp in 2004 and 2005.

She also was active as a student intern with the New Castle (Del.) County Head Start Inc. and as a camp counselor at the Clarence Fraim Boys and Girls Club in Wilmington.

She is single and resides in the Newark area.

ALLIE DIRECTOR OF BASKETBALL OPERATIONS

Cornell ‘103rd Season at Delaware

Allie Fedorowicz was hired as the Director of Basketball Operations at the University of Delaware in Septem-ber of 2010, following an outstanding career at Cornell University where she was a co-captain in 2009-10.

The 2012-13 season will mark Fedorowicz’s third season as the Director of Basketball Operations for the Blue Hens.

Last season Fedorowicz helped guide UD to a record-breaking year that saw the Blue Hens finish 31-2, go undefeated in CAA play, and win the first postseason game in school history.

Delaware set a school record for wins in a season including a record 21 consecutive victories, and claimed the first CAA Tournament title in UD history. The Blue Hens earned a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and posted a 73-42 win over Arkansas Little Rock, the first postseason win by a men’s or women’s basketball team in school history, and ended the year ranked No. 14 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll after climbing as high as No. 7 in early March.

A native of Abington, Pa., Fedorowicz was twice named to an All-Tournament team in 2009-10, earning honors at DePaul Classic and again at the Virginia Holiday Tournament. She was a starter on the 2007-08 team which captured the Ivy League championship and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament. As a senior, she led the team in points (12.2 per game) and steals (29) while averaging 31.0 minutes a game. She left her mark in the Big Red record book, ranking second in career three-point field goals (148) and third in career free throw percentage (.816).

A 2010 graduate of Cornell, Fedorowicz worked with the Cornell athletics department student services department since 2008, managing and organizing the Student-Athlete’s Assistance Fund with a $55,000 budget. She also assisted with sports nutrition workshops held at Cornell as a panel member and during the summer of 2009, completed an internship with The Food Trust in Philadelphia.

From 2006-09, Fedorowicz worked with the Blue Chip Basketball Tournament, held in State College, Pa. and helped organize games while managing admissions, coaches, athletes and facilities. She also worked at the Kelly Greenberg Basketball Camp, based in New Hope, Pa., from 2002-09.

Fedorowicz is currently working towards her Master of Sciences degree in health promotion at the Univer-sity’s College of Health Sciences.

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2012-13 University of Delaware Women’s Basketball Team: Front Row (left-right): Jade Clark, Akeema Richards, Lauren Carra, Trumae Lucas, Kayla Miller, Jaquetta May, Jodi Salyer, Alecia Bell, Courtni Green. Back Row: Head Coach Tina Martin, Associate Head Coach Jeanine Radice, Assistant Coach Tom Lochner, Candace Martino, Strength & Conditioning Assistant Coach Trevor Williams, Manager Peter Stevens, Chelsea Craig, Kelsey Buchanan, Elena Delle Donne, Danielle Parker, Stephanie Leon, Joy Caracciolo, Assistant Coach Tiara Malcom, Director of Basketball Operations Allie Fedorowicz, Manager Clayton Meeks, Assistant Athletic Trainer Kelly Stafford, Senior Student Athletic Trainer Deanna Lapp.

2012-13 University of Delaware Women’s Basketball Roster

No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Hometown/High School (Previous School) 1 Candace Martino ^ So.r G 5-7 Pittsburgh, Pa./Bethel Park (Akron) 2 Courtni Green Fr. G 5-7 Winchester, Va./Millbrook 3 Jaquetta May *** Sr. G 5-9 Wilmington, Del./Delcastle 4 Jodi Salyer Fr. G 5-10 Roanoke, Va./Staunton River 10 Kayla Miller ** Sr. G 5-8 Wilmington, Del./Ursuline Academy (George Washington) 11 Elena Delle Donne *** Sr. F/G 6-5 Wilmington, Del./Ursuline Academy 12 Danielle Parker *** Sr. F 6-2 Phoenix, Md./Dulaney 13 Kelsey Buchanan ** Jr. C 6-3 South Riding, Va./Freedom 14 Alecia Bell Fr. G/F 6-0 Newport News, Va./Woodside 15 Akeema Richards * Jr. G 5-7 Baltimore, Md./Western (West Virginia) 21 Trumae Lucas * Sr. G 5-8 Greensboro, N.C./Grimsley (Florida) 22 Lauren Carra *** Sr. G 5-9 Dunmore, Pa./Dunmore 23 Jade Clark Fr. G/F 6-0 Ashburn, Va./St. John’s College HS (D.C.) 24 Joy Caracciolo # So.r F 6-1 Manassas, Va./Stonewall Jackson (Boston College) 33 Stephanie Leon So. C 6-4 Northport, N.Y./Northport 45 Chelsea Craig ** Jr. F 6-2 Rockville, Md./Wootton

^ Walk-on who will sit out 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer rules # Will sit out 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer rules

Head Coach: Tina Martin (Lock Haven ‘86) 17th season at Delaware (341-180 overall/Delaware) Associate Head Coach: Jeanine Radice (Fordham ‘89) Assistant Coach: Tom Lochner (Temple ‘89) Assistant Coach: Tiara Malcom (Delaware ‘05) Director of Basketball Operations: Allie Fedorowicz (Cornell ‘10) Captains: Chelsea Craig, Elena Delle Donne

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Jaquetta May –– juh-KWETT-ah Jodi Salyer –– SAL-yer Elena Delle Donne –– Dell-uh-Don Alecia Bell –– uh-LEESH-uh Akeema Richards –– uh-KEEM-uh Trumae Lucas –– True-MAY Lauren Carra –– kuh-RAH Joy Caracciolo –– Car-ACH-ee-olo Stephanie Leon –– Lee-OWN Jeanine Radice –– ruh-DEESE Allie Fedorowicz –– Fedora-witz

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#1 Candace MartinoSo.r • G • 5-7

Pittsburgh, Pa./Bethel Park (Akron)

#2 Courtni GreenFr. • G • 5-7

Winchester, Va./Millbrook

#3 Jaquetta MaySr.• G • 5-9

Wilmington, Del./Delcastle

#4 Jodi SalyerFr. • G • 5-10

Roanoke, Va./Staunton River

#10 Kayla MillerSr. • G • 5-8

Wilmington, Del./Ursuline (George Wash.)

#11 Elena Delle DonneSr. • F/G • 6-5

Wilmington, Del./Usuline

#12 Danielle ParkerSr.• F • 6-2

Phoenix, Md./Dulaney

#13 Kelsey BuchananJr. • C • 6-3

South Riding, Va./Freedom

#14 Alecia BellFr. • G/F • 6-0

Newport News, Va./Woodside

#15 Akeema RichardsJr. • G • 5-7

Baltimore, Md./Western (West Virginia)

#21 Trumae LucasSr.• G • 5-8

Greensboro, N.C./Grimsley (Florida)

#22 Lauren CarraSr. • G • 5-9

Dunmore, Pa./Dunmore

#23 Jade ClarkFr. • G/F • 6-0

Ashburn, Va./St. John’s College HS (D.C.)

#24 Joy CaraccioloSo.r • F • 6-1

Manassas, Va./Stonewall Jackson (Boston Coll.)

#33 Stephanie LeonSo.• C • 6-4

Northport, N.Y./Northport

#45 Chelsea CraigSr. • F • 6-2

Rockville, Md./Wootton

DELAWARE

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CANDACE Sophomore (R) • Guard • 5-7Pittsburgh, Pa. • Bethel Park

12012-13 Season: Will sit out this season per NCAA transfer regulations after transferring to Delaware from Akron over the summer • will have three years of eligibility remaining, beginning in 2013-14.

At Akron: 2011-12 Season: Did not appear in any games for the Zips.

High School: Named first team All-State during her final three years • earned All-Section honors as a junior and senior • four-year All-Conference pick • selected to Tribune Review Terrific Ten as a senior • three-time Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Player To Watch • named The Almanac Rookie of the Year as a freshman • selected to two all-tournament teams • finished career with 1,400 points • averaged double figures during all four seasons • honor roll student • member of Student Government Association.

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COURTNI Freshman • Guard • 5-7

Winchester, Va. • Millbrook

22012-13 Season: Continues to be a threat from 3-point land; all field goals made this season are from behind the arc • went a career-best 4-for-4 from the free throw line in addition to tying a career-high with four rebounds at Georgia State (1/31) • tied career-high with two treys against Northeastern (1/29) • dished out first two assists of career in win over UNCW (1/24) • tied career highs in points, field goals, 3-pt field goals, free throws, rebounds and steals against Towson (1/20) • delivered a career game in 62-27 win in conference opener against George Mason (1/10) with eight points, two field goals, seven field goal attempts, two three-pointers, six three-point attempts, two free throws, four rebounds and one steal in 19 minutes of action • swatted a career-high two blocks in the team’s 82-53 win at Monmouth (12/20) • collected a career-high five points with two free throws in addition to swatting the first block of her career against Princeton (12/9) • also tied a career-best in field goals (1), 3-pointers (1), free throw attempts (2) and steals (1) against the Tigers • scored four points and grabbed four rebounds during 18 minutes of action against Sam Houston State (11/9) in her Blue Hen debut • went a perfect 1-for-1 from 3-point land against Providence (11/20) and St. Bonaventure (11/28).

High School: Three-time All-State selection and Virginia AA State Player of the Year • four-time Northwestern District Player of the Year honoree • three-time Group AA and Region II Player of the Year • four-time Winchester Star and Northern Virginia Daily Player of the Year • averaged 25.8 points per game as a junior • scored 29.5 points as a senior, ninth most in Virginia High School League history, while her 886 points were fourth most • ranked sixth in the area with 8.6 rebounds, second with 4.0 assists, first with 6.8 steals, and third with 1.9 blocks • also was second in the area with a 57.0 shooting percentage and tied for first with a 44.0 three-point percentage • led Millbrook High School to three consecutive state championships and a record 80 consecutive victories • had her number retired • ranks third all-time in VHSL history with 2,626 career points and first with 631 career steals • four-year honor roll student.

Personal: Courtni Ciera Green • born March 31, 1994 • daughter of Erick and Tamara Green • brother, Erick Green, Jr., is the starting point guard at Virginia Tech who earned second team All-ACC honors last year and was named the 2013 ACC Player of the Year • also has younger sisters Madison and Aalyiah • university studies major at Delaware • enjoys shopping and spending time with her family

Courtni Green at Delaware

2012-13 Game-by-Game Date Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State 1-5 1-5 1-2 0-4-4 3 0 0 0 0 4 18 11/11 Georgetown 0-2 0-2 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 3 0 1 0 611/14 at Duquesne 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 311/20 Providence 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 1 3 711/28 Saint Bonaventure 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 412/5 at Rhode Island 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112/9 Princeton 1-3 1-3 2-2 1-2-3 0 0 0 1 0 5 1012/20 Maryland DNP - CD12/23 at Monmouth 1-4 1-3 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 2 1 3 1512/29 vs. Villanova 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12/30 vs. Duquesne DNP - CD1/2 at St. John’s DNP - CD1/10 George Mason 2-7 2-6 2-2 1-3-4 2 0 0 0 1 8 191/13 at Old Dominion 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21/15 at Northeastern 0-1 0-1 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31/20 Towson 2-4 2-4 2-2 2-2-4 1 0 0 0 1 8 91/24 UNCW 0-7 0-7 2-2 0-1-1 1 2 0 0 1 2 181/27 at Drexel DNP - CD1/29 Northeastern 2-4 2-2 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 2 0 0 6 141/31 at Georgia State 0-4 0-3 4-4 0-4-4 0 1 1 1 0 4 172/3 Hofstra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 1 0 52/7 at Towson 1-3 1-3 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 1 0 1 3 72/10 at James Madison DNP - CD2/14 Old Dominion 1-2 1-2 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 0 3 82/17 at William & Mary 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 22/19 at George Mason 0-3 0-2 2-2 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 1 2 62/24 James Madison DNP - CD2/28 at Hofstra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23/3 Drexel DNP - CD3/6 Georgia State 2-7 2-4 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 0 6 143/15 UNCW 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1-1 0 0 0 1 0 1 33/16 Hofstra 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 53/17 Drexel DNP - CD3/24 West Virginia DNP - CD3/26 North Carolina DNP - CD

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points 8, 2x, vs. Towson, 1/20 same Field Goals 2, 4x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6 same Field Goal Att. 7, 3x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6 same 3-pt. Field Goals 2, 4x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6 same 3-pt. Field Goal Att. 7 vs. UNCW, 1/24 same Free Throws 4 at Georgia State, 1/31 same Free Throw Att. 4 at Georgia State, 1/31 same Rebounds 4, 4x, at Georgia State, 1/31 same Assists 2 vs. UNCW, 1/24 same Blocks 2 vs. vs. Monmouth, 12/22 same Steals 1, 9x at George Mason, 2/19 same Minutes 19 vs. George Mason, 1/10 same

Year GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2012-13 25/0 199 8.0 15-60 .250 15-50 .300 16-18 .889 7 20 27 1.1 11 0 5 11 6 9 61 2.4Totals 25/0 199 8.0 15-60 .250 15-50 .300 16-18 .889 7 20 27 1.1 11 0 5 11 6 9 61 2.4

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JAQUETTA Senior • Guard • 5-9

Wilmington, Del. • Delcastle

32012-13 Season: 16th in school history with 48 blocked shots • 18th with a 44.3 shooting percentage • tied for 26th with 108 games played • 40th place with 337 rebounds • National 5 & 10 Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week (Dec. 10) • played in 100th career game against James Madison (2/24); also picked up 400th career point against the Dukes • collected 300th career rebound at James Madison (2/10) • dished out a season-high and tied a career-high with four assists in win at Towson (2/7) • tallied a season-high while tying a career-high with four steals against Towson (1/20) • neared a double double for the second consecutive game with nine points and nine rebounds in the Hens’ overtime 60-59 victory at St. John’s (1/2); fouled out of a game for the first time in her career against the Red Storm • marked a season-best three assists and neared a double double with nine points and nine rebounds against Duquesne (12/30) at the Dartmouth Blue Sky Classic • posted a career-high six free throws against Villanova (12/29) at the Dartmouth Blue Sky Classic with 10 points and eight rebounds in addition to a season-high three steals • dished out a season-high two assists in addition to tying a season-high with two steals in Delaware’s 82-53 win at Monmouth (12/22) • collected 300th career point following a season-high 15 point performance against Princeton (12/9) • made a season-best six field goals on a career-high 11 attempts against the Tigers • Tied a career-high with 3 blocks and marked a season-high 13 rebounds while collecting her 100th career offensive rebound at Rhode Island (12/5) • collected her 200th rebound for the Blue Hens with a five-rebound game vs. Georgetown (11/11) • recorded her first career double-double with 13 points and a career-high 11 rebounds during the Blue Hens’ season-opening win over Sam Houston State (11/9) • went 4 of 9 from the field and made two steals against the Bearkats • scored 12 points on a season-high five field goals with two blocks and one assist in a season-high 32 minutes of play against St. Bonaventure (11/28) • tallied 100th career field goal and 250th career field goal attempt against the Bonnies (11/28).

2011-12 Season: Appeared in 19 games for the Blue Hens, averaging 6.7 minutes per contest • averaged 1.3 points and 1.3 rebounds on the campaign • grabbed four rebounds and scored two points in the season- open-ing win over Rhode Island (11/11) • pulled down five boards, scored four points, and added a steal during the win against William & Mary (12/4) • posted four points, three rebounds, three assists, and two blocks during the victory over Yale (12/5) • made a season-high three steals during the win at Georgia State (2/12) • scored two points to go with a rebound, assist, and block in the win at William & Mary (2/29) • scored a season-best six points while adding four rebounds, two blocks, and an assist during the CAA Tournament Semifinal victory over UNCW (3/10).

2010-11 Season: Appeared in all but two games for the Blue Hens while making one start versus Princeton (12/1) • averaged 4.5 points and 3.1 rebounds on the year • ranked fourth on the team with 28 assists and fifth with 33 steals • posted career-highs of 16 points and three blocks versus Alcorn State at the Hilton Garden Inn Hokie Classic at Virginia Tech (12/30) • named National 5&10 Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week (Dec. 27) • scored 14 points against Saint Joseph’s, connecting on a career-high seven field goals (12/22) • other double figure scoring game came at Drexel (1/9), when she scored 10 points while playing a career-high 33 minutes • added nine points against Yale (11/20) and twice versus Old Dominion (1/16 and 3/11) • collected a season-high seven rebounds against UMBC (11/12) and Alcorn State.

2009-10 Season: Saw action in 22 of the Blue Hens’ contests including each of the final 17 games of the season • started the Hens’ season finale game when UD hosted Richmond (3/18) in the first round of the WNIT • contributed 82 points and 62 boards to average 3.7 points and 2.8 rebounds per game • made 21 steals on the season, dished out 19 assists and made eight blocks • scored a season-high 12 points in a standout game at VCU (1/21) • notched her second double-digit game against the Spiders with 10, and tallied nine against George Mason (2/8) • shared the UD Most Improved Player Award with Danielle Parker.

High School: First team All-State selection in 2009 after earning second team honors in 2008 and third team honors in 2007 • led Delcastle Technical High School to the 2009 state championship • averaged 17.5 points, 4.2 assists, 3.0 steals and 2.1 blocks per game as a senior • won National AAU Division II Championships in 2006-07 and 2007-08.

Personal: Jaquetta Tamineke May • daughter of Jeffrey and Virginia May • has a sister, Candice, and a brother, Jeffrey • human services major at Delaware • is a Certified Nursing Assistant who worked as Church-mans Village Nursing Home during the summer • enjoys playing the drums, playing the piano, and singing during her free time.

2012-13 Game-by-Game Date Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State 4-9 0-0 5-7 7-4-11 2 0 2 0 2 13 24 11/11 Georgetown 0-2 0-0 0-2 4-1-5 4 0 4 2 0 0 2911/14 at Duquesne 0-1 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 0 0 1 0 1 0 1711/20 Providence 0-0 0-0 0-2 1-0-1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1411/28 Saint Bonaventure 5-8 0-0 2-2 3-1-4 3 1 0 2 1 12 3212/5 at Rhode Island 5-9 0-0 0-1 5-8-13 2 1 2 3 0 10 3012/9 Princeton 6-11 0-0 3-6 2-3-5 3 0 0 0 0 15 2512/20 Maryland 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 0 2 0 0 0 812/23 at Monmouth 1-1 0-0 1-1 2-1-3 0 2 1 0 2 3 2412/29 vs. Villanova 2-4 0-0 6-7 4-4-8 2 0 0 1 3 10 2612/30 vs. Duquesne 3-10 0-0 3-4 4-5-9 1 3 0 0 1 9 291/2 at St. John’s 4-8 0-0 1-2 4-5-9 5 0 2 2 1 9 311/10 George Mason 2-3 0-0 5-6 3-4-7 0 1 1 0 0 9 191/13 at Old Dominion 2-4 0-0 0-0 5-2-7 3 2 3 1 1 4 271/15 at Northeastern 5-6 0-0 2-3 3-2-5 4 0 3 0 0 12 171/20 Towson 3-7 0-0 0-0 3-4-7 0 2 1 0 4 6 301/24 UNCW 0-3 0-0 0-0 1-4-5 5 2 1 2 0 0 201/27 at Drexel 1-4 0-0 0-1 1-1-2 3 0 0 0 0 2 121/29 Northeastern 3-5 0-0 0-0 0-6-6 0 2 1 0 2 6 211/31 at Georgia State 3-5 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 0 0 1 0 6 142/3 Hofstra 2-5 0-0 0-2 1-1-2 2 0 0 0 2 4 192/7 at Towson 0-2 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 1 4 0 0 0 0 112/10 at James Madison 1-3 0-0 0-0 3-3-6 1 1 0 0 0 2 192/14 Old Dominion 2-2 0-0 1-2 2-1-3 3 2 1 0 0 5 202/17 at William & Mary 3-3 0-0 0-2 2-0-2 3 1 1 1 0 6 132/19 at George Mason 1-2 0-0 1-2 2-2-4 2 2 0 1 1 3 252/24 James Madison 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 2 0 0 1 0 6 192/28 at Hofstra 2-6 0-0 1-2 1-1-2 1 0 2 1 1 5 173/3 Drexel 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 113/6 Georgia State 3-5 0-0 1-2 7-0-7 1 2 2 1 0 7 143/15 UNCW 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 93/16 Hofstra 1-2 0-0 0-2 2-3-5 0 0 1 0 0 2 143/17 Drexel 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 1 103/24 West Virginia 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 0 0 0 1 0 0 83/26 North Carolina 2-2 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 2 0 0 0 0 4 18

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points 15 vs. Princeton, 12/9 16 vs. Alcorn State, 12/30/10Field Goals 6 vs. Princeton, 12/9 7 vs. Saint Joseph’s, 12/22/10Field Goal Att. 11 vs. Princeton, 12/9 11 vs. Princeton, 12/9/12 3-pt. Field Goals n/a n/a3-pt. Field Goal Att. n/a 1 at Drexel, 1/9/11 Free Throws 6 vs. Villanova, 12/29 6 vs. Villanova, 12/29/12Free Throw Att. 7 vs. Sam Houston State, 11/9 7, three times Rebounds 11 vs. Sam Houston State, 11/9 11 vs. Sam Houston State, 11/9/12Assists 4 at Towson, 2/8 4, 2x, at Towson, 2/8/13Blocks 3 at Rhode Island, 12/5 3, twiceSteals 4 vs. Towson, 1/20 4, 2x vs. Towson, 1/20/13Minutes 32 vs. St. Bonaventure, 11/28 33 at Drexel, 1/9/11

Jaquetta May at DelawareYear GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2009-10 22/1 298 13.5 31-69 .449 0-0 --- 20-34 .588 33 29 62 2.8 27 0 19 38 8 21 82 3.72010-11 32/1 464 14.5 53-131 .405 0-1 .000 39-59 .661 38 60 98 3.1 42 0 28 58 15 33 145 4.52011-12 19/0 128 6.7 11-30 .367 0-0 --- 3-7 .429 10 14 24 1.3 5 0 12 11 5 4 25 1.32012-13 35/5 676 19.3 69-140 .493 0-0 --- 33-61 .541 80 73 153 4.4 63 2 28 32 20 22 171 4.9Totals 108/7 1566 14.5 164-370 .443 0-1 .000 95-161 .590 161 176 337 3.1 137 2 87 139 48 80 423 3.9

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

JODI Freshman • Guard • 5-10

Roanoke, Va. • Staunton River

42012-13 Season: Has not seen time yet this season for the Blue Hens • expected to redshirt season.

High School: 2012 ABC 13 Full Court Press and WSET Player of the Year • first team All-Blue Ridge District selection during her final three years • second team All-State pick as a senior • named first team All-Region as a junior and senior • earned first team All-Timesland in senior year • News & Advance first team All-Area selection as a junior • averaged 12 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals per game as a senior • scored 1,027 career points, third most in Staunton River history • led Staunton River to two regular district championships and three district tournament titles • also played three years of soccer at Staunton River.

Personal: Jodi Ranelle Salyer • born June 12, 1994 • daughter of Cary and Kathy Salyer • has an older sister, Amy • sport management major at Delaware.

Jodi Salyer at Delaware

2012-13 Game-by-Game Date Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State DNP - CD11/11 Georgetown DNP - CD11/14 at Duquesne DNP - CD11/20 Providence DNP - CD11/28 Saint Bonaventure DNP - CD12/5 at Rhode Island DNP - CD12/9 Princeton DNP - CD12/20 Maryland DNP - CD12/23 at Monmouth DNP - CD12/29 vs. Villanova DNP - CD12/30 vs. Duquesne DNP - CD1/2 at St. John’s DNP - CD1/10 George Mason DNP - CD1/13 at Old Dominion DNP - CD1/15 at Northeastern DNP - CD1/20 Towson DNP - CD1/24 UNCW DNP - CD1/27 at Drexel DNP - CD1/29 Northeastern DNP - CD1/31 at Georgia State DNP - CD2/3 Hofstra DNP - CD2/7 at Towson DNP - CD2/10 at James Madison DNP - CD2/14 Old Dominion DNP - CD2/17 at William & Mary DNP - CD2/19 at George Mason DNP - CD2/24 James Madison DNP - CD2/28 at Hofstra DNP - CD3/3 Drexel DNP - CD3/6 Georgia State DNP - CD3/15 UNCW DNP - CD3/16 Hofstra DNP - CD3/17 Drexel DNP - CD3/24 West Virginia DNP - CD3/26 North Carolina DNP - CD

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points n/a same Field Goals n/a same Field Goal Att. n/a same 3-pt. Field Goals n/a same 3-pt. Field Goal Att. n/a same Free Throws n/a same Free Throw Att. n/a same Rebounds n/a same Assists n/a same Blocks n/a same Steals n/a same Minutes n/a same

Year GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2012-13 Redshirt SeasonTotals

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

KAYLA Senior • Guard • 5-8

Wilmington, Del. • Ursuline Academy • George Washington

102012-13 Season: 14th in school history with 256 assists • tied for 17th with 29 three-point field goals made • blocked first shot of season and third of career against Old Dominion (2/14) • tied a career-high three field goals made in addition to scoring 200th career point at Towson (2/7) • put up a career-high 11 field goal attempts and tied a career-high with six three-point field goal attempts vs. Hofstra (2/3) • collected 100th career defensive rebound in win at Georgia State (1/31) • dished out a career-high nine assists in team’s win over Northeastern (1/29) • registered a career game in team’s 65-56 win at Drexel (1/27) with 11 points on 3-for-7 shooting from the field, including three 3-pointers, in addition to seven assists; also saw a season-high 39 minutes of play • went 2-2 from behind the arc in the team’s win over UNCW (1/24) • recorded a season-high while tying a career-high with seven assists against Towson (1/20); tied a season-high of two field goals vs. the Tigers• tied season-high with four assists at Old Dominion (1/13) • tallied 100th career rebound in a Blue Hen uniform vs. George Mason (1/10) • collected a career-high five steals in a season-high 36 minutes of play against Princeton (12/9) • made first start of year and first since the 2009-10 season at Rhode Island (12/5) and contributed five points, four assists and two rebounds in 32 minutes of play • tied career-high with two three-point field goals in five attempts; resulted in seven points and a season-high four assists in season-high 31 minutes off the bench vs. Georgetown (11/11) • scored two points, grabbed three rebounds and handed out an assist during the season-opening victory over Sam Houston State (11/9) • went a perfect 2-for-2 in field goals for four points in addition to four assists against Providence (11/20) • saw a season-high 33 minutes of play against St. Bonaventure (11/28) • posted a career-high six free throws on nine attempts against the Bonnies (11/28) • tied season-high with two field goals and four rebounds against No. 9/8 Maryland (12/20).

2011-12 Season: Appeared in all but one game for the Blue Hens • ranked third on the squad with 73 assists and sixth with 19 steals • contributed 28 points and 43 rebounds on the year • dished out a season-best six assists, grabbed five rebounds, and made two steals during the season-opening win over Rhode Island (11/11) • handed out five assists in the win at Villanova (11/22) • pulled down three boards and added two assists during the win at Saint Bonaventure (11/27) • led the team with four steals while adding four assists, two rebounds, and two points during the win over William & Mary (12/4) • scored a season-high four points during the victory over Yale (12/5) • recorded five assists during the win vs. UNCW (1/12 ) • notched three points and four assists in the win at Northeastern (1/15) • tied her season-high with four points to go with two assists and two boards during the CAA Tournament Quarterfinal win over Old Dominion (3/9) • led the Blue Hens with four assists during the CAA Semifinal triumph over UNCW (3/10) • dished out three assists during both NCAA Tournament games • named Colonial Athletic Association Honorable Mention All-Academic.

2010-11 Season: Sat out the season as a redshirt after having back surgery to repair a herniated disk • earned honorable mention Colonial Athletic Association All-Academic honors.

2009-10 Season: Served as a co-captain with Eva Riddick • saw action in 24 games • made 20 starts after sitting out the first nine games of the season due to NCAA transfer regulations • contributed 85 points and 43 rebounds for the Blue Hens • averaged 3.5 points and 1.8 boards per game • dished out a team-high 74 assists, made 27 steals and blocked one shot on the season • tallied a season-high 10 points against George Mason (2/8) • added nine against Drexel (1/17) and Buffalo (12/22) • drained a pair of three-pointers against George Mason (3/11) and Massachusetts (12/30) • pulled down a season-high six rebounds against Old Dominion (3/13) in the semifinals of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament • dealt a team season-high seven assists against Towson (1/28) • played a season-high 40 minutes versus Old Dominion and twice against Drexel (3/12 and 1/17) • named to the CAA All-Academic second team • selected as Delaware’s nominee for the CAA Dean Ehlers Leadership Award • presented the Joyce Perry Memorial Coaches’ Award at the annual women’s basketball banquet.

At George Washington: 2008-09 Season: Transferred to Delaware from George Washington following the fall 2008 semester • appeared in seven games for the Colonials, averaging 1.3 points and 0.9 rebounds in six minutes per contest • scored nine points on 3 of 4 shooting from the field and 2 of 2 shooting from the free throw line while adding two assists in 17 minutes against Coppin State.

High School: Three-time All-State selection who led Ursuline Academy to the 2005, 2006 and 2008 state cham-pionships • averaged 14.0 points, 6.0 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 steals per game to earn first team All-State honors as a senior in 2008 • 2006 honorable mention All-State and 2007 third team All-State selection • four-time all-conference selection who earned first team honors as a junior and senior • member of Spirit Club.

Personal: Kayla Noel Miller • daughter of Jeff and Karen Miller • has a sister Kelsey, a former Miss Delaware Teen USA who attends UD, and a brother, Dylan • father played football at Susquehanna University • earned her degree in exercise science • currently is a sport management major at Delaware • worked for the Wilmington Blue Rocks over the summer • enjoys dancing, exercising, writing, listening to music, and hanging out with friends during her free time.

2012-13 Game-by-Game Date Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-3-3 0 1 0 0 0 2 26 11/11 Georgetown 2-6 2-5 1-2 0-0-0 0 4 6 0 1 7 3111/14 at Duquesne 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 2 3 3 0 0 2 2211/20 Providence 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 1 4 1 0 0 4 1811/28 Saint Bonaventure 0-1 0-0 6-9 0-1-1 2 2 0 0 0 6 3312/5 at Rhode Island 1-3 0-1 3-4 0-2-2 3 4 1 0 0 5 3212/9 Princeton 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 3 1 0 5 2 3612/20 Maryland 2-3 0-0 1-2 0-4-4 0 2 2 0 1 5 3212/23 at Monmouth 1-5 0-2 2-2 0-0-0 2 4 1 0 1 4 2412/29 vs. Villanova 0-5 0-3 0-0 0-1-1 1 2 1 0 1 0 3512/30 vs. Duquesne 1-3 0-1 2-2 0-0-0 3 3 2 0 4 4 281/2 at St. John’s 2-4 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 3 1 3 0 0 4 341/10 George Mason 1-2 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 2 0 0 2 2 241/13 at Old Dominion 1-3 0-1 2-3 0-1-1 0 4 2 0 0 4 241/15 at Northeastern 1-4 1-3 0-0 0-1-1 2 2 1 0 4 3 281/20 Towson 2-4 1-2 0-0 1-0-1 0 7 2 0 1 5 291/24 UNCW 2-6 2-2 0-0 1-0-1 0 2 1 0 1 6 241/27 at Drexel 3-7 3-4 2-2 0-3-3 3 7 1 0 1 11 391/29 Northeastern 1-3 0-1 1-2 0-2-2 3 9 0 0 0 3 281/31 at Georgia State 0-3 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 2 4 1 0 1 0 252/3 Hofstra 3-11 1-6 0-0 0-1-1 1 4 3 0 1 7 362/7 at Towson 3-4 1-2 1-1 0-1-1 1 5 1 0 0 8 312/10 at James Madison 3-9 2-6 0-0 0-1-1 4 0 3 0 0 8 242/14 Old Dominion 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 1 3 0 1 1 2 222/17 at William & Mary 0-5 0-3 0-0 0-2-2 1 1 1 0 1 0 292/19 at George Mason 0-1 0-0 4-4 0-3-3 0 6 3 0 2 4 302/24 James Madison 1-3 1-2 0-2 0-0-0 1 4 1 0 0 3 292/28 at Hofstra 2-4 1-2 0-0 0-0-0 1 2 1 0 0 5 153/3 Drexel 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-4-4 0 2 2 0 0 3 373/6 Georgia State 1-3 1-2 0-0 1-2-3 0 2 2 0 1 3 203/15 UNCW 0-2 0-1 0-2 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 1 0 253/16 Hofstra 4-7 1-3 0-0 0-4-4 1 4 1 0 1 9 303/17 Drexel 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1-2 0 5 1 0 0 2 293/24 West Virginia 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 113/26 North Carolina 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points 11 at Drexel, 1/27 11 at Drexel, 1/27/13Field Goals 4 vs. Hofstra, 3/16 4 vs. Hofstra, 3/16/13Field Goal Att. 11 vs. Hofstra, 2/3 11 vs. Hofstra, 2/3/133-pt. Field Goals 3 at Drexel, 1/27 3 at Drexel, 1/27/133-pt. Field Goal Att. 6, 2x at James Madison, 2/10 6, 3x, at James Madison, 2/10/13Free Throws 6 vs. St. Bonaventure, 11/28 6 vs. St. Bonaventure, 11/28/12Free Throw Att. 9 vs. St. Bonaventure, 11/28 9 vs. St. Bonaventure, 11/28/12Rebounds 4, 4x, vs. Hofstra, 3/16 6 vs. Old Dominion, 3/3/10Assists 9 vs. Northeastern, 1/29 9 vs. Northeastern, 1/29/13Blocks 1 vs. Old Dominion, 2/14 1, 3x, vs. Old Dominion, 2/14/13Steals 5 vs. Princeton, 12/9 5 vs. Princeton, 12/9/12Minutes 39 at Drexel, 1/27 40 vs. Drexel, 1/17/10

Kayla Miller at DelawareYear GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2009-10 24/20 730 30.4 25-95 .263 11-44 .250 24-44 .545 5 38 43 1.8 44 0 74 51 1 27 85 3.52010-11 Injured -- DNP2011-12 32/0 523 16.3 9-33 .273 0-1 .000 10-14 .714 2 41 43 1.3 43 0 73 32 1 19 28 0.92012-13 35/29 945 27.0 45-126 .357 18-59 .305 25-37 .676 4 43 47 1.3 39 0 109 50 1 31 133 3.8Totals 91/49 2198 24.2 79-254 .311 29-104 .279 59-95 .621 11 122 133 1.5 126 0 256 133 3 77 246 2.7

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

ELENA Senior • Guard/Forward • 6-5

Wilmington, Del. • Ursuline Academy

112012-13 Season: CAA Player of the Year • All-CAA First Team • All-CAA Defensive and Academic First Team • CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player • named to Preseason Wade National Player of the Year Trophy Watch List • member of John R. Wooden Award Midseason Top 20 • highlighted on the preseason and midseason Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year Watch List • unanimous Associated Press Preseason All-American • senior CLASS finalist • Philadelphia Sportswriters Association Outsanding Amateur Athlete of the Year • Capital One Academic All-America Team Member of the Year® • Capital One/CoSIDA District 2 Academic All-America Team® • two-time Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association John J. Brady Delaware Athlete of the Year (2010; 2013) • USBWA Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Midseason Watch List • school’s career leader with 3,006 points, 26.6 points per game, 1,019 field goals made, 2,120 field goals attempted, 206 three-pointers made, 762 free throws made, 838 free throw attempts, a 90.9 free throw percent-age, a 41.3 three-point percentage and 273 blocks • third with 3,935 minutes played and 1,011 rebounds • ranks first in CAA history in points, field goals made, free throws made, free throws attempted and blocked shots • eighth all-time in NCAA women’s basketball history with 3,006 career points • just ninth player in NCAA women’s basketball history to collect 3,000 career points • has recorded the top six scoring games and 15 of the top 16 in school history • has posted 95 20-point games and 36 30-point games • 46 career double doubles • serving as team co-captain for second consecutive year along with Chelsea Craig • espnW Player of the Week (Feb. 4) • CAA Player of the Week for Dec. 31, Jan. 14, Jan. 21, Jan. 28, Feb. 4, Feb. 11, Feb. 25 • College Sports Madness High-Major Player of the Week (Feb. 4) • did not play in first three games of the sesason; win over Sam Houston State (11/9), losses to Georgetown (11/11) and Duquesne (11/14) after dealing with symptoms of Lyme Disease • scored a game-high 22 points on 9-of-20 shooting from the field (1-for-4 3pt) and 3-of-4 from the charity stripe in addition to grabbing eight boards, two assists and one block in 27 minutes of play in first game against Providence (11/20) • started second game of season against No. 9/8 Maryland (12/20) after missing the previous three games with symptoms of Lyme Disease • saw a game-high 19 points in addition to six rebounds and two blocks in a season-high 34 minutes of action against the Terps • jumped to fourth place in CAA history with 775 field goals made after recording seven against Maryland • moved to fourth place in CAA history with 209 blocks after swatting two at Monmouth (12/22) • led team to 82-53 win over the Hawks with season-highs in points (30), field goals (10), 3-pt field goals (4), 3-pt field goal attempts (5), free throws/attempted (6-6), rebounds (9), assists (2) and blocks (2) • collected back-to-back double doubles with 17 points and 12 rebounds in a win over Villanova (12/29) and 23 points and season-high 13 rebounds in a win over Duquesne (12/30) en route to the Dartmouth Blue Sky Classic title; also earned Tournament MVP honors • tallied 100th career steal, 600th career free throw and 800th career rebound against Villanova • went a season-high 7-for-7 from the charity stripe in addition to swatting a season-high four blocks sagainst Duquesne (12/30) • played the hero role once again for UD as she banked in a jumper with 0.7 seconds remaining in overtime to defeat St. John’s (1/2), 60-59; also knocked down two free throws with 20 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime • converted a season-best 13-for-13 free throws in addition to her third straight double double with 29 points and 16 rebounds against the Red Storm • recorded 800th career field goal at St. John’s • grabbed 600th career defensive rebound in team’s 62-27 win in the conference opener vs. George Mason (1/10) • collected 40th career double double of 28 points and 13 rebounds at Old Dominion (1/13); saw a season-high 11 field goals on 26 attempts in addition to swatting a season-high five blocked shots with two steals • recorded 41 consecutive free throws made from Dec. 20 until Jan. 15, good for second all-time in school history • tallied a season-high three assists at Northeastern (1/15) • exploded for 38 points on a season-high 14 field goals in addition to four steals in win over Towson (1/20); bypassed ODU’s Celeste Hill (1990-94) in the CAA record books with 842 field goals made in her career •posted 35 points on 10-of-20 shooting from the field in win over Hofstra (2/3); four blocks against the Pride moved her into second place in CAA history with 238 career blocked shots • played 100th career game while collecting 900th career rebounds at Towson (2/7) • eclipsed JMU’s Dawn Evans’ CAA career scoring record of 2,667 with 20 points at James Madison (2/10); also tied CAA all-time field goals made record at 904 against the Dukes • dished out a career-high six assists against Old Dominion (2/14) • collected a season-high six blocks to tie for all-time in CAA history against James Madison (2/24) • swatted four blocks to take over CAA record at Hofstra (2/28) • tallied 200th career 3-pointer in regular season finale against Georgia State (3/6) • collected 1,000th career rebound in first round of the NCAA Tournament against West Virginia (3/24) • scored 3,000th career point in second round of NCAA Tournament against North Carolina (3/26).

2011-12 Season: WBCA, John Wooden, Associated Press and USWBA First Team All-American and National Player of the Year finalist • earned the Honda Inspiration Award • first team WBCA All-Region 2 selection • CAA and ECAC Player of the Year • named first team All-CAA and ECAC All-East • selected to CAA All-Defensive Team and All-Academic Team • Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year for women’s basketball • Capital One/CoSIDA first team Academic All-American and first team All-District 2 • CAA Female

2012-13 Game-by-Game Date Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State DNP - Lyme Disease11/11 Georgetown DNP - Lyme Disease11/14 at Duquesne DNP - Lyme Disease11/20 Providence 9-20 1-4 3-4 0-8-8 1 2 2 1 0 22 2711/28 Saint Bonaventure DNP - Lyme Disease12/5 at Rhode Island DNP - Lyme Disease12/9 Princeton DNP - Lyme Disease12/20 Maryland 7-23 2-3 3-4 2-4-6 1 1 1 2 1 19 3412/23 at Monmouth 10-14 4-5 6-6 2-7-9 1 2 1 2 0 30 2412/29 vs. Villanova 6-17 1-2 4-4 3-9-12 1 1 1 2 1 17 3612/30 vs. Duquesne 7-15 2-5 7-7 1-12-13 1 1 3 4 0 23 321/2 at St. John’s 7-23 2-3 13-13 4-12-16 1 2 3 2 1 29 431/10 George Mason 8-12 2-5 1-1 1-6-7 0 2 0 0 1 19 201/13 at Old Dominion 11-26 2-7 4-4 3-10-13 2 1 3 5 2 28 371/15 at Northeastern 4-13 1-2 10-11 4-3-7 0 3 0 4 0 19 331/20 Towson 14-20 2-3 8-9 0-3-3 2 2 0 1 4 38 321/24 UNCW 11-15 3-4 1-2 4-4-8 2 1 0 2 0 26 251/27 at Drexel 9-18 2-5 4-5 2-4-6 1 1 1 3 1 24 401/29 Northeastern 10-16 4-6 2-2 2-3-5 0 1 0 0 3 26 251/31 at Georgia State 9-19 0-2 7-8 0-6-6 0 2 0 2 1 25 262/3 Hofstra 10-20 4-7 11-11 4-5-9 2 2 0 4 2 35 362/7 at Towson 7-15 1-3 4-6 4-7-11 3 2 1 3 0 19 292/10 at James Madison 6-12 0-1 8-8 4-6-10 2 3 0 2 0 20 402/14 Old Dominion 9-14 2-3 6-6 3-4-7 2 6 0 3 2 26 302/17 at William & Mary 8-14 2-5 6-7 1-5-6 2 3 0 1 1 24 352/19 at George Mason 11-22 1-3 8-9 2-7-9 2 1 1 2 2 31 352/24 James Madison 8-19 1-3 11-12 0-4-4 2 0 3 6 1 28 392/28 at Hofstra 12-22 2-2 6-6 2-8-10 3 2 1 4 0 32 353/3 Drexel 9-22 1-5 9-9 4-6-10 2 2 1 3 1 28 393/6 Georgia State 9-15 4-7 2-2 2-3-5 0 3 0 0 0 24 173/15 UNCW 10-15 1-1 0-0 2-9-11 1 2 3 2 0 21 373/16 Hofstra 10-19 0-2 1-1 7-6-13 2 2 0 2 1 21 283/17 Drexel 9-22 2-2 8-9 1-4-5 1 0 2 1 1 28 383/24 West Virginia 10-24 1-5 12-13 3-4-7 2 2 1 4 1 33 403/26 North Carolina 10-28 2-6 11-13 2-6-8 2 2 0 2 0 33 38

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points 38 vs. Towson, 1/20 54 at James Madison, 2/18/10Field Goals 14 vs. Towson, 1/20 18 at James Madison, 2/18/10Field Goal Att. 28 vs. North Carolina, 3/26 29, twice3-pt. Field Goals 4, 3x, vs. Hofstra, 2/3 7 at James Madison, 2/18/103-pt. Field Goal Att. 7, 2x, vs. Hofstra, 2/3 10, twiceFree Throws 13 at St. John’s, 1/2 17 at William & Mary, 2/13/11Free Throw Att. 13, 3x, vs. North Carolina, 3/26 19 at William & Mary, 2/13/11Rebounds 16 at St. John’s, 1/2 18, twiceAssists 6 vs. Old Dominion, 2/14 6 vs. Old Dominion, 2/14/13Blocks 6 vs. James Madison, 2/24 7 vs. Hofstra, 3/3/10Steals 4 vs. Towson, 1/20 5 at Hofstra, 1/24/10Minutes 43 at St. John’s, 1/2 50 vs. Drexel, 1/17/10

Elena Delle Donne at DelawareYear GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2009-10 29/28 1087 37.5 257-539 .477 66-160 .413 194-216 .898 69 185 254 8.8 43 0 56 69 60 38 774 26.72010-11 22/21 783 35.6 177-422 .419 36-103 .350 167-177 .944 43 129 172 7.8 29 0 40 45 58 21 557 25.32011-12 33/32 1115 33.8 325-625 .520 52-126 .413 225-253 .889 110 230 340 10.3 35 0 75 55 86 39 927 28.12012-13 29/29 950 32.8 260-534 .487 52-111 .468 176-192 .917 70 175 245 8.4 41 0 54 28 69 27 748 25.8Totals 113/110 3935 34.8 1019-2120 .481 206-500 .412 762-838 .909 292 719 1011 8.9 148 0 225 197 273 125 3006 26.6

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

Scholar-Athlete of the Year • named UD Alumni Association Team MVP and earned Blue Hen Basketball Club Outstanding Achievement Award • NetScouts National Player of the Week (Jan. 8) and USWBA Na-tional Player of the Week (Jan. 10) • named ECAC Player of the Week twice, CAA Player of the Week nine times, and National 5&10 Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week four times • selected to CAA Academic Honor Roll • set UD single-season records with 28.1 points per game, 927 points, 340 rebounds, 325 field goals made, 625 field goals attempted, 225 free throws made, 253 free throws attempted, and 86 blocks • led Division I with 28.1 points per game, most than four points per game more than any other player • ranked eighth in the nation with an 88.9 free throw percentage, 13th with 17 double-doubles, 17th with 10.3 rebounds, 18th with 2.6 blocks, and 20th with a 52.0 field goal percentage • set CAA single-season marks with 927 points and 325 field goals made while ranking second with 225 free throws made, fourth with 86 blocks, and eighth with 340 rebounds • led the CAA with 28.1 points per game, an 88.9 free throw percentage, and 2.6 blocks • was second in the league with a 52.0 field goal percentage, a 41.3 three-point percentage, and 7.0 defensive rebounds, third with 10.3 rebounds, fifth with 3.3 offensive rebounds, and 11th with 1.6 three-pointers made per game • appeared in all 33 games while starting 32 • led the Blue Hens in scoring during 31 games, and tied for the team lead in the other two • reached double figures in every game, and surpassed the 20-point mark in all but three contests • eclipsed the 30-point mark 13 times and the 40-mark point three times • scored a game-high 33 points and tied for the team lead with six rebounds against Rhode Island (11/11) • scored a game-high 40 points and led the team with 12 rebounds against Penn State (11/17) • posted 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds against Villanova (11/22) • scored 26 points and grabbed 18 rebounds at Saint Bonaventure (11/27) • scored a game-high 32 points and led the team with nine rebounds and five blocks during the victory at Princeton (12/1) • led the Blue Hens with a game-high 23 points, nine rebounds, five assists, and three blocks during the win vs. William & Mary (12/4) • scored a game-high 28 points during the victory over Yale (12/5) • recorded a double-double with 30 points and 13 rebounds during the win at Wake Forest (12/11) • scored a game-high 29 points while adding nine rebounds and three blocks against Providence (12/19) • named to the Maryland Terrapin Classic All-Tournament Team as she averaged 27.0 points and 8.0 rebounds per game, scoring 22 points in the win over East Carolina (12/28) and a game-high 32 points vs. fifth-ranked Maryland (12/29) • scored 37 points to became the UD women’s basketball all-time career scoring leader during the win vs. Towson (1/5) • scored 40 points to go with 15 rebounds during the win at George Mason (1/8) • posted 23 points, five rebounds, five assists, and three steals vs. UNCW (1/12) • recorded a double-double with 22 points and 10 rebounds at Northeastern (1/15) • scored 15 points to go with eight rebounds and three steals during the win at Towson (1/19) • recorded 21 points, seven rebounds, and three blocks during the victory vs. Drexel (1/22) • set a BCC scoring record vs. Hofstra with 41 points to go with 15 boards and five assists (1/26) • recorded 23 points, nine boards, and four blocks while going 13-of-15 from the free throw line during the win at James Madison (1/29) • recorded a double-double with 29 points and 14 rebounds in the win at UNCW (2/2) • posted a double-double with 22 points and 12 boards during the victory over VCU (2/5) • scored 27 points, pulled down 15 boards, and made three blocks for a double-double vs. Old Dominion (2/9) • recorded 31 points and eight rebounds at Georgia State (2/12) • surpassed the 2,000 career point milestone en route to a double-double with a season-high 42 points to go with 14 rebounds and six blocks at Hofstra (2/16) • became UD’s all-time leading scorer for both men’s and women’s basketball as she scored 12 points to go with 14 boards to surpass 2,030 career points, in addition to hitting the game-winning shot just before the buzzer, in the victory at Drexel (2/19) • recorded a double-double with 28 points and 11 rebounds against George Mason (2/23) • posted 35 points and seven rebounds in the win vs. Northeastern (2/26) • recorded a double-double with 26 points and 11 boards to go with three blocks at William & Mary (2/29) • totaled 63 points, 27 rebounds, and nine blocks in the CAA Tournament, when she was named CAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player • scored 39 points during the NCAA Tournament First Round win at Arkansas Little Rock (3/18), the highest in an NCAA Tournament preliminary game since 2008 • scored 34 points and grabbed 10 boards for her 17th double-double of the year during the NCAA Tournament Second Round contest against Kansas (3/20).

Summer 2011: Member of Team USA World University Games squad • first Delaware player to be named to the team and the first CAA player since 1993 • helped lead United States to a perfect 6-0 record and the gold medal during the international tournament that was held in Shenzhen, China • first player from the CAA to earn World University Games Gold as a member of Team USA • led USA with 15.7 points per game and 8.5 rebounds per game, and was tied for second with five blocks • had the second best three-point percentage at 44.0 percent (11 of 25) • hit 45.1 percent of her field goals, going 37 of 82 from the field • averaged 22.7 minutes per game • recorded double-doubles against Slovakia (10p, 10r), Australia (22p, 11r), and a near triple-double against Taiwan in the gold medal game (10p, 11r, 8a) • helped Team USA to a +45.0 scoring margin, averaging 97.8 points per game with three 100-point efforts.

2010-11 Season: Named honorable mention Associated Press All-America • named first team All-CAA and first team CAA All-Academic • Capital One/CoSIDA District 2 All-Academic second team selection • UD Alumni Association Team MVP • named second team All-East • earned Delaware Sportswriters & Broadcasters Association John J. Brady Athlete of the Year award • four-time CAA Player of the Week winner who also earned ECAC Player of the Week honors on Feb. 14 • served as team co-captain • ap-peared in 22 games while starting 21 for the Blue Hens (missed 11 games while being treated for Lyme Disease symptoms) • led Delaware with 25.3 points and ranked second with 7.8 rebounds • became the fastest player in CAA and Delaware history, and the second fewest games in NCAA history, to reach 1,000 career points in 38 games, doing so against Northeastern (2/3) • converted 94.4 percent of her free throw attempts (167 of 177), setting a UD single season record • ranked second in a school single season with 25.3 points per game, third with 557 points and 167 free throws made, and fourth with 58 blocked shots • reached the 30-point mark eight times, including a season-high 41 at Yale (11/20), going 15 of 25 from the floor • eclipsed the 20-point plateau in all but four games on the year • posted seven double-doubles during the season • scored 36 points in the season-opening win over UMBC (11/12), and added 34 points and 12 rebounds the following contest against Villanova (11/16) • added a double-double with 26 points

and 12 boards during a victory over St. Francis-Pa. (11/23) dropped in 28 points on 9 of 18 shooting at Hof-stra (1/30) in her first game back from illness, and reached the 20-point mark in each of the next three con-tests • snared a career-high 18 rebounds against Drexel (2/6) • recorded three consecutive double-doubles against Drexel (18p, 18r), Towson (21p, 11r), and William & Mary (33p, 10r) • reached several records at William & Mary with 17 free throws made (Kaplan Arena, t-2nd CAA, t-1st Delaware) and 19 free throws attempted (t-1st Delaware, t-1st Kaplan Arena, t-6th CAA) • broke her own consecutive free throws made record by hitting 52 straight from Feb. 20 until Mar. 13 • scored 31 points during a victory over VCU (2/24) • posted a double-double with 31 points and 10 rebounds during a CAA Tournament quarterfinal victory over Old Dominion (3/11), and added 29 points and 10 boards the following day during a win over UNC Wilmington in the semifinals • selected to the CAA All-Tournament Team after averaging 25.0 points dur-ing the four games • contributed 31 points during the WNIT game at Toledo (3/16) • led the Blue Hens in scoring during 13 of the final 14 games of the season • selected to Preseason Wooden, Naismith and Wade National Player of the Year watch lists • Preseason Associated Press All-American and Basketball Times Preseason Second Team All-American • selected CAA Preseason Co-Player of the Year.

2009-10 Season: Played a record-breaking All-American freshman season for the Blue Hens • became the first UD player to be named an All-American • selected to the Associated Press Third Team and a WBCA State Farm Honorable Mention • one of 20 finalists for the Wooden National Player of the Year Award • named ECAC Rookie of the year and selected to the ECAC First Team • became just the second player in Co-lonial Athletic Association history to receive CAA Player and Rookie of the Year accolades • additionally was named to the CAA First, All-Rookie, All-Defensive, and All-Tournament Teams • awarded the UD Alumni Association Team Most Valuable Player Award and the Blue Hen Basketball Club Outstanding Achievement Award at annual banquet • was honored on multiple occasions as CAA Player and Rookie of the Week • selected as the Army ROTC Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week four times • played one of two games at the Coors Rocky Mountain Invitational and was named to the All-Tournament Team • saw action in 29 games while starting 28 • sat four games due to injury • scored 774 points to set a new single-season record while averaging 26.7 points per game, the third most in the nation • pulled down 254 rebounds good for an average of 8.8 per game • ranked second in the conference with 60 blocks • led the Blue Hens with 38 steals and dished out 56 assists, the second most on the team • went 194-for-216 from the charity stripe to lead the CAA and rank sixth in the nation with an 89.8 percent conversion rate • set a new UD record hav-ing drained 66 three-pointers throughout the season • made major headlines with a 54 point performance in Delaware’s overtime loss at James Madison (2/18) • went 18-for-28 from the field and 7-for-8 from behind the arc to set new Delaware records • tallied seven 30-plus point games as a freshman, a Delaware career record • recorded eight consecutive 20-plus point performances while scoring in double figures each of her 29 games • drained 16-of-17 free throws against Hofstra (3/3) • set a new UD consecutive free throw record with 39 • kicked off the stretch at George Mason (1/7) before missing her first in six games at Hofstra (1/24) • shot a perfect game from the free throw line on 12 occasions • pulled down a season-high 16 boards at Northeastern (1/10) to help notch one of 12 double-doubles tallied throughout the year • served out five assists on three occasions • made a team season-high six steals against Old Dominion (1/3) and added five against Hofstra • that same game she swatted away a season-high seven blocked shots • also posted six blocks against Georgia State (2/14) and Drexel (1/17) • played a Delaware record 50 minutes of action in the Hens’ double overtime loss to the Dragons • added 45 minutes in one of the Hens’ three overtime games with Drexel (1/31) • featured on the cover of the July issue of Delaware Today magazine after being named the Best Athlete in the Best of Delaware 2010 poll.

2008-09 Season: Did not compete for the Blue Hen basketball team • selected to the CAA All-Rookie Team in volleyball • earned three CAA Rookie of the Week awards • led Delaware with 117 blocks and ranked second on the team with a .223 hitting percentage • volleyball team went 19-16, won its second consecutive CAA Championship, and made its second straight NCAA Tournament appearance under head coach Bonnie Kenny.

High School: Ranked as the nation’s top senior • DIAA all-time leading scorer with 2,818 career points • was named co-Delaware State Player of the Year following junior season and was tabbed the Player of the Year as a senior • led Ursuline Academy to four Delaware state championships (2004, 2005, 2006, and 2008) • 2007-08 National Player of the Year by the Naismith and McDonald’s foundations • Parade First Team All-American • 2005, 2006 and 2008 Gatorade Delaware State Player of the Year • 2008 USA Today Player of the Year • 2006 Slam Magazine First Team All-America selection • 2006 Sports Illustrated Second Team All-America pick • USA Today Third Team All-America • 2004, 2005, 2006 All-Delaware First Team • 2005 and 2006 EA Sports All-America • 2005 Street & Smith All-America Third Team • 2004 Street & Smith All-America Honorable Mention • set national high school record by making 80 consecutive free throws in 2005-06 • scored 50 points in the 2006 state championship game • ranked as No. 1 senior by HoopGurlz.com • led Ursuline to 2007 state volleyball championship • member of National Honor Society.

Personal: Elena Delle Donne • daughter of Ernest and Joan Delle Donne • has an older sister, Elizabeth, and an older brother, Gene • brother played football for Middle Tennessee State • human services major at Delaware.

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

DANIELLE Senior • Forward • 6-2Phoenix, Md. • Dulaney

122012-13 Season: Continues to work her way up the Delaware record book; first with 143 games played and 4076 minutes played, second place with 1,056 rebounds, 13th with 7.4 rebounding average, 13th with 378 free throws attempted, 13th at 165 steals, tied for 14th with a .456 field goal percentage, 15th with 251 free throws made, 16th with 49 blocks, 17th with 428 field goals made, 17th with 1107 points, 20th at 939 field goals attempted • named to the Dartmouth Blue Sky Classic All-Tournament Team • tied a career-high with four steals against West Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament (3/24) • became third player in school history to register 1,000 career rebounds against Georgia State (3/6) • tied a season-high with seven made field goals at Hofstra (2/28) • swatted a season-best two blocks at George Mason (2/19) • tied a career-high with three assists at William & Mary (2/17) • became 24th player in program history to score 1,000 career points with 12 points in win at Towson (2/7) • played in school-record 129th career game in win over Hofstra (2/3); collected a season-high 15 points with five free throws against the Pride • dished out 100th career assist in team’s win against Northeastern (1/30) • collected 900th career rebound in win over UNCW (1/24); became just the fifth player in school history to record 900 career points and 900 career rebounds • attempted 800th career field goal in win over Towson (1/20) • tallied a season-high 15 rebounds to move into fifth place in UD career history at Old Dominion (1/13); also tied a season-high with two assists • tied a season-high with 13 rebounds in team’s 60-59 overtime victory at St. John’s (1/2) • grabbed 100th rebound of season and 900th career point against Duquesne (12/30) in the Dartmouth Blue Sky Classic • neared a double double with 10 points and nine rebounds against nationally ranked Maryland (12/20) • saw a season-high 39 minutes of play against Princeton (12/9) • collected 500th career defensive rebound and moved into eighth place in UD history with a 13-rebound performance at Rhode Island (12/5) in addition to her third double double of the season with 12 points • also tied a career-high with four steals against the Rams • notched 800th career rebound, 100th career start, 300th career offensive rebound and 200th career free throw against St. Bonaventure (11/28) • posted second double double of year with season-high 14 points and 13 rebounds in win over Providence (11/20) • led team with eight rebounds at Duquesne (11/14) • played in a season-high 37 minutes vs. Georgetown (11/11) while registering her first double-double of the season (10 points and season-high 11 rebounds) • grabbed a team-high 12 rebounds while scoring nine points and making three steals in the Blue Hens’ win over Sam Houston State in the season opener (11/9).

2011-12 Season: Appeared in all 33 games while making 32 starts for the Blue Hens • ranked second on the team with 7.5 rebounds per game and third with 8.6 points per game • tied for the team lead with 39 steals • connected on 51.3 percent of her field goal attempts, the seventh highest single season total in UD history • ranked eighth in the CAA with 7.5 rebounds per game, tied for eighth with 3.0 offensive rebounds per game, and 12th with 4.5 defensive rebounds per game • reached double figures in scoring 14 times, including eight consecutive games from Jan. 29 through Feb. 23 • reached double figures in rebounds seven times • recorded a double-double with 10 points and a season-high 14 rebounds during the win at George Mason (1/8) • notched a double-double during the victory at Northeastern with 13 points and 10 rebounds (1/15) • posted a season-high 16 points while grabbing six boards during the victory over VCU (2/2) • posted a double-double with 14 points and 11 boards at Hofstra (2/16) • recorded a double-double with 14 points and a game-high 12 rebounds during the win over George Mason (2/23) • earned the team’s Unsung Hero Award.

2010-11 Season: Appeared in all 34 games while starting 32 • led team with 7.9 rebounds per game and ranked third with 8.1 points per contest • finished season ranked 91st nationally in rebounds per game • ranked fifth in CAA with 5.0 defensive rebounds per game, sixth with 7.9 rebounds per game, and eighth with 3.0 of-fensive rebounds per game • her 270 rebounds are seventh most in a UD single season • recorded nine double-doubles on the season • posted career-high 18 points vs Old Dominion • grabbed career-high 16 rebounds at La Salle • pulled down double-digit rebounds in six consecutive games, from Nov 16 to Dec 5 • named to CAA All-Tournament Team • selected National 5 & 10 Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week on Feb. 7.

2009-10 Season: One of three players to see action in each of the Hens’ 33 games • started 28 contests • ranked second on squad in rebounds with 183, good for 5.5 per game • made 25 steals, dished out 13 assists and swatted away nine blocks• shared the UD Most Improved Player Award with Jaquetta May.

2008-09 Season: Appeared in eight games and started three before suffering a season-ending ACL injury dur-ing a practice in mid-December • averaged 7.4 points per game and 6.0 rebounds per game.

High School: Lettered four years of high school at Saint Frances Academy (two years) and Dulaney High School (two years) • first team All-County and All-Metro selection during her junior and senior years.

Personal: Danielle Erica Parker • daughter of Derek Parker and Dr. Sharon Thomas-Parker • has a twin brother, Derek • sociology major at Delaware with a minor in leadership • enjoys writing poetry and drawing in her spare time.

2012-13 Game-by-GameDate Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State 3-9 0-0 3-7 6-6-12 2 0 3 0 3 9 3011/11 Georgetown 5-11 0-0 1-2 2-8-10 2 2 3 1 3 11 3711/14 at Duquesne 3-8 0-0 5-6 3-5-8 3 0 5 1 2 11 3411/20 Providence 7-11 0-0 0-2 4-9-13 1 1 1 0 2 14 3511/28 Saint Bonaventure 1-6 0-0 3-6 6-2-8 2 1 1 1 0 5 2712/5 at Rhode Island 6-14 0-0 0-0 5-8-13 2 2 1 0 4 12 3612/9 Princeton 2-4 0-0 0-0 3-4-7 1 0 1 0 0 4 3912/20 Maryland 4-9 0-0 2-3 3-6-9 1 0 1 0 0 10 3412/23 at Monmouth 4-7 0-0 3-4 1-4-5 2 0 0 0 1 11 2512/29 vs. Villanova 6-10 0-0 0-0 4-5-9 1 0 1 0 1 12 3412/30 vs. Duquesne 5-9 0-0 2-3 1-5-6 3 0 1 0 0 12 301/2 at St. John’s 1-5 0-0 2-6 6-7-13 3 1 4 0 2 4 421/10 George Mason 4-5 0-0 0-0 3-4-7 2 1 1 0 1 8 171/13 at Old Dominion 4-7 0-0 1-4 7-8-15 2 2 2 0 0 9 261/15 at Northeastern 4-11 0-0 3-4 5-2-7 1 1 0 0 2 11 311/20 Towson 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 171/24 UNCW 4-9 0-0 2-2 5-3-8 1 1 0 0 2 10 241/27 at Drexel 4-10 0-0 2-2 3-7-10 1 1 0 0 1 10 401/29 Northeastern 5-7 0-0 0-0 1-5-6 1 1 1 0 0 10 221/31 at Georgia State 2-4 0-0 0-0 2-8-10 0 1 1 0 1 4 242/3 Hofstra 5-9 0-0 5-5 3-6-9 1 0 0 0 1 15 302/7 at Towson 3-8 0-0 6-6 1-7-8 3 1 2 1 4 12 292/10 at James Madison 1-6 0-0 4-4 0-4-4 2 1 1 1 2 6 282/14 Old Dominion 6-9 0-0 1-2 3-3-6 2 2 3 0 2 13 262/17 at William & Mary 4-6 0-0 0-0 5-3-8 1 3 0 1 1 8 322/19 at George Mason 3-7 0-0 2-2 3-5-8 2 1 3 2 0 8 302/24 James Madison 3-8 0-0 2-4 6-5-11 2 1 2 1 0 8 362/28 at Hofstra 7-9 0-0 0-0 4-6-10 1 0 0 1 1 14 293/3 Drexel 1-5 0-0 0-0 5-3-8 0 3 1 1 0 2 353/6 Georgia State 1-2 0-0 3-3 2-10-12 0 0 1 1 0 5 173/15 UNCW 2-9 0-0 4-4 3-8-11 0 2 2 0 1 8 323/16 Hofstra 5-9 0-0 0-0 1-5-6 2 2 0 0 0 10 223/17 Drexel 2-6 0-0 1-2 1-3-4 2 0 2 0 0 5 333/24 West Virginia 3-9 0-0 0-0 4-7-11 2 1 1 0 4 6 333/26 North Carolina 5-8 0-0 4-4 6-7-13 2 0 2 1 1 14 34

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points 15 vs. Hofstra, 2/3 18 vs. Old Dominion, 1/16/11Field Goals 7, 2x, at Hofstra, 2/28 7, 5x, at Hofstra, 2/28/13Field Goal Att. 14 at Rhode Island, 12/5 14 at Rhode Island, 12/5/123-pt. Field Goals n/a n/a3-pt. Field Goal Att. n/a n/aFree Throws 6 at Towson, 2/8 7 at Towson, 2/10/11Free Throw Att. 7 vs. Sam Houston State, 11/9 13 at Towson, 2/10/11Rebounds 15 at Old Dominion, 1/13 16 at La Salle, 11/28/10Assists 3, 2x, vs. Drexel, 3/3 3, 8x, vs. Drexel, 3/3/13Blocks 2 at George Mason, 2/19 2, 4x, at George Mason, 2/19/13Steals 4, 3x, vs. West Virginia, 3/24 4, 5x, vs. West Virginia, 3/24/13Minutes 42 at St. John’s, 1/2 42 at St. John’s, 1/2/13

Danielle Parker at DelawareYear GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2008-09 8/3 242 30.3 24-54 .444 0-0 --- 11-16 .688 17 31 48 6.0 15 0 7 7 3 13 59 7.42009-10 33/28 821 24.9 62-148 .419 0-0 --- 53-87 .609 67 116 183 5.5 66 1 13 59 9 25 177 5.42010-11 34/32 1036 30.5 98-237 .414 0-0 --- 81-128 .633 101 169 270 7.9 64 1 18 52 17 46 277 8.12011-12 33/32 927 28.1 119-232 .513 0-0 --- 45-60 .750 99 150 249 7.5 59 0 48 41 7 39 283 8.62012-13 35/35 1050 30.0 125-268 .466 0-0 --- 61-87 .701 117 189 306 8.7 55 0 32 47 13 42 311 8.9Totals 143/130 4076 28.5 428-939 .456 0-0 --- 251-378 .664 401 655 1056 7.4 259 2 118 206 49 165 1107 7.7

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

KELSEY Junior • Center • 6-3

South Riding, Va. • Freedom

132012-13 Season: Put up a season-high 10 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field in a career-high 31 minutes in a NCAA First Round Tournament win over West Virginia (3/24) • tied a career-high with two blocks in regular season finale against Georgia State (3/6) • dished out a season-high two assists against Old Dominion (2/14); tied career-highs with two blocks and one steal in win vs. Monarchs • tied season-highs in field goals made (3), assists (1) and steals (1) in win at Georgia State (1/31) • attempted first career three-pointer against UNCW (1/24) • tied a season and career-high with one steal in win over Towson (1/20) • collected season-highs in free throws (3), free throw attempts (4), rebounds (7), assists (1), blocks (2), steals (1) and minutes played (19) against Princeton (12/9) • contributed two points and two rebounds in win at Rhode Island (12/5) • saw a season-best game against St. Bonaventure (11/28) with eight points (3-for-7 FG; 2-for-3 FT), seven rebounds and one blocked shot in 19 minutes of play • collected first blocked shot of the season at Duquesne (11/14) • matched career-high with her second start of the season vs. Georgetown (11/11), remains perfect from the free-throw line with second straight, 2-for-2 game from the charity stripe against the Hoyas • scored six points and grabbed two rebounds during the season-opening victory over Sam Houston State (11/9).

2011-12 Season: Appeared in 26 games for the Blue Hens, averaging 10.2 minutes per contest • contributed 3.4 points and 2.3 rebounds per game • connected on 64.8 percent (35 of 54) of her field goal attempts • went 19 of 21 from the free throw line • scored seven points, going 2 of 2 from the field and 3 of 3 from the free throw line, during the season-opening win over Rhode Island (11/11) • recorded four rebounds and two points during the victory at Princeton (12/1) • scored six points and grabbed three rebounds in the win over William & Mary (12/4) • scored five points and collected four rebounds during the victory over Yale (12/5)• scored six points during the win at Providence (12/19) • recorded six points and two boards in the win vs. UNCW (1/12) • contributed six points and three rebounds during the win at Towson (1/19) • went 4 of 4 from the field to finish with nine points against Hofstra (1/26) • grabbed six boards during the victory over VCU (2/5 ) • went 4 of 4 from the foul line and pulled down three rebounds in the win vs. Old Dominion (2/9) • went 3 of 3 from the floor and 2 of 2 from the line for eight points at Georgia State (2/12) • scored six points during the win over George Mason (2/23) • recorded four points and three rebounds vs. Northeastern (2/26) • dished out a career-high four assists during the victory at William & Mary (2/29) • scored a career-high 10 points and pulled down six boards during the CAA Tournament Semifinal win over UNCW (3/10) • earned the Team Most Improved Player Award.

2010-11 Season: Saw action in 23 games, including two starts against Georgia State (1/23) and George Mason (1/27) • averaged 2.1 points and 2.1 rebounds per game • played her finest game against Alcorn State (12/30), tallying a career-high nine points, going 4 of 10 from the field and pulling down seven rebounds while playing in 21 minutes • recorded a career-high eight rebounds against Princeton (12/1) • scored seven points and grabbed four rebounds versus Vanderbilt (12/29) • went 3 for 3 from the field to finish with six points against George Mason (1/27) • had four points and three rebounds during a win at Georgia State.

High School: Played all four years at two-time Virginia State Champion Freedom High School • posted a tri-ple-double in first game of state playoffs • holds state blocks record with 10 • named Player of the Year and All-State in 2010 • earned All-Regional Player of the Year accolades • graduated with over 1,500 points •member o f the National Honor Society in junior and senior years • honor roll student all four years.

Personal: Kelsey Leigh Buchanan • daughter of Ralph Buchanan and Lenora Johnson • has one younger brother • pregame ritual includes listening to the same playlist and wearing lucky socks • mother played basketball at Lafayette • began playing basketball in sixth grade • chose Delaware because she loved the campus • honor student as a human services major at Delaware, with aspirations to become a guidance counselor • worked for Newark mayor Vance Funk over the summer • visited Cape Town, South Africa over the summer.

2012-13 Game-by-Game Date Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State 2-4 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 6 17 11/11 Georgetown 0-2 0-0 2-2 0-2-2 2 1 2 0 0 2 1111/14 at Duquesne 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 1 0 2 311/20 Providence 0-4 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 611/28 Saint Bonaventure 3-7 0-0 2-3 4-3-7 2 0 0 1 0 8 1912/5 at Rhode Island 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1112/9 Princeton 1-4 0-0 3-4 2-5-7 2 1 1 2 1 5 1912/20 Maryland 0-4 0-0 1-2 2-0-2 3 0 1 0 0 1 1712/23 at Monmouth 2-3 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 1312/29 vs. Villanova 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 912/30 vs. Duquesne 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 2 0 0 2 41/2 at St. John’s 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21/10 George Mason 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 2 0 0 0 0 0 71/13 at Old Dominion 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11/15 at Northeastern 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31/20 Towson 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 2 0 1 0 1 2 101/24 UNCW 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 51/27 at Drexel DNP - CD1/29 Northeastern 1-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 1 0 0 2 51/31 at Georgia State 3-3 0-0 1-1 2-5-7 1 1 2 0 1 7 142/3 Hofstra 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 1 0 92/7 at Towson 0-1 0-0 0-0 3-1-4 0 0 1 0 0 0 82/10 at James Madison 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 42/14 Old Dominion 3-4 0-0 0-1 2-2-4 3 2 1 2 1 6 132/17 at William & Mary 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22/19 at George Mason 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 2 0 0 0 0 2 72/24 James Madison 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22/28 at Hofstra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 2 0 0 1 0 0 73/3 Drexel 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 23/6 Georgia State 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-3-3 3 0 2 2 1 0 103/15 UNCW 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 33/16 Hofstra 2-6 0-0 2-4 5-2-7 1 0 2 0 1 6 183/17 Drexel 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 23/24 West Virginia 5-9 0-0 0-1 3-2-5 0 0 0 0 0 10 313/26 North Carolina 1-3 0-0 1-2 2-1-3 3 0 1 0 0 3 17

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points 10 vs. West Virginia, 3/24 10, 2x, vs. West Virginia, 3/24/13Field Goals 5 vs. West Virginia, 3/24 5, 2x, vs. West Virginia, 3/24/13Field Goal Att. 9 vs. West Virginia, 3/24 10 vs. Alcorn State, 12/30/103-pt. Field Goals n/a n/a3-pt. Field Goal Att. 1 vs. UNCW, 1/24 1 vs. UNCW, 1/24/13Free Throws 3 vs. Princeton, 12/9 4, twiceFree Throw Att. 4, 2x, vs. Hofstra, 3/16 5 vs. William & Mary, 12/4/11Rebounds 7, 4x, vs. Hofstra, 3/16 8 vs. Princeton, 12/1/10Assists 2 vs. Old Dominion, 2/14 4 at William & Mary, 2/29/12 Blocks 2, 3x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6 2, 4x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6/13Steals 1, 6x, vs. Hofstra, 3/16 1, 14x vs. Hofstra, 3/16/13Minutes 31 vs West Virginia, 3/24 31 vs. West Virginia, 3/24/13

Kelsey Buchanan at DelawareYear GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2010-11 23/2 171 7.1 20-44 .455 0-0 --- 8-16 .500 20 29 49 2.1 20 0 4 16 4 4 48 2.12011-12 26/0 266 10.2 35-54 .648 0-0 --- 19-21 .905 25 35 60 2.3 26 0 9 16 3 6 89 3.42012-13 34/2 311 9.1 29-73 .397 0-1 .000 14-22 .636 37 36 73 2.1 33 0 7 20 9 7 72 2.1Totals 83/4 748 9.0 84-171 .491 0-1 .000 41-59 .695 82 100 182 2.2 79 0 20 52 16 17 209 2.5

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

ALECIA Freshman • Guard/Forward • 6-0Newport News, Va. • Woodside

142012-13 Season: Put up a career game in the regular season finale against Georgia State (3/6) with seven points, three field goals made and eight field goals attempted in 15 minutes of play • sustained an ankle injury against Northeastern (1/29) and missed following five games • tallied a career-high six points on 3-4 shooting from the floor in win over UNCW (1/24) • swatted first career block against Towson (1/20) • recorded first career field goal and assist in team’s 62-27 conference opening win against George Mason (1/10) • collected career-high three points on 3-of-4 shooting from the charity stripe in Delaware’s 82-53 win at Monmouth (12/22) • saw career- high 11 minutes of action at Duquesne (11/14) • scored one point and collected three rebounds during the season-opening win over Sam Houston State (11/9).

High School: Four-year member of the basketball and outdoor track teams at Woodside High School • led Woodside to the AAA Peninsula District regular season and tournament championships as a junior and senior, and the regional championship as a senior • earned first team All-District, All-Region and All-State honors during senior year • selected Woodside Female Athlete of the Year and Senior Athlete of the Year • first team All- District and All-Region, and honorable mention All-State as a junior • named second team All-District as a sophomore and honorable mention All-District as a freshman • earned 2012 U.S. Army Reserve National Student- Athlete Award • given President’s Award for Educational Excellence • 800 meter district champion in 2012 • honor roll student during all four years of high school.

Personal: Alecia Margaret Bell • daughter of Alonzo and Sandra Bell • has a younger sister, Alexis • father played football at Princeton and mother played softball at Saint Paul’s College • has played the piano for 11 years • exercise science major at Delaware who aspires to go into the physical therapy field.

2012-13 Game-by-Game Date Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State 0-1 0-0 1-2 2-1-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 411/11 Georgetown DNP - CD11/14 at Duquesne 0-2 0-0 0-0 2-3-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1111/20 Providence 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 211/28 Saint Bonaventure DNP - CD12/5 at Rhode Island 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112/9 Princeton DNP - CD12/20 Maryland DNP - CD12/23 at Monmouth 0-3 0-0 3-4 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 3 512/29 vs. Villanova DNP - CD12/30 vs. Duquesne DNP - CD1/2 at St. John’s DNP - CD1/10 George Mason 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 1 0 0 0 2 81/13 at Old Dominion DNP - CD1/15 at Northeastern 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11/20 Towson 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 31/24 UNCW 3-4 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 1 0 0 0 0 6 81/27 at Drexel DNP - CD1/29 Northeastern 0-1 0-0 1-2 0-2-2 0 0 1 0 0 1 41/31 at Georgia State DNP - Left ankle sprain2/3 Hofstra DNP - Left ankle sprain2/7 at Towson DNP - Family Death2/10 at James Madison DNP - Left ankle sprain2/14 Old Dominion DNP - Left ankle sprain2/17 at William & Mary 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 32/19 at George Mason DNP - CD2/24 James Madison DNP - CD2/28 at Hofstra 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 1 0 0 0 2 53/3 Drexel DNP - CD3/6 Georgia State 3-8 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 1 0 0 0 0 7 153/15 UNCW DNP-CD3/16 Hofstra 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 43/17 Drexel DNP - CD3/24 West Virginia DNP - CD3/26 North Carolina DNP - CD

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points 7 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 sameField Goals 3, 2x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6 sameField Goal Att. 8 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 same3-pt. Field Goals n/a same3-pt. Field Goal Att. n/a sameFree Throws 3 at Monmouth, 12/22 sameFree Throw Att. 4 at Monmouth, 12/22 sameRebounds 5 vs. Duquesne, 11/14 sameAssists 1, 2x vs. Towson, 1/20 sameBlocks 1 vs. Towson, 1/20 sameSteals n/a sameMinutes 15 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 same

Alecia Bell at DelawareYear GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2012-13 14/0 74 5.3 9-27 .333 0-0 --- 6-10 .600 8 13 21 1.5 4 0 3 3 1 0 24 1.7Totals 14/0 74 5.3 9-27 .333 0-0 --- 6-10 .600 8 13 21 1.5 4 0 3 3 1 0 24 1.7

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

AKEEMA Junior • Guard • 5-7

Baltimore, Md. • Western • West Virginia

152012-13 Season: Went a season-high 4-for-7 from the charity stripe in the opening round of the CAA Tournament against UNCW (3/15) • tied season-best three steals at Hofstra (2/28); shot 400th career field goal against the Pride; dished out 100th career assist in win• gathered 200th career rebound against Northeastern (1/29) • registered 300th career point in team’s 65-56 win at Drexel (1/27) • scored career-high 15 points on seven field goals made in team’s win at Old Dominion (1/13); tied season-high with one blocked shot • led team with four assists in conference opening win (62-27) over George Mason (1/10) • saw limited time in past three games (Villanova 12/29, Duquesne 12/30, St. John’s 1/2) due to illness • collected 1,000th career minute of action against ninth-ranked Maryland (12/20) • played a season-best game against Princeton (12/9) with 13 points, five field goals on 16 attempts, three free throws on four attempts, seven rebounds and one block in 33 minutes of action • tied a career-high with three steals in a season-high 31 minutes of action in win at Rhode Island (12/5) • upped her season-high point total with a 10-point performance in 28 minutes of action against St. Bonaventure (11/28) • tied season-high nine points on 4-of-10 shooting with one free throw against Providence (11/20) • recorded season-high nine points in 28 minutes of play with three rebounds and two assists at Duquesne (11/14) • tallied three points with one rebound and one assist in 20 minutes vs. Georgetown (11/11) • tied her career-high with four assists while adding two points and four rebounds during the season-opening victory over Sam Houston State (11/9).

2011-12 Season: Appeared in all 33 games while starting 32 for the Blue Hens • ranked fourth on the team with 4.4 rebounds per game and fifth with 6.2 points per game • also was fourth on the squad with 61 assists and 31 steals • reached double figures in seven games • scored eight points in the season-opening win over Rhode Island (11/11) during her Blue Hen debut • scored four points, grabbed six rebounds, and handed out four assists in the win against Villanova (11/22) • recorded seven points and three rebounds in the win at Saint Bonaventure (11/27) • posted 10 points, three steals, and three rebounds during the victory at Princeton (12/1) • ranked second on the team with seven rebounds and added eight points in the win over William & Mary (12/4) • scored eight points and grabbed six rebounds in the win at Wake Forest (12/11) • scored 10 points in the win vs. East Carolina (12/28) and added six points vs. fifth-ranked Maryland (12/29) at the Maryland Terrapin Classic • recorded six points, three rebounds, and two blocks in the win vs. UNCW (1/12) • scored 11 points to go with seven boards during the victory at Towson (1/19) • recorded a double-double with a season-high 14 points and 10 boards to go with four assists against Drexel (1/22) • scored seven points while adding four boards and two assists at James Madison (1/26) • recorded eight points in the win at UNCW (2/2) • posted 12 points and six boards during the victory over VCU (2/5) • scored six points and pulled down five rebounds at Hofstra (2/16) • posted 11 points, five rebounds, two assists, and two steals at William & Mary (2/29) • totaled 20 points, 20 rebounds, and five assists during the CAA Tournament run, earning CAA All- Tournament Team accolades • grabbed a season-best 11 rebounds during the win over Drexel in the CAA Championship (3/11).

2010-11 Season: Sat out season as a redshirt per NCAA transfer rules after transferring from West Virginia.

At West Virginia: 2009-10 Season: Played in 31 games for the Mountaineers, making one start • aver-aged 2.1 points per game • hit 40.3 percent (29 of 72) of her field goals • pulled down 26 defensive rebounds while recording 27 steals • played 9.9 minutes per contest • team went 29-6 overall and 13-3 in the Big East • scored two points and had one rebound in the first round of the NCAA Tournament • team reached second round of the Big Dance • qualified for Dean’s List at WVU.

High School: Played all four years at Western High School in Baltimore • team won city and regional champi- onships four consecutive years • reached semifinals on two occasions • member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Akeema S. Richards • daughter of Anderson and Debra Richards • has four siblings • civil engi-neering major at Delaware.

2012-13 Game-by-Game Date Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State 1-6 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 1 4 1 0 0 2 23 11/11 Georgetown 1-3 0-0 1-2 0-1-1 2 1 1 0 0 3 2011/14 at Duquesne 4-11 0-0 1-2 1-2-3 3 2 4 0 0 9 2811/20 Providence 4-10 0-0 1-2 0-3-3 0 0 1 1 1 9 2611/28 Saint Bonaventure 4-11 0-0 2-4 1-2-3 1 2 3 0 1 10 2812/5 at Rhode Island 4-12 0-0 1-1 2-2-4 3 2 2 0 3 9 3112/9 Princeton 5-16 0-0 3-4 2-5-7 3 1 3 0 0 13 3312/20 Maryland 0-6 0-0 0-0 2-2-4 0 1 1 0 1 0 2012/23 at Monmouth 3-7 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 0 1 2 0 0 6 1812/29 vs. Villanova 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 1 2 912/30 vs. Duquesne 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 81/2 at St. John’s 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 3 0 1 0 51/10 George Mason 1-6 0-0 2-2 1-2-3 1 4 3 1 1 4 181/13 at Old Dominion 7-10 0-0 1-3 0-5-5 3 3 2 1 0 15 241/15 at Northeastern 2-6 0-0 1-2 0-3-3 0 1 3 0 2 5 171/20 Towson 2-6 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 1 2 3 0 1 4 201/24 UNCW 1-7 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 3 2 0 1 2 201/27 at Drexel 2-5 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 2 2 0 1 4 151/29 Northeastern 3-6 0-0 1-1 1-1-2 2 0 4 1 2 7 211/31 at Georgia State 4-4 0-0 2-2 2-2-4 1 1 1 0 1 10 182/3 Hofstra 2-9 0-0 0-0 0-2-2 2 0 1 0 0 4 182/7 at Towson 3-6 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 3 1 2 0 1 6 142/10 at James Madison 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 2 102/14 Old Dominion 4-10 0-0 2-3 1-1-2 0 3 1 0 0 10 232/17 at William & Mary 6-9 0-0 1-2 3-2-5 1 0 1 0 1 13 262/19 at George Mason 2-4 0-0 1-2 0-3-3 3 3 1 0 0 5 202/24 James Madison 2-6 0-0 3-3 2-0-2 3 0 0 0 1 7 132/28 at Hofstra 2-5 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 3 1 0 0 3 4 243/3 Drexel 1-5 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 1 0 2 0 0 2 163/6 Georgia State 3-7 0-0 2-2 1-1-2 2 0 2 0 0 8 143/15 UNCW 1-5 0-0 4-7 3-1-4 0 1 1 0 0 6 233/16 Hofstra 3-7 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 2 0 0 0 6 1 233/17 Drexel 2-5 0-0 3-3 2-1-3 3 0 1 0 1 7 213/24 West Virginia 2-6 0-0 1-2 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 5 213/26 North Carolina 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 10

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points 15 at Old Dominion, 1/13 15 at Old Dominion, 1/13/13Field Goals 7 at Old Dominion, 1/13 7 at Old Dominion, 1/13/13Field Goal Att. 16 vs. Princeton, 12/9 16 vs. Princeton, 12/9/123-pt. Field Goals n/a n/a3-pt. Field Goal Att. n/a n/aFree Throws 4 vs. UNCW, 3/15 4, 2x, vs. UNCW, 3/15/13Free Throw Att. 7 vs. UNCW, 3/15 7 vs. UNCW, 3/15/13Rebounds 7 vs. Princeton, 12/9 11 vs. Drexel, 3/11/12Assists 4, 2x vs. George Mason, 1/10 4, four timesBlocks 1, 3x at Old Dominion, 1/13 2 vs. UNCW, 1/12/12Steals 6 vs. Hofstra, 3/16 6 vs. Hofstra, 3/16/13Minutes 33 vs. Princeton, 12/9 35, twice

Akeema Richards at DelawareYear GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2011-12 33/32 797 24.2 91-216 .421 0-0 --- 24-38 .632 48 98 146 4.4 53 0 61 62 6 31 206 6.22012-13 35/33 678 19.4 83-221 .376 0-0 --- 33-49 .673 38 56 94 2.7 48 0 41 54 4 25 199 5.7Totals 68/65 1475 21.7 174-437 .398 0-0 --- 57-87 .655 86 154 240 3.5 101 0 102 116 10 56 405 6.0

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

TRUMAE Senior • Guard • 5-8

Greensboro, N.C. • Grimsley • Florida

212012-13 Season: CAA All-Tournament Team • tied for 23rd in UD history with 203 career assists in just two seasons played • registered a career-high day against North Carolina (3/26) in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with 20 points in addition to going 8-for-11 from the charity stripe and collecting a four steals • went a season-high 5-for-5 from the charity stripe in the semifinals of the CAA Tournament against Hofstra (3/16) • collected a career-best nine rebounds, nine assists and three steals in the regular season finale/senior night against Georgia State (3/6) • dished out a season-high eight assists at Hofstra (2/28) • tied season-high of four assists at George Mason (2/21) • tied career-highs with three steals in 36 minutes played in team’s win at James Madison (2/10) • made a season-high seven field goals and tied season-highs with 14 points and two steals at Towson (2/7) • tied season-highs with four assists, two steals and one blocked shot in win over UNCW (1/24) • tied career-high with one block in win against Towson (1/20) • recorded 300th career point as a Blue Hen at Northeastern (1/15); led team with a season-high four assists in win over Huskies • grabbed a career-high seven rebounds and 100th rebound as a Blue Hen in team’s win at Old Dominion (1/13) • scored 100th career field goal against Villanova (12/29) in the Dartmouth Blue Sky Classic • collected second block of season in addition to seven points and three rebounds in team’s 82-53 win at Monmouth (12/22) • tied a season-high with three assists against ninth-ranked Maryland (12/20) • saw limited time against Princeton (12/9) after suffering a sprained ankle • was a perfect 2-for-2 from the free throw line against St. Bonaventure (11/28) • dished out a season-high three assists at Duquesne (11/14) • tallied her second-straight, season-high, 14-point game vs. Georgetown (11/11), matched season high in assists (2) in season-high 32 minutes • led the Blue Hens with 14 points while adding a career-high six rebounds during the season-opening win over Sam Houston State (11/9).

2011-12 Season: Appeared in all 33 games while making 32 starts for the Blue Hens • led the team with 112 assists • ranked third on the squad with 35 steals and fourth with 6.8 points per game • was fourth in the Colonial Athletic Association with a 1.6 assist/turnover ratio and 10th with 3.4 assists per game • recorded six double figure scoring games • scored 14 points and handed out two assists during the season-opening winover Rhode Island in her Blue Hen debut (11/11) • scored a season-high 15 points and posted four assists against Penn State (11/17) • recorded five assists in the victory at Saint Bonaventure (11/27) • ranked second on the team with 12 points and added three rebounds, three steals, and three assists during the win at Princeton (12/1) • scored nine points and added three steals in the victory at Wake Forest (12/11) • recorded six points, five assists, and three rebounds against Providence (12/19) • delivered nine points, three steals, and four rebounds in the win vs. East Carolina (12/28) and ranked second on the team with 14 points vs. fifth-ranked Maryland (12/29) at the Maryland Terrapin Classic • scored eight points and added three assists in the win over Towson (1/5) • dished out eight assists to go with four points and two steals vs. VCU (2/5) • recorded six points, two steals, and two rebounds during the win over Old Dominion (2/9) • handed out a season-high nine assists while scoring six points at Georgia State (2/12) • tied her season-high with 15 points while adding seven assists and five rebounds at Hofstra (2/16) • dished out six assists during the win against George Ma-son (2/23) • scored 14 points on 7 of 9 shooting from the field during the CAA Tournament Quarterfinal victory over Old Dominion (3/9) • scored eight points during the NCAA Tournament Second Round game against Kansas (3/20).

2010-11 Season: Sat out the season as a redshirt due to NCAA transfer regulations.

At Florida: 2009-10 Season: Played in 30 games, including all 16 conference games, for the Gators • starting the first three games of the year • averaged 5.3 points per game • grabbed 1.9 rebounds per contest • averaged 16.4 minutes per game • scored a career-best 15 points in a win over Jacksonville • leading guard scorer off the bench • paced the Gators in scoring on three occasions • shot 36.2 percent from the floor (64 of 177) • recorded 21 steals and 53 assists • sank 11 consecutive free throws • earned All-Southeastern Conference Academic Honor status • team went 39-25 during her two years at Florida.

At Florida: 2008-09 Season: Saw time in 31 games with five starts • averaged 4.1 points per game • tallied 23 steals and 31 assists • knocked down .455 percent (10 of 22) of her three pointers • snagged 40 total rebounds • scored points in 21 games, including eight points in the team’s first round NCAA Tournament 70-57 win over Temple • averaged 15.2 minutes a contest • named to SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Played for four seasons at Grimsley High School in Greensboro, N.C. • earned four letters • named to All-Conference team • team won conference and tournament championships • named to All-Area team • named Most Outstanding Player of 2007 North Carolina 4-A State Championship game • scored 33 points in title game • led team to 29-1 record in senior year while averaging team-best 16.2 points per game • played in North Carolina versus South Carolina game, scoring 12 points • also competed in track, qualifying for regional’s in the 4x200m relay and the 200m dash • earned honor roll status.

Personal: Trumae “Mae” C. Lucas • daughter of Trudah Lucas • has two siblings, one older and one younger • began playing basketball when she was five years old • lists mother as biggest influence for keeping her around basketball her entire life • history major at Delaware.

2012-13 Game-by-Game Date Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State 5-14 0-3 4-5 4-2-6 1 2 2 1 2 14 2811/11 Georgetown 4-7 4-6 2-2 0-2-2 4 2 1 0 1 14 3211/14 at Duquesne 2-6 0-1 3-4 0-2-2 2 3 4 0 2 7 3111/20 Providence 1-3 0-0 0-0 1-3-4 1 2 2 0 2 2 2611/28 Saint Bonaventure 0-4 0-1 2-2 1-0-1 0 1 2 0 0 2 1412/5 at Rhode Island 1-8 0-2 0-0 2-2-4 2 1 2 0 1 2 1712/9 Princeton 0-6 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1112/20 Maryland 1-3 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 1 3 1 0 1 2 2012/23 at Monmouth 2-4 1-1 2-2 1-2-3 2 2 0 1 1 7 1712/29 vs. Villanova 3-9 1-3 0-0 0-0-0 1 3 1 0 1 7 2212/30 vs. Duquesne 1-3 0-1 1-2 0-2-2 0 1 2 0 1 3 241/2 at St. John’s 2-6 1-2 1-2 2-0-2 4 1 1 1 1 6 201/10 George Mason 1-4 0-1 3-4 1-0-1 3 2 1 0 1 5 181/13 at Old Dominion 0-5 0-3 0-3 1-6-7 2 2 3 0 1 0 251/15 at Northeastern 2-7 2-4 0-0 1-3-4 2 4 1 1 2 6 251/20 Towson 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 2 1 1 1 2 121/24 UNCW 1-4 0-1 0-0 0-2-2 0 4 1 1 2 2 171/27 at Drexel 3-6 2-4 1-1 0-2-2 1 0 1 0 1 9 171/29 Northeastern 1-3 0-1 0-0 1-4-5 0 3 1 0 0 2 191/31 at Georgia State 2-6 0-1 1-2 2-0-2 3 4 3 0 1 5 222/3 Hofstra 1-4 0-1 1-2 1-1-2 2 1 0 0 1 3 172/7 at Towson 7-12 0-2 0-0 1-1-2 3 1 2 0 2 14 272/10 at James Madison 4-10 2-5 2-4 1-0-1 0 2 3 0 3 12 362/14 Old Dominion 1-3 0-1 0-0 2-0-2 0 3 5 0 0 2 222/17 at William & Mary 4-11 0-2 0-0 3-0-3 2 3 1 1 2 8 262/19 at George Mason 3-7 0-3 0-0 0-0-0 1 4 0 0 1 6 26 2/24 James Madison 1-6 0-0 2-2 0-3-3 2 2 1 1 1 4 222/28 at Hofstra 5-10 1-2 2-3 2-1-3 0 8 3 0 1 13 313/3 Drexel 2-6 0-1 2-2 2-1-3 3 0 2 0 2 6 223/6 Georgia State 2-9 1-4 0-0 4-5-9 2 9 2 0 3 5 293/15 UNCW 1-6 0-2 3-4 2-0-2 2 5 1 0 2 5 293/16 Hofstra 4-11 0-2 5-5 3-0-3 3 3 1 0 3 13 243/17 Drexel 3-7 2-4 4-4 2-0-2 2 0 0 0 1 12 303/24 West Virginia 2-7 0-1 2-2 1-0-1 1 4 1 0 3 6 323/26 North Carolina 6-12 0-2 8-11 2-2-4 0 4 4 0 4 20 35

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points 20 vs. North Carolina, 3/26 20 vs. North Carolina, 3/26/13Field Goals 7 at Towson, 2/8 7, 2x, at Towson, 2/8/13Field Goal Att. 14 vs. Sam Houston State, 11/9 15 at Maryland, 12/29/113-pt. Field Goals 4 vs. Georgetown, 11/11 same3-pt. Field Goal Att. 6 vs. Georgetown, 11/11 9 vs Penn State, 11/17/11Free Throws 8 vs. North Carolina, 3/26 8 vs. North Carolina, 3/26/13Free Throw Att. 11 vs. North Carolina, 3/26 11 vs. North Carolina, 3/26/13Rebounds 9 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 9 vs. Georgia State, 3/6/13Assists 9 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 9, 2x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6/13Blocks 1, 8x vs. James Madison, 2/24 1, 9x, vs. James Madison, 2/24/13Steals 4 vs. North Carolina, 3/26 4 vs. North Carolina, 3/26/13Minutes 36 at James Madison, 2/10 36, 2x, at James Madison, 2/10/13

Trumae Lucas at DelawareYear GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2011-12 33/32 876 26.5 82-251 .327 15-60 .250 45-56 .804 19 51 70 2.1 48 0 112 71 2 35 224 6.82012-13 35/7 825 23.6 79-231 .342 17-69 .246 51-68 .750 43 46 89 2.5 52 0 91 59 8 51 226 6.5Totals 68/39 1701 25.0 161-482 .334 32-129 .248 96-124 .774 62 97 159 2.3 100 0 203 130 10 86 450 6.6

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LAUREN Senior • Guard • 5-9

Dunmore, Pa. • Dunmore

222012-13 Season: All-CAA second team selection • currently second in Blue Hen history 133 career games played and 170 three-pointers made; fifth with 3,844 minutes played, 10th with 1,265 career points and a 32.2 three-point field goal percentage, 10th with 279 free throws made, 12th at 1,094 field goals attempted, 13th with 385 free throws attempted, tied for 15th with 241 assists, 23rd at 508 rebounds, 25th with 133 steals and 26th with a 72.5 free throw percentage • National 5 & 10 Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week (Dec. 3) • CAA Player of the Week and College Sports Madness CAA Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 10 • tied a season-high six assists in the CAA Tournament Championship game against Drexel (3/17) • made a season-high while tying a career-high with four three-pointers made in the regular season finale against Georgia State (3/6) • registered a season-high 21 points in win over Drexel (3/3) • tied season-high of three steals against James Madison (2/24) • put up 500th career 3-pt attempt at William & Mary (2/17) • tied a season-high with three treys made vs. Old Dominion (2/14) • tied a career-high with eight field goals made in team’s win at James Madison (2/10) • broke out of a scoring slump by tying a season-high 20 points on a career-high eight field goals and a season-high three treys in a win at Northeastern (1/15); tallied 400th career rebound against the Huskies • saw a career-high 43 minutes of play in the Hens’ 60-59 overtime victory at St. John’s (1/2) • dished out 200th career assist against Duquesne (12/30) in the Dartmouth Blue Sky Classic • became the 23rd player in UD women’s basketball history to collect 1,000 career points with a 16-point performance against ninth-ranked Maryland (12/20); also recorded 3,000 career minute and 300th career defensive rebound against the Terps • provided game heroics against Princeton (12/9) after knocking down a running jumper off the glass with two seconds remaining to finish a 59-58 comeback win also collected a season-high six assists and three steals against the Tigers • moved to 23rd all-time on the UD scoring list after a 16-point game at Rhode Island (12/5) • recorded first block of season in addition to five assists, four rebounds and two steals in win over Rams • collected first career double-double with 20 points and a career-high 13 rebounds in a season-high 40 minutes of play against St. Bonaventure (11/28) • also notched a season-high 10 free throws on 15 attempts against the Bonnies • moved to 24th overall in career points with 10-point performance against Providence (11/20) • recorded six assists and three steals, each one shy of career-highs, against Providence (11/20) • saw season-high 35 minutes of play with 15 field goals attempted and three assists at Duquesne (11/14) • led UD with 19 points and made a career-high 10 three-point attempts in 33 minutes played vs. Georgetown (11/11) • became 33rd Blue Hen to break 100-plus career games in season opener against Sam Houston State (11/9); scored 12 points and grabbed three rebounds against the Bearkats.

2011-12 Season: One of four players to start all 32 games • ranked second on the team with 4.7 rebounds per game and fifth with 8.7 points per game • shot 52.8 percent (102 of 193) from the field, the second highest percentage on the squad • averaged 25.9 minutes per game • reached double figures 13 times on the year • scored 12 points and pulled down six rebounds at Boston University (11/30) • scored 10 points at Penn (12/7) • poured in 12 points while grabbing five rebounds at Howard (12/22) • scored 11 points and collected seven rebounds at UNCW (1/2) • recorded 14 points and nine rebounds during the win at William & Mary (1/7) • notched of 16 points and a season-high 11 rebounds to post first career double-double against Old Dominion (1/11) • recorded second double-double in as many games with 13 points and a season-high 11 boards versus VCU (1/14) • scored 14 points on 7 of 10 shooting at George Mason (1/18) • scored 10 points during the win over Towson (1/23) • scored eight points and grabbed a team-high eight rebounds against UNCW (2/8) • tied his career-high with 18 points and hit all eight of his free throw attempts during the overtime win at Georgia State (2/11) • contributed 12 points and seven rebounds at Towson (2/22) • scored 12 points on 6 of 6 shooting from the field during the win over Northeastern (2/25) • scored 14 points and grabbed five rebounds during the CAA Tournament First Round win over Towson (3/2).

2010-11 Season: Played and started all 34 games, (only player to start every game) • third team All-Colonial Athletic Association selection • earned Blue Hen Basketball Club Outstanding Achievement award • led Hens with 85 assists and 48 three-pointers made, and ranked second with 10.8 ppg • ranked ninth in CAA with a 73.8 free throw %, 11th with a 34.0 three-point %, and 12th with 1.4 three-pointers made per game • her 48 three-pointers made are fourth most in a UD single season • scored career-high 29 points vs. Hofstra (1/2) • grabbed a career-high nine rebounds at Penn State (12/19) • handed out career-high seven assists at Hofstra (1/30).

2009-10 Season: Saw action in 31 of the Blue Hens’ contests • ranked third on the team with 6.0 ppg and 30 steals for the Hens • posted eight double-digit performances throughout the season • was named to Coors Rocky Mountain Invitational All-Tournament Team • named Army ROTC Best of the Blue Hens Athlete of the Week on Nov. 30.

High School: First team All-State Class AA selection as senior after earning second team honors as a junior and third team honors as a sophomore • scored 2,117 points during her career • averaged 22 ppg as a senior • had jersey retired at Dunmore High School • led Dunmore to a 104-13 record, including a 55-game conference win streak • Division II Lackawanna League Player of the Year in 2007/2008 • three-time All-Region and All- Divi-sion First Team selection • led Dunmore to three straight District Championships.

Personal: Lauren Ann Carra • daughter of Joseph and Mary Beth Carra • has a brother, Anthony • history education major • aspires to work in the information technology field or education • cites her high school coach, Ross Macciocco, and her father as the biggest influences on her playing career.

2012-13 Game-by-Game Date Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State 5-10 2-5 0-0 1-2-3 4 1 3 0 2 12 19 11/11 Georgetown 5-14 2-10 7-13 4-5-9 1 1 2 0 0 19 3311/14 at Duquesne 5-15 1-6 1-3 1-5-6 5 3 3 0 1 12 3511/20 Providence 4-14 2-6 0-0 4-1-5 4 6 1 0 3 10 3111/28 Saint Bonaventure 4-12 2-6 10-15 0-13-13 3 2 2 0 0 20 4012/5 at Rhode Island 6-12 2-5 2-4 1-3-4 3 5 2 1 2 16 3612/9 Princeton 5-16 1-5 4-4 0-6-6 4 3 2 0 0 15 2612/20 Maryland 6-13 2-6 2-3 0-6-6 3 2 4 0 0 16 3412/23 at Monmouth 4-9 0-4 0-0 1-6-7 2 3 4 0 1 8 2612/29 vs. Villanova 5-10 0-3 1-1 0-6-6 2 2 6 0 0 11 27 12/30 vs. Duquesne 1-4 1-2 4-4 1-6-7 2 1 4 0 0 7 301/2 at St. John’s 3-12 1-3 1-1 0-2-2 3 1 3 0 0 8 431/10 George Mason 1-7 0-2 0-0 0-3-3 1 0 3 0 1 2 241/13 at Old Dominion 1-7 1-4 0-0 2-1-3 2 0 3 0 1 3 251/15 at Northeastern 8-14 3-5 1-2 4-5-9 2 2 0 0 0 20 351/20 Towson 2-6 2-4 1-4 0-5-5 3 3 3 0 1 7 281/24 UNCW 6-9 1-2 0-0 1-4-5 2 1 3 1 1 13 231/27 at Drexel 1-5 0-2 3-5 4-3-7 3 2 3 0 1 5 371/29 Northeastern 4-6 2-2 4-4 1-5-6 2 0 2 1 1 14 291/31 at Georgia State 3-8 1-4 2-2 2-2-4 2 1 1 0 1 9 272/3 Hofstra 2-5 0-1 7-10 3-5-8 4 1 3 0 0 11 302/7 at Towson 5-11 0-2 3-4 3-2-5 3 3 2 0 1 13 342/10 at James Madison 8-11 1-2 2-3 1-5-6 3 0 1 0 0 19 392/14 Old Dominion 3-9 3-6 6-6 0-8-8 3 2 0 0 1 15 28 2/17 at William & Mary 2-8 1-4 0-2 0-2-2 2 1 2 0 2 5 282/19 at George Mason 3-5 2-2 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 4 0 1 8 202/24 James Madison 1-5 1-3 2-4 1-7-8 3 3 2 0 3 5 402/28 at Hofstra 2-7 0-2 0-0 1-2-3 2 2 4 0 3 4 323/3 Drexel 7-14 3-6 4-5 1-6-7 1 4 2 0 1 21 383/6 Georgia State 5-9 4-5 1-2 0-0-0 2 3 1 0 1 15 233/15 UNCW 4-9 0-2 2-3 1-6-7 2 1 1 0 2 10 393/16 Hofstra 2-10 1-4 3-4 1-3-4 2 4 0 1 0 8 283/17 Drexel 2-5 0-2 0-0 1-9-10 3 6 2 0 2 4 373/24 West Virginia 1-2 0-0 4-4 0-4-4 1 0 4 0 1 6 243/26 North Carolina 1-5 0-1 2-2 1-6-7 3 1 2 0 0 4 34

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points 21 vs. Drexel, 3/3 29 vs. Hofstra, 1/2/11Field Goals 8, 2x, at James Madison, 2/10 8, 2x, at James Madison, 2/10/13Field Goal Att. 15 vs. Duquesne, 11/14 19 at Georgia State, 1/23/113-pt. Field Goals 4 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 4, 9x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6/133-pt. Field Goal Att. 10 vs. Georgetown, 11/11 9 at Towson, 1/19/12Free Throws 10 vs. St. Bonaventure, 11/28 14 vs. Hofstra, 1/2/11Free Throw Att. 15 vs. St. Bonaventure, 11/28 15, twiceRebounds 13 vs. St. Bonaventure, 11/28 13 vs. St. Bonaventure, 11/28/12 Assists 6, 2x, vs. Drexel, 3/17 7 at Hofstra, 1/3/11Blocks 1, 4x, vs. Hofstra, 3/16 2 at UNCW, 2/2/12Steals 3, 3x at Hofstra, 2/28 4 at Wake Forest, 12/11/11Minutes 43 at St. John’s, 1/2 43 at St. John’s, 1/2/13

Lauren Carra at DelawareYear GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2009-10 31/14 680 21.9 58-175 .331 29-99 .293 40-60 .667 8 54 62 2.0 51 1 36 74 1 30 185 6.02010-11 34/34 1123 33.0 113-320 .353 48-141 .340 93-126 .738 24 96 120 3.5 85 0 85 131 3 39 367 10.82011-12 33/32 959 29.1 110-281 .391 51-160 .319 67-85 .788 17 113 130 3.9 76 1 50 62 7 30 338 10.22012-13 35/34 1082 30.9 127-318 .399 42-128 .328 79-114 .693 41 155 196 5.6 88 1 70 84 4 34 375 10.7Totals 133/114 3844 28.9 408-1094 .373 170-528 .322 279-385 .725 90 418 508 3.8 300 3 241 351 15 133 1,265 9.5

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JADE Freshman • Guard/Forward • 6-0

Ashburn, Va. • St. John’s College H.S. (D.C.)

232012-13 Season: Closed out regular season play by tying a career-high four points and tallying a career-high two field goals, four field goal attemps, one rebound and one steal in eight minutes of play against Georgia State (3/6) • dished out first career assist at William & Mary (2/17) • played career-best game with first career points (four), field goal (one), free throws (two), free throw attempts (three), rebounds (one) • attempted first career three-pointer against Northeastern (1/29) • saw a career-high three minutes of action in team’s conference opening win (62-27) over George Mason (1/10) • did not suit up against ninth-ranked Maryland (12/20) with an abdominal injury • played two minutes and missed her only field goal attempt during the season-opening victory over Sam Houston State (11/9).

High School: Four-year member and two-year starter at St. John’s College High School in Washington, D.C. • led St. John’s to the 2011 WCAC and City Title championships • named All-WCAC honorable mention as a junior • member of National Honor Society • honor roll student.

Personal: Jade Talon Clark • born August 14, 1995 • daughter of Jeffrey and Tosha Clark • has a brother, Jalen, and sisters, Jervel and Jazmin • exercise science major at Delaware.

2012-13 Game-by-Game Date Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 211/11 Georgetown DNP - CD11/14 at Duquesne DNP - CD11/20 Providence DNP - CD11/28 Saint Bonaventure DNP - CD12/5 at Rhode Island 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112/9 Princeton DNP - CD12/20 Maryland DNP - Abdomen12/23 at Monmouth 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 212/29 vs. Villanova DNP - CD12/30 vs. Duquesne DNP -CD1/2 at St. John’s DNP - CD1/10 George Mason 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 31/13 at Old Dominion DNP - CD1/15 at Northeastern DNP - CD1/20 Towson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21/24 UNCW 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21/27 at Drexel DNP - CD1/29 Northeastern 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21/31 at Georgia State 0-1 0-1 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22/3 Hofstra DNP - CD2/7 at Towson 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/10 at James Madison DNP - CD2/14 Old Dominion 1-1 0-0 2-3 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 4 32/17 at William & Mary 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 22/19 at George Mason DNP - CD2/24 James Madison DNP - CD2/28 at Hofstra DNP - CD3/3 Drexel DNP - CD3/6 Georgia State 2-4 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 1 0 1 4 83/15 UNCW DNP - CD3/16 Hofstra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 13/17 Drexel DNP - CD3/24 West Virginia DNP - CD3/26 North Carolina DNP - CD

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points 4, 2x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6 sameField Goals 2 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 sameField Goal Att. 4 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 same3-pt. Field Goals n/a same3-pt. Field Goal Att. 1, 2x at Georgia State, 1/31 sameFree Throws 2 vs. Old Dominion, 2/14 sameFree Throw Att. 3 vs. Old Dominion, 2/14 sameRebounds 1, 3x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6 sameAssists 1 at William & Mary, 2/17 sameBlocks n/a sameSteals 1 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 sameMinutes 8 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 same

Jade Clark at DelawareYear GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2012-13 13/0 31 2.4 3-9 .333 0-2 .000 2-3 .667 1 1 2 0.2 0 0 1 5 0 1 8 0.6Totals 13/0 31 2.4 3-9 .333 0-2 .000 2-3 .667 1 1 2 0.2 0 0 1 5 0 1 8 0.6

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JOY Sophomore (R) • Forward • 6-1

Manassas, Va. • Stonewall Jackson • Boston College

242012-13 Season: Will sit out this season per NCAA transfer regulations after transferring to Delaware from Boston College over the summer • will have three years of eligibility remaining, beginning in 2013-14.

At Boston College: 2011-12 Season: Appeared in all 30 games for the Eagles, making nine starts and averaging 17.6 minutes per contest • contributed 4.8 points and 3.0 rebounds per game • shot 43.4 percent from the field • ranked second on the team with 27 steals • reached double figures during five games • scored a season-high 13 points in a loss at Saint Joseph’s on Dec. 29 • narrowly missed a double-double with 10 points and a season-high nine rebounds in a win over Massachusetts on Dec. 7.

High School: Played for head coach Nsonji White at Stonewall Jackson High School • averaged 21 points, 12 rebounds, three steals and four blocks a game as a senior • named to Virginia’s All-State, All-District, and All- Region first teams • conference and region Player of the Year as a senior • earned Virginia All-State honorable mention nod as a junior • placed second in the shot put at the Virginia State Track Meet • named first team All-State in track as a junior and senior • honor roll student.

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STEPHANIE Sophomore • Center • 6-4Northport, N.Y. • Northport

332012-13 Season: Named to CAA Academic Honor Roll • dished out first career assist in win at Towson (2/7) • tied a career-high with five field goal attempts in win against UNCW (1/24) • played a career-high 21 minutes in conference opening win (61-27) over George Mason (1/10) in addition to tying career-highs of seven rebounds and two blocked shots • posted seven career rebounds and 100th career minute played in champi-onship game of the Blue Sky Classic against Duquesne (12/30) • in team’s 82-53 win at Monmouth (12/22), tied career-high five rebounds in addition to tying a season-high from the charity stripe (1-2) • tied career-high four points and added career-high five rebounds and two blocks in 16 minutes of play at Duquesne (11/14) • grabbed three rebounds while adding a block and a steal during the season-opening victory over Sam Houston State (11/9) • collected two rebounds in one minute of action vs. Georgetown (11/11) • recorded just one field goal attempt in eight minutes of play against Providence (11/20) • tallied two points with two rebounds in three minutes of action against St. Bonaventure (11/28) • marked first career free throw in win at Rhode Island (12/5) in addition to two rebounds in four minutes of action against the Rams.

2011-12 Season: Appeared in 10 games for the Blue Hens, playing 44 total minutes • totaled eight points and 11 rebounds on the year • recorded two points and two rebounds during her collegiate debut in the win over Rhode Island (11/11) • grabbed three rebounds, scored two points, and added a block during the victory vs. Yale (12/5) • scored four points and grabbed two rebounds during the win vs. UNCW (1/12) • pulled down two boards during the victory at Georgia State (2/12) • totaled two rebounds and one block during the CAA Tournament • named to CAA Academic Honor Roll.

High School: Two-sport athlete in basketball and volleyball • four year member of the basketball squad and two year volleyball player and Northport High School on Long Island • played center all four years for Richard Castellano • helped squad to a 19-1 record in 2010-11 and a League II Championship • named to all-academic, All-Suffolk County and League II teams • team went 15-2 in her junior season while she earned All-Suffolk County and League II Team honors • won four varsity letters in basketball at Northport and was a member of the Long Island Lutheran Middle and High School teams as an eighth grader • member of the National Honor Society and World Language Honor Society • served as Future Educators of America president • landed on the honor roll every year.

Personal: Stephanie Radke Leon • daughter of William and Virginia Leon • has one older sister, Chelsea and one younger sister, Charlotte • selected the University of Delaware for its strong academics, as well as the team’s family unit mentality with a supportive coaching staff • began playing basketball when she was five years old • influenced by her trainer Jerry Powell for pushing her to work hard and his knowledge of basketball • double major in organizational & community leadership and international relations at Delaware • served as a Quest peer mentor over the summer.

2012-13 Game-by-Game Date Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State 0-4 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 3 0 1 1 1 0 911/11 Georgetown 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 111/14 at Duquesne 2-3 0-0 0-0 0-5-5 4 0 0 2 0 4 1611/20 Providence 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 811/28 Saint Bonaventure 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 0 0 0 0 0 2 312/5 at Rhode Island 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-2-2 1 0 0 0 0 1 412/9 Princeton 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112/20 Maryland 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112/23 at Monmouth 1-2 0-0 1-2 2-3-5 1 0 0 0 0 3 612/29 vs. Villanova 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112/30 vs. Duquesne 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-5-7 3 0 1 1 0 0 151/2 at St. John’s 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 1 1 0 51/10 George Mason 1-2 0-0 1-2 1-6-7 2 0 1 2 0 3 211/13 at Old Dominion 0-1 0-0 0-0 1-1-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 91/15 at Northeastern 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-2-3 0 0 1 0 0 0 71/20 Towson 1-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 0 0 2 81/24 UNCW 0-5 0-0 0-0 2-1-3 1 0 0 0 0 0 141/27 at Drexel DNP - CD1/29 Northeastern 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 1 0 0 0 81/31 at Georgia State 0-2 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 4 0 2 1 0 0 112/3 Hofstra DNP - CD2/7 at Towson 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-2-2 1 1 0 1 1 2 92/10 at James Madison 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+2/14 Old Dominion 0-3 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 52/17 at William & Mary 1-1 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 2 22/19 at George Mason 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12/24 James Madison DNP - CD2/28 at Hofstra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 1 0 0 1 0 0 33/3 Drexel DNP - CD3/6 Georgia State 0-1 0-0 0-0 2-0-2 0 0 1 0 1 0 113/15 UNCW DNP - CD3/16 Hofstra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 23/17 Drexel DNP - CD3/24 West Virginia DNP - CD3/26 North Carolina 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 1 0 0 1 0 0 9

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points 4 vs. Duquesne, 11/14 4, two timesField Goals 2 vs. Duquesne, 11/14 2, two timesField Goal Att. 5 vs. UNCW, 1/24 5, 2x vs. UNCW, 1/243-pt. Field Goals n/a same3-pt. Field Goal Att. n/a sameFree Throws 1, 3x vs. George Mason, 1/10 sameFree Throw Att. 2, 3x vs. George Mason, 1/10 sameRebounds 7, 2x vs. George Mason, 1/10 sameAssists 1 at Towson, 2/8 sameBlocks 2, 2x vs. George Mason, 1/10 sameSteals 1, 4x vs. Georgia State, 3/6 sameMinutes 21 vs. George Mason, 1/10 same

Stephanie Leon at DelawareYear GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2011-12 10/0 44 4.4 4-13 .308 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 4 7 11 1.1 5 0 0 4 2 0 8 0.82012-13 28/0 190 6.8 8-32 .250 0-0 --- 3-7 .429 16 34 50 1.8 27 0 1 8 11 4 19 0.7Totals 38/0 234 6.2 12-45 .267 0-0 --- 3-7 .429 20 41 61 1.6 31 0 1 12 13 4 27 0.7

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CHELSEA Senior • Forward • 6-2

Rockville, Md. • Wootton

452012-13 Season: Serving as team captain for the second consecutive season along with Elena Delle Donne • named to CAA Academic Honor Roll • played a career-best game in the regular season finale/senior night, where she earned the first start of her career; posted two points on one field goal, three field goals attmped, two rebounds andone assist in eight minutes of action against Georgia State (3/6) • saw season-high two minutes of play with one rebound in conference opening win (62-27) over George Mason (1/10) • collected first rebound of season in one minute of play in team’s 82-53 win at Monmouth (12/22) in lone game of season.

2011-12 Season: Served as team captain along with Vanessa Kabongo and Elena Delle Donne • appeared in four games for the Blue Hens • grabbed two rebounds during the season-opening win over Rhode Island (11/11) • pulled down two rebounds and added a steal in the win against Yale (12/5) • played one minute during the victory over Towson (1/19) • grabbed a rebound in the CAA Tournament Semifinal win over UNCW (3/10) • earned the Team Sportsmanship Award for the second consecutive season • named to CAA Honorable Mention All-Academic Team and to CAA Academic Honor Roll.

2010-11 Season: Appeared in 10 games for the Blue Hens • contributed four points and four rebounds on the year • saw first career action against Princeton (12/1) • played in back-to-back games against Vanderbilt (12/29) and Alcorn State (12/30) at Hilton Garden Inn Hokie Classic • scored first career points against Alcorn State while also recording two rebounds, a block and a steal in seven minutes • recorded two points and a rebound during coach Martin’s record-setting 267th win against Northeastern (1/6) • grabbed one rebound and blocked a shot during the win over Towson (3/2) • earned Team Sportsmanship Award • named Colonial Athletic Association All-Academic honorable mention.

2009-10 Season: Did not appear in any games for the Blue Hens and redshirted the season.

High School: First Team All-Montgomery County selection as a senior and earned second team honors as a junior • First Team Montgomery County Senior All-Star Team pick • led Thomas S. Wootton High School to the regional semifinals during her final three years and to the regional quarterfinals as a freshman • Wootton went 73-22 during her four seasons • recorded 990 career rebounds (10.3 avg.) and 745 career points (7.8 avg.) • averaged 14.5 points and 8.9 rebounds as a senior • appeared in 2009 McDonald’s Classic Roundball All-Star Game • earned Scholar Athlete Award all four years of high school • member of National Honor Society • earned Foreign Language Excellence Award in Spanish • earned Global Achievement Award for Science, Technology and Research Signature (STARS) program.

Personal: Chelsea Ann Craig • daughter of David and Michele Craig • has a sister, Amanda, and a brother, Andrew • exercise science and business administratiaon major at Delaware with minors in chemistry and Spanish • aspires to become a physical therapist • worked with University of Delaware physical therapy over the summer • enjoys music, reading, and hanging out with friends during her free time • President of Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC) • honor student at Delaware.

2012-13 Game-by-Game Date Opponent FG-A 3FG-A FT-A O-D-R PF A T B S Pts. Min. 11/9 Sam Houston State DNP - CD 11/11 Georgetown DNP - CD11/14 at Duquesne DNP - CD11/20 Providence DNP - CD11/28 Saint Bonaventure DNP - CD12/5 at Rhode Island DNP - CD12/9 Princeton DNP - CD12/20 Maryland DNP - CD12/23 at Monmouth 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 112/29 vs. Villanova DNP - CD12/30 vs. Duquesne DNP - CD1/2 at St. John’s DNP - CD1/10 George Mason 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 21/13 at Old Dominion DNP - CD1/15 at Northeastern DNP - CD1/20 Towson DNP - CD1/24 UNCW DNP - CD1/27 at Drexel DNP - CD1/29 Northeastern 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21/31 at Georgia State DNP - CD2/3 Hofstra DNP - CD2/7 at Towson DNP - CD2/10 at James Madison DNP - CD2/14 Old Dominion DNP - CD2/17 at William & Mary DNP - CD2/19 at George Mason DNP - CD2/24 James Madison DNP - CD2/28 at Hofstra DNP - CD3/3 Drexel DNP - CD3/6 Georgia State 1-3 0-1 0-1 2-0-2 0 1 1 0 0 2 83/15 UNCW DNP - CD3/16 Hofstra 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13/17 Drexel DNP -CD3/24 West Virginia DNP - CD3/26 North Carolina DNP - CD

Season/Career Highs 2012-13 Career Points 2 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 2, 3x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6/13Field Goals 1 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 1, 3x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6/13Field Goal Att. 3 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 3 vs. Georgia State, 3/6/133-pt. Field Goals n/a n/a3-pt. Field Goal Att. 1 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 1 vs. Georgia State, 3/6/13Free Throws n/a n/aFree Throw Att. 1, 2x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6 1, 3x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6/13Rebounds 2 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 2, 4x, vs. Georgia State, 3/6/13Assists 1 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 1 vs. Georgia State, 3/6/13Blocks n/a 1, twiceSteals n/a 1, twiceMinutes 8 vs. Georgia State, 3/6 8 vs. Georgia State, 3/6/13

Chelsea Craig at DelawareYear GP/GS Min. Avg. FG-FGA FG% 3FG-3FGA 3FG% FT-FTA FT% OR DR Tot Avg. PF FO A TO B S Pts Avg.2010-11 10/0 22 2.2 2-2 1.000 0-0 --- 0-1 .000 1 3 4 0.4 1 0 0 2 2 1 4 0.42011-12 4/0 10 2.5 0-1 --- 0-0 --- 0-0 --- 2 3 5 1.3 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0.02012-13 5/1 14 2.8 1-3 .333 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 4 0 4 1.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.5Totals 19/1 46 2.4 3-6 .500 0-0 .000 0-3 .000 7 6 13 0.7 2 0 1 5 2 2 6 0.3

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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsSam Houston State vs Delaware11/9/12 8:00 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center - Newark, Del.

Sam Houston State 31 • 0-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min10 Martin, Britni f 5-14 1-6 5-6 2 0 2 1 16 1 1 0 2 3830 Thomas, Sequeena f 1-10 0-0 0-0 1 11 12 4 2 1 4 2 0 2003 Johnson, Jasmine g 1-9 0-2 0-0 1 3 4 2 2 2 4 0 0 3825 Gonzalez, Victoria g 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 1034 Smith, Chanice g 0-4 0-3 0-0 2 0 2 1 0 1 4 1 0 2501 Clavelle, Kaysean 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 804 Anderson, Jasmin 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 Beadle, Angela 3-10 0-1 3-5 2 3 5 0 9 0 2 1 0 2414 Davis, Clarke 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 721 Wiley, Jazmin 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 1023 Barnes, Amanda 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1033 Carter, Nyha 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 1 9

Team 1 3 4Totals 11-51 1-13 8-11 14 24 38 16 31 6 21 4 4 200

FG % 1st Half: 6-23 26.1%3FG % 1st Half: 1-6 16.7%

FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0%

2nd half: 5-28 17.9%2nd half: 0-7 0.0%2nd half: 5-7 71.4%

Game: 11-51 21.6%Game: 1-13 7.7%Game: 8-11 72.7%

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Delaware 63 • 1-0Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min12 Parker, Danielle f 3-9 0-0 3-7 6 6 12 2 9 0 3 0 3 3013 Buchanan, Kelsey f 2-4 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 0 6 0 0 0 0 1715 Richards, Akeema g 1-6 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 2 4 1 0 0 2321 Lucas, Trumae g 5-14 0-3 4-5 4 2 6 1 14 2 2 1 2 2822 Carra, Lauren g 5-10 2-5 0-0 1 2 3 4 12 1 3 0 2 1902 Green, Courtni 1-5 1-5 1-2 0 4 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 1803 May, Jaquetta 4-9 0-0 5-7 7 4 11 2 13 0 2 0 2 2410 Miller, Kayla 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 2614 Bell, Alecia 0-1 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 423 Clark, Jade 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 233 Leon, Stephanie 0-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 3 0 0 1 1 1 9

Team 0 0 0Totals 22-66 3-14 16-25 24 27 51 16 63 8 12 2 10 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-37 24.3%3FG % 1st Half: 0-10 0.0%

FT % 1st Half: 8-10 80.0%

2nd half: 13-29 44.8%2nd half: 3-4 75.0%2nd half: 8-15 53.3%

Game: 22-66 33.3%Game: 3-14 21.4%Game: 16-25 64.0%

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Officials: John Morningstar (R), Kim Waller, Richard WrightTechnical fouls: Sam Houston State-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 1872Pre-Season Women's NIT First Round...Delaware advances to face GeorgetownSunday...UD wins 15th straight home game...May (UD) career-high rebounds,first career double-double...UD fewest points allowed since Feb. 7, 2002(def. Towson, 66-28)

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalSam Houston State 16 15 31Delaware 26 37 63

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsGeorgetown vs Delaware11/11/12 2 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del.

Georgetown 62 • 2-0Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 WHITE, Andrea f 2-7 0-0 3-4 3 4 7 4 7 2 3 1 3 3333 HORNE, Brittany f 0-4 0-1 0-0 3 0 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 1213 WILSON, Sydney c 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 1514 RODGERS, Sugar g 11-21 4-11 9-10 1 3 4 4 35 2 7 0 5 3523 POWELL, Samisha g 1-5 0-2 0-0 2 5 7 3 2 2 1 0 0 3000 RAFIU, Ki-Ke 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 1021 JACKSON, Jasmine 4-5 0-1 4-7 1 1 2 2 12 2 2 0 0 2222 BATTLE, Logan 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 3 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 1535 VITALIS, Dominique 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 342 MOORE, Vanessa 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 25

Team 0 3 3Totals 20-50 4-16 18-23 11 22 33 21 62 8 20 1 10 200

FG % 1st Half: 10-27 37.0%3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 36.4%

FT % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0%

2nd half: 10-23 43.5%2nd half: 0-5 0.0%2nd half: 14-18 77.8%

Game: 20-50 40.0%Game: 4-16 25.0%Game: 18-23 78.3%

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Delaware 56 • 1-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min12 Parker, Danielle f 5-11 0-0 1-2 2 8 10 2 11 2 3 1 3 3713 Buchanan, Kelsey f 0-2 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 2 2 1 2 0 0 1115 Richards, Akeema g 1-3 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2021 Lucas, Trumae g 4-7 4-6 2-2 0 2 2 4 14 2 1 0 1 3222 Carra, Lauren g 5-14 2-10 7-13 4 5 9 1 19 1 2 0 0 3302 Green, Courtni 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 603 May, Jaquetta 0-2 0-0 0-2 4 1 5 4 0 0 4 2 0 2910 Miller, Kayla 2-6 2-5 1-2 0 0 0 2 7 4 6 0 1 3133 Leon, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Team 2 2 4Totals 17-47 8-22 14-25 13 22 35 17 56 11 22 3 6 200

FG % 1st Half: 10-24 41.7%3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 22.2%

FT % 1st Half: 8-12 66.7%

2nd half: 7-23 30.4%2nd half: 6-13 46.2%2nd half: 6-13 46.2%

Game: 17-47 36.2%Game: 8-22 36.4%Game: 14-25 56.0%

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Officials: Bill Titus (R), Kathy Lonegran, Shannon FeckTechnical fouls: Georgetown-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 859Pre-Season WNIT 2nd Round...Delaware is ranked #11 (AP)/#10 (USAToday)...Georgetown advances to WNIT Semifinals...UD has 15-game home winning streakand 18-game regular season winning streak snapped...Sugar Rodgers (GU) setsBCC record for most points by a UD opponent...Parker (UD) 16th double-double.

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalGeorgetown 28 34 62Delaware 30 26 56

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDelaware vs Duquesne11/14/12 7:00 PM at A.J. Palumbo Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Delaware 47 • 1-2Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min12 Parker, Danielle f 3-8 0-0 5-6 3 5 8 3 11 0 5 1 2 3403 May, Jaquetta g 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 1715 Richards, Akeema g 4-11 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 3 9 2 4 0 0 2821 Lucas, Trumae g 2-6 0-1 3-4 0 2 2 2 7 3 4 0 2 3122 Carra, Lauren g 5-15 1-6 1-3 1 5 6 5 12 3 3 0 1 3502 Green, Courtni 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 310 Miller, Kayla 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 3 3 0 0 2213 Buchanan, Kelsey 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 314 Bell, Alecia 0-2 0-0 0-0 2 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1133 Leon, Stephanie 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 5 5 4 4 0 0 2 0 16

Team 3 3 6Totals 18-51 1-9 10-15 13 26 39 19 47 11 21 4 6 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-26 34.6%3FG % 1st Half: 0-4 0.0%

FT % 1st Half: 0-1 0.0%

2nd half: 9-25 36.0%2nd half: 1-5 20.0%2nd half: 10-14 71.4%

Game: 18-51 35.3%Game: 1-9 11.1%Game: 10-15 66.7%

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Duquesne 51 • 2-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min10 AGUNBIADE, Wumi f 7-19 0-1 3-4 7 5 12 3 17 0 4 1 0 3413 SZECSI, Orsi f 2-7 1-4 2-2 1 3 4 3 7 1 2 0 0 2512 FLOYD, Jocelyn g 1-6 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 2 4 4 1 0 7 3423 NURKIC, Belma g 4-12 1-5 0-1 3 4 7 1 9 0 2 1 1 2932 ROBINSON, April g 3-6 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 2 6 3 3 1 1 2400 ODISHO, Oditte 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 0 2 1304 JOHNSON, Jose-Ann 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 311 HALL, Ahjah 1-4 0-1 0-2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1815 MOORE, Raegan 1-5 1-3 2-2 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 1 1 1242 KING, Stasia 0-0 0-0 0-0 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 8

Team 2 1 3Totals 19-60 3-16 10-15 18 23 41 14 51 10 16 5 12 200

FG % 1st Half: 11-25 44.0%3FG % 1st Half: 2-6 33.3%

FT % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7%

2nd half: 8-35 22.9%2nd half: 1-10 10.0%2nd half: 8-12 66.7%

Game: 19-60 31.7%Game: 3-16 18.8%Game: 10-15 66.7%

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Officials: Bill Titus // Mark Behrens // Shannon FlackTechnical fouls: Delaware-None. Duquesne-None.Attendance: 1126

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDelaware 18 29 47Duquesne 26 25 51

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsProvidence vs Delaware11/20/12 7 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del.

Providence 46 • 1-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min15 BALDWIN, Chanise f 3-7 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 2 6 0 2 2 0 2830 IISKOLA, Evi f 2-4 0-0 0-0 4 0 4 1 4 1 4 0 1 3433 EDWARDS, Brianna f 6-10 0-0 1-2 4 5 9 3 13 1 4 0 0 3112 ROBERTS, Symone g 0-9 0-0 2-4 0 3 3 0 2 4 1 0 0 2813 RULE, Tori g 5-18 2-10 4-4 1 4 5 1 16 0 2 0 0 3610 PEARSON, Danielle 0-2 0-2 3-4 0 2 2 1 3 0 4 0 0 1120 SELLS, Lexi 0-4 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1142 HARRIS, Alexis 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 7 10 1 2 0 0 0 1 21

Team 0 2 2Totals 17-56 2-15 10-14 13 28 41 9 46 7 17 2 2 200

FG % 1st Half: 10-29 34.5%3FG % 1st Half: 1-7 14.3%

FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0

2nd half: 7-27 25.9%2nd half: 1-8 12.5%2nd half: 6-10 60.0%

Game: 17-56 30.4%Game: 2-15 13.3%Game: 10-14 71.4%

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Delaware 64 • 2-2Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 9-20 1-4 3-4 0 8 8 1 22 2 2 1 0 2712 Parker, Danielle f 7-11 0-0 0-2 4 9 13 1 14 1 1 0 2 3515 Richards, Akeema g 4-10 0-0 1-2 0 3 3 0 9 0 1 1 1 2621 Lucas, Trumae g 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 2 2 2 0 2 2622 Carra, Lauren g 4-14 2-6 0-0 4 1 5 4 10 6 1 0 3 3102 Green, Courtni 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 703 May, Jaquetta 0-0 0-0 0-2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1410 Miller, Kayla 2-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 4 4 1 0 0 1813 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-4 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 614 Bell, Alecia 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 233 Leon, Stephanie 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8

Team 1 1 2Totals 28-66 4-11 4-10 13 27 40 12 64 15 10 2 9 200

FG % 1st Half: 18-35 51.4%3FG % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0%

FT % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0%

2nd half: 10-31 32.3%2nd half: 2-7 28.6%2nd half: 1-4 25.0%

Game: 28-66 42.4%Game: 4-11 36.4%Game: 4-10 40.0%

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Officials: Wesley Dean, Billy Smith, Joseph VaszilyTechnical fouls: Providence-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 3390Delaware received votes in AP Poll...Delle Donne plays first game of season...Delle Donne 73rd career 20+ game...UD has won 34 of last 43 games at BCC..

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalProvidence 25 21 46Delaware 41 23 64

Delaware 63, Sam Houston State 31 • 11/9/12 • Newark, Del.1 Georgetown 62, Delaware 56 • 11/11/12 • Newark, Del. 2

Duquesne 51, Delaware 47 • 11/14/12 • Pittsburgh, Pa. 3 Delaware 64, Providence 46 • 11/20/12 • Newark, Del. 4

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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsSt. Bonaventure vs Delaware11/28/12 7 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del.

St. Bonaventure 58 • 3-4Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min04 ORTEGA, Doris f 6-15 0-0 1-2 3 1 4 3 13 1 2 0 0 3603 WALKER, Alaina g 2-8 0-0 0-2 1 5 6 5 4 2 1 1 2 3412 ZAHN, Ashley g 3-8 2-4 2-2 1 4 5 4 10 1 1 0 0 3013 MCGEE, Jordan g 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 4 2 1 1 0 0 2130 DIXON, CeCe g 4-10 3-5 3-5 3 2 5 2 14 0 4 0 0 3001 WILSON, Tatiana 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 721 RUETER, Nyla 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 133 MICHAEL, Emily 2-4 2-4 0-0 0 1 1 0 6 1 2 0 0 2042 HEALY, Katie 3-6 0-1 3-4 1 5 6 5 9 1 2 1 0 21

Team 2 2 4Totals 21-54 7-14 9-15 12 25 37 27 58 8 13 2 2 200

FG % 1st Half: 12-28 42.9%3FG % 1st Half: 5-7 71.4%

FT % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0%

2nd half: 9-26 34.6%2nd half: 2-7 28.6%2nd half: 8-13 61.5%

Game: 21-54 38.9%Game: 7-14 50.0%Game: 9-15 60.0%

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Delaware 68 • 3-2Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min12 Parker, Danielle f 1-6 0-0 3-6 6 2 8 2 5 1 1 1 0 2703 May, Jaquetta g 5-8 0-0 2-2 3 1 4 3 12 1 0 2 1 3215 Richards, Akeema g 4-11 0-0 2-4 1 2 3 1 10 2 3 0 1 2821 Lucas, Trumae g 0-4 0-1 2-2 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 1422 Carra, Lauren g 4-12 2-6 10-15 0 13 13 3 20 2 2 0 0 4002 Green, Courtni 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 410 Miller, Kayla 0-1 0-0 6-9 0 1 1 2 6 2 0 0 0 3313 Buchanan, Kelsey 3-7 0-0 2-3 4 3 7 2 8 0 0 1 0 1933 Leon, Stephanie 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3

Team 1 2 3Totals 19-53 3-8 27-41 18 24 42 13 68 9 8 4 2 200

FG % 1st Half: 8-27 29.6%3FG % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0%

FT % 1st Half: 8-11 72.7%

2nd half: 11-26 42.3%2nd half: 2-4 50.0%2nd half: 19-30 63.3%

Game: 19-53 35.8%Game: 3-8 37.5%Game: 27-41 65.9%

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Officials: Bryan Brunette, Tom Danaher, Kevin SparrockTechnical fouls: St. Bonaventure-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 3596Delaware receiving votes in AP Top 25 Poll...Walker fouled out (1:15)...Carrafirst career double-double....UD wins 2nd straight...UD now 3-1 at home...season high points for Carra, Richards

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalSt. Bonaventure 30 28 58Delaware 25 43 68

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDelaware vs Rhode Island

12/5/12 7:30pm at Kinston, RI

Delaware 57 • 4-2Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min12 Parker, Danielle f 6-14 0-0 0-0 5 8 13 2 12 2 1 0 4 3603 May, Jaquetta g 5-9 0-0 0-1 1 2 3 2 10 1 2 3 0 3010 Miller, Kayla g 1-3 0-1 3-4 0 2 2 3 5 4 1 0 0 3215 Richards, Akeema g 4-12 0-0 1-1 2 2 4 3 9 2 2 0 3 3122 Carra, Lauren g 6-12 2-5 2-4 1 3 4 3 16 5 2 1 2 3602 Green, Courtni 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 Buchanan, Kelsey 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 1114 Bell, Alecia 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 Lucas, Trumae 1-8 0-2 0-0 2 2 4 2 2 1 2 0 1 1723 Clark, Jade 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 Leon, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 4

Team 4 4 8Totals 24-60 2-8 7-12 16 26 42 17 57 15 10 4 10 200

FG % 1st Half: 11-30 36.7%3FG % 1st Half: 0-3 0.0%

FT % 1st Half: 6-9 66.7%

2nd half: 13-30 43.3%2nd half: 2-5 40.0%2nd half: 1-3 33.3%

Game: 24-60 40.0%Game: 2-8 25.0%Game: 7-12 58.3%

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Rhode Island 40 • 3-6Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min20 CLOUTIER, Emilie f 3-9 0-0 6-7 1 4 5 4 12 1 6 0 1 3425 GASPAR, Lara f 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 0 0 1101 MELENDEZ, Tayra g 3-8 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 7 2 2 3 0 2514 WHITTAKER, Teneka g 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 2723 THOMAS, Brianna g 0-7 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 0 0 2403 WALLACK, Kerry 2-6 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 0 4 1 0 0 1 1605 BOONE, Ajanae 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 324 STRAUMANN, Megan 2-4 1-1 2-2 0 5 5 0 7 2 2 0 1 2332 LEWIS, Sydney 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 233 JOHNSON, Tati 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 434 TABAKMAN, Samantha 1-8 0-0 2-7 6 2 8 2 4 1 0 0 0 31

Team 3 5 8Totals 13-47 2-4 12-19 13 23 36 15 40 10 17 3 3 200

FG % 1st Half: 5-22 22.7%3FG % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7%

FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0%

2nd half: 8-25 32.0%2nd half: 0-1 0.0%2nd half: 8-15 53.3%

Game: 13-47 27.7%Game: 2-4 50.0%Game: 12-19 63.2%

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Officials: Rodney Creech, Joanne Aldrich, Marissa WhaleyTechnical fouls: Delaware-None. Rhode Island-None.Attendance: 689

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDelaware 28 29 57Rhode Island 16 24 40

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDELAWA 34 19 15 2 5URI 18 8 9 2 15

Last FG - DELAWARE 2nd-03:56, URI 2nd-00:02.Largest lead - DELAWARE by 22 2nd-11:54, URI None.

Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 0 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsPrinceton vs Delaware12/9/12 2 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del.

Princeton 58 • 6-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min20 Miller, Kate f 2-5 1-3 0-1 0 2 2 3 5 2 2 0 2 2732 Helmstetter, Kristen f 4-9 0-3 1-3 0 9 9 1 9 1 1 1 1 3243 Bowen, Megan c 2-2 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 2 6 0 1 0 0 1211 Dietrick, Blake g 3-10 1-6 1-2 1 5 6 1 8 4 5 0 0 3724 Rasheed, Niveen g 6-12 1-3 2-4 1 8 9 5 15 0 3 0 3 3212 Berntsen, Amanda 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 315 Tarakchian, Annie 0-3 0-1 2-2 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 321 Wheatley, Alex 4-4 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 2 8 0 4 0 1 1725 Smith, Mariah 2-8 0-1 1-1 1 4 5 1 5 4 0 2 0 2934 Miller, Michelle 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 8

Team 2 2 4Totals 23-55 3-18 9-15 10 33 43 16 58 11 18 3 8 200

FG % 1st Half: 13-28 46.4%3FG % 1st Half: 2-10 20.0%

FT % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1%

2nd half: 10-27 37.0%2nd half: 1-8 12.5%2nd half: 5-8 62.5%

Game: 23-55 41.8%Game: 3-18 16.7%Game: 9-15 60.0%

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Delaware 59 • 5-2Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min12 Parker, Danielle f 2-4 0-0 0-0 3 4 7 1 4 0 1 0 0 3903 May, Jaquetta g 6-11 0-0 3-6 2 3 5 3 15 0 0 0 0 2510 Miller, Kayla g 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 5 3615 Richards, Akeema g 5-16 0-0 3-4 2 5 7 3 13 1 3 0 0 3322 Carra, Lauren g 5-16 1-5 4-4 0 6 6 4 15 3 2 0 0 2602 Green, Courtni 1-3 1-3 2-2 1 2 3 0 5 0 0 1 0 1013 Buchanan, Kelsey 1-4 0-0 3-4 2 5 7 2 5 1 1 2 1 1921 Lucas, Trumae 0-6 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1133 Leon, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Team 2 1 3Totals 21-63 2-10 15-20 12 26 38 13 59 8 11 3 6 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-33 27.3%3FG % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0%

FT % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7%

2nd half: 12-30 40.0%2nd half: 1-6 16.7%2nd half: 9-13 69.2%

Game: 21-63 33.3%Game: 2-10 20.0%Game: 15-20 75.0%

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Officials: Lawson Newton (R), Shannon Feck, Kevin DillardTechnical fouls: Princeton-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 4029Delaware RV in AP Top 25 Poll...Delaware wins fourth straight game...Princetonhas 3-game win streak snapped...UD has defeated Princeton two straight timesand 8 of last 10...Carra game-winner with :02 left...UD 36-9 at home since2009-10.

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalPrinceton 32 26 58Delaware 25 34 59

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchPRIN 30 8 5 2 15DELAWA 24 10 9 0 10

Last FG - PRIN 2nd-03:21, DELAWARE 2nd-00:02.Largest lead - PRIN by 13 1st-03:42, DELAWARE by 4 2nd-07:19.

Score tied - 6 times.Lead changed - 4 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsMaryland vs Delaware12/20/12 7 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del.

Maryland 69 • 8-2Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min21 Tianna Hawkins f 7-14 0-0 2-2 6 10 16 3 16 1 2 1 0 3422 Tierney Pfirman f 3-7 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 1 7 1 2 1 1 1525 Alyssa Thomas f 4-13 1-2 4-4 2 11 13 2 13 5 5 1 0 3713 Alicia DeVaughn c 2-7 0-1 4-4 2 4 6 3 8 2 2 0 2 3015 Chloe Pavlech g 2-9 2-6 0-0 0 0 0 2 6 5 1 0 3 3300 Sequoia Austin 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 704 Malina Howard 3-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 6 0 3 1 0 1640 Katie Rutan 5-8 3-5 0-0 0 3 3 1 13 2 1 0 0 28

Team 1 2 3Totals 26-62 7-18 10-10 13 31 44 14 69 19 16 4 6 200

FG % 1st Half: 15-31 48.4%3FG % 1st Half: 3-9 33.3%

FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0

2nd half: 11-31 35.5%2nd half: 4-9 44.4%2nd half: 8-8 100.0

Game: 26-62 41.9%Game: 7-18 38.9%Game: 10-10 100.0

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Delaware 53 • 5-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 7-23 2-3 3-4 2 4 6 1 19 1 1 2 1 3412 Parker, Danielle f 4-9 0-0 2-3 3 6 9 1 10 0 1 0 0 3410 Miller, Kayla g 2-3 0-0 1-2 0 4 4 0 5 2 2 0 1 3215 Richards, Akeema g 0-6 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 0 0 1 1 0 1 2022 Carra, Lauren g 6-13 2-6 2-3 0 6 6 3 16 2 4 0 0 3403 May, Jaquetta 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 813 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-4 0-0 1-2 2 0 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 1721 Lucas, Trumae 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 2033 Leon, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Team 2 1 3Totals 20-61 4-10 9-14 12 23 35 10 53 9 13 2 4 200

FG % 1st Half: 12-36 33.3%3FG % 1st Half: 0-5 0.0%

FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7%

2nd half: 8-25 32.0%2nd half: 4-5 80.0%2nd half: 5-8 62.5%

Game: 20-61 32.8%Game: 4-10 40.0%Game: 9-14 64.3%

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Officials: Joe Cunningham, Bonita Spence, Rachelle JonesTechnical fouls: Maryland-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 5089Delaware RV in AP Poll...Maryland #9 (AP)/#9 (USAToday)...Maryland wins 4thstraight game...UD has 4-game win streak snapped...Maryland now 11-0 all-timevs. Delaware...BCC Record Attendance (women's game)...

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalMaryland 35 34 69Delaware 28 25 53

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMD 28 14 17 2 19DELAWA 20 8 6 0 3

Last FG - MD 2nd-00:44, DELAWARE 2nd-07:00.Largest lead - MD by 17 2nd-00:44, DELAWARE by 2 1st-12:58.

Score tied - 7 times.Lead changed - 2 times.

Delaware 68, St. Bonaventure 58 • 11/28/12 • Newark, Del.5 Delaware 57, Rhode Island 40 • 12/5/12 • Kingston, R.I. 6

Delaware 59, Princeton 58 • 12/9/12 • Newark, Del. 7 Delaware vs. #9/8 Maryland • 12/20/12 • Newark, Del. 8

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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDelaware vs Monmouth12/22/12 3 p.m. at West Long Branch, N.J. (the MAC)

Delaware 82 • 6-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 10-14 4-5 6-6 2 7 9 1 30 2 1 2 0 2412 Parker, Danielle f 4-7 0-0 3-4 1 4 5 2 11 0 0 0 1 2510 Miller, Kayla g 1-5 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 2 4 4 1 0 1 2415 Richards, Akeema g 3-7 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 0 6 1 2 0 0 1822 Carra, Lauren g 4-9 0-4 0-0 1 6 7 2 8 3 4 0 1 2602 Green, Courtni 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1503 May, Jaquetta 1-1 0-0 1-1 2 1 3 0 3 2 1 0 2 2413 Buchanan, Kelsey 2-3 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 1314 Bell, Alecia 0-3 0-0 3-4 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 521 Lucas, Trumae 2-4 1-1 2-2 1 2 3 2 7 2 0 1 1 1723 Clark, Jade 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 233 Leon, Stephanie 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 3 5 1 3 0 0 0 0 645 Craig, Chelsea 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 5 6Totals 29-59 6-15 18-21 15 29 44 10 82 14 10 5 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 17-28 60.7%3FG % 1st Half: 2-6 33.3%

FT % 1st Half: 9-10 90.0%

2nd half: 12-31 38.7%2nd half: 4-9 44.4%2nd half: 9-11 81.8%

Game: 29-59 49.2%Game: 6-15 40.0%Game: 18-21 85.7%

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Monmouth 53 • 2-7Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min32 GADZIALA, Betsy f 6-12 0-0 2-2 2 4 6 4 14 0 0 0 0 2945 MARTIN, Abigail f 0-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 0 1 2 0 1 1701 WOMACK, Alysha g 1-4 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 505 SINGER, Gabby g 3-7 3-6 0-0 0 1 1 0 9 0 3 0 0 2710 PAALVAST, Chevannah g 4-10 0-0 3-5 0 1 1 1 11 3 2 0 0 2603 THIBAULT, Carly 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 1811 CHAMBERS, Kasey 1-5 1-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 1912 ALLEN, Adriana 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 0 0 815 WALKER, Jasmine 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1120 LENTINI, Nikki 0-5 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 721 OFFENBACK, Amanda 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 333 SHECHT, Shira 1-6 0-3 2-2 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 1534 ENGLISH, Sara 2-3 0-0 6-6 1 4 5 0 10 0 0 2 0 15

Team 5 3 8Totals 18-59 4-15 13-15 14 17 31 16 53 8 13 2 4 200

FG % 1st Half: 11-36 30.6%3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5%

FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0%

2nd half: 7-23 30.4%2nd half: 1-7 14.3%2nd half: 10-11 90.9%

Game: 18-59 30.5%Game: 4-15 26.7%Game: 13-15 86.7%

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Officials: Gary Schimel, Desiree' Peterkin, Rachelle JonesTechnical fouls: Delaware-None. Monmouth-None.Attendance: 710

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDelaware 45 37 82Monmouth 28 25 53

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDELAWA 18 22 14 6 23MU 12 6 13 2 17

Last FG - DELAWARE 2nd-05:09, MU 2nd-03:49.Largest lead - DELAWARE by 31 2nd-05:09, MU None.

Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 0 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsVillanova vs Delaware12/29/12 5:00 pm at Leede Arena, Hanover, NH Blue Sky

Villanova 45 • 9-2Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min01 HOLEMAN, Taylor f 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 1 4 0 0 1 1 1621 BURFORD, Lauren f 1-7 0-4 2-2 2 0 2 1 4 1 0 0 0 2133 SWEENEY, Laura f 1-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 4 2 0 2 1 2 1602 ROBERTS, Rachel g 2-6 0-3 0-0 2 0 2 2 4 0 5 0 1 1903 CAREY, Jesse g 1-5 1-4 0-0 0 3 3 1 3 0 1 0 0 3005 COYER, Caroline 6-15 4-11 2-4 1 3 4 1 18 3 0 0 2 2422 KANE, Devon 1-5 0-3 1-2 2 0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 2024 PEARSON, Megan 0-4 0-4 0-0 1 6 7 1 0 1 2 0 1 2125 SUHEY, Emily 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 335 EDWARDS, Kavunaa 1-4 0-0 0-0 3 3 6 1 2 0 3 0 0 855 LEER, Emily 2-5 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 1 5 3 1 0 0 22

Team 0 2 2Totals 17-59 6-33 5-8 14 24 38 14 45 9 14 2 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 14-29 48.3%3FG % 1st Half: 6-17 35.3%

FT % 1st Half: 0-2 0.0%

2nd half: 3-30 10.0%2nd half: 0-16 0.0%2nd half: 5-6 83.3%

Game: 17-59 28.8%Game: 6-33 18.2%Game: 5-8 62.5%

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Delaware 59 • 7-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 6-17 1-2 4-4 3 9 12 1 17 1 1 2 1 3612 Parker, Danielle f 6-10 0-0 0-0 4 5 9 1 12 0 1 0 1 3410 Miller, Kayla g 0-5 0-3 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 3515 Richards, Akeema g 1-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 922 Carra, Lauren g 5-10 0-3 1-1 0 6 6 2 11 2 6 0 0 2702 Green, Courtni 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 103 May, Jaquetta 2-4 0-0 6-7 4 4 8 2 10 0 0 1 3 2613 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 921 Lucas, Trumae 3-9 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 7 3 1 0 1 2233 Leon, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 0 1Totals 23-58 2-11 11-12 13 28 41 8 59 8 11 3 8 200

FG % 1st Half: 12-32 37.5%3FG % 1st Half: 0-4 0.0%

FT % 1st Half: 8-9 88.9%

2nd half: 11-26 42.3%2nd half: 2-7 28.6%2nd half: 3-3 100.0

Game: 23-58 39.7%Game: 2-11 18.2%Game: 11-12 91.7%

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Officials: John Riordan, Ronald DePasquale, Elizabeth KuzmeskiTechnical fouls: Villanova-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 843Big Sky Classic at Dartmouth - 1st Round

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalVillanova 34 11 45Delaware 32 27 59

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchVU 18 11 8 4 28DELAWA 26 10 15 2 17

Last FG - VU 2nd-02:05, DELAWARE 2nd-02:58.Largest lead - VU by 4 1st-00:33, DELAWARE by 19 2nd-07:04.

Score tied - 6 times.Lead changed - 9 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDuquesne vs Delaware12/30/12 7:00 pm at Leede Arena, Hanover,NH Blue Sky Classic

Duquesne 45 • 11-2Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min10 AGUNBIADE, Wumi f 1-10 0-2 0-0 3 3 6 3 2 1 4 3 0 2813 SZECSI, Orsi f 1-8 0-5 2-2 0 3 3 3 4 1 4 0 2 2712 FLOYD, Jocelyn g 3-5 0-0 1-2 2 4 6 4 7 0 3 0 3 2523 NURKIC, Belma g 0-4 0-3 0-0 0 5 5 1 0 1 0 2 1 1932 ROBINSON, April g 4-12 2-6 2-4 0 1 1 2 12 1 1 0 0 3500 ODISHO, Oditte 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 504 JOHNSON, Jose-Ann 2-5 0-0 0-2 1 3 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 1311 HALL, Ahjah 0-1 0-1 2-2 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1515 MOORE, Raegan 1-2 1-2 0-2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 924 ABEL, Vanessa 4-10 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 0 3 1442 KING, Stasia 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 3 2 0 1 0 0 10

Team 2 1 3 2Totals 17-60 4-21 7-14 12 20 32 18 45 7 15 6 9 200

FG % 1st Half: 4-23 17.4%3FG % 1st Half: 0-10 0.0%

FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7%

2nd half: 13-37 35.1%2nd half: 4-11 36.4%2nd half: 3-8 37.5%

Game: 17-60 28.3%Game: 4-21 19.0%Game: 7-14 50.0%

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Delaware 60 • 8-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 7-15 2-5 7-7 1 12 13 1 23 1 3 4 0 3212 Parker, Danielle f 5-9 0-0 2-3 1 5 6 3 12 0 1 0 0 3010 Miller, Kayla g 1-3 0-1 2-2 0 0 0 3 4 3 2 0 4 2815 Richards, Akeema g 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 822 Carra, Lauren g 1-4 1-2 4-4 1 6 7 2 7 1 4 0 0 3003 May, Jaquetta 3-10 0-0 3-4 4 5 9 1 9 3 0 0 1 2913 Buchanan, Kelsey 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 421 Lucas, Trumae 1-3 0-1 1-2 0 2 2 0 3 1 2 0 1 2433 Leon, Stephanie 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 5 7 3 0 0 1 1 0 15

Team 0 0 0 3Totals 19-46 3-9 19-22 9 36 45 13 60 10 19 5 6 200

FG % 1st Half: 10-27 37.0%3FG % 1st Half: 0-3 0.0%

FT % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7%

2nd half: 9-19 47.4%2nd half: 3-6 50.0%2nd half: 17-19 89.5%

Game: 19-46 41.3%Game: 3-9 33.3%Game: 19-22 86.4%

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Officials: John Palermo, Shannon Bone, Colleen O'ConnorTechnical fouls: Duquesne-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 748Big Sky Classic Championship

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDuquesne 12 33 45Delaware 22 38 60

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDUQ 16 22 5 4 20DELAWA 22 7 9 0 14

Last FG - DUQ 2nd-00:41, DELAWARE 2nd-07:34.Largest lead - DUQ by 4 1st-16:03, DELAWARE by 27 2nd-05:20.

Score tied - 4 times.Lead changed - 4 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDelaware vs St. John's01/02/13 7:00 p.m. at Queens, N.Y. (Carnesecca Arena)

Delaware 60 • 9-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 7-23 2-3 13-13 4 12 16 1 29 2 3 2 1 4312 Parker, Danielle f 1-5 0-0 2-6 6 7 13 3 4 1 4 0 2 4210 Miller, Kayla g 2-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 3 4 1 3 0 0 3415 Richards, Akeema g 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 522 Carra, Lauren g 3-12 1-3 1-1 0 2 2 3 8 1 3 0 0 4303 May, Jaquetta 4-8 0-0 1-2 4 5 9 5 9 0 2 2 1 3113 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 221 Lucas, Trumae 2-6 1-2 1-2 2 0 2 4 6 1 1 1 1 2033 Leon, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5

Team 2 4 6Totals 19-58 4-8 18-24 18 30 48 19 60 6 19 6 7 225

FG % 1st Half: 10-24 41.7%3FG % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0

FT % 1st Half: 5-10 50.0%

2nd half: 6-26 23.1%2nd half: 2-6 33.3%2nd half: 10-11 90.9%

OT: 3-8 37.5%OT: 0-0 0.0%OT: 3-3 100.0

Game: 19-58 32.8%Game: 4-8 50.0%Game: 18-24 75.0%

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St. John's 59 • 6-6Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min02 THOMPSON, Amber f 1-8 0-0 2-4 5 6 11 3 4 0 2 3 1 4203 HANDFORD, Aliyyah g 5-11 0-0 6-10 6 1 7 3 16 2 0 0 3 3605 McKENITH, Nadirah g 3-11 0-2 6-8 2 6 8 4 12 5 2 0 4 4112 BROWN, Briana g 4-12 0-1 3-4 6 2 8 2 11 1 1 1 2 4135 SMITH, Shenneika g 5-21 2-5 2-2 1 5 6 4 14 2 5 2 3 4120 LANGLEY, Keylantra 1-2 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 2133 UDOBI, Sandra 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3

Team 2 3 5Totals 19-67 2-8 19-28 24 24 48 18 59 11 12 7 14 225

FG % 1st Half: 9-29 31.0%3FG % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0%

FT % 1st Half: 5-11 45.5%

2nd half: 10-32 31.3%2nd half: 1-3 33.3%2nd half: 6-9 66.7%

OT: 0-6 0.0%OT: 0-1 0.0%OT: 8-8 100.0

Game: 19-67 28.4%Game: 2-8 25.0%Game: 19-28 67.9%

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Officials: Dennis DeMayo, Ed Sidlasky, John OrminskiTechnical fouls: Delaware-None. St. John's-None.Attendance: 829

Score by periods 1st 2nd OT TotalDelaware 27 24 9 60St. John's 24 27 8 59

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDELAWA 22 10 15 2 15STJ 26 17 17 6 2

Last FG - DELAWARE OT-00:01, STJ 2nd-02:04.Largest lead - DELAWARE by 7 2nd-18:25, STJ by 11 1st-13:39.

Score tied - 11 times.Lead changed - 11 times.

Delaware 82, Monmouth 53 • 12/22/12 • West Long Branch, N.J.9 Delaware 59, Villanova 45 • 12/29/12 • Hanover, N.H.10

Delaware 60, Duquesne 45 • 12/30/12 • Hanover, N.H. 11 Delaware at St. John’s • 1/2/13 • New York, N.Y. 12

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsGeorge Mason vs Delaware01/10/13 7 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del.

George Mason 27 • 5-8, 0-2 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min04 Easter, Amber f 1-12 1-3 1-2 0 3 3 1 4 1 2 1 0 2530 Watts, Talisha f 2-5 0-0 2-2 0 2 2 2 6 1 1 2 0 2433 Tharrington, Joyous f 1-4 0-0 4-4 0 2 2 1 6 0 1 0 0 2301 Duckett, Shavonne g 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 2015 Saunders, Rahneeka g 2-10 1-1 0-1 2 0 2 3 5 1 3 0 2 2902 McNair, Rachel 0-1 0-0 0-2 3 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1205 Mohamed, Reana 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 511 Pickard, Janaa 1-6 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 3 3 0 1 1 0 1814 Collier, Melissa 1-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 1 822 Jacobs, Kyana 0-4 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 1923 Strickland, Cierra 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 4 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 1524 Lawler, Annie 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Team 3 0 3Totals 8-48 3-7 8-13 12 15 27 16 27 5 13 4 4 200

FG % 1st Half: 5-31 16.1%3FG % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0%

FT % 1st Half: 0-2 0.0%

2nd half: 3-17 17.6%2nd half: 1-2 50.0%2nd half: 8-11 72.7%

Game: 8-48 16.7%Game: 3-7 42.9%Game: 8-13 61.5%

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Delaware 62 • 10-3, 1-0 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 8-12 2-5 1-1 1 6 7 0 19 2 0 0 1 2012 Parker, Danielle f 4-5 0-0 0-0 3 4 7 2 8 1 1 0 1 1710 Miller, Kayla g 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2415 Richards, Akeema g 1-6 0-0 2-2 1 2 3 1 4 4 3 1 1 1822 Carra, Lauren g 1-7 0-2 0-0 0 3 3 1 2 0 3 0 1 2402 Green, Courtni 2-7 2-6 2-2 1 3 4 2 8 0 0 0 1 1903 May, Jaquetta 2-3 0-0 5-6 3 4 7 0 9 1 1 0 0 1913 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 714 Bell, Alecia 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 1 0 0 0 821 Lucas, Trumae 1-4 0-1 3-4 1 0 1 3 5 2 1 0 1 1823 Clark, Jade 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 333 Leon, Stephanie 1-2 0-0 1-2 1 6 7 2 3 0 1 2 0 2145 Craig, Chelsea 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Team 2 1 3Totals 22-52 4-15 14-17 16 31 47 14 62 13 11 3 8 200

FG % 1st Half: 13-29 44.8%3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5%

FT % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7%

2nd half: 9-23 39.1%2nd half: 1-7 14.3%2nd half: 8-10 80.0%

Game: 22-52 42.3%Game: 4-15 26.7%Game: 14-17 82.4%

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Officials: Janice Aliberti (R), Warren Harding, Jr., Kesha ThompsonTechnical fouls: George Mason-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 4212UD wins 5th straight game...Mason loses 3rd straight game...UD wins 20thstraight CAA regular season game overall, 12th straight CAA regular seasonhome game...least points allowed by UD since 71-9 win over Catonsville onFeb. 27, 1973.

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalGeorge Mason 12 15 27Delaware 35 27 62

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchMASON 4 9 8 2 6DELAWA 23 13 11 5 27

Last FG - MASON 2nd-10:36, DELAWARE 2nd-02:42.Largest lead - MASON None, DELAWARE by 35 2nd-02:42.

Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 0 times.

Delaware 62, George Mason 27 • 1/10/13 • Newark, Del.13 Delaware 63, Old Dominion 46 • 1/13/13 • Norfolk, Va.14

Delaware 76, Northeastern 51 • 1/15/13 • Boston, Mass.15 Delaware 76, Towson 44 • 1/20/13 • Newark, Del. 16

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDelaware vs Old Dominion1/13/13 2:00 PM at Norfolk, Va. (Constant Center)

Delaware 63 • 11-3, 2-0Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 11-26 2-7 4-4 3 10 13 2 28 1 3 5 2 3712 Parker, Danielle f 4-7 0-0 1-4 7 8 15 2 9 2 2 0 0 2610 Miller, Kayla g 1-3 0-1 2-3 0 1 1 0 4 4 2 0 0 2415 Richards, Akeema g 7-10 0-0 1-3 0 5 5 3 15 3 2 1 0 2422 Carra, Lauren g 1-7 1-4 0-0 2 1 3 2 3 0 3 0 1 2502 Green, Courtni 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 203 May, Jaquetta 2-4 0-0 0-0 5 2 7 3 4 2 3 1 1 2713 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 121 Lucas, Trumae 0-5 0-3 0-3 1 6 7 2 0 2 3 0 1 2533 Leon, Stephanie 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9

Team 3 3 6Totals 26-63 3-15 8-17 22 37 59 16 63 14 18 7 5 200

FG % 1st Half: 13-36 36.1%3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 22.2%

FT % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0%

2nd half: 13-27 48.1%2nd half: 1-6 16.7%2nd half: 4-12 33.3%

Game: 26-63 41.3%Game: 3-15 20.0%Game: 8-17 47.1%

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Old Dominion 46 • 11-4, 2-1Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min01 Kelley, Shae f 6-13 0-0 3-7 3 10 13 0 15 1 4 0 3 3253 Richards, Shakeva f 0-4 0-1 0-0 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1104 Allison, Rebecca g 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1111 Betz-White, Ashley g 5-10 2-4 1-1 0 0 0 2 13 2 0 0 1 2114 Cook, Jackie g 1-9 0-4 2-2 0 1 1 2 4 0 2 0 0 1700 Gardner, Stephanie 0-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1402 Brandao, Michelle 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 3 3 3 5 1 2 0 1 2403 Buchan, Mairi 2-10 1-5 0-2 2 2 4 3 5 2 1 1 1 3505 Goodhope, Galaisha 0-4 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 1324 Younger, LaQuanda 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 632 Minor, Tiffany 1-6 0-2 0-1 1 2 3 3 2 0 0 0 1 16

Team 3 1 4Totals 17-63 4-20 8-15 13 22 35 17 46 8 10 1 9 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-28 32.1%3FG % 1st Half: 2-10 20.0%

FT % 1st Half: 7-9 77.8%

2nd half: 8-35 22.9%2nd half: 2-10 20.0%2nd half: 1-6 16.7%

Game: 17-63 27.0%Game: 4-20 20.0%Game: 8-15 53.3%

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Officials: Tony Lippa, Mark Hardcastle and Karen GrucaTechnical fouls: Delaware-None. Old Dominion-None.Attendance: 2739

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDelaware 32 31 63Old Dominion 27 19 46

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDELAWA 31 7 12 7 4ODU 22 11 11 8 14

Last FG - DELAWARE 2nd-00:11, ODU 2nd-01:53.Largest lead - DELAWARE by 17 2nd-00:11, ODU None.

Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 0 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDELAWARE vs Northeastern1/15/13 7 p.m. at Boston, Mass. (Solomon Court)

DELAWARE 76 • 12-3, 3-0 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 4-13 1-2 10-11 4 3 7 0 19 3 0 4 0 3312 Parker, Danielle f 4-11 0-0 3-4 5 2 7 1 11 1 0 0 2 3110 Miller, Kayla g 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 4 2815 Richards, Akeema g 2-6 0-0 1-2 0 3 3 0 5 1 3 0 2 1722 Carra, Lauren g 8-14 3-5 1-2 4 5 9 2 20 2 0 0 0 3502 Green, Courtni 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 303 May, Jaquetta 5-6 0-0 2-4 3 2 5 4 12 0 3 0 0 1713 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 314 Bell, Alecia 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 121 Lucas, Trumae 2-7 2-4 0-0 1 3 4 2 6 4 1 1 2 2533 Leon, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 7

Team 6 1 7Totals 26-64 7-15 17-23 26 22 48 11 76 13 9 5 10 200

FG % 1st Half: 14-26 53.8%3FG % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7%

FT % 1st Half: 10-12 83.3%

2nd half: 12-38 31.6%2nd half: 1-8 12.5%2nd half: 7-11 63.6%

Game: 26-64 40.6%Game: 7-15 46.7%Game: 17-23 73.9%

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Northeastern 51 • 9-6, 2-2 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min42 Tunstull, Jewel f 1-4 0-0 2-2 4 1 5 5 4 0 1 4 1 1701 Mercier, Amencie g 2-7 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 1 3004 Mark, A'lece g 2-7 1-2 2-2 2 1 3 3 7 3 6 0 2 3325 Cannon, Kashaia g 6-11 2-5 0-0 1 3 4 1 14 1 1 0 0 3232 Kerkhof, Deanna g 6-17 3-9 1-1 1 6 7 0 16 1 3 1 0 3710 Stewart, Kazzidy 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1113 Montagne, Tiffany 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 521 Hopewell, Tanisha 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 623 DeFreese, Samantha 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 730 Huber, Christine 2-7 0-2 0-0 3 0 3 4 4 1 1 0 1 22

Team 3 3 6Totals 20-56 6-20 5-5 14 14 28 15 51 8 14 7 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 11-31 35.5%3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 36.4%

FT % 1st Half: 3-3 100.0

2nd half: 9-25 36.0%2nd half: 2-9 22.2%2nd half: 2-2 100.0

Game: 20-56 35.7%Game: 6-20 30.0%Game: 5-5 100.0

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Officials: Denise Brooks, Jennifer Rezac, Fatou Cissoko-StephensTechnical fouls: DELAWARE-None. Northeastern-TEAM.Attendance: 429

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDELAWARE 44 32 76Northeastern 29 22 51

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDELAWA 24 23 27 0 18NU 18 11 10 0 6

Last FG - DELAWARE 2nd-01:05, NU 2nd-00:25.Largest lead - DELAWARE by 27 2nd-02:55, NU None.

Score tied - 1 time.Lead changed - 0 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsTOWSON vs Delaware01/20/13 2 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del.

TOWSON 44 • 6-10, 0-5 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min10 Peebles, Michelle f 7-14 0-0 3-5 2 4 6 2 17 1 1 0 0 3420 Smith, Markell f 1-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2955 Williams, Nyree f 1-5 0-0 1-2 1 0 1 4 3 1 1 0 3 2701 Johnson, Dominique g 0-6 0-4 0-0 0 5 5 2 0 2 5 0 3 3522 McTiller, Tanisha g 7-14 3-5 4-4 5 5 10 3 21 2 11 0 0 3711 Hamilton-Carter, N. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 213 Alberson, Camille 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1624 Pearson, Krystal 0-4 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 0 1 3 2 0 0 20

Team 3 1 4 1Totals 16-46 3-9 9-13 12 21 33 14 44 10 23 1 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 8-23 34.8%3FG % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0%

FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0%

2nd half: 8-23 34.8%2nd half: 2-5 40.0%2nd half: 6-9 66.7%

Game: 16-46 34.8%Game: 3-9 33.3%Game: 9-13 69.2%

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Delaware 76 • 13-3, 4-0 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 14-20 2-3 8-9 0 3 3 2 38 2 0 1 4 3212 Parker, Danielle f 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1710 Miller, Kayla g 2-4 1-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 5 7 2 0 1 2915 Richards, Akeema g 2-6 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 4 2 3 0 1 2022 Carra, Lauren g 2-6 2-4 1-4 0 5 5 3 7 3 3 0 1 2802 Green, Courtni 2-4 2-4 2-2 2 2 4 1 8 0 0 0 1 903 May, Jaquetta 3-7 0-0 0-0 3 4 7 0 6 2 1 0 4 3013 Buchanan, Kelsey 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 1 1014 Bell, Alecia 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 321 Lucas, Trumae 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 1 1 1223 Clark, Jade 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 233 Leon, Stephanie 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 8

Team 0 2 2Totals 29-56 7-13 11-15 9 20 29 12 76 19 12 3 14 200

FG % 1st Half: 11-27 40.7%3FG % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0%

FT % 1st Half: 8-11 72.7%

2nd half: 18-29 62.1%2nd half: 4-7 57.1%2nd half: 3-4 75.0%

Game: 29-56 51.8%Game: 7-13 53.8%Game: 11-15 73.3%

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Officials: Janice Aliberti (R), Mark McClenney, Tiara CruseTechnical fouls: TOWSON-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 4738Delaware wins 8th straight...UD wins 5th straight over Towson...UD wins23rd straight CAA reg. season game...Towson loses 5th straight...DelleDonne season-high 38 pts. (31st career 30+).

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalTOWSON 20 24 44Delaware 33 43 76

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchTOWSO 22 14 12 0 1DELAWA 30 34 7 12 22

Last FG - TOWSON 2nd-00:31, DELAWARE 2nd-00:01.Largest lead - TOWSON by 5 1st-15:26, DELAWARE by 32 2nd-01:48.

Score tied - 2 times.Lead changed - 3 times.

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsUNCW vs Delaware01/24/13 7 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center - Newark, Del.

UNCW 39 • 2-14, 1-4 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min40 Garrett, Karneshia f 6-13 0-1 2-6 1 4 5 2 14 2 4 0 0 3342 McGowen, Chelsea c 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 2000 Lee, Tawanna g 1-9 1-6 0-0 1 5 6 2 3 4 2 0 0 2720 Brown, Dana g 1-5 0-2 0-0 0 7 7 0 2 0 2 1 1 4024 Freeman, Jessica g 2-8 2-4 1-2 0 1 1 2 7 1 1 0 0 4001 Mandic, Jovana 1-2 0-0 0-4 0 3 3 1 2 0 1 0 0 1103 Atkins, Kelva 4-5 3-4 0-2 1 1 2 2 11 3 5 0 2 29

Team 2 1 3Totals 15-42 6-17 3-14 5 25 30 12 39 10 16 1 3 200

FG % 1st Half: 8-23 34.8%3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 22.2%

FT % 1st Half: 0-2 0.0%

2nd half: 7-19 36.8%2nd half: 4-8 50.0%2nd half: 3-12 25.0%

Game: 15-42 35.7%Game: 6-17 35.3%Game: 3-14 21.4%

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Delaware 67 • 14-3, 5-0 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 11-15 3-4 1-2 4 4 8 2 26 1 0 2 0 2512 Parker, Danielle f 4-9 0-0 2-2 5 3 8 1 10 1 0 0 2 2410 Miller, Kayla g 2-6 2-2 0-0 1 0 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 2415 Richards, Akeema g 1-7 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 3 2 0 1 2022 Carra, Lauren g 6-9 1-2 0-0 1 4 5 2 13 1 3 1 1 2302 Green, Courtni 0-7 0-7 2-2 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0 1 1803 May, Jaquetta 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 4 5 5 0 2 1 2 0 2013 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 514 Bell, Alecia 3-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 1 6 0 0 0 0 821 Lucas, Trumae 1-4 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 2 4 1 1 2 1723 Clark, Jade 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 233 Leon, Stephanie 0-5 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 14

Team 3 2 5Totals 28-71 6-17 5-6 19 27 46 14 67 16 8 6 8 200

FG % 1st Half: 13-36 36.1%3FG % 1st Half: 3-10 30.0%

FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3%

2nd half: 15-35 42.9%2nd half: 3-7 42.9%2nd half: 0-0 0.0%

Game: 28-71 39.4%Game: 6-17 35.3%Game: 5-6 83.3%

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Officials: Daryl Humphrey (R), Tom Danaher, Mark BehrensTechnical fouls: UNCW-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 4151UD receiving votes in AP/USA Today polls...May (D) fouled out (3:41)...UD wins 9th straight game...UD wins 24th straight CAA regular season game..UD leads series 17-7...UNCW loses 3rd straight.

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalUNCW 18 21 39Delaware 34 33 67

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchUNCW 18 3 5 0 13DELAWA 24 10 17 4 10

Last FG - UNCW 2nd-05:40, DELAWARE 2nd-01:00.Largest lead - UNCW None, DELAWARE by 28 2nd-01:00.

Score tied - 1 time.Lead changed - 0 times.

Delaware 67, UNCW 39 • 1/24/13 • Newark, Del. 17 Delaware 65, Drexel 56 • 1/27/13 • Philadelphia, Pa. 18

#25 Delaware 77, Northeastern 50 • 1/29/13 • Newark, Del.19 #25 Delaware 70, Georgia State 38 • 1/31/13 • Atlanta, Ga.20

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDelaware vs Drexel01/27/13 2:00 pm at Daskalakis Athletic Ctr.Philadelphia, Pa

Delaware 65 • 15-3, 6-0

Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min

11 Delle Donne, Elena f 9-18 2-5 4-5 2 4 6 1 24 1 1 3 1 4012 Parker, Danielle f 4-10 0-0 2-2 3 7 10 1 10 1 0 0 1 4010 Miller, Kayla g 3-7 3-4 2-2 0 3 3 3 11 7 1 0 1 3915 Richards, Akeema g 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 0 1 1522 Carra, Lauren g 1-5 0-2 3-5 4 3 7 3 5 2 3 0 1 3703 May, Jaquetta 1-4 0-0 0-1 1 1 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 1221 Lucas, Trumae 3-6 2-4 1-1 0 2 2 1 9 0 1 0 1 17

Team 2 0 2Totals 23-55 7-15 12-16 13 21 34 13 65 13 8 3 6 200

FG % 1st Half: 12-32 37.5%3FG % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6%

FT % 1st Half: 4-5 80.0%

2nd half: 11-23 47.8%2nd half: 2-6 33.3%2nd half: 8-11 72.7%

Game: 23-55 41.8%Game: 7-15 46.7%Game: 12-16 75.0%

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Drexel 56 • 13-5, 6-1

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## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min

01 Jones, Nicki f 3-9 0-0 3-3 1 4 5 1 9 3 0 2 1 3120 Wootton, Taylor f 0-5 0-3 2-2 3 2 5 4 2 1 1 0 1 2433 Flanagan, Fiona f 1-2 1-1 2-2 1 2 3 1 5 1 1 2 0 2811 Mershon, Hollie g 6-24 1-9 4-4 1 5 6 2 17 7 4 0 0 3722 Creighton, Meghan g 3-6 2-5 0-0 1 3 4 2 8 2 1 0 1 3202 Redick, Abby 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 804 Johnson-Allen, Renee 3-6 0-2 0-0 1 3 4 2 6 1 0 0 1 2624 Pearson, Rachel 3-4 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 2 9 0 2 0 0 14

Team 5 1 6Totals 19-56 7-24 11-11 15 21 36 14 56 15 9 4 4 200

FG % 1st Half: 11-25 44.0%3FG % 1st Half: 4-8 50.0%

FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0

2nd half: 8-31 25.8%2nd half: 3-16 18.8%2nd half: 9-9 100.0

Game: 19-56 33.9%Game: 7-24 29.2%Game: 11-11 100.0

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Officials: Diana DePaul, Ken Kelly, Fatou Cissoko-StephensTechnical fouls: Delaware-None. Drexel-None.Attendance: 2532Third Home Sellout in the History of Drexel Women's Basketball

Score by periods 1st 2nd Total

Delaware 33 32 65Drexel 28 28 56

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDELAWA 28 13 22 8 11DREXEL 18 5 10 2 15

Last FG - DELAWARE 2nd-01:18, DREXEL 2nd-03:59.Largest lead - DELAWARE by 11 2nd-00:32, DREXEL by 3 1st-06:52.

Score tied - 4 times.Lead changed - 8 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsNortheastern vs Delaware01/29/13 7:00 pm at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del.

Northeastern 50 • 11-8, 4-4 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min42 Tunstull, Jewel f 2-9 0-0 4-4 3 8 11 4 8 0 1 0 0 3201 Mercier, Amencie g 2-4 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 2 6 1 3 0 2 2904 Mark, A'lece g 3-8 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 0 7 2 3 0 2 3125 Cannon, Kashaia g 3-10 3-9 1-2 1 1 2 0 10 3 2 0 1 3132 Kerkhof, Deanna g 2-10 2-6 0-0 0 1 1 2 6 7 2 0 3 3610 Stewart, Kazzidy 0-1 0-1 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1013 Montagne, Tiffany 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 321 Hopewell, Tanisha 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 323 DeFreese, Samantha 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 330 Huber, Christine 4-10 1-3 0-1 1 1 2 4 9 2 1 2 1 22

Team 2 2 4 1Totals 18-56 9-25 5-7 10 15 25 12 50 15 14 2 10 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-24 37.5%3FG % 1st Half: 5-11 45.5%

FT % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0%

2nd half: 9-32 28.1%2nd half: 4-14 28.6%2nd half: 4-5 80.0%

Game: 18-56 32.1%Game: 9-25 36.0%Game: 5-7 71.4%

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Delaware 77 • 16-3, 7-0 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 10-16 4-6 2-2 2 3 5 0 26 1 0 0 3 2512 Parker, Danielle f 5-7 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 1 10 1 1 0 0 2210 Miller, Kayla g 1-3 0-1 1-2 0 1 1 2 3 9 0 0 0 2815 Richards, Akeema g 3-6 0-0 1-1 1 1 2 2 7 0 4 1 2 2122 Carra, Lauren g 4-6 2-2 4-4 1 5 6 2 14 0 2 1 1 2902 Green, Courtni 2-4 2-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 6 0 2 0 0 1403 May, Jaquetta 3-5 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 0 6 2 1 0 2 2113 Buchanan, Kelsey 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 514 Bell, Alecia 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 421 Lucas, Trumae 1-3 0-1 0-0 1 4 5 0 2 3 1 0 0 1923 Clark, Jade 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 233 Leon, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 845 Craig, Chelsea 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Team 2 1 3Totals 30-53 8-13 9-12 10 30 40 10 77 16 14 2 8 200

FG % 1st Half: 15-28 53.6%3FG % 1st Half: 4-7 57.1%

FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0%

2nd half: 15-25 60.0%2nd half: 4-6 66.7%2nd half: 6-8 75.0%

Game: 30-53 56.6%Game: 8-13 61.5%Game: 9-12 75.0%

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Officials: Eric Brewton (R), Dennis DeMayo, Angelica SuffernTechnical fouls: Northeastern-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 3583Delaware #25 in AP Poll...UD wins 11th straight...UD wins 26th straightCAA regular season game...UD defeats NU for 23rd straight time...NU loses2nd straight...career-high assists for Miller (9) - most by UD playe sinceTrumae Lucas (9 vs. Georgia St., 2/12/12)

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalNortheastern 24 26 50Delaware 37 40 77

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchNU 10 16 11 0 13DELAWA 24 16 13 2 17

Last FG - NU 2nd-00:13, DELAWARE 2nd-00:59.Largest lead - NU None, DELAWARE by 29 2nd-00:59.

Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 0 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDelaware vs Georgia State01/31/13 7 p.m. at Atlanta, Ga. (GSU Sports Arena)

Delaware 70 • 17-3, 8-0Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 9-19 0-2 7-8 0 6 6 0 25 2 0 2 1 2612 Parker, Danielle f 2-4 0-0 0-0 2 8 10 0 4 1 1 0 1 2410 Miller, Kayla g 0-3 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 4 1 0 1 2515 Richards, Akeema g 4-4 0-0 2-2 2 2 4 1 10 1 1 0 1 1822 Carra, Lauren g 3-8 1-4 2-2 2 2 4 2 9 1 1 0 1 2702 Green, Courtni 0-4 0-3 4-4 0 4 4 0 4 1 1 1 0 1703 May, Jaquetta 3-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 6 0 0 1 0 1413 Buchanan, Kelsey 3-3 0-0 1-1 2 5 7 1 7 1 2 0 1 1421 Lucas, Trumae 2-6 0-1 1-2 2 0 2 3 5 4 3 0 1 2223 Clark, Jade 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 233 Leon, Stephanie 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 1 0 11

Team 4 1 5Totals 26-59 1-12 17-19 15 33 48 14 70 15 14 5 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 13-27 48.1%3FG % 1st Half: 1-5 20.0%

FT % 1st Half: 13-14 92.9%

2nd half: 13-32 40.6%2nd half: 0-7 0.0%2nd half: 4-5 80.0%

Game: 26-59 44.1%Game: 1-12 8.3%Game: 17-19 89.5%

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Georgia State 38 • 10-9, 2-6Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min02 Smith, Miranda f 3-12 0-3 1-2 1 1 2 1 7 0 2 0 3 3233 Paulk, Cody c 6-10 0-0 1-2 2 5 7 3 13 0 3 6 2 3210 Long, Kendra g 1-5 0-2 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 3520 Nolan, Kayla g 2-8 0-1 3-8 0 5 5 3 7 2 2 0 0 3024 Moss, Gaby g 0-1 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 1 2104 Anderson, Tiffany 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 5 0 0 2 1 0 1112 Cole, Ashlee 3-12 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 1 6 1 2 0 1 1721 Jackson, Morgan 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1235 Dogo, Maryam 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 10

Team 1 2 3Totals 16-52 0-7 6-14 6 17 23 18 38 6 14 7 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-28 32.1%3FG % 1st Half: 0-2 0.0%

FT % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0%

2nd half: 7-24 29.2%2nd half: 0-5 0.0%2nd half: 3-8 37.5%

Game: 16-52 30.8%Game: 0-7 0.0%Game: 6-14 42.9%

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Officials: Alicia Walker, Kim Thebo, Tiara CruseTechnical fouls: Delaware-None. Georgia State-None.Attendance: 738

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDelaware 40 30 70Georgia State 21 17 38

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDELAWA 32 14 15 9 22GSU 18 9 2 6 8

Last FG - DELAWARE 2nd-03:19, GSU 2nd-01:43.Largest lead - DELAWARE by 33 2nd-07:07, GSU by 1 1st-16:22.

Score tied - 1 time.Lead changed - 2 times.

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsHOFSTRA vs Delaware02/03/13 2:00 pm at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del.

HOFSTRA 63 • 9-10, 5-3 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min30 Evans, Shante f 5-16 0-0 4-4 7 7 14 3 14 4 5 0 1 3540 Onyeuku, Anma f 6-7 0-0 3-4 1 6 7 1 15 1 0 0 2 3601 Jackson, Asia g 2-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 3 4 2 5 0 0 1802 Bond, Candace g 2-6 1-2 1-2 1 0 1 5 6 1 2 0 1 2505 Thomas, Andreana g 3-11 0-4 1-2 0 8 8 3 7 4 3 0 0 3103 Epps, Sydni 0-2 0-1 0-1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 912 Carter, Alexis 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 824 Thomas-Palmer, Dee 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 832 Payton, Annie 5-10 3-5 2-2 1 3 4 4 15 1 4 0 2 30

Team 1 2 3Totals 24-57 4-12 11-15 13 29 42 21 63 13 20 0 6 200

FG % 1st Half: 13-31 41.9%3FG % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0%

FT % 1st Half: 6-7 85.7%

2nd half: 11-26 42.3%2nd half: 3-8 37.5%2nd half: 5-8 62.5%

Game: 24-57 42.1%Game: 4-12 33.3%Game: 11-15 73.3%

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Delaware 79 • 18-3. 9-0 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 10-20 4-7 11-11 4 5 9 2 35 2 0 4 2 3612 Parker, Danielle f 5-9 0-0 5-5 3 6 9 1 15 0 0 0 1 3010 Miller, Kayla g 3-11 1-6 0-0 0 1 1 1 7 4 3 0 1 3615 Richards, Akeema g 2-9 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 4 0 1 0 0 1822 Carra, Lauren g 2-5 0-1 7-10 3 5 8 4 11 1 3 0 0 3002 Green, Courtni 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 503 May, Jaquetta 2-5 0-0 0-2 1 1 2 2 4 0 0 0 2 1913 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 921 Lucas, Trumae 1-4 0-1 1-2 1 1 2 2 3 1 0 0 1 17

Team 1 1 2Totals 25-64 5-15 24-30 13 23 36 14 79 10 8 4 9 200

FG % 1st Half: 16-35 45.7%3FG % 1st Half: 3-8 37.5%

FT % 1st Half: 11-15 73.3%

2nd half: 9-29 31.0%2nd half: 2-7 28.6%2nd half: 13-15 86.7%

Game: 25-64 39.1%Game: 5-15 33.3%Game: 24-30 80.0%

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Officials: Joanne Aldrich (R), Daryl Humphrey, Rashan MichelTechnical fouls: HOFSTRA-TEAM. Delaware-None.Attendance: 5005Delaware ranked #25 (AP)...2nd sellout at BCC this year...UD wins 13thstraight game, 28th straight CAA reg. season game...Delle Donne 32nd career30+ game...season-high points for Parker...Parker sets UD games playedrecord (129)...Bond fouled out (2:07)...UD now 48-10 vs. Hofstra.

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalHOFSTRA 33 30 63Delaware 46 33 79

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchHOFSTR 30 12 18 8 17DELAWA 28 27 15 2 7

Last FG - HOFSTRA 2nd-00:31, DELAWARE 2nd-00:21.Largest lead - HOFSTRA by 2 1st-19:13, DELAWARE by 22 2nd-14:04.

Score tied - 5 times.Lead changed - 5 times.

#25 Delaware 79, Hofstra 63 • 2/3/13 • Newark, Del. 21 #20 Delaware 77, Towson 55 • 2/7/13 • Towson, Md.22

#20 Delaware 71, James Madison 64 • 2/10/13 • Harrisonburg, Va.23 #20 Delaware 86, Old Dominion 62 • 2/14/13 • Newark, Del.24

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDelaware vs TOWSON02/07/13 7:00 p.m. at Towson, Md. (Towson Center)

Delaware 77 • 19-3, 10-0 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 7-15 1-3 4-6 4 7 11 3 19 2 1 3 0 2912 Parker, Danielle f 3-7 0-0 6-6 1 7 8 3 12 1 2 1 4 2910 Miller, Kayla g 3-4 1-2 1-1 0 1 1 1 8 5 1 0 0 3115 Richards, Akeema g 3-6 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 3 6 1 2 0 1 1422 Carra, Lauren g 5-11 0-2 3-4 3 2 5 3 13 3 2 0 1 3402 Green, Courtni 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 703 May, Jaquetta 0-2 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 1113 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-1 0-0 0-0 3 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 821 Lucas, Trumae 7-12 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 3 14 1 2 0 2 2723 Clark, Jade 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 133 Leon, Stephanie 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 2 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 9

Team 1 4 5 1Totals 30-62 3-12 14-18 16 27 43 19 77 18 13 5 10 200

FG % 1st Half: 18-38 47.4%3FG % 1st Half: 0-5 0.0%

FT % 1st Half: 9-11 81.8%

2nd half: 12-24 50.0%2nd half: 3-7 42.9%2nd half: 5-7 71.4%

Game: 30-62 48.4%Game: 3-12 25.0%Game: 14-18 77.8%

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TOWSON 55 • 7-15, 1-10 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min10 Peebles, Michelle f 3-8 0-0 3-5 1 0 1 4 9 0 1 0 2 3320 Smith, Markell f 0-3 0-0 0-2 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2955 Williams, Nyree f 5-9 0-0 3-5 5 5 10 4 13 2 4 2 3 2501 Johnson, Dominique g 4-13 1-4 5-5 0 2 2 4 14 5 5 0 5 3822 McTiller, Tanisha g 7-13 1-1 1-2 3 3 6 2 16 2 4 0 0 3704 Marshall, Katelyn 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 211 Hamilton-Carter, N. 0-0 0-0 0-2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 413 Alberson, Camille 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 1724 Pearson, Krystal 0-3 0-1 0-1 1 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 15

Team 1 3 4Totals 20-52 3-7 12-22 12 19 31 17 55 11 19 2 11 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-26 34.6%3FG % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7%

FT % 1st Half: 8-11 72.7%

2nd half: 11-26 42.3%2nd half: 1-4 25.0%2nd half: 4-11 36.4%

Game: 20-52 38.5%Game: 3-7 42.9%Game: 12-22 54.5%

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Officials: Rachelle Jones, Norma Jones, Kevin SparrockTechnical fouls: Delaware-None. TOWSON-None.Attendance: 835

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDelaware 45 32 77TOWSON 28 27 55

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDELAWA 34 25 14 4 19TOWSO 32 19 13 4 3

Last FG - DELAWARE 2nd-01:38, TOWSON 2nd-01:00.Largest lead - DELAWARE by 25 2nd-01:38, TOWSON by 3 1st-14:38.

Score tied - 1 time.Lead changed - 2 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDelaware vs James Madison02/10/13 2:00 pm at JMU Convocation Center/Harrisonburg, Va.

Delaware 71 • 20-3, CAA 11-0Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 6-12 0-1 8-8 4 6 10 2 20 3 0 2 0 4012 Parker, Danielle f 1-6 0-0 4-4 0 4 4 2 6 1 1 1 2 2810 Miller, Kayla g 3-9 2-6 0-0 0 1 1 4 8 0 3 0 0 2415 Richards, Akeema g 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 1022 Carra, Lauren g 8-11 1-2 2-3 1 5 6 3 19 0 1 0 0 3903 May, Jaquetta 1-3 0-0 0-0 3 3 6 1 2 1 0 0 0 1913 Buchanan, Kelsey 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 421 Lucas, Trumae 4-10 2-5 2-4 1 0 1 0 12 2 3 0 3 3633 Leon, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+

Team 2 5 7Totals 25-54 5-14 16-19 11 24 35 14 71 7 8 3 5 200

FG % 1st Half: 12-28 42.9%3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9%

FT % 1st Half: 10-13 76.9%

2nd half: 13-26 50.0%2nd half: 2-7 28.6%2nd half: 6-6 100.0

Game: 25-54 46.3%Game: 5-14 35.7%Game: 16-19 84.2%

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James Madison 64 • 15-8, CAA 9-2Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min03 Giggetts, Toia f 4-7 0-0 1-1 3 2 5 4 9 0 2 1 0 3624 Gwathmey, Jazmon f 3-4 1-2 0-0 2 3 5 4 7 0 1 0 0 2912 Hall, Precious g 1-9 1-4 2-2 0 1 1 3 5 3 0 0 0 3220 Burkholder, Kirby g 6-15 4-9 8-10 5 8 13 2 24 3 4 0 1 4022 Hislop, Tarik g 8-20 1-5 0-0 0 2 2 2 17 4 3 0 3 3902 Jones, Destiny 0-0 0-0 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 321 Ross, Crystal 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1725 Shepherd, Kanita 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Team 2 3 5Totals 22-58 7-20 13-15 12 20 32 16 64 11 11 1 5 200

FG % 1st Half: 12-32 37.5%3FG % 1st Half: 4-12 33.3%

FT % 1st Half: 6-6 100.0

2nd half: 10-26 38.5%2nd half: 3-8 37.5%2nd half: 7-9 77.8%

Game: 22-58 37.9%Game: 7-20 35.0%Game: 13-15 86.7%

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Officials: Tony Lippa (R), Kim Thebo, Tim BryantTechnical fouls: Delaware-None. James Madison-None.Attendance: 3787Delle Donne CAA career points record of 2,677; former record 2,667 byDawn Evans (JMU 11).Delaware win streak 15 games, win streak vs. CAA teams at 34;JMU winning streak ends at 8.

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDelaware 37 34 71James Madison 34 30 64

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDELAWA 26 10 11 0 16JMU 20 10 17 2 2

Last FG - DELAWARE 2nd-00:26, JMU 2nd-02:56.Largest lead - DELAWARE by 8 2nd-16:03, JMU by 6 1st-13:55.

Score tied - 5 times.Lead changed - 5 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsOld Dominion vs Delaware02/14/13 7:00 pm at Bob Carpenter Center, Newark, Del.

Old Dominion 62 • 16-9, 7-6 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min01 Kelley, Shae f 5-8 0-1 10-11 1 5 6 3 20 2 2 0 0 3053 Richards, Shakeva f 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 5 4 0 0 0 0 2100 Gardner, Stephanie g 0-4 0-1 5-8 1 0 1 0 5 4 4 0 0 2305 Goodhope, Galaisha g 2-4 1-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 5 4 2 0 1 3014 Cook, Jackie g 4-13 1-3 3-3 2 3 5 5 12 2 2 0 0 3203 Buchan, Mairi 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 1404 Allison, Rebecca 1-3 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 0 1824 Younger, LaQuanda 1-4 1-3 0-0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 832 Minor, Tiffany 3-8 2-4 0-0 0 4 4 3 8 0 3 0 1 24

Team 4 1 5Totals 19-51 6-16 18-22 10 17 27 20 62 12 16 0 3 200

FG % 1st Half: 10-27 37.0%3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9%

FT % 1st Half: 5-5 100.0

2nd half: 9-24 37.5%2nd half: 3-9 33.3%2nd half: 13-17 76.5%

Game: 19-51 37.3%Game: 6-16 37.5%Game: 18-22 81.8%

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Delaware 86 • 21-3, 12-0 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 9-14 2-3 6-6 3 4 7 2 26 6 0 3 2 3012 Parker, Danielle f 6-9 0-0 1-2 3 3 6 2 13 2 3 0 2 2610 Miller, Kayla g 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 2 3 0 1 1 2221 Lucas, Trumae g 1-3 0-1 0-0 2 0 2 0 2 3 5 0 0 2222 Carra, Lauren g 3-9 3-6 6-6 0 8 8 3 15 2 0 0 1 2802 Green, Courtni 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 803 May, Jaquetta 2-2 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 3 5 2 1 0 0 2013 Buchanan, Kelsey 3-4 0-0 0-1 2 2 4 3 6 2 1 2 1 1315 Richards, Akeema 4-10 0-0 2-3 1 1 2 0 10 3 1 0 0 2323 Clark, Jade 1-1 0-0 2-3 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 333 Leon, Stephanie 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5

Team 0 1 1Totals 31-58 6-12 18-23 13 24 37 15 86 24 11 6 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 13-27 48.1%3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9%

FT % 1st Half: 12-13 92.3%

2nd half: 18-31 58.1%2nd half: 3-5 60.0%2nd half: 6-10 60.0%

Game: 31-58 53.4%Game: 6-12 50.0%Game: 18-23 78.3%

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Officials: Carla Fountain (R), Heather C. Brown, Warren Harding, Jr.Technical fouls: Old Dominion-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 4382Delaware is ranked #20 (AP)/#22 (USAToday)...Richards (ODU) fouled out (7:04).Cook fouled out (2:01)...UD wins 16th straight overall and 6th straight athome...UD has won 31 straight CAA reg. season games...Delle Donne sets CAArecord for career FG (913) and FT (688)...UD season-hi asst. & points.

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalOld Dominion 28 34 62Delaware 41 45 86

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchODU 16 8 13 0 16DELAWA 34 18 16 8 28

Last FG - ODU 2nd-00:21, DELAWARE 2nd-00:43.Largest lead - ODU by 4 1st-17:22, DELAWARE by 27 2nd-01:14.

Score tied - 1 time.Lead changed - 3 times.

2013 Blue Hen Women’s Basketball Postseason Guide • NCAA Tournament • Back-to-Back CAA Champions

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDelaware vs William & Mary2/17/13 2:00 pm at Williamsburg, Va. (Kaplan Arena)

Delaware 66 • 22-3 (13-0 CAA)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 8-14 2-5 6-7 1 5 6 2 24 3 0 1 1 3512 Parker, Danielle f 4-6 0-0 0-0 5 3 8 1 8 3 0 1 1 3210 Miller, Kayla g 0-5 0-3 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2915 Richards, Akeema g 6-9 0-0 1-2 3 2 5 1 13 0 1 0 1 2622 Carra, Lauren g 2-8 1-4 0-2 0 2 2 2 5 1 2 0 2 2802 Green, Courtni 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 203 May, Jaquetta 3-3 0-0 0-2 2 0 2 3 6 1 1 1 0 1313 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 214 Bell, Alecia 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 321 Lucas, Trumae 4-11 0-2 0-0 3 0 3 2 8 3 1 1 2 2623 Clark, Jade 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 233 Leon, Stephanie 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2

Team 3 6 9 1Totals 28-58 3-14 7-13 17 21 38 12 66 13 8 4 8 200

FG % 1st Half: 16-33 48.5%3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 22.2%

FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0

2nd half: 12-25 48.0%2nd half: 1-5 20.0%2nd half: 5-11 45.5%

Game: 28-58 48.3%Game: 3-14 21.4%Game: 7-13 53.8%

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William & Mary 44 • 6-18 (4-9 CAA)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min05 Correal, Emily f 6-13 0-0 4-4 3 7 10 3 16 1 5 0 1 3544 Murchison, Chanel f 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 802 Kestler, Anna g 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 1530 Aldridge, Janine g 5-13 1-7 1-1 1 1 2 2 12 4 1 0 0 3532 Hilton, Taylor g 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2213 McKenna, Jaclyn 2-5 1-2 1-2 0 3 3 4 6 1 3 0 1 2114 Mathieu, Kaitlyn 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 715 Boone, Jazmen 1-2 0-1 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 1 4 0 1 2820 Kerstetter, Kyla 3-6 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 3 6 1 0 0 0 1721 Stewart, Brooke 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 840 Morrison, MacKenzie 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4

Team 1 1 2Totals 18-47 2-12 6-7 9 16 25 19 44 11 14 0 5 200

FG % 1st Half: 11-24 45.8%3FG % 1st Half: 2-7 28.6%

FT % 1st Half: 1-1 100.0

2nd half: 7-23 30.4%2nd half: 0-5 0.0%2nd half: 5-6 83.3%

Game: 18-47 38.3%Game: 2-12 16.7%Game: 6-7 85.7%

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Officials: Mark Hardcastle, Kathy Lonergan, Lauren HoltkampTechnical fouls: Delaware-None. William & Mary-None.Attendance: 680

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDelaware 36 30 66William & Mary 25 19 44

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDELAWA 30 13 16 8 16W&M 20 2 8 0 14

Last FG - DELAWARE 2nd-01:31, W&M 2nd-03:07.Largest lead - DELAWARE by 22 2nd-01:31, W&M None.

Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 0 times.

#20 Delaware 66, W&M 44 • 2/17/13 • Williamsburg, Va.25 #18 Delaware 69, George Mason 55 • 2/19/13 • Fairfax, Va.26

#18 Delaware 61, James Madison 60 • 2/24/13 • Newark, Del.27 #18 Delaware 79, Hofstra 50 • 2/28/13 • Hempstead, N.Y.28

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDelaware vs George Mason2/19/13 7:00 p.m. at Fairfax, Va. (Patriot Center)

Delaware 69 • (23-3, 14-0 CAA)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 11-22 1-3 8-9 2 7 9 2 31 1 1 2 2 3512 Parker, Danielle f 3-7 0-0 2-2 3 5 8 2 8 1 3 2 0 3010 Miller, Kayla g 0-1 0-0 4-4 0 3 3 0 4 6 3 0 2 3015 Richards, Akeema g 2-4 0-0 1-2 0 3 3 3 5 3 1 0 0 2022 Carra, Lauren g 3-5 2-2 0-0 0 1 1 1 8 0 4 0 1 2002 Green, Courtni 0-3 0-2 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 603 May, Jaquetta 1-2 0-0 1-2 2 2 4 2 3 2 0 1 1 2513 Buchanan, Kelsey 1-3 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 721 Lucas, Trumae 3-7 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 1 6 4 0 0 1 2633 Leon, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Team 2 3 5Totals 24-54 3-10 18-21 11 25 36 13 69 17 12 5 8 200

FG % 1st Half: 15-29 51.7%3FG % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0%

FT % 1st Half: 9-10 90.0%

2nd half: 9-25 36.0%2nd half: 1-5 20.0%2nd half: 9-11 81.8%

Game: 24-54 44.4%Game: 3-10 30.0%Game: 18-21 85.7%

DeadballRebounds

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George Mason 55 • (8-16, 3-10 CAA)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Pickard, Janaa f 4-13 1-4 4-5 3 5 8 2 13 1 1 1 1 2833 Tharrington, Joyous f 4-7 0-0 2-2 3 2 5 2 10 1 0 0 0 3001 Duckett, Shavonne g 2-9 0-1 0-2 3 1 4 2 4 2 0 0 1 2404 Easter, Amber g 5-11 1-2 3-3 5 2 7 1 14 1 2 1 1 3315 Saunders, Rahneeka g 5-15 0-3 2-2 1 3 4 4 12 9 5 0 1 3702 McNair, Rachel 0-2 0-0 0-2 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1614 Collier, Melissa 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 622 Jacobs, Kyana 0-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 1423 Strickland, Cierra 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 730 Watts, Talisha 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5

Team 1 2 3 1Totals 21-62 2-10 11-16 19 21 40 15 55 15 13 2 8 200

FG % 1st Half: 11-28 39.3%3FG % 1st Half: 0-4 0.0%

FT % 1st Half: 2-2 100.0

2nd half: 10-34 29.4%2nd half: 2-6 33.3%2nd half: 9-14 64.3%

Game: 21-62 33.9%Game: 2-10 20.0%Game: 11-16 68.8%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Denise Brooks, Bonita Spence, Jennifer RezacTechnical fouls: Delaware-None. George Mason-None.Attendance: 1349

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDelaware 41 28 69George Mason 24 31 55

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDELAWA 28 12 8 4 13MASON 20 8 10 2 2

Last FG - DELAWARE 2nd-00:57, MASON 2nd-00:29.Largest lead - DELAWARE by 19 2nd-17:32, MASON by 2 1st-19:31.

Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 3 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsJames Madison vs Delaware02/24/13 4:30 pm at Newark, Del. (Bob Carpenter Center)

James Madison 60 • 18-9, 13-3 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min03 Giggetts, Toia f 4-10 0-0 2-3 8 4 12 3 10 1 1 0 0 3324 Gwathmey, Jazmon f 0-3 0-0 3-4 4 3 7 3 3 1 2 1 0 2512 Hall, Precious g 5-16 0-3 0-0 5 1 6 3 10 0 1 0 2 3120 Burkholder, Kirby g 6-18 2-11 2-2 7 7 14 3 16 2 1 0 0 3922 Hislop, Tarik g 7-27 2-9 1-2 0 1 1 4 17 3 2 0 2 3802 Jones, Destiny 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 521 Ross, Crystal 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 225 Shepherd, Kanita 2-3 0-0 0-0 0 6 6 3 4 0 0 1 0 2232 Mickens, Angela 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5

Team 6 2 8Totals 24-77 4-23 8-11 30 25 55 19 60 9 8 2 4 200

FG % 1st Half: 12-33 36.4%3FG % 1st Half: 1-12 8.3%

FT % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7%

2nd half: 12-44 27.3%2nd half: 3-11 27.3%2nd half: 4-5 80.0%

Game: 24-77 31.2%Game: 4-23 17.4%Game: 8-11 72.7%

DeadballRebounds

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Delaware 61 • 24-3, 15-0 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 8-19 1-3 11-12 0 4 4 2 28 0 3 6 1 3912 Parker, Danielle f 3-8 0-0 2-4 6 5 11 2 8 1 2 1 0 3610 Miller, Kayla g 1-3 1-2 0-2 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 2915 Richards, Akeema g 2-6 0-0 3-3 2 0 2 3 7 0 0 0 1 1322 Carra, Lauren g 1-5 1-3 2-4 1 7 8 3 5 3 2 0 3 4003 May, Jaquetta 3-4 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 2 6 0 0 1 0 1913 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 221 Lucas, Trumae 1-6 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 2 4 2 1 1 1 22

Team 2 2 4Totals 19-51 3-8 20-27 11 24 35 15 61 10 9 9 6 200

FG % 1st Half: 8-28 28.6%3FG % 1st Half: 1-5 20.0%

FT % 1st Half: 8-12 66.7%

2nd half: 11-23 47.8%2nd half: 2-3 66.7%2nd half: 12-15 80.0%

Game: 19-51 37.3%Game: 3-8 37.5%Game: 20-27 74.1%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Norma Jones (R), Kevin Dillard, Rashan MichelTechnical fouls: James Madison-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 5098Delaware ranked #18 (AP)/#19 (USAToday)...5,098 attendance BCC record forwomen's game...UD wins 19th straight game, 34th straighr regular season CAAgame...JMU has 3-game win streak snapped..JMU has 7-game road win streaksnapped...UD sweeps season series, now leads all=-time 13-12.

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalJames Madison 29 31 60Delaware 25 36 61

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchJMU 26 8 21 9 4DELAWA 24 8 10 6 10

Last FG - JMU 2nd-00:01, DELAWARE 2nd-01:45.Largest lead - JMU by 8 1st-00:50, DELAWARE by 7 2nd-01:00.

Score tied - 8 times.Lead changed - 9 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDelaware vs Hofstra

02/28/13 7 p.m. at Hempstead, N.Y. (Mack Sports Complex)

Delaware 79 • 25-3, 16-0 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 12-22 2-2 6-6 2 8 10 3 32 2 1 4 0 3512 Parker, Danielle f 7-9 0-0 0-0 4 6 10 1 14 0 0 1 1 2910 Miller, Kayla g 2-4 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1515 Richards, Akeema g 2-5 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 3 4 1 0 0 3 2422 Carra, Lauren g 2-7 0-2 0-0 1 2 3 2 4 2 4 0 3 3202 Green, Courtni 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 203 May, Jaquetta 2-6 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 1 5 0 2 1 1 1713 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 714 Bell, Alecia 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 521 Lucas, Trumae 5-10 1-2 2-3 2 1 3 0 13 8 3 0 1 3133 Leon, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3

Team 1 2 3Totals 33-64 4-8 9-11 13 22 35 15 79 16 11 8 9 200

FG % 1st Half: 16-34 47.1%3FG % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0%

FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0

2nd half: 17-30 56.7%2nd half: 1-2 50.0%2nd half: 5-7 71.4%

Game: 33-64 51.6%Game: 4-8 50.0%Game: 9-11 81.8%

DeadballRebounds

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Hofstra 50 • 12-15, 8-8 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min02 Bond, Candace f 5-9 2-4 2-2 2 3 5 3 14 1 3 0 1 2930 Evans, Shante f 4-12 0-0 4-5 2 6 8 4 12 3 5 5 1 3640 Onyeuku, Anma f 5-11 1-3 0-2 2 4 6 1 11 0 3 2 2 3301 Jackson, Asia g 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 1705 Thomas, Andreana g 2-8 1-3 0-0 1 1 2 2 5 5 5 0 1 3603 Epps, Sydni 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1004 Sherrill, Ruth 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 212 Carter, Alexis 1-4 0-1 0-0 3 0 3 1 2 1 1 0 1 2024 Thomas-Palmer, Dee 0-0 0-0 2-3 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 432 Payton, Annie 1-7 0-3 0-2 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 13

Team 4 4 8Totals 19-53 4-14 8-15 17 19 36 17 50 11 22 7 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 14-30 46.7%3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9%

FT % 1st Half: 1-3 33.3%

2nd half: 5-23 21.7%2nd half: 1-7 14.3%2nd half: 7-12 58.3%

Game: 19-53 35.8%Game: 4-14 28.6%Game: 8-15 53.3%

DeadballRebounds

2

Officials: Taiqua Stewart, Duane Mack, Kris DensonTechnical fouls: Delaware-None. Hofstra-None.Attendance: 1008

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDelaware 39 40 79Hofstra 32 18 50

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDELAWA 24 23 15 2 20HOFSTR 26 10 12 2 8

Last FG - DELAWARE 2nd-01:06, HOFSTRA 2nd-00:22.Largest lead - DELAWARE by 31 2nd-01:06, HOFSTRA by 8 1st-16:01.

Score tied - 8 times.Lead changed - 5 times.

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Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDrexel vs Delaware03/03/13 3:30 pm at Newark, Del. (Bob Carpenter Center)

Drexel 57 • 20-8, 13-4 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min20 Wootton, Taylor f 2-5 0-1 1-2 3 2 5 5 5 3 3 1 0 2433 Flanagan, Fiona f 3-9 2-6 0-0 2 2 4 1 8 1 0 0 1 4004 Johnson-Allen, Renee g 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 3211 Mershon, Hollie g 11-30 3-9 1-1 0 5 5 3 26 6 2 0 3 4022 Creighton, Meghan g 1-4 1-3 0-0 0 4 4 1 3 3 2 0 0 3402 Redick, Abby 1-2 0-0 2-2 1 3 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 1810 Thierolf, Tory 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 324 Pearson, Rachel 3-4 3-4 0-0 0 1 1 1 9 0 0 0 0 9

Team 2 0 2Totals 22-57 9-23 4-5 9 20 29 15 57 15 7 1 4 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-27 33.3%3FG % 1st Half: 4-11 36.4%

FT % 1st Half: 3-4 75.0%

2nd half: 13-30 43.3%2nd half: 5-12 41.7%2nd half: 1-1 100.0

Game: 22-57 38.6%Game: 9-23 39.1%Game: 4-5 80.0%

DeadballRebounds

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Delaware 62 • 26-3, 17-0 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 9-22 1-5 9-9 4 6 10 2 28 2 1 3 1 3912 Parker, Danielle f 1-5 0-0 0-0 5 3 8 0 2 3 1 1 0 3510 Miller, Kayla g 1-1 1-1 0-0 0 4 4 0 3 2 2 0 0 3715 Richards, Akeema g 1-5 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 1622 Carra, Lauren g 7-14 3-6 4-5 1 6 7 1 21 4 2 0 1 3803 May, Jaquetta 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1113 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-0 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 221 Lucas, Trumae 2-6 0-1 2-2 2 1 3 3 6 0 2 0 2 22

Team 2 2 4 1Totals 21-56 5-13 15-16 16 26 42 9 62 12 11 4 4 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-28 32.1%3FG % 1st Half: 2-6 33.3%

FT % 1st Half: 6-6 100.0

2nd half: 12-28 42.9%2nd half: 3-7 42.9%2nd half: 9-10 90.0%

Game: 21-56 37.5%Game: 5-13 38.5%Game: 15-16 93.8%

DeadballRebounds

0

Officials: Kristi Vera (R), Shannon Feck, Kevin FarlowTechnical fouls: Drexel-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 5094Sellout (4th of season at BCC)...Delaware ranked #18 (AP & USAToday)..Fouled Out: Wootton (:17)...Delaware wins 21st straight (ties school record)..Del. wins 36th straight CAA reg. season game (2nd long. streak in NCAA I)...Del. defeats Drexel 6th straight time...Drexel snaps 4-game win streak.

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDrexel 25 32 57Delaware 26 36 62

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDREXEL 20 9 5 0 13DELAWA 22 6 17 3 6

Last FG - DREXEL 2nd-01:20, DELAWARE 2nd-01:36.Largest lead - DREXEL by 3 1st-05:03, DELAWARE by 12 2nd-05:53.

Score tied - 4 times.Lead changed - 2 times.

#18 Delaware 62, Drexel 57 • 3/3/13 • Newark, Del. 29 #16 Delaware 86, Georgia State 58 • 3/6/13 • Newark, Del.30

#15 (1) Delaware 51, (9) UNCW 43 • 3/15/13 • CAA Tournament31#15 (1) Delaware 75, (5) Hofstra 54 • 3/16/13 • CAA Tournament32

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsGeorgia State vs Delaware03/06/13 7:00 pm at Newark, Del. (Bob Carpenter Center)

Georgia State 58 • 13-16, 5-13 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min35 Dogo, Maryam f 2-5 0-0 2-4 1 1 2 3 6 0 3 0 0 2133 Paulk, Cody c 6-12 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 3 12 0 3 3 1 3010 Long, Kendra g 6-9 2-5 0-2 1 2 3 1 14 3 2 0 6 3120 Nolan, Kayla g 2-10 0-3 1-2 2 2 4 1 5 0 1 0 1 1423 Watson, Ashley g 2-6 0-0 4-4 1 2 3 1 8 3 1 0 1 2602 Smith, Miranda 3-7 0-0 1-2 2 3 5 2 7 2 0 0 2 2012 Cole, Ashlee 1-5 0-3 0-0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1321 Jackson, Morgan 0-3 0-2 0-0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 2424 Moss, Gaby 2-6 0-3 0-0 1 0 1 0 4 1 2 0 0 21

Team 3 1 4Totals 24-63 2-16 8-14 14 18 32 12 58 9 13 4 11 200

FG % 1st Half: 10-33 30.3%3FG % 1st Half: 0-9 0.0%

FT % 1st Half: 3-6 50.0%

2nd half: 14-30 46.7%2nd half: 2-7 28.6%2nd half: 5-8 62.5%

Game: 24-63 38.1%Game: 2-16 12.5%Game: 8-14 57.1%

DeadballRebounds

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Delaware 86 • 27-3, 18-0 CAATotal 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 9-15 4-7 2-2 2 3 5 0 24 3 0 0 0 1712 Parker, Danielle f 1-2 0-0 3-3 2 10 12 0 5 0 1 1 0 1745 Craig, Chelsea f 1-3 0-1 0-1 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 803 May, Jaquetta g 3-5 0-0 1-2 7 0 7 1 7 2 2 1 0 1421 Lucas, Trumae g 2-9 1-4 0-0 4 5 9 2 5 9 2 0 3 2902 Green, Courtni 2-7 2-4 0-0 1 1 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 1410 Miller, Kayla 1-3 1-2 0-0 1 2 3 0 3 2 2 0 1 2013 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 3 0 0 2 2 1 1014 Bell, Alecia 3-8 0-0 1-2 1 2 3 1 7 0 0 0 0 1515 Richards, Akeema 3-7 0-0 2-2 1 1 2 2 8 0 2 0 0 1422 Carra, Lauren 5-9 4-5 1-2 0 0 0 2 15 3 1 0 1 2323 Clark, Jade 2-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 833 Leon, Stephanie 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 11

Team 1 1 2Totals 32-74 12-23 10-14 25 28 53 12 86 20 15 4 8 200

FG % 1st Half: 17-39 43.6%3FG % 1st Half: 8-14 57.1%

FT % 1st Half: 2-3 66.7%

2nd half: 15-35 42.9%2nd half: 4-9 44.4%2nd half: 8-11 72.7%

Game: 32-74 43.2%Game: 12-23 52.2%Game: 10-14 71.4%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Angela Lewis (R), Bob Enterline, Lauren HoltkampTechnical fouls: Georgia State-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 5092Delaware ranked #16 (AP & USAToday)...Sellout (5th at BCC this season)UD wins 22nd straight game (school record)...UD wins 37th straight CAA reg.season game...UD record for 3's in a game (12)....UD Parker pulls 1,000threbound (3rd in UD history)....GSU has lost 3 straight.

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalGeorgia State 23 35 58Delaware 44 42 86

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchGSU 38 9 4 8 13DELAWA 22 9 27 3 43

Last FG - GSU 2nd-00:02, DELAWARE 2nd-00:28.Largest lead - GSU None, DELAWARE by 35 2nd-06:26.

Score tied - 0 times.Lead changed - 0 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsUNCW vs Delaware03/15/13 12:00 pm at Upper Marlboro, Md. (Show Place Arena)

UNCW 43 • (5-26)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min40 Garrett, Karneshia f 1-9 0-1 3-4 3 9 12 4 5 1 2 0 0 4000 Lee, Tawanna g 5-14 2-10 0-0 0 2 2 3 12 3 4 0 1 4003 Atkins, Kelva g 6-15 1-7 0-0 1 2 3 2 13 3 2 0 0 4020 Brown, Dana g 1-6 1-5 0-0 0 7 7 4 3 0 2 1 0 4024 Freeman, Jessica g 3-9 3-7 1-2 1 2 3 4 10 1 0 0 2 40

Team 2 1 3Totals 16-53 7-30 4-6 7 23 30 17 43 8 10 1 3 200

FG % 1st Half: 8-22 36.4%3FG % 1st Half: 4-14 28.6%

FT % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0%

2nd half: 8-31 25.8%2nd half: 3-16 18.8%2nd half: 4-6 66.7%

Game: 16-53 30.2%Game: 7-30 23.3%Game: 4-6 66.7%

DeadballRebounds

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Delaware 51 • (28-3)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 10-15 1-1 0-0 2 9 11 1 21 2 3 2 0 3712 Parker, Danielle f 2-9 0-0 4-4 3 8 11 0 8 2 2 0 1 3210 Miller, Kayla g 0-2 0-1 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2515 Richards, Akeema g 1-5 0-0 4-7 3 1 4 0 6 1 1 0 0 2322 Carra, Lauren g 4-9 0-2 2-3 1 6 7 2 10 1 1 0 2 3902 Green, Courtni 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 303 May, Jaquetta 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 913 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 321 Lucas, Trumae 1-6 0-2 3-4 2 0 2 2 5 5 1 0 2 29

Team 1 1 2Totals 18-48 1-6 14-22 12 27 39 7 51 11 10 3 6 200

FG % 1st Half: 5-23 21.7%3FG % 1st Half: 0-3 0.0%

FT % 1st Half: 5-6 83.3%

2nd half: 13-25 52.0%2nd half: 1-3 33.3%2nd half: 9-16 56.3%

Game: 18-48 37.5%Game: 1-6 16.7%Game: 14-22 63.6%

DeadballRebounds

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Officials: Bryan Brunette, Tom Danaher, Angel StantonTechnical fouls: UNCW-None. Delaware-None.Attendance:#1 seed Delaware advances to Saturday's semi-finals at 2pm

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalUNCW 20 23 43Delaware 15 36 51

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsHOFSTRA vs Delaware03/16/13 2:00 pm at Upper Marlboro, Md. (Show Place Arena)

HOFSTRA 54 • (14-17)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min02 Bond, Candace f 3-8 0-2 0-0 1 2 3 4 6 0 2 1 3 2730 Evans, Shante f 1-7 0-0 5-6 3 3 6 2 7 0 3 0 0 2040 Onyeuku, Anma f 1-3 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1105 Thomas, Andreana g 2-7 1-3 2-2 0 3 3 0 7 7 4 0 1 3732 Payton, Annie g 1-7 1-5 0-0 0 1 1 1 3 4 2 2 1 2701 Jackson, Asia 3-10 2-5 0-0 2 3 5 3 8 3 1 1 1 2703 Epps, Sydni 1-4 1-2 0-0 2 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 0 804 Sherrill, Ruth 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 212 Carter, Alexis 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1423 Green, Deven 7-8 0-0 2-2 1 4 5 0 16 0 1 0 0 1924 Thomas-Palmer, Dee 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 8

Team 1 5 6Totals 20-59 5-17 9-11 11 22 33 14 54 15 14 5 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 9-27 33.3%3FG % 1st Half: 5-9 55.6%

FT % 1st Half: 4-4 100.0

2nd half: 11-32 34.4%2nd half: 0-8 0.0%2nd half: 5-7 71.4%

Game: 20-59 33.9%Game: 5-17 29.4%Game: 9-11 81.8%

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Delaware 75 • (29-3)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 10-19 0-2 1-1 7 6 13 2 21 2 0 2 1 2812 Parker, Danielle f 5-9 0-0 0-0 1 5 6 2 10 2 0 0 0 2210 Miller, Kayla g 4-7 1-3 0-0 0 4 4 1 9 4 1 0 1 3015 Richards, Akeema g 3-7 0-0 0-0 1 2 3 2 6 0 0 0 1 2322 Carra, Lauren g 2-10 1-4 3-4 1 3 4 2 8 4 0 1 0 2802 Green, Courtni 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 503 May, Jaquetta 1-2 0-0 0-2 2 3 5 0 2 0 1 0 0 1413 Buchanan, Kelsey 2-6 0-0 2-4 5 2 7 1 6 0 2 0 1 1814 Bell, Alecia 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 421 Lucas, Trumae 4-11 0-2 5-5 3 0 3 3 13 3 1 0 3 2423 Clark, Jade 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 133 Leon, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 245 Craig, Chelsea 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Team 1 2 3Totals 31-74 2-12 11-16 21 29 50 13 75 15 7 4 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 14-39 35.9%3FG % 1st Half: 1-6 16.7%

FT % 1st Half: 9-14 64.3%

2nd half: 17-35 48.6%2nd half: 1-6 16.7%2nd half: 2-2 100.0

Game: 31-74 41.9%Game: 2-12 16.7%Game: 11-16 68.8%

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Officials: Sue Blauch, Joanne Aldrich, Jennifer RezacTechnical fouls: HOFSTRA-None. Delaware-None.Attendance:#1 Delaware advances to Finals on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalHOFSTRA 27 27 54Delaware 38 37 75

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#15 (1) Delaware 59, (3) Drexel 56 • 3/17/13 • CAA Tournament33#15 (6) Delaware 66, (11) West Virginia 53NCAA First Round • 3/24/13 • Newark, Del. 34

35 36

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsDrexel vs Delaware03/17/13 2:00 pm at Upper Marlboro, Md. (Show Place Arena)

Drexel 56 • (22-10)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min20 Wootton, Taylor f 8-11 4-5 1-1 0 0 0 4 21 1 1 3 1 3004 Johnson-Allen, Renee g 1-2 0-0 0-0 3 2 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 2711 Mershon, Hollie g 6-16 3-8 3-4 1 4 5 1 18 9 4 0 1 3722 Creighton, Meghan g 2-7 2-6 0-0 1 2 3 2 6 1 3 0 0 3633 Flanagan, Fiona g 0-3 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 1 0 1 1 2302 Redick, Abby 2-4 0-0 0-1 0 8 8 3 4 4 2 0 0 2824 Pearson, Rachel 2-5 1-4 0-0 2 1 3 0 5 0 1 0 0 19

Team 1 0 1Totals 21-48 10-25 4-6 8 19 27 15 56 16 11 4 3 200

FG % 1st Half: 11-24 45.8%3FG % 1st Half: 3-12 25.0%

FT % 1st Half: 2-4 50.0%

2nd half: 10-24 41.7%2nd half: 7-13 53.8%2nd half: 2-2 100.0

Game: 21-48 43.8%Game: 10-25 40.0%Game: 4-6 66.7%

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Delaware 59 • (30-3)Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 9-22 2-2 8-9 1 4 5 1 28 0 2 1 1 3812 Parker, Danielle f 2-6 0-0 1-2 1 3 4 2 5 0 2 0 0 3310 Miller, Kayla g 1-2 0-1 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 5 1 0 0 2915 Richards, Akeema g 2-5 0-0 3-3 2 1 3 3 7 0 1 0 1 2122 Carra, Lauren g 2-5 0-2 0-0 1 9 10 3 4 6 2 0 2 3703 May, Jaquetta 0-0 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1013 Buchanan, Kelsey 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 221 Lucas, Trumae 3-7 2-4 4-4 2 0 2 2 12 0 0 0 1 30

Team 2 1 3Totals 19-47 4-9 17-20 10 20 30 12 59 11 8 1 5 200

FG % 1st Half: 10-25 40.0%3FG % 1st Half: 3-7 42.9%

FT % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5%

2nd half: 9-22 40.9%2nd half: 1-2 50.0%2nd half: 10-12 83.3%

Game: 19-47 40.4%Game: 4-9 44.4%Game: 17-20 85.0%

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Officials: Dennis DeMayo, Bryan Brunette, Joanne AldrichTechnical fouls: Drexel-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 21602013 CAA Women's Championship GameDelaware wins 2nd straight CAA Championship

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDrexel 27 29 56Delaware 30 29 59

#15 (6) Delaware 78, #13 (3) North Carolina 69NCAA Second Round • 3/26/13 • Newark, Del.

#15 (6) Delaware vs. #7 (2) KentuckyNCAA Sweet 16 • 3/30/13 • Bridgeport, Conn.Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final Statistics

Delaware vs North Carolina03/26/13 7:00 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center - Newark, Del.

Delaware 78 • 32-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 10-28 2-6 11-13 2 6 8 2 33 2 0 2 0 3812 Parker, Danielle f 5-8 0-0 4-4 6 7 13 2 14 0 2 1 1 3410 Miller, Kayla g 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 515 Richards, Akeema g 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1022 Carra, Lauren g 1-5 0-1 2-2 1 6 7 3 4 1 2 0 0 3403 May, Jaquetta 2-2 0-0 0-0 2 0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 1813 Buchanan, Kelsey 1-3 0-0 1-2 2 1 3 3 3 0 1 0 0 1721 Lucas, Trumae 6-12 0-2 8-11 2 2 4 0 20 4 4 0 4 3533 Leon, Stephanie 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 9

Team 3 1 4Totals 25-59 2-9 26-32 20 23 43 13 78 8 9 4 5 200

FG % 1st Half: 11-31 35.5%3FG % 1st Half: 2-5 40.0%

FT % 1st Half: 11-13 84.6%

2nd half: 14-28 50.0%2nd half: 0-4 0.0%2nd half: 15-19 78.9%

Game: 25-59 42.4%Game: 2-9 22.2%Game: 26-32 81.3%

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North Carolina 69 • 29-7Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min21 Gross, Krista f 2-5 0-3 3-4 3 2 5 5 7 4 1 0 0 3134 McDaniel, Xylina f 4-10 0-0 0-2 3 4 7 3 8 0 1 0 1 2932 Rolle, Waltiea c 9-13 0-0 5-6 4 2 6 5 23 1 1 6 0 2611 Rountree, Brittany g 3-6 2-4 2-2 3 3 6 3 10 2 0 0 4 3044 Ruffin-Pratt, Tierra g 1-13 0-2 2-4 0 1 1 4 4 9 5 0 1 3302 Coleman, Latifah 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 503 Buckland, Megan 5-10 5-9 2-2 2 2 4 1 17 0 2 0 1 2910 Butts, Danielle 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1331 Johnson, Erika 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4

Team 2 2 4Totals 24-61 7-19 14-20 17 18 35 24 69 16 11 6 7 200

FG % 1st Half: 15-31 48.4%3FG % 1st Half: 6-10 60.0%

FT % 1st Half: 7-8 87.5%

2nd half: 9-30 30.0%2nd half: 1-9 11.1%2nd half: 7-12 58.3%

Game: 24-61 39.3%Game: 7-19 36.8%Game: 14-20 70.0%

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Officials: Bill Larance, Susan Blauch, Eric Brenton, Charlie HurstTechnical fouls: Delaware-None. North Carolina-None.Attendance: 4653Foul Outs: Rolle (4:08), Gross (0:07)2013 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Second RoundSell-out (attendance is based on ticket sales only)Delaware advances to Sweet 16 for first time in school history

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalDelaware 35 43 78North Carolina 43 26 69

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchDELAWA 34 16 23 2 27NC 32 10 12 0 17

Last FG - DELAWARE 2nd-00:57, NC 2nd-00:45.Largest lead - DELAWARE by 9 2nd-00:07, NC by 11 1st-01:08.

Score tied - 3 times.Lead changed - 15 times.

Official Basketball Box Score -- Game Totals -- Final StatisticsWest Virginia vs Delaware

03/24/13 12:15 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center - Newark, Del.

West Virginia 53 • 17-14Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min05 Fields, Averee f 1-3 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 4 2 0 4 0 1 2633 Dunning, Ayana c 5-8 0-1 5-6 3 7 10 5 15 0 3 1 0 3101 Caldwell, Christal g 4-15 1-5 0-0 2 2 4 3 9 0 3 0 2 3602 Palmer, Taylor g 5-17 3-11 0-0 1 2 3 3 13 4 1 0 0 3522 Stepney, Linda g 4-4 2-2 0-0 0 5 5 3 10 4 3 0 0 3104 Hampton, Brooke 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 112 Faulk, Darius 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 923 Holmes, Bria 1-4 0-2 0-0 1 1 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 1332 Leary, Crystal 1-1 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 18

Team 3 1 4Totals 21-54 6-22 5-6 13 20 33 20 53 8 17 2 4 200

FG % 1st Half: 14-32 43.8%3FG % 1st Half: 2-9 22.2%

FT % 1st Half: 3-3 100.0

2nd half: 7-22 31.8%2nd half: 4-13 30.8%2nd half: 2-3 66.7%

Game: 21-54 38.9%Game: 6-22 27.3%Game: 5-6 83.3%

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Delaware 66 • 31-3Total 3-Ptr Rebounds

## Player FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA Off Def Tot PF TP A TO Blk Stl Min11 Delle Donne, Elena f 10-24 1-5 12-13 3 4 7 2 33 2 1 4 1 4012 Parker, Danielle f 3-9 0-0 0-0 4 7 11 2 6 1 1 0 4 3310 Miller, Kayla g 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1115 Richards, Akeema g 2-6 0-0 1-2 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 2122 Carra, Lauren g 1-2 0-0 4-4 0 4 4 1 6 0 4 0 1 2403 May, Jaquetta 0-0 0-0 0-0 2 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 813 Buchanan, Kelsey 5-9 0-0 0-1 3 2 5 0 10 0 0 0 0 3121 Lucas, Trumae 2-7 0-1 2-2 1 0 1 1 6 4 1 0 3 32

Team 3 1 4 1Totals 23-58 1-6 19-22 16 20 36 7 66 8 9 5 9 200

FG % 1st Half: 12-31 38.7%3FG % 1st Half: 1-4 25.0%

FT % 1st Half: 1-2 50.0%

2nd half: 11-27 40.7%2nd half: 0-2 0.0%2nd half: 18-20 90.0%

Game: 23-58 39.7%Game: 1-6 16.7%Game: 19-22 86.4%

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Officials: Bill Larance, Susan Blaugh, Charlie Hust, Shannon Feck (a)Technical fouls: West Virginia-None. Delaware-None.Attendance: 4532Foul Outs: A. Dunning (WVU) - 45.2, 2nd2013 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship First RoundSellout (Attendance is based on tickets sales only)Delaware advances to face either North Carolina or Albany on Mar. 26 at 7 p.m.

Score by periods 1st 2nd TotalWest Virginia 33 20 53Delaware 26 40 66

In Off 2nd FastPoints Paint T/O Chance Break BenchWVU 22 7 7 2 4DELAWA 24 18 21 2 16

Last FG - WVU 2nd-00:37, DELAWARE 2nd-01:41.Largest lead - WVU by 7 1st-00:17, DELAWARE by 13 2nd-00:45.

Score tied - 4 times.Lead changed - 8 times.

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2012-13 Delaware Women's BasketballDelaware Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 26, 2013)

All games

Overall record: 32-3 Conf: 18-0 Home: 15-2 Away: 12-1 Neutral: 5-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg11 Delle Donne, Elena 29-29 950 32.8 260-534 . 4 8 7 52-111 . 4 6 8 176-192 . 9 1 7 70 175 245 8.4 41 0 54 28 69 27 748 25.822 Carra, Lauren 35-34 1082 30.9 127-318 . 3 9 9 42-128 . 3 2 8 79-114 . 6 9 3 41 155 196 5.6 88 1 70 84 4 34 375 10.712 Parker, Danielle 35-35 1050 30.0 125-268 . 4 6 6 0-0 . 0 0 0 61-87 . 7 0 1 117 189 306 8.7 55 0 32 47 13 42 311 8.921 Lucas, Trumae 35-7 825 23.6 79-231 . 3 4 2 17-69 . 2 4 6 51-68 . 7 5 0 43 46 89 2.5 52 0 91 59 8 51 226 6.515 Richards, Akeema 35-33 678 19.4 83-221 . 3 7 6 0-0 . 0 0 0 33-49 . 6 7 3 38 56 94 2.7 48 0 41 54 4 25 199 5.703 May, Jaquetta 35-5 676 19.3 69-140 . 4 9 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 33-61 . 5 4 1 80 73 153 4.4 63 2 28 32 20 22 171 4.910 Miller, Kayla 35-29 945 27.0 45-126 . 3 5 7 18-59 . 3 0 5 25-37 . 6 7 6 4 43 47 1.3 39 0 109 50 1 31 133 3.802 Green, Courtni 25-0 199 8.0 15-60 . 2 5 0 15-50 . 3 0 0 16-18 . 8 8 9 7 20 27 1.1 11 0 5 11 6 9 61 2.413 Buchanan, Kelsey 34-2 311 9.1 29-73 . 3 9 7 0-1 . 0 0 0 14-22 . 6 3 6 37 36 73 2.1 33 0 7 20 9 7 72 2.114 Bell, Alecia 14-0 74 5.3 9-27 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 6-10 . 6 0 0 8 13 21 1.5 4 0 3 3 1 0 24 1.733 Leon, Stephanie 28-0 190 6.8 8-32 . 2 5 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 3-7 . 4 2 9 16 34 50 1.8 27 0 1 8 11 4 19 0.723 Clark, Jade 13-0 31 2.4 3-9 . 3 3 3 0-2 . 0 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 7 1 1 2 0.2 0 0 1 5 0 1 8 0.645 Craig, Chelsea 5-1 14 2.8 1-3 . 3 3 3 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 4 0 4 0.8 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.4

Team 65 67 132 7Total.......... 35 7025 853-2042 . 4 1 8 144-421 . 3 4 2 499-670 . 7 4 5 531 908 1439 41.1 461 3 443 409 146 253 2349 67.1Opponents...... 35 7025 665-1951 . 3 4 1 161-586 . 2 7 5 320-470 . 6 8 1 456 750 1206 34.5 577 - 371 511 105 220 1811 51.7

TEAM STATISTICS DELAWARE OPPSCORING 2349 1811 Points per game 67.1 51.7 Scoring margin +15.4 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 853-2042 665-1951 Field goal pct . 4 1 8 . 3 4 13 POINT FG-ATT 144-421 161-586 3-point FG pct . 3 4 2 . 2 7 5 3-pt FG made per game 4.1 4.6FREE THROWS-ATT 499-670 320-470 Free throw pct . 7 4 5 . 6 8 1 F-Throws made per game 14.3 9.1REBOUNDS 1439 1206 Rebounds per game 41.1 34.5 Rebounding margin +6.7 -ASSISTS 443 371 Assists per game 12.7 10.6TURNOVERS 409 511 Turnovers per game 11.7 14.6 Turnover margin +2.9 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.1 0.7STEALS 253 220 Steals per game 7.2 6.3BLOCKS 146 105 Blocks per game 4.2 3.0ATTENDANCE 69375 25894 Home games-Avg/Game 17-4081 13-1342 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 5-1689

Score by Periods 1st 2nd OT TotalsDelaware 1159 1181 9 2349Opponents 916 887 8 1811

Date Opponent Score Att.% 11/09/12 SAM HOUSTON STATE W 63-31 1872% 11/11/12 GEORGETOWN L 56-62 859

11/14/12 at Duquesne L 47-51 112611/20/12 PROVIDENCE W 64-46 339011/28/12 ST. BONAVENTURE W 68-58 359612/05/12 at Rhode Island W 57-40 68912/09/12 PRINCETON W 59-58 402912/20/12 MARYLAND L 53-69 508912/22/12 at Monmouth W 82-53 710

# 12/29/12 vs Villanova W 59-45 843# 12/30/12 vs Duquesne W 60-45 748

01/02/13 at St. John's Wot 60-59 829* 01/10/13 GEORGE MASON W 62-27 4212* 01/13/13 at Old Dominion W 63-46 2739* 01/15/13 at Northeastern W 76-51 429* 01/20/13 TOWSON W 76-44 4738* 01/24/13 UNCW W 67-39 4151* 01/27/13 at Drexel W 65-56 2532* 01/29/13 NORTHEASTERN W 77-50 3583* 01/31/13 at Georgia State W 70-38 738* 02/03/13 HOFSTRA W 79-63 5005* 02/07/13 at Towson W 77-55 835* 02/10/13 at James Madison W 71-64 3787* 02/14/13 OLD DOMINION W 86-62 4382* 02/17/13 at William & Mary W 66-44 680* 02/19/13 at George Mason W 69-55 1349* 02/24/13 JAMES MADISON W 61-60 5098* 02/28/13 at Hofstra W 79-50 1008* 03/03/13 DREXEL W 62-57 5094* 03/06/13 GEORGIA STATE W 86-58 5092$ 03/15/13 vs UNCW W 51-43 2396$ 03/16/13 vs Hofstra W 75-54 2296$ 03/17/13 vs Drexel W 59-56 2160^ 03/24/13 WEST VIRGINIA W 66-53 4532^ 03/26/13 NORTH CAROLINA W 78-69 4653

% = Preseason WNIT# = Big Sky Class. at Dartmouth (1st)* = Colonial Athletic Assoc. Game$ = CAA Tournament at Upper Marlboro, Md.^ = NCAA Tournament at Newark, Del.

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2012-13 Delaware Women's BasketballDelaware Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 19, 2013)

Conference games

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 18-0 9-0 9-0 0-0CONFERENCE 18-0 9-0 9-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds

## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg

11 Delle Donne, Elena 18-18 573 31.8 165-314 . 5 2 5 34-73 . 4 6 6 108-118 . 9 1 5 42 94 136 7.6 27 0 37 11 45 21 472 26.222 Carra, Lauren 18-17 540 30.0 64-146 . 4 3 8 25-58 . 4 3 1 36-53 . 6 7 9 24 66 90 5.0 41 0 28 39 2 20 189 10.512 Parker, Danielle 18-18 493 27.4 61-124 . 4 9 2 0-0 . 0 0 0 31-38 . 8 1 6 58 90 148 8.2 24 0 20 18 9 18 153 8.515 Richards, Akeema 18-16 331 18.4 48-113 . 4 2 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 16-22 . 7 2 7 18 30 48 2.7 29 0 24 30 3 15 112 6.221 Lucas, Trumae 18-2 413 22.9 41-115 . 3 5 7 8-36 . 2 2 2 14-23 . 6 0 9 22 29 51 2.8 26 0 54 31 5 25 104 5.803 May, Jaquetta 18-1 328 18.2 36-72 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 11-23 . 4 7 8 38 39 77 4.3 33 1 21 16 9 11 83 4.610 Miller, Kayla 18-17 494 27.4 26-74 . 3 5 1 15-39 . 3 8 5 10-14 . 7 1 4 3 25 28 1.6 19 0 66 25 1 16 77 4.302 Green, Courtni 14-0 126 9.0 10-42 . 2 3 8 10-34 . 2 9 4 12-12 1.000 6 13 19 1.4 7 0 5 5 1 6 42 3.014 Bell, Alecia 8-0 47 5.9 9-19 . 4 7 4 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 3 8 11 1.4 4 0 3 3 1 0 20 2.513 Buchanan, Kelsey 17-0 109 6.4 10-20 . 5 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 14 16 30 1.8 19 0 5 8 5 5 21 1.223 Clark, Jade 9-0 25 2.8 3-8 . 3 7 5 0-2 . 0 0 0 2-3 . 6 6 7 1 1 2 0.2 0 0 1 4 0 1 8 0.945 Craig, Chelsea 3-1 12 4.0 1-3 . 3 3 3 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 3 0 3 1.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0.733 Leon, Stephanie 14-0 109 7.8 4-18 . 2 2 2 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-3 . 3 3 3 7 16 23 1.6 13 0 1 6 5 2 9 0.6

Team 37 38 75 3Total.......... 18 3600 478-1068 . 4 4 8 92-244 . 3 7 7 244-317 . 7 7 0 276 465 741 41.2 242 1 266 200 86 140 1292 71.8Opponents...... 18 3600 342-996 . 3 4 3 81-282 . 2 8 7 154-234 . 6 5 8 232 354 586 32.6 289 - 194 256 46 115 919 51.1

TEAM STATISTICS DELAWARE OPPSCORING 1292 919 Points per game 71.8 51.1 Scoring margin +20.7 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 478-1068 342-996 Field goal pct . 4 4 8 . 3 4 33 POINT FG-ATT 92-244 81-282 3-point FG pct . 3 7 7 . 2 8 7 3-pt FG made per game 5.1 4.5FREE THROWS-ATT 244-317 154-234 Free throw pct . 7 7 0 . 6 5 8 F-Throws made per game 13.6 8.6REBOUNDS 741 586 Rebounds per game 41.2 32.6 Rebounding margin +8.6 -ASSISTS 266 194 Assists per game 14.8 10.8TURNOVERS 200 256 Turnovers per game 11.1 14.2 Turnover margin +3.1 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.3 0.8STEALS 140 115 Steals per game 7.8 6.4BLOCKS 86 46 Blocks per game 4.8 2.6ATTENDANCE 41355 14097 Home games-Avg/Game 9-4595 9-1566 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsDelaware 668 624 1292Opponents 460 459 919

Date Opponent Score Att.* 01/10/13 GEORGE MASON W 62-27 4212* 01/13/13 at Old Dominion W 63-46 2739* 01/15/13 at Northeastern W 76-51 429* 01/20/13 TOWSON W 76-44 4738* 01/24/13 UNCW W 67-39 4151* 01/27/13 at Drexel W 65-56 2532* 01/29/13 NORTHEASTERN W 77-50 3583* 01/31/13 at Georgia State W 70-38 738* 02/03/13 HOFSTRA W 79-63 5005* 02/07/13 at TOWSON W 77-55 835* 02/10/13 at James Madison W 71-64 3787* 02/14/13 OLD DOMINION W 86-62 4382* 02/17/13 at William & Mary W 66-44 680* 02/19/13 at George Mason W 69-55 1349* 02/24/13 JAMES MADISON W 61-60 5098* 02/28/13 at HOFSTRA W 79-50 1008* 03/03/13 DREXEL W 62-57 5094* 03/06/13 GEORGIA STATE W 86-58 5092

% = Preseason WNIT# = Big Sky Class. at Dartmouth (1st)* = Colonial Athletic Assoc. Game$ = CAA Tournament at Upper Marlboro, Md.

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2012-13 Delaware Women's BasketballDelaware Combined Team Statistics (as of Mar 19, 2013)

CAA Tournament

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 3-0 0-0 0-0 3-0CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 3-0 0-0 0-0 3-0

Total 3-Point F-Throw Rebounds

## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg

11 Delle Donne, Elena 3-3 103 34.3 29-56 . 5 1 8 3-5 . 6 0 0 9-10 . 9 0 0 10 19 29 9.7 4 0 4 5 5 2 70 23.321 Lucas, Trumae 3-0 83 27.7 8-24 . 3 3 3 2-8 . 2 5 0 12-13 . 9 2 3 7 0 7 2.3 7 0 8 2 0 6 30 10.012 Parker, Danielle 3-3 87 29.0 9-24 . 3 7 5 0-0 . 0 0 0 5-6 . 8 3 3 5 16 21 7.0 4 0 4 4 0 1 23 7.722 Carra, Lauren 3-3 104 34.7 8-24 . 3 3 3 1-8 . 1 2 5 5-7 . 7 1 4 3 18 21 7.0 7 0 11 3 1 4 22 7.315 Richards, Akeema 3-3 67 22.3 6-17 . 3 5 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 7-10 . 7 0 0 6 4 10 3.3 5 0 1 2 0 2 19 6.310 Miller, Kayla 3-3 84 28.0 5-11 . 4 5 5 1-5 . 2 0 0 0-2 . 0 0 0 1 5 6 2.0 1 0 9 3 0 2 11 3.713 Buchanan, Kelsey 3-0 23 7.7 2-7 . 2 8 6 0-0 . 0 0 0 2-4 . 5 0 0 5 2 7 2.3 1 0 0 3 0 1 6 2.003 May, Jaquetta 3-0 33 11.0 1-3 . 3 3 3 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-4 . 2 5 0 2 5 7 2.3 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 1.002 Green, Courtni 2-0 8 4.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-1 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 0 1 1 0.5 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0.545 Craig, Chelsea 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.014 Bell, Alecia 1-0 4 4.0 0-2 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.023 Clark, Jade 1-0 1 1.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.033 Leon, Stephanie 1-0 2 2.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 1 1 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0

Team 4 4 8Total.......... 3 600 68-169 . 4 0 2 7-27 . 2 5 9 42-58 . 7 2 4 43 76 119 39.7 32 0 37 25 8 18 185 61.7Opponents...... 3 600 57-160 . 3 5 6 22-72 . 3 0 6 17-23 . 7 3 9 26 64 90 30.0 46 - 39 35 10 13 153 51.0

TEAM STATISTICS DELAWARE OPPSCORING 185 153 Points per game 61.7 51.0 Scoring margin +10.7 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 68-169 57-160 Field goal pct . 4 0 2 . 3 5 63 POINT FG-ATT 7-27 22-72 3-point FG pct . 2 5 9 . 3 0 6 3-pt FG made per game 2.3 7.3FREE THROWS-ATT 42-58 17-23 Free throw pct . 7 2 4 . 7 3 9 F-Throws made per game 14.0 5.7REBOUNDS 119 90 Rebounds per game 39.7 30.0 Rebounding margin +9.7 -ASSISTS 37 39 Assists per game 12.3 13.0TURNOVERS 25 35 Turnovers per game 8.3 11.7 Turnover margin +3.3 - Assist/turnover ratio 1.5 1.1STEALS 18 13 Steals per game 6.0 4.3BLOCKS 8 10 Blocks per game 2.7 3.3ATTENDANCE 0 6852 Home games-Avg/Game 0-0 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 3-2284

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsDelaware 83 102 185Opponents 74 79 153

Date Opponent Score Att.$ 03/15/13 vs UNCW W 51-43 2396$ 03/16/13 vs HOFSTRA W 75-54 2296$ 03/17/13 vs Drexel W 59-56 2160

% = Preseason WNIT# = Big Sky Class. at Dartmouth (1st)* = Colonial Athletic Assoc. Game$ = CAA Tournament at Upper Marlboro, Md.

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RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0CONFERENCE 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0NON-CONFERENCE 2-0 2-0 0-0 0-0

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## Player gp-gs min avg fg-fga fg% 3fg-fga 3fg% ft-fta ft% off def tot avg pf dq a to blk stl pts avg

11 Delle Donne, Elena 2-2 78 39.0 20-52 . 3 8 5 3-11 . 2 7 3 23-26 . 8 8 5 5 10 15 7.5 4 0 4 1 6 1 66 33.021 Lucas, Trumae 2-0 67 33.5 8-19 . 4 2 1 0-3 . 0 0 0 10-13 . 7 6 9 3 2 5 2.5 1 0 8 5 0 7 26 13.012 Parker, Danielle 2-2 67 33.5 8-17 . 4 7 1 0-0 . 0 0 0 4-4 1.000 10 14 24 12.0 4 0 1 3 1 5 20 10.013 Buchanan, Kelsey 2-0 48 24.0 6-12 . 5 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-3 . 3 3 3 5 3 8 4.0 3 0 0 1 0 0 13 6.522 Carra, Lauren 2-2 58 29.0 2-7 . 2 8 6 0-1 . 0 0 0 6-6 1.000 1 10 11 5.5 4 0 1 6 0 1 10 5.015 Richards, Akeema 2-2 31 15.5 2-7 . 2 8 6 0-0 . 0 0 0 1-2 . 5 0 0 2 0 2 1.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 2.503 May, Jaquetta 2-0 26 13.0 2-2 1.000 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 4 2 6 3.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.033 Leon, Stephanie 1-0 9 9.0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.010 Miller, Kayla 2-2 16 8.0 0-1 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0-0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.0

Team 6 2 8 1Total.......... 2 400 48-117 . 4 1 0 3-15 . 2 0 0 45-54 . 8 3 3 36 43 79 39.5 20 0 16 18 9 14 144 72.0Opponents...... 2 400 45-115 . 3 9 1 13-41 . 3 1 7 19-26 . 7 3 1 30 38 68 34.0 44 - 24 28 8 11 122 61.0

TEAM STATISTICS DELAWARE OPPSCORING 144 122 Points per game 72.0 61.0 Scoring margin +11.0 -FIELD GOALS-ATT 48-117 45-115 Field goal pct . 4 1 0 . 3 9 13 POINT FG-ATT 3-15 13-41 3-point FG pct . 2 0 0 . 3 1 7 3-pt FG made per game 1.5 6.5FREE THROWS-ATT 45-54 19-26 Free throw pct . 8 3 3 . 7 3 1 F-Throws made per game 22.5 9.5REBOUNDS 79 68 Rebounds per game 39.5 34.0 Rebounding margin +5.5 -ASSISTS 16 24 Assists per game 8.0 12.0TURNOVERS 18 28 Turnovers per game 9.0 14.0 Turnover margin +5.0 - Assist/turnover ratio 0.9 0.9STEALS 14 11 Steals per game 7.0 5.5BLOCKS 9 8 Blocks per game 4.5 4.0ATTENDANCE 9185 0 Home games-Avg/Game 2-4592 0-0 Neutral site-Avg/Game - 0-0

Score by Periods 1st 2nd TotalsDelaware 61 83 144Opponents 76 46 122

Date Opponent Score Att.^ 03/24/13 WEST VIRGINIA W 66-53 4532^ 03/26/13 NORTH CAROLINA W 78-69 4653

% = Preseason WNIT# = Big Sky Class. at Dartmouth (1st)* = Colonial Athletic Assoc. Game$ = CAA Tournament at Upper Marlboro, Md.^ = NCAA Tournament at Newark, Del.

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Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds

Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg

SAM HOUSTON STATE 11/09/12 63-31 W 22-66 . 3 3 3 3-14 . 2 1 4 16-25 . 6 4 0 24 27 51 51.0 16 8 12 2 10 63 63.0GEORGETOWN 11/11/12 56-62 L 17-47 . 3 6 2 8-22 . 3 6 4 14-25 . 5 6 0 13 22 35 43.0 17 11 22 3 6 56 59.5at Duquesne 11/14/12 47-51 L 18-51 . 3 5 3 1-9 . 1 1 1 10-15 . 6 6 7 13 26 39 41.7 19 11 21 4 6 47 55.3PROVIDENCE 11/20/12 64-46 W 28-66 . 4 2 4 4-11 . 3 6 4 4-10 . 4 0 0 13 27 40 41.2 12 15 10 2 9 64 57.5ST. BONAVENTURE 11/28/12 68-58 W 19-53 . 3 5 8 3-8 . 3 7 5 27-41 . 6 5 9 18 24 42 41.4 13 9 8 4 2 68 59.6at Rhode Island 12/05/12 57-40 W 24-60 . 4 0 0 2-8 . 2 5 0 7-12 . 5 8 3 16 26 42 41.5 17 15 10 4 10 57 59.2PRINCETON 12/09/12 59-58 W 21-63 . 3 3 3 2-10 . 2 0 0 15-20 . 7 5 0 12 26 38 41.0 13 8 11 3 6 59 59.1MARYLAND 12/20/12 53-69 L 20-61 . 3 2 8 4-10 . 4 0 0 9-14 . 6 4 3 12 23 35 40.2 10 9 13 2 4 53 58.4at Monmouth 12/22/12 82-53 W 29-59 . 4 9 2 6-15 . 4 0 0 18-21 . 8 5 7 15 29 44 40.7 10 14 10 5 7 82 61.0vs Villanova 12/29/12 59-45 W 23-58 . 3 9 7 2-11 . 1 8 2 11-12 . 9 1 7 13 28 41 40.7 8 8 11 3 8 59 60.8vs Duquesne 12/30/12 60-45 W 19-46 . 4 1 3 3-9 . 3 3 3 19-22 . 8 6 4 9 36 45 41.1 13 10 19 5 6 60 60.7at St. John's 01/02/13 60-59 Wot 19-58 . 3 2 8 4-8 . 5 0 0 18-24 . 7 5 0 18 30 48 41.7 19 6 19 6 7 60 60.7GEORGE MASON 01/10/13 62-27 W 22-52 . 4 2 3 4-15 . 2 6 7 14-17 . 8 2 4 16 31 47 42.1 14 13 11 3 8 62 60.8at Old Dominion 01/13/13 63-46 W 26-63 . 4 1 3 3-15 . 2 0 0 8-17 . 4 7 1 22 37 59 43.3 16 14 18 7 5 63 60.9at Northeastern 01/15/13 76-51 W 26-64 . 4 0 6 7-15 . 4 6 7 17-23 . 7 3 9 26 22 48 43.6 11 13 9 5 10 76 61.9TOWSON 01/20/13 76-44 W 29-56 . 5 1 8 7-13 . 5 3 8 11-15 . 7 3 3 9 20 29 42.7 12 19 12 3 14 76 62.8UNCW 01/24/13 67-39 W 28-71 . 3 9 4 6-17 . 3 5 3 5-6 . 8 3 3 19 27 46 42.9 14 16 8 6 8 67 63.1at Drexel 01/27/13 65-56 W 23-55 . 4 1 8 7-15 . 4 6 7 12-16 . 7 5 0 13 21 34 42.4 13 13 8 3 6 65 63.2NORTHEASTERN 01/29/13 77-50 W 30-53 . 5 6 6 8-13 . 6 1 5 9-12 . 7 5 0 10 30 40 42.3 10 16 14 2 8 77 63.9at Georgia State 01/31/13 70-38 W 26-59 . 4 4 1 1-12 . 0 8 3 17-19 . 8 9 5 15 33 48 42.5 14 15 14 5 7 70 64.2HOFSTRA 02/03/13 79-63 W 25-64 . 3 9 1 5-15 . 3 3 3 24-30 . 8 0 0 13 23 36 42.2 14 10 8 4 9 79 64.9at Towson 02/07/13 77-55 W 30-62 . 4 8 4 3-12 . 2 5 0 14-18 . 7 7 8 16 27 43 42.3 19 18 13 5 10 77 65.5at James Madison 02/10/13 71-64 W 25-54 . 4 6 3 5-14 . 3 5 7 16-19 . 8 4 2 11 24 35 42.0 14 7 8 3 5 71 65.7OLD DOMINION 02/14/13 86-62 W 31-58 . 5 3 4 6-12 . 5 0 0 18-23 . 7 8 3 13 24 37 41.8 15 24 11 6 7 86 66.5at William & Mary 02/17/13 66-44 W 28-58 . 4 8 3 3-14 . 2 1 4 7-13 . 5 3 8 17 21 38 41.6 12 13 8 4 8 66 66.5at George Mason 02/19/13 69-55 W 24-54 . 4 4 4 3-10 . 3 0 0 18-21 . 8 5 7 11 25 36 41.4 13 17 12 5 8 69 66.6JAMES MADISON 02/24/13 61-60 W 19-51 . 3 7 3 3-8 . 3 7 5 20-27 . 7 4 1 11 24 35 41.1 15 10 9 9 6 61 66.4at Hofstra 02/28/13 79-50 W 33-64 . 5 1 6 4-8 . 5 0 0 9-11 . 8 1 8 13 22 35 40.9 15 16 11 8 9 79 66.9DREXEL 03/03/13 62-57 W 21-56 . 3 7 5 5-13 . 3 8 5 15-16 . 9 3 8 16 26 42 41.0 9 12 11 4 4 62 66.7GEORGIA STATE 03/06/13 86-58 W 32-74 . 4 3 2 12-23 . 5 2 2 10-14 . 7 1 4 25 28 53 41.4 12 20 15 4 8 86 67.3vs UNCW 03/15/13 51-43 W 18-48 . 3 7 5 1-6 . 1 6 7 14-22 . 6 3 6 12 27 39 41.3 7 11 10 3 6 51 66.8vs Hofstra 03/16/13 75-54 W 31-74 . 4 1 9 2-12 . 1 6 7 11-16 . 6 8 8 21 29 50 41.6 13 15 7 4 7 75 67.1vs Drexel 03/17/13 59-56 W 19-47 . 4 0 4 4-9 . 4 4 4 17-20 . 8 5 0 10 20 30 41.2 12 11 8 1 5 59 66.8WEST VIRGINIA 03/24/13 66-53 W 23-58 . 3 9 7 1-6 . 1 6 7 19-22 . 8 6 4 16 20 36 41.1 7 8 9 5 9 66 66.8NORTH CAROLINA 03/26/13 78-69 W 25-59 . 4 2 4 2-9 . 2 2 2 26-32 . 8 1 3 20 23 43 41.1 13 8 9 4 5 78 67.1Delaware 2349 853-2042 . 4 1 8 144-421 . 3 4 2 499-670 . 7 4 5 531 908 1439 41.1 461 443 409 146 253 2349 67.1

Opponents 1811 665-1951 . 3 4 1 161-586 . 2 7 5 320-470 . 6 8 1 456 750 1206 34.5 577 371 511 105 220 1811 51.7

Games played: 35Points/game: 67.1FG Pct: 41.83FG Pct: 34.2FT Pct: 74.5

Rebounds/game: 41.1Assists/game: 12.7Turnovers/game: 11.7Assist/turnover ratio: 1.1Steals/game: 7.2Blocks/game: 4.2

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Total 3-Pointers Free throws Rebounds

Opponent Date Score fg-fga pct 3fg-fga pct ft-fta pct off def tot avg pf a t/o blk stl pts avg

SAM HOUSTON STATE 11/09/12 63-31 W 11-51 . 2 1 6 1-13 . 0 7 7 8-11 . 7 2 7 14 24 38 38.0 16 6 21 4 4 31 31.0GEORGETOWN 11/11/12 56-62 L 20-50 . 4 0 0 4-16 . 2 5 0 18-23 . 7 8 3 11 22 33 35.5 21 8 20 1 10 62 46.5at Duquesne 11/14/12 47-51 L 19-60 . 3 1 7 3-16 . 1 8 8 10-15 . 6 6 7 18 23 41 37.3 14 10 16 5 12 51 48.0PROVIDENCE 11/20/12 64-46 W 17-56 . 3 0 4 2-15 . 1 3 3 10-14 . 7 1 4 13 28 41 38.2 9 7 17 2 2 46 47.5ST. BONAVENTURE 11/28/12 68-58 W 21-54 . 3 8 9 7-14 . 5 0 0 9-15 . 6 0 0 12 25 37 38.0 27 8 13 2 2 58 49.6at Rhode Island 12/05/12 57-40 W 13-47 . 2 7 7 2-4 . 5 0 0 12-19 . 6 3 2 13 23 36 37.7 15 10 17 3 3 40 48.0PRINCETON 12/09/12 59-58 W 23-55 . 4 1 8 3-18 . 1 6 7 9-15 . 6 0 0 10 33 43 38.4 16 11 18 3 8 58 49.4MARYLAND 12/20/12 53-69 L 26-62 . 4 1 9 7-18 . 3 8 9 10-10 1.000 13 31 44 39.1 14 19 16 4 6 69 51.9at Monmouth 12/22/12 82-53 W 18-59 . 3 0 5 4-15 . 2 6 7 13-15 . 8 6 7 14 18 32 38.3 16 8 13 2 4 53 52.0vs Villanova 12/29/12 59-45 W 17-59 . 2 8 8 6-33 . 1 8 2 5-8 . 6 2 5 14 23 37 38.2 14 9 14 2 7 45 51.3vs Duquesne 12/30/12 60-45 W 17-60 . 2 8 3 4-21 . 1 9 0 7-14 . 5 0 0 12 20 32 37.6 18 7 15 6 9 45 50.7at St. John's 01/02/13 60-59 Wot 19-67 . 2 8 4 2-8 . 2 5 0 19-28 . 6 7 9 24 24 48 38.5 18 11 12 7 14 59 51.4GEORGE MASON 01/10/13 62-27 W 8-48 . 1 6 7 3-7 . 4 2 9 8-13 . 6 1 5 12 15 27 37.6 16 5 13 4 4 27 49.5at Old Dominion 01/13/13 63-46 W 17-63 . 2 7 0 4-20 . 2 0 0 8-15 . 5 3 3 13 22 35 37.4 17 8 10 1 9 46 49.3at Northeastern 01/15/13 76-51 W 20-56 . 3 5 7 6-20 . 3 0 0 5-5 1.000 14 14 28 36.8 15 8 14 7 7 51 49.4TOWSON 01/20/13 76-44 W 16-46 . 3 4 8 3-9 . 3 3 3 9-13 . 6 9 2 12 21 33 36.6 14 10 23 1 7 44 49.1UNCW 01/24/13 67-39 W 15-42 . 3 5 7 6-17 . 3 5 3 3-14 . 2 1 4 5 25 30 36.2 12 10 16 1 3 39 48.5at Drexel 01/27/13 65-56 W 19-56 . 3 3 9 7-24 . 2 9 2 11-11 1.000 15 21 36 36.2 14 15 9 4 4 56 48.9NORTHEASTERN 01/29/13 77-50 W 18-56 . 3 2 1 9-25 . 3 6 0 5-7 . 7 1 4 10 15 25 35.6 12 15 14 2 10 50 48.9at Georgia State 01/31/13 70-38 W 16-52 . 3 0 8 0-7 . 0 0 0 6-14 . 4 2 9 6 17 23 35.0 18 6 14 7 7 38 48.4HOFSTRA 02/03/13 79-63 W 24-57 . 4 2 1 4-12 . 3 3 3 11-15 . 7 3 3 13 29 42 35.3 21 13 20 0 6 63 49.1at Towson 02/07/13 77-55 W 20-52 . 3 8 5 3-7 . 4 2 9 12-22 . 5 4 5 12 19 31 35.1 17 11 19 2 11 55 49.4at James Madison 02/10/13 71-64 W 22-58 . 3 7 9 7-20 . 3 5 0 13-15 . 8 6 7 12 20 32 35.0 16 11 11 1 5 64 50.0OLD DOMINION 02/14/13 86-62 W 19-51 . 3 7 3 6-16 . 3 7 5 18-22 . 8 1 8 10 17 27 34.6 20 12 16 0 3 62 50.5at William & Mary 02/17/13 66-44 W 18-47 . 3 8 3 2-12 . 1 6 7 6-7 . 8 5 7 9 16 25 34.2 19 11 14 0 5 44 50.2at George Mason 02/19/13 69-55 W 21-62 . 3 3 9 2-10 . 2 0 0 11-16 . 6 8 8 19 21 40 34.5 15 15 13 2 8 55 50.4JAMES MADISON 02/24/13 61-60 W 24-77 . 3 1 2 4-23 . 1 7 4 8-11 . 7 2 7 30 25 55 35.2 19 9 8 2 4 60 50.8at Hofstra 02/28/13 79-50 W 19-53 . 3 5 8 4-14 . 2 8 6 8-15 . 5 3 3 17 19 36 35.2 17 11 22 7 7 50 50.8DREXEL 03/03/13 62-57 W 22-57 . 3 8 6 9-23 . 3 9 1 4-5 . 8 0 0 9 20 29 35.0 15 15 7 1 4 57 51.0GEORGIA STATE 03/06/13 86-58 W 24-63 . 3 8 1 2-16 . 1 2 5 8-14 . 5 7 1 14 18 32 34.9 12 9 13 4 11 58 51.2vs UNCW 03/15/13 51-43 W 16-53 . 3 0 2 7-30 . 2 3 3 4-6 . 6 6 7 7 23 30 34.8 17 8 10 1 3 43 50.9vs Hofstra 03/16/13 75-54 W 20-59 . 3 3 9 5-17 . 2 9 4 9-11 . 8 1 8 11 22 33 34.7 14 15 14 5 7 54 51.0vs Drexel 03/17/13 59-56 W 21-48 . 4 3 8 10-25 . 4 0 0 4-6 . 6 6 7 8 19 27 34.5 15 16 11 4 3 56 51.2WEST VIRGINIA 03/24/13 66-53 W 21-54 . 3 8 9 6-22 . 2 7 3 5-6 . 8 3 3 13 20 33 34.4 20 8 17 2 4 53 51.2NORTH CAROLINA 03/26/13 78-69 W 24-61 . 3 9 3 7-19 . 3 6 8 14-20 . 7 0 0 17 18 35 34.5 24 16 11 6 7 69 51.7Opponents 1811 665-1951 . 3 4 1 161-586 . 2 7 5 320-470 . 6 8 1 456 750 1206 34.5 577 371 511 105 220 1811 51.7

Delaware 2349 853-2042 . 4 1 8 144-421 . 3 4 2 499-670 . 7 4 5 531 908 1439 41.1 461 443 409 146 253 2349 67.1

Games played: 35Points/game: 51.7FG Pct: 34.13FG Pct: 27.5FT Pct: 68.1

Rebounds/game: 34.5Assists/game: 10.6Turnovers/game: 14.6Assist/turnover ratio: 0.7Steals/game: 6.3Blocks/game: 3.0

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2012-13 Delaware Women's BasketballDelaware Points-Rebounds-Assists (as of Mar 26, 2013)

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Opponent Date Score GREEN,COUR MAY,JAQUET MILLER,KAY DELLE DONN PARKER,DAN BUCHANAN,K BELL,ALECI

SAM HOUSTON STATE 11/09/12 63-31 W 4 - 4 - 0 1 3 - 1 1 - 0 2 - 3 - 1 DNP 9 - 1 2 - 0 6 - 2 - 0 1 - 3 - 0GEORGETOWN 11/11/12 56-62 L 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 5 - 0 7 - 0 - 4 DNP 1 1 - 1 0 - 2 2 - 2 - 1 DNPat Duquesne 11/14/12 47-51 L 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 4 - 0 2 - 0 - 3 DNP 1 1 - 8 - 0 2 - 0 - 0 0 - 5 - 0PROVIDENCE 11/20/12 64-46 W 3 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 4 - 2 - 4 2 2 - 8 - 2 1 4 - 1 3 - 1 0 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0ST. BONAVENTURE 11/28/12 68-58 W 3 - 0 - 0 1 2 - 4 - 1 6 - 1 - 2 DNP 5 - 8 - 1 8 - 7 - 0 DNPat Rhode Island 12/05/12 57-40 W 0 - 0 - 0 1 0 - 3 - 1 5 - 2 - 4 DNP 1 2 - 1 3 - 2 2 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0PRINCETON 12/09/12 59-58 W 5 - 3 - 0 1 5 - 5 - 0 2 - 0 - 3 DNP 4 - 7 - 0 5 - 7 - 1 DNPMARYLAND 12/20/12 53-69 L DNP 0 - 1 - 0 5 - 4 - 2 1 9 - 6 - 1 1 0 - 9 - 0 1 - 2 - 0 DNPat Monmouth 12/22/12 82-53 W 3 - 0 - 0 3 - 3 - 2 4 - 0 - 4 3 0 - 9 - 2 1 1 - 5 - 0 4 - 1 - 0 3 - 1 - 0vs Villanova 12/29/12 59-45 W 0 - 0 - 0 1 0 - 8 - 0 0 - 1 - 2 1 7 - 1 3 - 1 1 2 - 9 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 DNPvs Duquesne 12/30/12 60-45 W DNP 9 - 9 - 3 4 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 1 3 - 1 1 2 - 6 - 0 2 - 1 - 0 DNPat St. John's 01/02/13 60-59 W DNP 9 - 9 - 0 4 - 0 - 1 2 9 - 1 6 - 2 4 - 1 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 DNPGEORGE MASON 01/10/13 62-27 W 8 - 4 - 0 9 - 7 - 1 2 - 1 - 2 1 9 - 7 - 2 8 - 7 - 1 0 - 1 - 0 2 - 2 - 1at Old Dominion 01/13/13 63-46 W 0 - 0 - 0 4 - 7 - 2 4 - 1 - 4 2 8 - 1 3 - 1 9 - 1 5 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 DNPat Northeastern 01/15/13 76-51 W 0 - 1 - 0 1 2 - 5 - 0 3 - 1 - 2 1 9 - 7 - 3 1 1 - 7 - 1 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0TOWSON 01/20/13 76-44 W 8 - 4 - 0 6 - 7 - 2 5 - 1 - 7 3 8 - 3 - 2 0 - 1 - 0 2 - 2 - 0 2 - 0 - 1UNCW 01/24/13 67-39 W 2 - 1 - 2 0 - 5 - 2 6 - 1 - 2 2 6 - 8 - 1 1 0 - 8 - 1 0 - 1 - 0 6 - 4 - 0at Drexel 01/27/13 65-56 W DNP 2 - 2 - 0 1 1 - 3 - 7 2 4 - 6 - 1 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 DNP DNPNORTHEASTERN 01/29/13 77-50 W 6 - 1 - 0 6 - 6 - 2 3 - 1 - 9 2 6 - 5 - 1 1 0 - 6 - 1 2 - 2 - 0 1 - 2 - 0at Georgia State 01/31/13 70-38 W 4 - 4 - 1 6 - 3 - 0 0 - 2 - 4 2 5 - 6 - 2 4 - 1 0 - 1 7 - 7 - 1 DNPHOFSTRA 02/03/13 79-63 W 0 - 0 - 1 4 - 2 - 0 7 - 1 - 4 3 5 - 9 - 2 1 5 - 9 - 0 0 - 1 - 1 DNPat Towson 02/07/13 77-55 W 3 - 0 - 0 0 - 4 - 4 8 - 1 - 5 1 9 - 1 1 - 2 1 2 - 8 - 1 0 - 4 - 0 DNPat James Madison 02/10/13 71-64 W DNP 2 - 6 - 1 8 - 1 - 0 2 0 - 1 0 - 3 6 - 4 - 1 2 - 0 - 0 DNPOLD DOMINION 02/14/13 86-62 W 3 - 1 - 1 5 - 3 - 2 2 - 2 - 3 2 6 - 7 - 6 1 3 - 6 - 2 6 - 4 - 2 DNPat William & Mary 02/17/13 66-44 W 0 - 1 - 0 6 - 2 - 1 0 - 2 - 1 2 4 - 6 - 3 8 - 8 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0at George Mason 02/19/13 69-55 W 2 - 0 - 0 3 - 4 - 2 4 - 3 - 6 3 1 - 9 - 1 8 - 8 - 1 2 - 3 - 0 DNPJAMES MADISON 02/24/13 61-60 W DNP 6 - 3 - 0 3 - 0 - 4 2 8 - 4 - 0 8 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 DNPat Hofstra 02/28/13 79-50 W 0 - 0 - 0 5 - 2 - 0 5 - 0 - 2 3 2 - 1 0 - 2 1 4 - 1 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 - 0 - 1DREXEL 03/03/13 62-57 W DNP 0 - 2 - 0 3 - 4 - 2 2 8 - 1 0 - 2 2 - 8 - 3 0 - 1 - 1 DNPGEORGIA STATE 03/06/13 86-58 W 6 - 2 - 0 7 - 7 - 2 3 - 3 - 2 2 4 - 5 - 3 5 - 1 2 - 0 0 - 3 - 0 7 - 3 - 0vs UNCW 03/15/13 51-43 W 1 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 2 1 - 1 1 - 2 8 - 1 1 - 2 0 - 0 - 0 DNPvs Hofstra 03/16/13 75-54 W 0 - 0 - 0 2 - 5 - 0 9 - 4 - 4 2 1 - 1 3 - 2 1 0 - 6 - 2 6 - 7 - 0 0 - 1 - 0vs Drexel 03/17/13 59-56 W DNP 1 - 1 - 0 2 - 2 - 5 2 8 - 5 - 0 5 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNPWEST VIRGINIA 03/24/13 66-53 W DNP 0 - 4 - 0 0 - 0 - 1 3 3 - 7 - 2 6 - 1 1 - 1 1 0 - 5 - 0 DNPNORTH CAROLINA 03/26/13 78-69 W DNP 4 - 2 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 3 3 - 8 - 2 1 4 - 1 3 - 0 3 - 3 - 0 DNP

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SAM HOUSTON STATE 11/09/12 63-31 W 2 - 4 - 4 1 4 - 6 - 2 1 2 - 3 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 3 - 0 DNPGEORGETOWN 11/11/12 56-62 L 3 - 1 - 1 1 4 - 2 - 2 1 9 - 9 - 1 DNP 0 - 2 - 0 DNPat Duquesne 11/14/12 47-51 L 9 - 3 - 2 7 - 2 - 3 1 2 - 6 - 3 DNP 4 - 5 - 0 DNPPROVIDENCE 11/20/12 64-46 W 9 - 3 - 0 2 - 4 - 2 1 0 - 5 - 6 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNPST. BONAVENTURE 11/28/12 68-58 W 1 0 - 3 - 2 2 - 1 - 1 2 0 - 1 3 - 2 DNP 2 - 2 - 0 DNPat Rhode Island 12/05/12 57-40 W 9 - 4 - 2 2 - 4 - 1 1 6 - 4 - 5 0 - 0 - 0 1 - 2 - 0 DNPPRINCETON 12/09/12 59-58 W 1 3 - 7 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 1 5 - 6 - 3 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNPMARYLAND 12/20/12 53-69 L 0 - 4 - 1 2 - 0 - 3 1 6 - 6 - 2 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNPat Monmouth 12/22/12 82-53 W 6 - 3 - 1 7 - 3 - 2 8 - 7 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 3 - 5 - 0 0 - 1 - 0vs Villanova 12/29/12 59-45 W 2 - 2 - 0 7 - 0 - 3 1 1 - 6 - 2 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNPvs Duquesne 12/30/12 60-45 W 0 - 0 - 1 3 - 2 - 1 7 - 7 - 1 DNP 0 - 7 - 0 DNPat St. John's 01/02/13 60-59 W 0 - 0 - 0 6 - 2 - 1 8 - 2 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNPGEORGE MASON 01/10/13 62-27 W 4 - 3 - 4 5 - 1 - 2 2 - 3 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 3 - 7 - 0 0 - 1 - 0at Old Dominion 01/13/13 63-46 W 1 5 - 5 - 3 0 - 7 - 2 3 - 3 - 0 DNP 0 - 2 - 0 DNPat Northeastern 01/15/13 76-51 W 5 - 3 - 1 6 - 4 - 4 2 0 - 9 - 2 DNP 0 - 3 - 0 DNPTOWSON 01/20/13 76-44 W 4 - 3 - 2 2 - 0 - 2 7 - 5 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 2 - 1 - 0 DNPUNCW 01/24/13 67-39 W 2 - 3 - 3 2 - 2 - 4 1 3 - 5 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 3 - 0 DNPat Drexel 01/27/13 65-56 W 4 - 2 - 2 9 - 2 - 0 5 - 7 - 2 DNP DNP DNPNORTHEASTERN 01/29/13 77-50 W 7 - 2 - 0 2 - 5 - 3 1 4 - 6 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0at Georgia State 01/31/13 70-38 W 1 0 - 4 - 1 5 - 2 - 4 9 - 4 - 1 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 DNPHOFSTRA 02/03/13 79-63 W 4 - 2 - 0 3 - 2 - 1 1 1 - 8 - 1 DNP DNP DNPat Towson 02/07/13 77-55 W 6 - 1 - 1 1 4 - 2 - 1 1 3 - 5 - 3 0 - 0 - 0 2 - 2 - 1 DNPat James Madison 02/10/13 71-64 W 2 - 0 - 0 1 2 - 1 - 2 1 9 - 6 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNPOLD DOMINION 02/14/13 86-62 W 1 0 - 2 - 3 2 - 2 - 3 1 5 - 8 - 2 4 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0 DNPat William & Mary 02/17/13 66-44 W 1 3 - 5 - 0 8 - 3 - 3 5 - 2 - 1 0 - 0 - 1 2 - 0 - 0 DNPat George Mason 02/19/13 69-55 W 5 - 3 - 3 6 - 0 - 4 8 - 1 - 0 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNPJAMES MADISON 02/24/13 61-60 W 7 - 2 - 0 4 - 3 - 2 5 - 8 - 3 DNP DNP DNPat Hofstra 02/28/13 79-50 W 4 - 3 - 1 1 3 - 3 - 8 4 - 3 - 2 DNP 0 - 1 - 0 DNPDREXEL 03/03/13 62-57 W 2 - 3 - 0 6 - 3 - 0 2 1 - 7 - 4 DNP DNP DNPGEORGIA STATE 03/06/13 86-58 W 8 - 2 - 0 5 - 9 - 9 1 5 - 0 - 3 4 - 1 - 0 0 - 2 - 0 2 - 2 - 1vs UNCW 03/15/13 51-43 W 6 - 4 - 1 5 - 2 - 5 1 0 - 7 - 1 DNP DNP DNPvs Hofstra 03/16/13 75-54 W 6 - 3 - 0 1 3 - 3 - 3 8 - 4 - 4 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 0 - 0vs Drexel 03/17/13 59-56 W 7 - 3 - 0 1 2 - 2 - 0 4 - 1 0 - 6 DNP DNP DNPWEST VIRGINIA 03/24/13 66-53 W 5 - 0 - 0 6 - 1 - 4 6 - 4 - 0 DNP DNP DNPNORTH CAROLINA 03/26/13 78-69 W 0 - 2 - 1 2 0 - 4 - 4 4 - 7 - 1 DNP 0 - 0 - 0 DNP

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2012-13 Delaware Women's BasketballDelaware Game-by-Game Highs (as of Mar 26, 2013)

All games

Opponent Date Score Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocked shotsSAM HOUSTON STATE 11/09/12 63-31 14-Lucas, Trumae 12-Parker, Danielle 4-Richards, Akeema 3-Parker, Danielle 1-Leon, Stephanie

Lucas, TrumaeGEORGETOWN 11/11/12 56-62 19-Carra, Lauren 10-Parker, Danielle 4-Miller, Kayla 3-Parker, Danielle 2-May, Jaquettaat Duquesne 11/14/12 47-51 12-Carra, Lauren 8-Parker, Danielle 3-Miller, Kayla 2-Lucas, Trumae 2-Leon, Stephanie

Lucas, Trumae Parker, Danielle Carra, Lauren

PROVIDENCE 11/20/12 64-46 22-Delle Donne, Elena 13-Parker, Danielle 6-Carra, Lauren 3-Carra, Lauren 1-Richards, Akeema Delle Donne, Elena

ST. BONAVENTURE 11/28/12 68-58 20-Carra, Lauren 13-Carra, Lauren 2-Carra, Lauren 1-Richards, Akeema 2-May, Jaquetta Richards, Akeema May, Jaquetta Miller, Kayla

at Rhode Island 12/05/12 57-40 16-Carra, Lauren 13-Parker, Danielle 5-Carra, Lauren 4-Parker, Danielle 3-May, JaquettaPRINCETON 12/09/12 59-58 15-Carra, Lauren 7-Buchanan, Kelsey 3-Carra, Lauren 5-Miller, Kayla 2-Buchanan, Kelsey

May, Jaquetta Richards, Akeema Miller, Kayla Parker, Danielle

MARYLAND 12/20/12 53-69 19-Delle Donne, Elena 9-Parker, Danielle 3-Lucas, Trumae 1-Miller, Kayla 2-Delle Donne, Elena Lucas, Trumae Delle Donne, Elena Richards, Akeema

at Monmouth 12/22/12 82-53 30-Delle Donne, Elena 9-Delle Donne, Elena 4-Miller, Kayla 2-May, Jaquetta 2-Green, Courtni Delle Donne, Elena

vs Villanova 12/29/12 59-45 17-Delle Donne, Elena 13-Delle Donne, Elena 3-Lucas, Trumae 3-May, Jaquetta 2-Delle Donne, Elenavs Duquesne 12/30/12 60-45 23-Delle Donne, Elena 13-Delle Donne, Elena 3-Miller, Kayla 4-Miller, Kayla 4-Delle Donne, Elena

May, Jaquettaat St. John's 01/02/13 60-59 29-Delle Donne, Elena 16-Delle Donne, Elena 2-Delle Donne, Elena 2-Parker, Danielle 2-Delle Donne, Elena

May, JaquettaGEORGE MASON 01/10/13 62-27 19-Delle Donne, Elena 7-Parker, Danielle 4-Richards, Akeema 2-Miller, Kayla 2-Leon, Stephanie

May, Jaquetta Leon, Stephanie Delle Donne, Elena

at Old Dominion 01/13/13 63-46 28-Delle Donne, Elena 15-Parker, Danielle 4-Miller, Kayla 2-Delle Donne, Elena 5-Delle Donne, Elenaat Northeastern 01/15/13 76-51 20-Carra, Lauren 9-Carra, Lauren 4-Lucas, Trumae 4-Miller, Kayla 4-Delle Donne, ElenaTOWSON 01/20/13 76-44 38-Delle Donne, Elena 7-May, Jaquetta 7-Miller, Kayla 4-May, Jaquetta 1-Delle Donne, Elena

Delle Donne, Elena Lucas, Trumae Bell, Alecia

UNCW 01/24/13 67-39 26-Delle Donne, Elena 8-Parker, Danielle 4-Lucas, Trumae 2-Lucas, Trumae 2-Delle Donne, Elena Delle Donne, Elena Parker, Danielle May, Jaquetta

at Drexel 01/27/13 65-56 24-Delle Donne, Elena 10-Parker, Danielle 7-Miller, Kayla 1-Carra, Lauren 3-Delle Donne, Elena Miller, Kayla Parker, Danielle Delle Donne, Elena Lucas, Trumae Richards, Akeema

NORTHEASTERN 01/29/13 77-50 26-Delle Donne, Elena 6-Carra, Lauren 9-Miller, Kayla 3-Delle Donne, Elena 1-Richards, Akeema Parker, Danielle Carra, Lauren May, Jaquetta

at Georgia State 01/31/13 70-38 25-Delle Donne, Elena 10-Parker, Danielle 4-Lucas, Trumae 1-Lucas, Trumae 2-Delle Donne, Elena Miller, Kayla Richards, Akeema

Carra, Lauren Parker, Danielle Buchanan, Kelsey Delle Donne, Elena Miller, Kayla

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2012-13 Delaware Women's Basketball

Delaware Game-by-Game Highs (as of Mar 26, 2013)

All games

Opponent Date Score Points Rebounds Assists Steals Blocked shots

HOFSTRA 02/03/13 79-63 35-Delle Donne, Elena 9-Parker, Danielle 4-Miller, Kayla 2-May, Jaquetta 4-Delle Donne, Elena

Delle Donne, Elena Delle Donne, Elena

at Towson 02/07/13 77-55 19-Delle Donne, Elena 11-Delle Donne, Elena 5-Miller, Kayla 4-Parker, Danielle 3-Delle Donne, Elena

at James Madison 02/10/13 71-64 20-Delle Donne, Elena 10-Delle Donne, Elena 3-Delle Donne, Elena 3-Lucas, Trumae 2-Delle Donne, Elena

OLD DOMINION 02/14/13 86-62 26-Delle Donne, Elena 8-Carra, Lauren 6-Delle Donne, Elena 2-Delle Donne, Elena 3-Delle Donne, Elena

Parker, Danielle

at William & Mary 02/17/13 66-44 24-Delle Donne, Elena 8-Parker, Danielle 3-Delle Donne, Elena 2-Lucas, Trumae 1-Parker, Danielle

Lucas, Trumae Carra, Lauren May, Jaquetta

Parker, Danielle Delle Donne, Elena

Lucas, Trumae

at George Mason 02/19/13 69-55 31-Delle Donne, Elena 9-Delle Donne, Elena 6-Miller, Kayla 2-Delle Donne, Elena 2-Parker, Danielle

Miller, Kayla Delle Donne, Elena

JAMES MADISON 02/24/13 61-60 28-Delle Donne, Elena 11-Parker, Danielle 4-Miller, Kayla 3-Carra, Lauren 6-Delle Donne, Elena

at Hofstra 02/28/13 79-50 32-Delle Donne, Elena 10-Parker, Danielle 8-Lucas, Trumae 3-Richards, Akeema 4-Delle Donne, Elena

Delle Donne, Elena Carra, Lauren

DREXEL 03/03/13 62-57 28-Delle Donne, Elena 10-Delle Donne, Elena 4-Carra, Lauren 2-Lucas, Trumae 3-Delle Donne, Elena

GEORGIA STATE 03/06/13 86-58 24-Delle Donne, Elena 12-Parker, Danielle 9-Lucas, Trumae 3-Lucas, Trumae 2-Buchanan, Kelsey

vs UNCW 03/15/13 51-43 21-Delle Donne, Elena 11-Parker, Danielle 5-Lucas, Trumae 2-Lucas, Trumae 2-Delle Donne, Elena

Delle Donne, Elena Carra, Lauren

vs Hofstra 03/16/13 75-54 21-Delle Donne, Elena 13-Delle Donne, Elena 4-Carra, Lauren 3-Lucas, Trumae 2-Delle Donne, Elena

Miller, Kayla

vs Drexel 03/17/13 59-56 28-Delle Donne, Elena 10-Carra, Lauren 6-Carra, Lauren 2-Carra, Lauren 1-Delle Donne, Elena

WEST VIRGINIA 03/24/13 66-53 33-Delle Donne, Elena 11-Parker, Danielle 4-Lucas, Trumae 4-Parker, Danielle 4-Delle Donne, Elena

NORTH CAROLINA 03/26/13 78-69 33-Delle Donne, Elena 13-Parker, Danielle 4-Lucas, Trumae 4-Lucas, Trumae 2-Delle Donne, Elena

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2012-13 Delaware Women's BasketballDelaware Team High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 26, 2013)

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Delaware - TEAM GAME HIGHS

POINTS 86 GEORGIA STATE (03/06/13)86 OLD DOMINION (02/14/13)82 at Monmouth (12/22/12)79 at Hofstra (02/28/13)79 HOFSTRA (02/03/13)

FIELD GOALS MADE 33 at Hofstra (02/28/13)32 GEORGIA STATE (03/06/13)

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 74 vs Hofstra (03/16/13)74 GEORGIA STATE (03/06/13)

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .566 (30-53) NORTHEASTERN (01/29/13).534 (31-58) OLD DOMINION (02/14/13)

3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 12 GEORGIA STATE (03/06/13)8 NORTHEASTERN (01/29/13)8 GEORGETOWN (11/11/12)

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 23 GEORGIA STATE (03/06/13)22 GEORGETOWN (11/11/12)

3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .615 (8-13) NORTHEASTERN (01/29/13).538 (7-13) TOWSON (01/20/13)

FREE THROWS MADE 27 ST. BONAVENTURE (11/28/12)26 NORTH CAROLINA (03/26/13)

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 41 ST. BONAVENTURE (11/28/12)32 NORTH CAROLINA (03/26/13)

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .938 (15-16) DREXEL (03/03/13).917 (11-12) vs Villanova (12/29/12)

REBOUNDS 59 at Old Dominion (01/13/13)53 GEORGIA STATE (03/06/13)

ASSISTS 24 OLD DOMINION (02/14/13)20 GEORGIA STATE (03/06/13)

STEALS 14 TOWSON (01/20/13)10 at Towson (02/07/13)10 at Northeastern (01/15/13)10 at Rhode Island (12/05/12)10 SAM HOUSTON STATE (11/09/12)

BLOCKED SHOTS 9 JAMES MADISON (02/24/13)8 at Hofstra (02/28/13)

TURNOVERS 22 GEORGETOWN (11/11/12)21 at Duquesne (11/14/12)

FOULS 19 at Towson (02/07/13)19 at St. John's (01/02/13)19 at Duquesne (11/14/12)

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POINTS 69 NORTH CAROLINA (03/26/13)69 MARYLAND (12/20/12)64 at James Madison (02/10/13)63 HOFSTRA (02/03/13)62 OLD DOMINION (02/14/13)62 GEORGETOWN (11/11/12)

FIELD GOALS MADE 26 MARYLAND (12/20/12)24 NORTH CAROLINA (03/26/13)24 GEORGIA STATE (03/06/13)24 JAMES MADISON (02/24/13)24 HOFSTRA (02/03/13)

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 77 JAMES MADISON (02/24/13)67 at St. John's (01/02/13)

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .438 (21-48) vs Drexel (03/17/13).421 (24-57) HOFSTRA (02/03/13)

3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 10 vs Drexel (03/17/13)9 DREXEL (03/03/13)9 NORTHEASTERN (01/29/13)

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 33 vs Villanova (12/29/12)30 vs UNCW (03/15/13)

3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .500 (7-14) ST. BONAVENTURE (11/28/12).500 (2-4) at Rhode Island (12/05/12)

FREE THROWS MADE 19 at St. John's (01/02/13)18 OLD DOMINION (02/14/13)18 GEORGETOWN (11/11/12)

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 28 at St. John's (01/02/13)23 GEORGETOWN (11/11/12)

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE 1.000 (11-11) at Drexel (01/27/13)1.000 (10-10) MARYLAND (12/20/12)1.000 (5-5) at Northeastern (01/15/13)

REBOUNDS 55 JAMES MADISON (02/24/13)48 at St. John's (01/02/13)

ASSISTS 19 MARYLAND (12/20/12)16 NORTH CAROLINA (03/26/13)16 vs Drexel (03/17/13)

STEALS 14 at St. John's (01/02/13)12 at Duquesne (11/14/12)

BLOCKED SHOTS 7 at Hofstra (02/28/13)7 at Georgia State (01/31/13)7 at Northeastern (01/15/13)7 at St. John's (01/02/13)

TURNOVERS 23 TOWSON (01/20/13)22 at Hofstra (02/28/13)

FOULS 27 ST. BONAVENTURE (11/28/12)24 NORTH CAROLINA (03/26/13)

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2012-13 Delaware Women's BasketballDelaware High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 26, 2013)

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Delaware - GAME LOWS

POINTS 47 at Duquesne (11/14/12)51 vs UNCW (03/15/13)53 MARYLAND (12/20/12)56 GEORGETOWN (11/11/12)57 at Rhode Island (12/05/12)

FIELD GOALS MADE 17 GEORGETOWN (11/11/12)18 at Duquesne (11/14/12)18 vs UNCW (03/15/13)

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 46 vs Duquesne (12/30/12)47 GEORGETOWN (11/11/12)47 vs Drexel (03/17/13)

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .328 (19-58) at St. John's (01/02/13).328 (20-61) MARYLAND (12/20/12)

3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 1 at Duquesne (11/14/12)1 at Georgia State (01/31/13)1 vs UNCW (03/15/13)1 WEST VIRGINIA (03/24/13)

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 6 vs UNCW (03/15/13)6 WEST VIRGINIA (03/24/13)

3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .083 (1-12) at Georgia State (01/31/13).111 (1-9) at Duquesne (11/14/12)

FREE THROWS MADE 4 PROVIDENCE (11/20/12)5 UNCW (01/24/13)

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 6 UNCW (01/24/13)10 PROVIDENCE (11/20/12)

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .400 (4-10) PROVIDENCE (11/20/12).471 (8-17) at Old Dominion (01/13/13)

REBOUNDS 29 TOWSON (01/20/13)30 vs Drexel (03/17/13)

ASSISTS 6 at St. John's (01/02/13)7 at James Madison (02/10/13)

STEALS 2 ST. BONAVENTURE (11/28/12)4 MARYLAND (12/20/12)4 DREXEL (03/03/13)

BLOCKED SHOTS 1 vs Drexel (03/17/13)2 SAM HOUSTON STATE (11/09/12)2 PROVIDENCE (11/20/12)2 MARYLAND (12/20/12)2 NORTHEASTERN (01/29/13)

TURNOVERS 7 vs Hofstra (03/16/13)8 ST. BONAVENTURE (11/28/12)8 UNCW (01/24/13)8 at Drexel (01/27/13)8 HOFSTRA (02/03/13)8 at James Madison (02/10/13)8 at William & Mary (02/17/13)8 vs Drexel (03/17/13)

FOULS 7 vs UNCW (03/15/13)7 WEST VIRGINIA (03/24/13)

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Opponent - GAME LOWS

POINTS 27 GEORGE MASON (01/10/13)31 SAM HOUSTON STATE (11/09/12)38 at Georgia State (01/31/13)39 UNCW (01/24/13)40 at Rhode Island (12/05/12)

FIELD GOALS MADE 8 GEORGE MASON (01/10/13)11 SAM HOUSTON STATE (11/09/12)

FIELD GOAL ATTEMPTS 42 UNCW (01/24/13)46 TOWSON (01/20/13)

FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .167 (8-48) GEORGE MASON (01/10/13).216 (11-51) SAM HOUSTON STATE (11/09/12)

3 PT FIELD GOALS MADE 0 at Georgia State (01/31/13)1 SAM HOUSTON STATE (11/09/12)

3 PT FG ATTEMPTS 4 at Rhode Island (12/05/12)7 GEORGE MASON (01/10/13)7 at Georgia State (01/31/13)7 at Towson (02/07/13)

3 PT FG PERCENTAGE .000 (0-7) at Georgia State (01/31/13).077 (1-13) SAM HOUSTON STATE (11/09/12)

FREE THROWS MADE 3 UNCW (01/24/13)4 DREXEL (03/03/13)4 vs UNCW (03/15/13)4 vs Drexel (03/17/13)

FREE THROW ATTEMPTS 5 at Northeastern (01/15/13)5 DREXEL (03/03/13)

FREE THROW PERCENTAGE .214 (3-14) UNCW (01/24/13).429 (6-14) at Georgia State (01/31/13)

REBOUNDS 23 at Georgia State (01/31/13)25 NORTHEASTERN (01/29/13)25 at William & Mary (02/17/13)

ASSISTS 5 GEORGE MASON (01/10/13)6 SAM HOUSTON STATE (11/09/12)6 at Georgia State (01/31/13)

STEALS 2 PROVIDENCE (11/20/12)2 ST. BONAVENTURE (11/28/12)

BLOCKED SHOTS 0 HOFSTRA (02/03/13)0 OLD DOMINION (02/14/13)0 at William & Mary (02/17/13)

TURNOVERS 7 DREXEL (03/03/13)8 JAMES MADISON (02/24/13)

FOULS 9 PROVIDENCE (11/20/12)12 UNCW (01/24/13)12 NORTHEASTERN (01/29/13)12 GEORGIA STATE (03/06/13)

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Delaware - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Points 38 Delle Donne, Elena vs Towson (01/20/13)35 Delle Donne, Elena vs Hofstra (02/03/13)33 Delle Donne, Elena vs North Carolina (03/26/13)33 Delle Donne, Elena vs West Virginia (03/24/13)32 Delle Donne, Elena at Hofstra (02/28/13)

Field Goals Made 14 Delle Donne, Elena vs Towson (01/20/13)12 Delle Donne, Elena at Hofstra (02/28/13)

Field Goal Att. 28 Delle Donne, Elena vs North Carolina (03/26/13)26 Delle Donne, Elena at Old Dominion (01/13/13)

FG Pct (min 5 made) .833 (5-6) May, Jaquetta at Northeastern (01/15/13).778 (7-9) Parker, Danielle at Hofstra (02/28/13)

3-Point FG Made 4 Carra, Lauren vs Georgia State (03/06/13)4 Delle Donne, Elena vs Georgia State (03/06/13)4 Delle Donne, Elena vs Hofstra (02/03/13)4 Delle Donne, Elena vs Northeastern (01/29/13)4 Delle Donne, Elena at Monmouth (12/22/12)4 Lucas, Trumae vs Georgetown (11/11/12)

3-Point FG Att. 10 Carra, Lauren vs Georgetown (11/11/12)7 Delle Donne, Elena vs Georgia State (03/06/13)7 Delle Donne, Elena vs Hofstra (02/03/13)7 Green, Courtni vs UNCW (01/24/13)7 Delle Donne, Elena at Old Dominion (01/13/13)

3-Pt FG Pct (min 2 made) 1.000 (2-2) Delle Donne, Elena vs Drexel (03/17/13)1.000 (2-2) Delle Donne, Elena at Hofstra (02/28/13)1.000 (2-2) Carra, Lauren at George Mason (02/19/13)1.000 (2-2) Green, Courtni vs Northeastern (01/29/13)1.000 (2-2) Carra, Lauren vs Northeastern (01/29/13)1.000 (2-2) Miller, Kayla vs UNCW (01/24/13)

Free Throws Made 13 Delle Donne, Elena at St. John's (01/02/13)12 Delle Donne, Elena vs West Virginia (03/24/13)

Free Throw Att. 15 Carra, Lauren vs St. Bonaventure (11/28/12)13 Delle Donne, Elena vs North Carolina (03/26/13)13 Delle Donne, Elena vs West Virginia (03/24/13)13 Delle Donne, Elena at St. John's (01/02/13)13 Carra, Lauren vs Georgetown (11/11/12)

FT Pct (min 3 made) 1.000 (13-13) Delle Donne, Elena at St. John's (01/02/13)1.000 (11-11) Delle Donne, Elena vs Hofstra (02/03/13)1.000 (9-9) Delle Donne, Elena vs Drexel (03/03/13)1.000 (8-8) Delle Donne, Elena at James Madison (02/10/13)1.000 (7-7) Delle Donne, Elena vs Duquesne (12/30/12)1.000 (6-6) Delle Donne, Elena at Hofstra (02/28/13)1.000 (6-6) Delle Donne, Elena vs Old Dominion (02/14/13)1.000 (6-6) Carra, Lauren vs Old Dominion (02/14/13)1.000 (6-6) Parker, Danielle at Towson (02/07/13)1.000 (6-6) Delle Donne, Elena at Monmouth (12/22/12)1.000 (5-5) Lucas, Trumae vs Hofstra (03/16/13)1.000 (5-5) Parker, Danielle vs Hofstra (02/03/13)1.000 (4-4) Parker, Danielle vs North Carolina (03/26/13)1.000 (4-4) Carra, Lauren vs West Virginia (03/24/13)1.000 (4-4) Lucas, Trumae vs Drexel (03/17/13)1.000 (4-4) Parker, Danielle vs UNCW (03/15/13)1.000 (4-4) Miller, Kayla at George Mason (02/19/13)1.000 (4-4) Parker, Danielle at James Madison (02/10/13)

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1.000 (4-4) Green, Courtni at Georgia State (01/31/13)

1.000 (4-4) Carra, Lauren vs Northeastern (01/29/13)

1.000 (4-4) Delle Donne, Elena at Old Dominion (01/13/13)

1.000 (4-4) Carra, Lauren vs Duquesne (12/30/12)

1.000 (4-4) Delle Donne, Elena vs Villanova (12/29/12)

1.000 (4-4) Carra, Lauren vs Princeton (12/09/12)

1.000 (3-3) Richards, Akeema vs Drexel (03/17/13)

1.000 (3-3) Parker, Danielle vs Georgia State (03/06/13)

1.000 (3-3) Richards, Akeema vs James Madison (02/24/13)

Rebounds 16 Delle Donne, Elena at St. John's (01/02/13)

15 Parker, Danielle at Old Dominion (01/13/13)

Assists 9 Lucas, Trumae vs Georgia State (03/06/13)

9 Miller, Kayla vs Northeastern (01/29/13)

Steals 5 Miller, Kayla vs Princeton (12/09/12)

4 Lucas, Trumae vs North Carolina (03/26/13)

4 Parker, Danielle vs West Virginia (03/24/13)

4 Parker, Danielle at Towson (02/07/13)

4 Delle Donne, Elena vs Towson (01/20/13)

4 May, Jaquetta vs Towson (01/20/13)

4 Miller, Kayla at Northeastern (01/15/13)

4 Miller, Kayla vs Duquesne (12/30/12)

4 Parker, Danielle at Rhode Island (12/05/12)

Blocked Shots 6 Delle Donne, Elena vs James Madison (02/24/13)

5 Delle Donne, Elena at Old Dominion (01/13/13)

Turnovers 6 Carra, Lauren vs Villanova (12/29/12)

6 Miller, Kayla vs Georgetown (11/11/12)

Fouls 5 May, Jaquetta vs UNCW (01/24/13)

5 May, Jaquetta at St. John's (01/02/13)

5 Carra, Lauren at Duquesne (11/14/12)

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2012-13 Delaware Women's BasketballDelaware Opponent High/Low Analysis (as of Mar 26, 2013)

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OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Points 35 RODGERS, Sugar vs Georgetown (11/11/12)

26 Mershon, Hollie vs Drexel (03/03/13)

24 Burkholder, Kirby at James Madison (02/10/13)

23 Rolle, Waltiea vs North Carolina (03/26/13)

21 Wootton, Taylor vs Drexel (03/17/13)

21 McTiller, Tanisha vs Towson (01/20/13)

Field Goals Made 11 Mershon, Hollie vs Drexel (03/03/13)

11 RODGERS, Sugar vs Georgetown (11/11/12)

Field Goal Att. 30 Mershon, Hollie vs Drexel (03/03/13)

27 Hislop, Tarik vs James Madison (02/24/13)

FG Pct (min 5 made) .875 (7-8) Green, Deven vs Hofstra (03/16/13)

.857 (6-7) Onyeuku, Anma vs Hofstra (02/03/13)

3-Point FG Made 5 Buckland, Megan vs North Carolina (03/26/13)

4 Wootton, Taylor vs Drexel (03/17/13)

4 Burkholder, Kirby at James Madison (02/10/13)

4 COYER, Caroline vs Villanova (12/29/12)

4 RODGERS, Sugar vs Georgetown (11/11/12)

3-Point FG Att. 11 Palmer, Taylor vs West Virginia (03/24/13)

11 Burkholder, Kirby vs James Madison (02/24/13)

11 COYER, Caroline vs Villanova (12/29/12)

11 RODGERS, Sugar vs Georgetown (11/11/12)

3-Pt FG Pct (min 2 made) 1.000 (2-2) Stepney, Linda vs West Virginia (03/24/13)

1.000 (2-2) Mercier, Amencie vs Northeastern (01/29/13)

Free Throws Made 10 Kelley, Shae vs Old Dominion (02/14/13)

9 RODGERS, Sugar vs Georgetown (11/11/12)

Free Throw Att. 11 Kelley, Shae vs Old Dominion (02/14/13)

10 Burkholder, Kirby at James Madison (02/10/13)

10 HANDFORD, Aliyyah at St. John's (01/02/13)

10 RODGERS, Sugar vs Georgetown (11/11/12)

FT Pct (min 3 made) 1.000 (6-6) ENGLISH, Sara at Monmouth (12/22/12)

1.000 (5-5) Johnson, Dominique at Towson (02/07/13)

1.000 (4-4) Watson, Ashley vs Georgia State (03/06/13)

1.000 (4-4) Correal, Emily at William & Mary (02/17/13)

1.000 (4-4) Evans, Shante vs Hofstra (02/03/13)

1.000 (4-4) Tunstull, Jewel vs Northeastern (01/29/13)

1.000 (4-4) Mershon, Hollie at Drexel (01/27/13)

1.000 (4-4) McTiller, Tanisha vs Towson (01/20/13)

1.000 (4-4) Tharrington, Joyous vs George Mason (01/10/13)

1.000 (4-4) Alyssa Thomas vs Maryland (12/20/12)

1.000 (4-4) Alicia DeVaughn vs Maryland (12/20/12)

1.000 (4-4) RULE, Tori vs Providence (11/20/12)

1.000 (3-3) Easter, Amber at George Mason (02/19/13)

1.000 (3-3) Cook, Jackie vs Old Dominion (02/14/13)

1.000 (3-3) Jones, Nicki at Drexel (01/27/13)

Rebounds 16 Tianna Hawkins vs Maryland (12/20/12)

14 Burkholder, Kirby vs James Madison (02/24/13)

14 Evans, Shante vs Hofstra (02/03/13)

Assists 9 Ruffin-Pratt, Tierra vs North Carolina (03/26/13)

9 Mershon, Hollie vs Drexel (03/17/13)

9 Saunders, Rahneeka at George Mason (02/19/13)

Steals 7 FLOYD, Jocelyn at Duquesne (11/14/12)

6 Long, Kendra vs Georgia State (03/06/13)

Blocked Shots 6 Rolle, Waltiea vs North Carolina (03/26/13)

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6 Paulk, Cody at Georgia State (01/31/13)

Turnovers 11 McTiller, Tanisha vs Towson (01/20/13)

7 RODGERS, Sugar vs Georgetown (11/11/12)

Fouls 5 Rolle, Waltiea vs North Carolina (03/26/13)

5 Gross, Krista vs North Carolina (03/26/13)

5 Dunning, Ayana vs West Virginia (03/24/13)

5 Wootton, Taylor vs Drexel (03/03/13)

5 Richards, Shakeva vs Old Dominion (02/14/13)

5 Cook, Jackie vs Old Dominion (02/14/13)

5 Bond, Candace vs Hofstra (02/03/13)

5 Anderson, Tiffany at Georgia State (01/31/13)

5 Tunstull, Jewel at Northeastern (01/15/13)

5 Rasheed, Niveen vs Princeton (12/09/12)

5 WALKER, Alaina vs St. Bonaventure (11/28/12)

5 HEALY, Katie vs St. Bonaventure (11/28/12)

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2012-13 Delaware Women's BasketballDelaware Category Leaders (as of Mar 26, 2013)

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Points G Pts Pts/GDelle Donne, Elena 29 748 25.8Carra, Lauren 35 375 10.7Parker, Danielle 35 311 8.9Lucas, Trumae 35 226 6.5Richards, Akeema 35 199 5.7May, Jaquetta 35 171 4.9Miller, Kayla 35 133 3.8Buchanan, Kelsey 34 72 2.1Green, Courtni 25 61 2.4Bell, Alecia 14 24 1.7Leon, Stephanie 28 19 0.7Clark, Jade 13 8 0.6

Scoring Average G Pts Avg/GDelle Donne, Elena 29 748 25.8Carra, Lauren 35 375 10.7Parker, Danielle 35 311 8.9Lucas, Trumae 35 226 6.5Richards, Akeema 35 199 5.7May, Jaquetta 35 171 4.9Miller, Kayla 35 133 3.8Green, Courtni 25 61 2.4Buchanan, Kelsey 34 72 2.1Bell, Alecia 14 24 1.7Leon, Stephanie 28 19 0.7Clark, Jade 13 8 0.6

FG Percentage FG Att PctMay, Jaquetta 69 140 . 4 9 3Delle Donne, Elena 260 534 . 4 8 7Parker, Danielle 125 268 . 4 6 6Carra, Lauren 127 318 . 3 9 9Buchanan, Kelsey 29 73 . 3 9 7Richards, Akeema 83 221 . 3 7 6Miller, Kayla 45 126 . 3 5 7Lucas, Trumae 79 231 . 3 4 2Craig, Chelsea 1 3 . 3 3 3Bell, Alecia 9 27 . 3 3 3Clark, Jade 3 9 . 3 3 3Leon, Stephanie 8 32 . 2 5 0Green, Courtni 15 60 . 2 5 0

Field Goal Attempts G Att Att/GDelle Donne, Elena 29 534 18.4Carra, Lauren 35 318 9.1Parker, Danielle 35 268 7.7Lucas, Trumae 35 231 6.6Richards, Akeema 35 221 6.3

Field Goals Made G Made Made/GDelle Donne, Elena 29 260 9.0Carra, Lauren 35 127 3.6Parker, Danielle 35 125 3.6Richards, Akeema 35 83 2.4Lucas, Trumae 35 79 2.3

3-Point Percentage 3FG Att PctDelle Donne, Elena 52 111 . 4 6 8Carra, Lauren 42 128 . 3 2 8Miller, Kayla 18 59 . 3 0 5Green, Courtni 15 50 . 3 0 0Lucas, Trumae 17 69 . 2 4 6Clark, Jade 0 2 . 0 0 0Craig, Chelsea 0 1 . 0 0 0Buchanan, Kelsey 0 1 . 0 0 0

3-Point FG Attempts G Att Att/GCarra, Lauren 35 128 3.7Delle Donne, Elena 29 111 3.8Lucas, Trumae 35 69 2.0Miller, Kayla 35 59 1.7Green, Courtni 25 50 2.0

3-Point FG Made G Made Made/GDelle Donne, Elena 29 52 1.8Carra, Lauren 35 42 1.2Miller, Kayla 35 18 0.5Lucas, Trumae 35 17 0.5Green, Courtni 25 15 0.6

Free Throw Percent FG Att PctDelle Donne, Elena 176 192 . 9 1 7Green, Courtni 16 18 . 8 8 9Lucas, Trumae 51 68 . 7 5 0Parker, Danielle 61 87 . 7 0 1Carra, Lauren 79 114 . 6 9 3Miller, Kayla 25 37 . 6 7 6Richards, Akeema 33 49 . 6 7 3Clark, Jade 2 3 . 6 6 7Buchanan, Kelsey 14 22 . 6 3 6Bell, Alecia 6 10 . 6 0 0May, Jaquetta 33 61 . 5 4 1Leon, Stephanie 3 7 . 4 2 9

Free Throw Attempts G Att Att/GDelle Donne, Elena 29 192 6.6Carra, Lauren 35 114 3.3Parker, Danielle 35 87 2.5Lucas, Trumae 35 68 1.9May, Jaquetta 35 61 1.7

Free Throws Made G Made Made/GDelle Donne, Elena 29 176 6.1Carra, Lauren 35 79 2.3Parker, Danielle 35 61 1.7Lucas, Trumae 35 51 1.5Richards, Akeema 35 33 0.9May, Jaquetta 35 33 0.9

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Rebounds G Reb Reb/G

Parker, Danielle 35 306 8.7

Delle Donne, Elena 29 245 8.4

Carra, Lauren 35 196 5.6

May, Jaquetta 35 153 4.4

Richards, Akeema 35 94 2.7

Rebound Average G Reb Avg/G

Parker, Danielle 35 306 8.7

Delle Donne, Elena 29 245 8.4

Carra, Lauren 35 196 5.6

May, Jaquetta 35 153 4.4

Richards, Akeema 35 94 2.7

Assists G No. Ast/G

Miller, Kayla 35 109 3.1

Lucas, Trumae 35 91 2.6

Carra, Lauren 35 70 2.0

Delle Donne, Elena 29 54 1.9

Richards, Akeema 35 41 1.2

Steals G No. Stl/G

Lucas, Trumae 35 51 1.5

Parker, Danielle 35 42 1.2

Carra, Lauren 35 34 1.0

Miller, Kayla 35 31 0.9

Delle Donne, Elena 29 27 0.9

Offensive Rebounds G No. Avg/G

Parker, Danielle 35 117 3.3

May, Jaquetta 35 80 2.3

Delle Donne, Elena 29 70 2.4

Lucas, Trumae 35 43 1.2

Carra, Lauren 35 41 1.2

Defensive Rebounds G No. Avg/G

Parker, Danielle 35 189 5.4

Delle Donne, Elena 29 175 6.0

Carra, Lauren 35 155 4.4

May, Jaquetta 35 73 2.1

Richards, Akeema 35 56 1.6

Blocked Shots G No. Blk/G

Delle Donne, Elena 29 69 2.4

May, Jaquetta 35 20 0.6

Parker, Danielle 35 13 0.4

Leon, Stephanie 28 11 0.4

Buchanan, Kelsey 34 9 0.3

Minutes G No. Min/G

Carra, Lauren 35 1082 30.9

Parker, Danielle 35 1050 30.0

Delle Donne, Elena 29 950 32.8

Miller, Kayla 35 945 27.0

Lucas, Trumae 35 825 23.6

Fouls G No. Per/G

Carra, Lauren 35 88 2.5

May, Jaquetta 35 63 1.8

Parker, Danielle 35 55 1.6

Lucas, Trumae 35 52 1.5

Richards, Akeema 35 48 1.4

Foulouts G No.

May, Jaquetta 35 2

Carra, Lauren 35 1

Turnovers G No. TO/G

Carra, Lauren 35 84 2.4

Lucas, Trumae 35 59 1.7

Richards, Akeema 35 54 1.5

Miller, Kayla 35 50 1.4

Parker, Danielle 35 47 1.3

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Monday, March 4, 2013Elena shines in and out of spotlightBy Graham HaysespnW

On Wednesday -- or as she has just about any other night this season -- Elena Delle Donne put on a show.

Most of the country didn't experience Elena Delle Donne's final regular-season home game.

There wasn't a national television audience for the Colonial Athletic Association game between Delaware and Georgia State as there was when Skylar Diggins and Notre Dame played Connecticut on Monday night.

What transpired wasn't likely to become part of any national conversation, as it did when Baylor's Brittney Griner went for 50 points in her regular-season home finale the same night as the triple-overtime thriller in South Bend.

Basketball operates on a smaller scale in the second-smallest state.

To watch the third member of this season's triumvirate of senior superstars score 24 points in an 86-58 win, you either had to be among the fans in the sold-out Bob Carpenter Center or watch the stream on the University of Delaware site, well done by the standards of these things (and free) but with a solitary and somewhat distant camera and score graphics that looked right out of a 1970s NBA broadcast.

Elizabeth "Lizzie" Delle Donne experienced the evening, though, with her arms outstretched to maintain contact with her mother's shoulders as the two of them and Elena's father and brother accompanied the family's youngest child onto the court during the ceremonies honoring Delaware's seven seniors before the game. That was the trade Elena was willing to make nearly five years ago for a sister who cannot see or hear and knows only touch and smell, perhaps the one trade she had to make to end up on the court at all Wednesday night.

There is also a side of Delle Donne that makes her every bit as charming a character as [Brittney] Griner, with her confetti angels, or [Skylar] Diggins, with her star persona. Delle Donne doesn't let it slip often in interviews, perhaps because she always waits for the inevitable questions about Connecticut or to explain what is difficult to explain to strangers when it comes to Lizzie. But there is a genuine college-kid goofiness to her, too.

Her peace of mind for a piece of the spotlight.

To step around the fourth wall for a minute, there are times when I feel like I write too much about Delle Donne (and plenty of times when others suggest as much, playfully and otherwise). But then there are also times I run into people around the country, some casual fans of women's basketball and others who are passionate about the sport who hav-en't seen her play or caught just a few minutes of Delaware during last season's NCAA tournament.

In this age of total sports saturation, for all its flaws and benefits, it's strange to think there is a player doing the things she's doing whom most people know mostly through words -- whether written on a page or spoken in an OTL feature. We're not so many years removed from a time when the same would have been true of Diggins and Griner. Thankful-ly, we no longer have to wait until March and April, if even then, to see them and their major conference ilk. Still, it's frustrating that more people don't get to see Delle Donne -- not just for her sake, as nobody is shortchanging her on awards or accolades. But for us.

She really is that fun to watch when she has the ball in her hands.

Take everything you've read about Delle Donne's personal story off the table. Forget about that scene described above, the sight of her giving Lizzie a quick squeeze, a touch that conveyed something completely different than every other hug exchanged by the dozens of people on the court before Wednesday's game. Put all of that aside and Delle Donne is still one of the best stories in college basketball. Her offensive game alone is something to marvel at.

She missed her first two shots Wednesday, then scored seven points in the span of two minutes as only she can.

The first basket came after she posted up, back to the basket, on one of the blocks. Entry pass received, she leaned back to feel the defender's position, spun and hit a short fadeaway jumper from the baseline, a shot that at her size,

even Griner would have difficulty stopping. On the next trip down the court, Delle Donne stopped outside the 3-point line, waited for a kick out pass from Lauren Carra and hit a 3-pointer in rhythm. One more time down the court and Delle Donne found herself handling the ball at the top of the key. She drove to her right, passed to Kayla Miller on the wing and got the ball back in time to stop and hit a pull-up midrange jumper.

Elena Delle Donne and Delaware are 27-3 and riding a school-record 22-game winning streak.

Posting up, spotting up or off the dribble, she is as complete an offensive player as the college game has seen. She led Georgia State 17-16 late in the first half. Yes, it's Georgia State. But she scored 24 points in just 17 minutes.

"For our game, she's changing it," St. Bonaventure coach Jim Crowley said last season. "I just think the way she can do so many things, and it appears so effortless -- obviously, she's put an incredible amount of time into her game and getting better, but she elevates over people, she moves without the ball, she does all that stuff within a 6-foot-5 really athletic skill set.

"I think that's the progression. It's not a kid doing all those things who is 5-foot-8. It's a kid doing all those things at 6-foot-5."

There is also a side of Delle Donne that makes her every bit as charming a character as Griner, with her confetti an-gels, or Diggins, with her star persona. Delle Donne doesn't let it slip often in interviews, perhaps because she always waits for the inevitable questions about Connecticut or to explain what is difficult to explain to strangers when it comes to Lizzie. But there is a genuine college-kid goofiness to her, too, whether dressing up as a 6-foot-5 Gumby for Hallow-een (and sneaking into a friend's room in costume in the middle of the night to scare the daylights out of her) or doing whatever the heck it is she and Meghan McLean do at about the 3:50 mark of this video.

"She's not a quiet kid; she is silly," former teammate Vanessa Kabongo said. "She's definitely a silly person off the floor; I can say that."

We don't see that side of her very much because we don't see her very much. And as good a story as she has to tell, the way she plays the game is a story of its own. A good story.

People in Delaware know. It's why a place that used to draw hundreds has been sold out for much of the past month. They know there are only so many more chances to see something they aren't likely to see again for a long time.

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Wednesday, December 19, 2012Updated: December 21, 2:10 PM ETFans get familiar glimpse of starBy Graham HaysespnW

NEWARK, Del. -- The mind was willing for a game that felt a little like it could have been played in March.

The body looked decidedly less convinced.

And then it happened.

For a few moments in the second half of Thursday's game between Delaware and No. 9 Maryland, a record crowd roaring its approval inside the Bob Carpenter Center, the mind seemed to take control and pull the body along with it. Elena Delle Donne was on the court from the outset, just her second appearance of the season as she deals with a recurrence of Lyme disease. But for those few moments in the second half, the best pure scorer in women's college basketball looked like she was back.

It passed almost as quickly as it arrived. Maryland lived up to its billing as the best rebounding team in the nation. The Terrapins bodied the challengers out of the way in a 69-53 win, their fourth in a row by double digits since losing at Connecticut. Tianna Hawkins looked like the All-American, piling up 16 points and 16 rebounds in the win. Delle Don-ne's final numbers, hitting just 7 of 23 attempts from the floor in 34 minutes, looked like someone who hadn't played in a month because of an illness that takes a physical toll far greater even than the defenders checking her in the post.

But those few minutes were enough to make it believable that this could still be the season Delaware envisioned.

"I was able to get into a little bit more of a rhythm," Delle Donne said of the second half. "And then, I think, once I got the rhythm, that's when I hit the wall, because obviously I haven't been practicing very long."

“Just being on the court gives me a lot of hope. It's been the one thing that's keeping me going, and trying to keep my mindset right, stay happy about everything. So being out there was incredible for me.” -- Elena Delle Donne

Before the season, when she was still optimistic about playing through the effects of Lyme disease, Delle Donne said it would be a struggle for her to maintain her playing weight. She looked lean Thursday, even a little haggard, as she moved slowly through warm-ups and then up and down the court at a measured pace. She never lets herself rev too close to the red line, even in the best of times, and yet this looked like someone willing her body to work.

She posted up Maryland's 6-foot-4 post, Alicia DeVaughn, on her team's first possession, felt the defender playing her to her right ever so slightly and faded the other way toward the baseline, the kind of post moves she long ago mas-tered. The shot came up well short. A minute later she had DeVaughn outside the defender's comfort zone on the wing, used a quick shot fake and stepped away for an open jumper. It faded off line and clanked off the rim. So it went in the first half. She played 15 minutes and took 12 shots but hit just three of them.

"Elena gave us the effort that she is capable of giving right now," Delaware coach Tina Martin said. "Hopefully, she will continue to get in shape. Hopefully, she will continue to be into the offense. She got into a little bit of rhythm in the second half. But when you're off a month -- I would say to anybody here, don't do anything for a month and then come out and try to play a basketball game. It's not easy."

It was Delle Donne's teammates, the ones forced to survive without her for much of the season against a challenging schedule, who kept the Blue Hens in the game for the first half, a seven-point halftime deficit about as far out of hand as the proceedings got in the first 20 minutes. Hawkins changed that, scoring the final four points of the first half and the first eight of the second half -- her first three field goals after halftime on offensive rebounds.

As Martin noted repeatedly after the game, Maryland's size is what differentiates it and other top-10 teams from Del-aware. With or without Delle Donne, her team can't match that. What few, if any, of those teams can match a 6-foot-5 player with a post game, unlimited range and a guard's handle.

With Maryland leading 50-37 midway through the second half and threatening to pull away, Delle Donne took a short

pass from Kayla Miller as the point guard beat a trap. In one motion, Delle Donne turned and launched a 3-pointer to cut the deficit to 10 points. When she missed a jumper on the next possession, an audible collective sigh escaped the crowd. But minutes later, she snookered a defender on a shot fake, stepped to her left and drained a long jumper to cut Maryland's lead to eight points. Little more than a minute later, with the shot clock winding down, she caught a pass in the corner and drained another 3-pointer to cut the lead to three points at 52-49.

"She goes into those grooves; that separates her on the floor," Frese said. "That's what makes her so special. And when she started really heating up, we really couldn't find her in the zone, couldn't find her in man. But I thought we did a much better job eventually of trying to lock into her.

"But she continues to show what makes her an All-American and why she's a tremendous player."

The question that remains, that couldn't be answered Thursday night, is whether this was a step in the right direction or a step too far. Delle Donne said after the game she would have played even if the opponent hadn't been Maryland, the signature game on the schedule. Maybe that's true, and maybe she would have played 34 minutes in a game against a lesser opponent. But it's difficult to envision a scenario in which the competitor in Delle Donne would have sat silently, yielding to discretion as she watched from the sideline in front of a crowd of more than 5,000.

If she plays against Monmouth on Saturday, and again in a holiday tournament at Dartmouth later this month, then we will know more what this game meant -- and so will she.

"It's definitely been back and forth," Delle Donne said. "After the last game, the Providence game [Nov. 20], I expect-ed to continue to play, and then my body didn't respond. It's been a back-and-forth thing, but hopefully now it'll be [all positive] and I'll be able to keep responding and keep playing."

Delle Donne received the loudest ovation from the crowd when she was introduced as a starter. But that noise was given to her. It seemed almost supportive, as if the fans could push her closer to feeling 100 percent.

When she squared up in the corner and hit the 3-pointer that cut the lead to three points with eight minutes to play, that sound was different. She drew that noise out of them, the sound spilling out spontaneously and deliriously.

"Just being on the court gives me a lot of hope," Delle Donne said. "It's been the one thing that's keeping me going, and trying to keep my mindset right, stay happy about everything. So being out there was incredible for me."

As college basketball fans, here's wishing this Christmas that it lasts.

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Sunday, February 3, 2013Delle Donne is espnW player of weekBy Charlie CremeespnW

Editor's note: Charlie Creme, Graham Hays, Michelle Smith and Mechelle Voepel each vote to determine espnW's national player of the week, which is awarded every Monday of the women's college basketball season.

It's extremely difficult for a preseason All-American with Elena Delle Donne's backstory to slip into relative obscurity, but it happened. The recurring symptoms of Lyme disease that robbed her of six games early in the season, plus the natural result of playing in Newark, Del., and the Collegiate Athletic Association, knocked Delle Donne off the front page (or whatever passes as the front page these days).

Well, she's back.

Proof that Delle Donne has returned to form came this week, when she averaged 28.7 points in three games over six days. And the once-again dominant 6-foot-5 senior is espnW's national player of the week.

And if there was any question whether stamina would be an issue going forward, the week's best performance came during the third game of the stretch. In Sunday's 79-63 trouncing of Hofstra, Delle Donne scored 35 points on 10-of-20 shooting and grabbed nine rebounds. Twenty-one of those points came in the first half, including a halftime buzz-er-beating 3-pointer that helped send Delaware to its 13th straight win. Even more telling: Delle Donne played 36 minutes against the Pride.

Her 26-point effort against Northeastern and 25-point performance at Georgia State were so good that she didn't have to play much in the second half of two easy victories.

Thanks to Delle Donne's efforts -- she has averaged more than 25 points per game since her complete return -- the Hens are 9-0 in the Colonial and moved back into the Top 25 last week. In fact, Delaware has won 28 straight regular-sea-son conference games.

Delle Donne hasn't broken any records like Brittney Griner or led her team to arguably the season's biggest win as Skylar Diggins did on national television in the upset at Connecticut. But her recovery has given renewed hope to Del-aware's season and put her back on the same page as the two other prominent players with whom she is most often associated.

Not that the Hens were a train wreck without her, going 5-2 as she slowly got her strength and energy back. But now their expectations can go beyond just making the NCAA tournament. A Delaware with Delle Donne is a threat to win a game (or more) like they did in March.

Delaware has returned to the national conversation, and so has Delle Donne.

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Friday, December 7, 2012Martin must rally DelawareBy Carolyn Peck

During the 2011-12 season, Delaware's Elena Delle Donne led the nation in scoring and took her team to the third round of the NCAA tournament. Now she is sidelined, again, with a recurrence of the symptoms of Lyme disease.

Delle Donne missed 12 games as a sophomore. During one game she grabbed a rebound, dribbled over to Delaware coach Tina Martin and said, "I'm gonna pass out if you don't take me out." Martin knew people in the stands were wondering why she wasn't putting her All-American back in the game.

Martin likely went into this season feeling pretty optimistic. The Blue Hens finished 31-2 last season and all five of their starters returned. Delaware was picked to win the Colonial Athletic Association conference. It will face ranked teams to help with seeding for the NCAA tournament. Martin set the strategic plan of attack in motion. She has a counter for every type of junk defense the Blue Hens could possibly face. Ready, set, go!

But wait! Imagine, as the head coach in charge of this well-laid plan, you get a phone call in August, "Coach, I don't feel well." The person on the other end of the line is Elena Delle Donne.

As a coach, your No. 1 concern is your player's health. Delle Donne is like a daughter, as are all your players. After experiencing firsthand what Delle Donne went through two years ago, Martin's heart must ache for her. As a coach, you pray it's the flu and not reoccurring symptoms of Lyme disease. "Not again!" is what I would be thinking. So did Martin, temporarily, I'm sure.

Martin also has to think about the rest of her "daughters" on her team, the rest of her basketball family. They have plans for this season too, especially the five other seniors. After winning two games in the NCAA tournament and advancing to the Sweet 16, the carrot has been dangled and they want more.

They have practiced for multiple scenarios, when other teams have tried to take Delle Donne away with defense like the box-and-1 and triangle-and-2. But they never would have predicted having to prepare for not having her in the lineup.

Solution? Being from the south I would say, "Wollar in it," or move forward. Martin has chosen to move forward. She is realistic and knows you aren't going to get 28 points and 10 rebounds from any one player to replace your super-star. She has challenged each player to do just a little bit more.

Lauren Carra is leading the team in scoring, Danielle Parker is averaging a double-double and Jaquetta May, a 5-foot-9 guard, is playing in the post. The Blue Hens are outrebounding their opponents and holding them under 50 points a game.

How do you adjust to such a disappointing -- potentially devastating -- situation? As tempting as it is to dwell on what you don't have, as the head coach, you have to focus on what you do have. Martin has a team with five seniors that she wants to guide to a season to remember. A good one.

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Wednesday, October 17, 2012Updated: October 18, 9:29 PM ETStar trio visits ESPN’s Bristol campusespnW

Editor’s note: Women’s college basketball players Elena Delle Donne, Skylar Diggins and Brittney Griner visited ES-PN’s Bristol, Conn., studios Wednesday. espnW was there for all the behind-the-scenes action as the star trio made its way around campus.

3:21 p.m.: Diggins is headed to the airport but says a lot in a short tweet: “Love it when you meet good players that are cool. Brittney and Elena are two of those players man …”

Delle Donne, Diggins, GrinerThe 2012-13 national player of the year will almost certainly be one of these three players.

2:38 p.m.: Griner and the rest of the players are shooting promos for the upcoming women’s college basketball broad-casts on ESPN.

Some would equate this to root canal work, especially people who are painfully shy. You sit in a chair and repeat certain promo phrases over and over.

“Can you say it like you mean it?”

But the three handle it in stride.

Griner is also asked about the first time she got into basketball, which was around ninth grade.

“When I first started playing, I thought, ‘I’ve got some work to do …’ I fumbled around a lot.”

She said she has fond memories of playing in her backyard with her father and brother and that her sibling actually beat her a few times back in the day.

Now?

“Oh, I’d dominate.”

Brittney GrinerBaylor’s 6-foot-8 center Brittney Griner led the Lady Bears to a 40-0 record last season.

2:19 p.m.: Diggins was getting ready for her photo shoot and realized she had forgotten her jersey. Fortunately, she found a long-sleeved Irish T-shirt to wear.

As she was getting ready, Diggins asked if she could leave her hair down. Someone said she had to wear her signa-ture headband because “It’s not the prom.”

Diggins laughed and said, “Tell my followers that.”

Diggins ended up wearing the headband, which the photographer said made the shoot.Skylar DigginsSkylar Diggins’ signature accessory on court: It’s not the shoes, it’s the headband.

1:50 p.m.: Diggins is the most followed college athlete on Twitter, with more than 250,000 followers. She reported that she gained close to 1,500 followers after her “SportsCenter” appearance on Wednesday.

“Social media has been great for a lot of reasons,” Diggins said. “I got on after high school, going into college, to keep in touch with friends. I also thought it would be a good networking opportunity. When I started playing more on TV sophomore year, celebs started reaching out, it got crazy.

“I think it makes female athletes more approachable and accessible; it is great for the fans.”

Elena Delle DonneElena Delle Donne, Delaware’s 6-foot-5 guard/forward, led D-I scorers in 2012 with 28.1 ppg.

1:35 p.m.: Delle Donne said she enjoys bringing the Blue Hens into the spotlight.

“People want us to do well again,’” she said. “You want to be talked about, it means you are doing big things.”

The most common question Delle Donne hears when she says she is from Delaware?

“What state is that?” she laughs. “Then I tell them Delaware was the first state.”

DigginsKevin Negandhi interviews Notre Dame’s Skylar Diggins.

1:15 p.m.: Diggins, Delle Donne and Griner were asked about possibly playing together in the 2016 Summer Games in Rio. They got pretty excited.

“We would just elevate each other’s games,” Delle Donne said.

Diggins was already drawing up plays.

“Pick and pop, screen and roll,” she said.

12:50 p.m. After a shuttle ride over to the on-campus kids center, Diggins made a quick change into her gray warm-ups and the trio prepared for an interview with Kevin Negandhi. They deferred lunch until after the sit down.

Halloween MasksTrick or treat! Behind the masks, that’s (left to right) Brittney Griner, Skylar Diggins and Elena Delle Donne.

12:17 p.m.: After taping a live hit on “SportsCenter,” the trio taped a scaaaary skit for UNITE. There was some basket-ball involved, too.

The players are getting a quick makeup touch-up before heading to ESPN’s Kids Center for more interviews and a little grub.

12:03 p.m.: The talk on the basketball court after the “SportsCenter” shoot quickly turned to tattoos. Brittney Griner said she has nine, Skylar Diggins has seven -- but it’s just in one spot and has been added to several times.Elena Delle Donne has one -- of her sister’s name with angel wings. But Delle Donne didn’t tell her mom right away about the tattoo. In fact, Delle Donne had the tattoo a year before revealing it to her mom -- who was cool about it.

“I couldn’t be mad,” Joan Delle Donne said.

Big Three on SportsCenterAfter separate interviews for most of the morning, the star trio appeared on “SportsCenter” together.

11:35 a.m.: As Griner waited for the other players to join her for an upcoming “SportsCenter” hit, Julie Bennett, Bay-lor’s director of athletic communications, told a story about some of the videos Brittney shot at last year’s Final Four.

During one of those shoots, Griner was asked what was her favorite thing. Her answer: bacon. But, for some reason, some folks thought she said “baking.”

Um, no.

“I love bacon,” Griner reinforced Wednesday.

She said it is common for her to have a big ol’ plate of it during pregame breakfasts on the road. And not overly cooked, either, people.

This might explain why she is not a big fruit fan.

11:07 a.m.: Diggins takes on Skip Bayless on “First Take.” Asked about Notre Dame’s chances against Oklahoma in football, Diggins stuck up for her team.

“I know a lot of guys on the team, and we are rooting for them,” she said.

If the choice is between the Notre Dame women’s basketball or football teams winning a national championship?

“Naturally, I am going to pick my team,” she replied.

GrinerBrittney Griner pauses as yet another microphone is added prior to appearing on “SportsCenter.”

11:05 a.m. Griner said she can’t wait for the release of “Call Of Duty Black Ops II.” She said she loves playing video games, often against boys half her age -- they just might not sound that young.

“I was online with a 7-year-old … you would have thought it was a grown man,” she said. “He was trash-talking me and telling me I suck.”

Griner said she also likes to play “Assassin’s Creed,” while Diggins shook her head and said she isn’t very good at those kind of games.

“Give me Wii bowling,” Diggins said. “I can do that.”

Delle DonneDuring taping for the “Dan Lebatard Show,” Elena Delle Donne talked about one of her other loves: volleyball.

11:01 a.m.: Delle Donne is doing an interview with Dan Le Batard in a small space known as the “bureau cam room.” Beam her up, Scotty!

Many analysts and guests in Bristol do interviews out of this tiny room.

We can’t hear the questions being asked, but the Delaware star is actually talking volleyball: “If you don’t know how to block correctly, you can really get hurt,” Delle Donne is overheard saying.

After leaving Connecticut, the 6-foot-5 Delle Donne enrolled at Delaware and earned Colonial Athletic Association all-rookie team honors her freshman season with the Blue Hens’ volleyball team.

Delle Donne, who led Ursuline Academy (Wilmington, Del.) to four state basketball championships and the 2007 state volleyball title, led Delaware with 117 blocks and ranked second on the team with a .223 hitting percentage in 2008.

10:45 a.m.: Diggins talked headbands with the fans during her live chat on ESPN.com.

This season, there will be a camouflage one to wear for the Carrier Classic, as well as lime green, pink and Navy headbands, all with the Irish logo on them.

When asked who she is rooting for in the WNBA Finals, Diggins said she is rooting for the Lynx -- former teammate Devereaux Peters and best friend Candice Wiggins play for Minnesota.

10 a.m. Griner left “Mike & Mike” and headed to the hallway, where Kentucky coach John Calipari spotted her. The two hugged, someone asked for a picture, and the two complied.

Then Coach Cal stuck his head in the makeup room where Delle Donne and Diggins were hanging out.

“I want to get [a photo] with all three,” he said.

As the group got together for a picture, coach jokingly started recruiting.

“How about the three of you come play for me this year?” he asked. “We are going to be pretty young this year.”

Griner & GreenieOK, so one is slightly taller than the other ...

9:54 a.m. Mike Greenberg stands back-to-back with Griner, saying his daughter will love to see how short he is com-pared to the star.

Greenberg asks Griner about breaking her wrist long boarding and her relationship with RG3. She says she sees the former Baylor QB, now an NFL rookie with the Redskins, when he returns to campus. “He is just a good guy,” she says, “easy to be around.”

Brittney Griner was tempted to play with the bobbleheads on the “Mike & Mike” set.

9:48 a.m. Griner’s stopover at “Mike & Mike” lasts about eight minutes, and myriad topics are covered as the Baylor star and Mike Greenberg banter back and forth.

No, she never considered leaving school to join the WNBA after last season. Yes, she and her teammates realize that being role models is part of the job -- and one they embrace. And yes, of course, if she’s double- or triple-teamed, that just means her teammates are open. “I’m willing to do whatever I can to get my teams to win,” Griner says.

Greenberg recounts a conversation he had this past summer with Baylor coach Kim Mulkey, who said deep down, Griner is nothing but a big goofball.

Griner’s grin grows and she nods her head.

“Definitely, I’m a big goofball,” she says. “I just got done playing foosball in the back. And I have to say, I was the champ. If we weren’t on air, I’d be playing with all the bobbleheads right here.”

Brittney Griner admits to being a big goofball off the court.

9:32 a.m. While Griner is getting prepped for an interview on “Mike & Mike,” Delle Donne is chatting online with ESPN.com and espnW readers.

A few of the questions that draw laughter from the room are: What is she wearing for Halloween, and should Dela-ware change its name from the Blue Hens to the Delle Donnes.

“You can’t get rid of the Blue Hen,” Delle Donne says.

As for the costume, that needs a little more explaining. There apparently is a mural in Delaware that bears a likeness to Elena. She and her best friend will try to depict the mural.

Elena Delle DonneElena Delle Donne chatted with ESPN.com and espnW early Wednesday.

9:08 a.m.: Delle Donne is visiting campus with her mom, Joan. They lament the Yankees’ loss to the Tigers in Game 3 of the ALCS. The men in their family, Elena’s father and brother, are big Yankees fans.

9:02 a.m.: Griner plays foosball to pass the time before “Mike & Mike,” crushing every opponent in sight. “I didn’t know I was good at it,” Griner says.

8:34 a.m.: Griner returns from makeup saying it is only the second time in her life she has worn any -- the first was for the Honda Awards.

8:16 a.m.: Delle Donne answers a Twitter question from espnW about leaving UConn. She says she is often reminded about the national championships she could be missing out on. She says she’s happy to be home, at Delaware, and that family is more important.

GrinerAll three players sat in the makeup chair Wednesday morning. Brittney Griner said it’s just the second time she has ever worn makeup.

8:16 a.m.: The three head to a waiting room. One by one they go to makeup. Griner goes first, laughing about how excited she is to get it done.

8:05 a.m.: Skylar Diggins, Elena Delle Donne and Brittney Griner arrive.

Senior night a fine finale for UD women's basketball teamWritten by Kevin Tresolini The News JournalMar. 09delawareonline.com

NEWARK — Delaware’s women’s basketball seniors enjoyed a sentimental sendoff in their final home regular-season game Wednesday, including a pregame message from Vice President Joe Biden.

But the best thing about an 86-58 victory over Georgia State was that the Blue Hens could say “See you soon” to a Carpenter Center sellout crowd of 5,092 rather than a final farewell.

They’ll return to host an NCAA Tournament first-round game March 24, having put together the kind of illustrious regu-lar season that ensures a postseason berth.

Lauren Carra, Chelsea Craig, Elena Delle Donne, Jaquetta May, Kayla Miller, Trumae Lucas and Danielle Parker were introduced in pregame Senior Night ceremonies with family members.

A particularly poignant moment occurred when Delle Donne was joined by her 28-year-old sister, Lizzy, who is blind, deaf and has cerebral palsy. Delle Donne has often cited her sister’s courage and strengthas an inspiration, and decided to attend home-state UD rather than NCAA power Connecticut to be close to her.

“She was able to walk out there and she had a big smile on her face,” Delle Donne said of her sister. “It was great and it was awesome that everyone was able to kind of meet Lizzy.”

Delle Donne scored 24 points in the rout, including 19 as Delaware ran out to a 21-point halftime lead. Delaware hit a single-game school record 12 3-pointers, with four each by Delle Donne and Carra, who had 15 points.

But a basket in the final minute by Craig, a team co-captain who had four career points before Wednesday and started for the first time, drew some of the night’s loudest cheers.

No. 16-ranked Delaware (27-3 overall, 18-0 Colonial Athletic Association) won a school-record 22nd straight game, third-longest ongoing streak in NCAA Division I behind Baylor (27) and Notre Dame (23). Last year’s team won 21 straight while compiling a 31-2 record.

“I thought the kids came in with a great mentality,” coach Tina Martin said after watching her team run out to a 16-0 lead. “Although there were tears on the bench, I thought they were pretty much focused. I’m really proud of the way they approached this game. I think they had fun with it, which was really good.”

Delaware became the first team to finish back-to-back CAA seasons perfect in league play since Old Dominion went 16-0 in five straight seasons, ending in 1999-2000.

The Hens are No. 1 seeds for the CAA Tournament March 14-17 at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md. The conference’s automatic NCAA Tournament representative is determined there.

But Delaware, 17th in this week’s NCAA Ratings Percentage Index computer rankings, has already proven enough to warrant a spot in the 64-team NCAA field regardless of its CAA Tournament performance. A CAA tourney champion-ship would give the Hens a higher seed and a better chance of advancing, however.

Biden, a UD grad, phoned Martin Wednesday morning to congratulate her on the team’s success and pass his best wishes on to the seniors and their teammates. She suggested he call back after their conversation and leave a mes-sage, which she’d play for the players in the locker room before the game.

In that, he told the team he was proud of its accomplishments, mentioned several seniors by name, said he hoped to attend an NCAA Tournament game if his schedule allows and urged the Blue Hens to “shoot the lights out” against Georgia State. Last spring, Biden hosted the Blue Hens for a picnic dinner at the Vice President’s Residence on the U.S. Naval Observatory grounds after giving them a personal White House tour.

After playing Biden’s message, Martin said, “There didn’t need to be another word said. They were ready to play.”

Parker’s first rebound made her Delaware’s third player with 1,000 in her career. Only Colleen McNamara (1,063/1991-95) and Sharon Howett (1,009/1974-78) had hit that milestone before. Parker finished the game with 12.

Lucas equaled a career high with nine assists and grabbed a career-best nine rebounds.

“I think we were ready to handle business and go out with a bang for Senior Night,” Parker said, “and that’s what we did.”

Georgia State (13-16, 5-13) played its final CAA game. The Panthers are moving to the Sun Belt Conference next year and are barred from the CAA Tournament as a result.

Delaware has won 37 straight CAA regular-season games, a streak topped only by Baylor in the Big 12 nationally, and 39 in a row overall against CAA opposition.

Contact Kevin Tresolini at ktresolini@delawareonline.com.

Seniors end season selflesslyWritten by Kevin Tresolini The News JournalMar. 09 delawareonline.com

NEWARK — Senior Night festivities for the University of Delaware women’s basketball team were 48 hours away Mon-day when some tears hinted at what will surely be an emotional gathering tonight.

Coach Tina Martin pulled her players together at practice and informed them she does not have a policy of starting seniors just because it’s their last home game. That would be impossible anyway this year, since seven Blue Hens are seniors.

But Martin then said two starters, both seniors themselves, had asked that their starting spots be given to others for the 7 p.m. game against Georgia State.

And that’s when some eyes became moist.

Lauren Carra yielded her spot to Chelsea Craig, the team captain who has played just 37 minutes in 17 career games and never started. A CAA All-Academic pick, Craig has a year of eligibility left but is graduating this year.

Jaquetta May also will start, courtesy of Kayla Miller. May, a spark plug out of Delcastle High, has started six career games and usually has been Delaware’s first or second player off the bench. Their shared Delaware ties moved Miller, an Ursuline Academy graduate, to cede her spot.

As for Carra, she felt Craig’s importance to the team deserved a special tribute.

“It’s for what people on the outside might not see,” Carra said. “It’s been hard for her to be a four-year senior and hardly step on the floor. But in practice, she’s always complimenting people, she never complains, she never has a bad attitude and she’s the first person to pick you up when you’re down.

“That’s the person, as a senior, you want as a role model, and it’s been an unbelievable example she’s set for these freshmen and all the underclassmen. For all of that, it was the least I could do.”

Craig is in her second year as a team co-captain. She’s graduating in May with a degree in exercise science but has decided to pursue a master’s in business administration. She has applied to Delaware.

Martin recruited the 6-foot-2 Craig out of Wootton High in Rockville, Md., where she grabbed 990 career rebounds, with the understanding she’d be a role player at UD. The leadership role she ended up playing has been invaluable to the Hens and something Craig relished.

“I was really grateful Lauren would do that,” said Craig, who has roomed with Carra three of the last four years. “I had no idea. It really caught me off guard. That’s what this whole experience is about, and that’s the definition of a teammate: She made a sacrifice for me.”

Carra, Craig, May, Miller, Elena Delle Donne, Trumae Lucas and Danielle Parker will be honored prior to Delaware’s regular-season finale against Georgia State (13-15, 5-12). Lucas also will start in place of junior Akeema Richards, so Delaware has a point guard on the floor. The Carpenter Center is sold out.

But it will not be the Blue Hens’ last home game. Delaware is an NCAA Tournament host and already has done enough to qualify for the 64-team field, either as CAA champion or an at-large entry. It’ll play a first-round NCAA game March 24 at the Carpenter Center.

Those seven seniors have had widely varied UD backgrounds.

Carra is an All-CAA player with 109 career starts, and May and Craig are fourth-year seniors. Parker is a fifth-year senior whose true freshman season was cut short by a torn ACL.

Fifth-year seniors Delle Donne (Connecticut), Miller (George Washington) and Lucas (Florida) each signed elsewhere out of high school before transferring to Delaware.

Delle Donne’s decision to leave UConn after less than two days and come to Delaware, where she played volleyball but not basketball as a true freshman, has been well chronicled. Fellow Ursuline graduate Miller missed the entire 2010-11 UD season after undergoing back surgery.

Martin’s message to the team heading into tonight has been to “slam the door on the regular season,” she said, “and I think they’re ready to do that.”

Now up to 16th in the AP Top 25, Delaware (26-3, 17-0) seeks a school-record 22nd straight win tonight.

The Hens aim to finish their second straight unbeaten league season going into the Colonial Athletic Association Tour-nament from March 14-17 at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md. Delaware is the No. 1 seed.

Delaware beat Georgia State 70-38 in Atlanta on Jan. 31. This is Georgia State’s final CAA game ahead of its switch to the Sun Belt Conference next year. The Panthers are barred from the CAA Tournament because of that impending move, as is Conference USA-bound Old Dominion.

“Being in the position that we’re in right now and the run we’re on right now,” Martin said, “these kids have just given everything they’ve had. ... And now it’s just one more big push. We’ve just got to finish it off. The focus has got to be there. The intensity has got to be there. Let’s just finish this thing.”

Contact Kevin Tresolini at ktresolini@delawareonline.com.

'Leader' a title that fits Delle DonneWritten by Kevin Tresolini The News JournalMar. 09 delawareonline.com

It was so loud inside the James Madison Convocation Center as tipoff approached Feb. 10 that one had to yell to be heard by someone nearby.

So with Delaware’s women’s basketball game against James Madison closing in, that’s what Elena Delle Donne did.

Before the Blue Hens retreated from their warmups back to the bench for pregame introductions, Delle Donne sum-moned her teammates together.

They huddled just to the right of the basket where they’d be shooting in the first half. Delle Donne spoke in an animat-ed, assertive fashion. They listened.

“I actually thought that we seemed nervous,” Delle Donne said later. “The way we were acting, we were really quiet. Even with our shooting, we were missing shots we usually don’t miss.

“I brought everyone in and I reminded them we’re the team to beat in the CAA and we needed to go punch them in the face. We’re the confident ones. They’re the ones who should be nervous. I was just trying to get us going.”

Delaware went out and won 71-64 that day, a key victory en route to its second straight Colonial Athletic Association regular-season title.

Another stiff challenge looms today as Drexel (20-7, 13-3 CAA) comes to the sold-out Carpenter Center. Tipoff is at 3:30.

While Delle Donne, a first-team All-American last year as a junior, has been her usual prolific self, Blue Hens coach Tina Martin said her leadership has provided an additional boost for the soaring Hens.

No. 18-ranked Delaware (25-3, 16-0) has won 20 straight and 24 of its last 25 games. Two regular-season games remain – Georgia State visits Wednesday – before the conference tournament March 14-17 in Upper Marlboro, Md. Delaware has the top seed.

“She commands respect, obviously, because of her abilities but, also, because of who she is as a person,” Martin said of Delle Donne. “The kids really look to her whenever things aren’t going well. She’ll be able to calm them down.

“She’s doing little things off the floor, like texting her teammates before games and giving them inspirational sayings. She’s just really grabbed on to that leadership role.”

Delle Donne said she preferred to always lead by example. For her, that has always spoken volumes, considering her background as national player of the year as a senior at Wilmington’s Ursuline Academy in 2008.

At Delaware, she has already rewritten the record book, while become the CAA’s all-time leading scorer. Her 25.5 points per game this year are second nationally in NCAA Division I.

Her experience with the U.S. team at the World University Games in China during the summer of 2011 inspired Delle Donne to step up her leadership game. Delle Donne led the gold-medal-winning U.S. in scoring and rebounding. But she came away so impressed with how Notre Dame’s Skylar Diggins and Stanford’s Nneka Ogwumike inspired and helped bring out the best in teammates that she aimed to emulate that with the Blue Hens.

“They were great vocal leaders,” Delle Donne said. “I’ve always been a quiet leader, where I feel like I lead by exam-ple with my work ethic. But I saw that I needed to bring that to the team.

“Last year I did surprise myself and this year I knew I’d have to do it again. Now it comes easy. It’s a trait I needed to learn for our team to be better.”

Delaware point guard Kayla Miller, Delle Donne’s teammate since high school and often the Hens’ most vocal leader,

has enjoyed and appreciated Delle Donne’s evolution.

“She’s definitely a lot more outspoken,” Miller said. “Even when she wasn’t feeling well earlier this season [because of Lyme disease symptoms], she wasn’t the loud one – that was me – but she was still leading by actions. Before, she wouldn’t get on people. She would say something to me or coach Martin. But now, she’s so vocal. She’ll go to a per-son and say ‘Look for this’ or ‘Go this way.’ Seeing her actually going up and communicate to players is something I hadn’t seen. You can tell she’s a lot more confident in speaking up.”

In the process, Delle Donne has also learned something else about herself. She only recently began considering coach-ing basketball when her playing career ends. Much of that, she said, sprang from road-trip discussions with Miller about their futures.

“I want to take my playing career as far as it’ll go,” said Delle Donne, who’ll be among the first picks in April’s WNBA draft. “I don’t see myself ever getting out of basketball. I love it and I think I’d like to teach kids how to play and be a coach. I’m a competitor, too, so it’s in my nature. I couldn’t sit behind a desk. I have to be competing, and coaching is a way to do that.”

Miller remembered a recent day-before-game walkthrough on the road during which Delle Donne had suggested some changes in Delaware’s zone defense. When the team got back on the bus, Martin sent Miller a humorous text, sug-gesting she had competition for her “coach on the court” title.

“Elena’s a very smart basketball player, always has been, but she’s starting to be more of a coach out there, too,” Miller said. “So it was pretty funny. Elena and I have always been on the same page, so that’s great.”

Delle Donne stepped away from basketball for a year after originally going to UConn but returning to Delaware so she could be closer to her family. As Delle Donne’s UD career winds down, Martin enjoys the full-circle viewpoint.

“She talked about stepping away from basketball and had all kinds of stress issues and things that were going on in her life ... and now she’s even talking about becoming a coach,” Martin said.

“I think it’s huge she feels that way and she has her passion back for the game of basketball. I’m just so proud of her as a person.”

Contact Kevin Tresolini at ktresolini@delawareonline.com.

ESPN.com: Comfort Zone Graham HaysDecember 5, 2012

Comfort Zone

Comfort Zone Elena Delle Donne, Skylar Diggins and Brittney Griner couldn't be more different on the court, but they all found the same secret to success right in their own backyards. By Graham Hays

Brittney Griner, Elena Delle Donne and Skylar Diggins talk with ESPN's Kevin Negandhi about this season's expecta-tions and what they respect most in each other.

In the depths of a Texas summer, the heat and humidity set up shop well before dawn's first light and linger like party guests long past dusk. A girl, clothes caked in dust and soaked by sweat, face red from some combination of exertion and sunlight, charges into her house for a glass of water. She stubbornly ignores her mother's pleas to sit down and cool off for a few minutes, rushing back to whatever adventure awaits.

Another girl silently watches older kids play basketball. It's cold outside, snow blanketing the ground in South Bend, Ind., a sacred place for college football but also the heart of basketball country. The court is in the recreation center her stepfather runs, but the girl, no more than 6 years old and until recently reluctant to leave her mom's side, is in the background, observing, unnoticed.

In a suburban Delaware house, the basket is shorter and the court nothing more than a basement. A brother and sister play games of one-on-one with the intensity of a Final Four. The brother, three years older and a little too big, too strong for her, takes the lead. She throws a fit and storms away. He waits. He knows she will soon return to begin again.

If nothing more than a coincidence of timing connected Brittney Griner, Skylar Diggins and Elena Delle Donne, it would be enough. If they had nothing in common but a shared gift for basketball, it would be enough to bind their stories, three women redefining what is possible in a sport as they complete college careers and enter the WNBA together.

They are, after all, different in so many ways. Different in size. Different in talents and temperaments. Different on matters of style and substance. Different as basketball players.

The reigning national player of the year who led Baylor to an unprecedented 40-0 record last season, Griner is a physical marvel, a 6-foot-8 post player without an ounce of awkwardness about her. It's just one small measure of her game, one not nearly as noticed as her dunks, but she alone blocked more shots last season than any of the other 335 teams that were full-fledged Division I members.

"Watching Brittney, she just dominates a game," Delle Donne said. "You watch other teams, and their whole mindset is 'How can we shut down Brittney?' And going into games with that mindset, they still don't. It's awesome to watch some-thing like that. She's changed women's basketball."

The same could be said of Delle Donne. Just three inches shorter than Griner, the Delaware star has the kind of ball skills, agility and shooting touch historically reserved for players a good deal shorter, in addition to the post skills to go from guard to center in the course of any given possession. Teams are helpless to defend her. She sank 550 shots from the field or the free throw line last season and committed just 55 turnovers.

Diggins and her Irish teammates said Delle Donne's multifaceted game reminds them of that of NBA star Dirk Nowitzki.

"I love the way that she can score anywhere," Diggins said. "You have to contest the 3; you have to watch her off the dribble; and you have to also know how to play some post defense on her."

The unprecedented size most associate with Diggins is that of her Twitter following, more than 279,000 strong (Notre Dame football coach Brian Kelly, by comparison, trails by around 200,000 followers, star linebacker Manti Te'o by almost as many). But if she looks like other players in the layup line, the similarity soon fades. No slouch of a program, Notre Dame reached two Final Fours before Diggins arrived. She is intent on appearing in her third straight in April.

"I'm glad I'm not Odyssey," Griner said in reference to Baylor point guard Odyssey Sims. "I would not want to guard [Diggins] at all. It's crazy; she's just too quick. Dang, I'll stay down in the post."

The three players are different, but also connected by that very uniqueness, bringing degrees of athleticism and fame

not seen before in women's college basketball. But they share more than that. Whether a matter of a few miles across town or a few hours through Southeast Texas, all remain close to their roots, close to those young girls they were.

It is where Griner found the space to be herself.

Where Diggins learned to live in the spotlight.

Where Delle Donne is surrounded by her biggest fans.

They are linked by where they have the potential to take a sport, linked by where they come from.

Those people who followed and supported Delle Donne for years now make the University of Delaware's Bob Carpen-ter Center the site of something resembling a season-long party, one recently resumed in full when she made her debut after sitting out the team's first three games because of recurring effects of Lyme disease. Opened in 1992, it isn't the house she built, but it's the house she fills as few others ever did.

The year before Delle Donne returned to basketball, the year she spent on the volleyball court at Delaware in 2008 af-ter drawing national attention for staying one day at the University of Connecticut, fans had room to stretch their legs at the Bob during women's basketball games. The Blue Hens averaged a little better than a thousand fans per game over 13 home dates that season.

All of that changed with Delle Donne's return.

"There were a lot of new fans; there were younger faces in the crowd," said Meghan McLean, a freshman on that 2008 team. "A lot of parents were bringing their daughters to watch, and even their younger sons, and we were play-ing in front of sold-out crowds for a few of the games and packed crowds for other games."

For the 2011-12 season, Delaware averaged nearly 4,000 fans, more than 1,500 more per game than the men's team, a squad that finished with a winning record and played postseason ball. Among those who came out to watch Delle Donne was Vice President Joe Biden, a former Delaware senator whose visit to speak to the team surely marked one of the first times in the annals of women's basketball that a coach's postgame team talk was delayed by a Secret Service sweep of the locker room.

"Being a hometown player playing in front of your hometown fans is an experience you really can't explain." -- Elena Delle Donne

Bernard Muir, now in his first year as athletic director at Stanford after serving in the same capacity at Delaware the previous three seasons, said one of the first things after taking the Delaware job was that Delle Donne had decided to play basketball again. Delaware had been a good program under coach Tina Martin, but Delle Donne changed its profile and athletic department.

Muir likens the interest and opportunities to the Andrew Luck effect.

"I have not seen such a spike in attendance primarily due to one individual," he said. "To watch what she was able to do in drawing interest, and the number of sellouts we had … and all the accolades that came with the program primar-ily because of this special player, I had never seen quite such an outpouring."

Any sense that Delle Donne returned to Delaware to avoid the spotlight dissipates when you see her there. Between her roots in the area, her exploits on the court and the unmistakable 6-foot-5 frame she carries with unabashed ease, she might be the most recognizable person in the state, at least when Biden is in the nation's capital. She doesn't ap-pear to crave the attention, but if this bothers her, she hides it well.

She is comfortable here, for reasons that become evident in, of all places, a barn.

Finding the Delle Donne homestead requires a complicated navigation of state highways and winding back roads out-side Wilmington, a little less than 20 miles from the University of Delaware campus. At least until the final turn, where a small handmade sign sticks out of the ground with the words "Party Barn" and an arrow pointing helpfully left.

Joan Delle Donne, Elena's mom, offers a tongue-in-cheek welcome to "the compound" as she opens the door of what was formerly an actual horse-and-stable barn refurbished by the family and one of three buildings on the property, along with the family's house and another occupied by Elena's great-aunt and great-uncle.

Inside, it is easy to see why a person would want spend as much time here as possible. The woodwork and high roof give the feel of a ski lodge, with a giant television screen in one corner next to an appropriately large stone fireplace, complete with moose antlers above the hearth. There is a pool table, a well-stocked bar for the former athletes, three couches, and an array of recliners and chairs.

A long dining table is tucked away in what amounts to an annex, like the private room at a restaurant. The ceiling is lower there, the walls closer than the cavernous dimensions of the great room. A painting of all three Delle Donne children at a much earlier time in their lives hangs on a far wall. The big room and its accompanying deck can host dozens for parties, such as one that unfolded during last season's NCAA tournament for those who didn't make the trip to Little Rock, Ark. But the dining room is where the family squeezes in for Sunday family meals -- chicken cordon bleu or stuffed pork chops, if Elena has any say in her mom's offerings.

It's no secret what family means to Elena. The relationship with her older sister, Lizzie, who is blind and deaf and has cerebral palsy and autism, has been well chronicled. And it is powerful. Sitting next to her mom on a couch in the barn one night, Lizzie seems at once there and not there. She is completely cut off from any of the stories and jokes being told or points being made, but she is there in the most physical sense, nudging her mom, holding onto her, making a sign to indicate she wants something to drink. It's easy to understand why Elena feared the distance created by going away to college would effectively remove her from Lizzie's world. Between basketball, school and the events of her own life, she doesn't see Lizzie every day, but she is not far away.

"Her relationship with Lizzie is huge," said Gene Delle Donne, the middle child of the three siblings. "It's so close. It's a big reason why she is such a homebody who came home from UConn, because she craves to be around Lizzie and to experience Lizzie grabbing her and sniffing her and just spend quality time with her."

But the bond between Elena and her older brother also is significant.

When Gene would go to the free throw line as a prep player at Wilmington's Salesianum School, opposing fans oc-casionally would try to get in his head by chanting that his younger sister was better. The only problem was it proved difficult to rattle someone who agreed. He was a good basketball player and a better football player, good enough to play Division I in the latter, but he has never been troubled by being the second-best athlete in the family.

As referees around the Colonial Athletic Association have heard, he remains his sister's loudest and most partisan supporter. In past summers, he would wake up early before work to lend his 6-foot-6 frame to her on-court workouts or challenge her to games of full-court one-on-one after he read that was something Kobe Bryant did to work on his game. More than that, though, he's a gentle giant who wants everything for her and nothing in return.

"When you're young and you've got things going on with basketball and stardom and all that and people interviewing you and always in your face, Gene has always been that person to just lighten up the mood," Elena said. "And liter-ally every time I'm around him, I'm hysterically laughing. He's a funny, funny guy. Not only that, but he's probably my biggest supporter amongst anyone that I know."

Elena Delle Donne's season has gotten off to a shaky start, as she deals with the effects of Lyme Disease. G Fiume/Getty Images

He was a senior in high school when she was a freshman, and it was his departure for college, first Duke and then Middle Tennessee, that she now points to as the time when basketball stopped being fun for her. Without his jokes and good-natured exuberance, all the pressures and expectations began to weigh her down. Not long after she left Con-necticut and returned home, she visited Gene for a few days in Murfreesboro, Tenn. They went rafting and relaxed, and, for the first time in a long time, he saw her smile. She said she even briefly considered transferring to Middle Ten-nessee, a tantalizing thought in hindsight, given the Blue Raiders' up-tempo style, abandoning the idea only because Gene was in his final year.

She had to find her own way back to basketball, but it cannot be complete coincidence that it came the year Gene returned to Delaware and went to work for his dad's company.

Gene and his wife, Jennifer, live in an apartment that occupies the first floor of the barn. A Nashville native, Jennifer is easily the smallest member of a family always searching for leg room, not to mention a word in edgewise, but she holds her own amid an uber-competitive lot. She is the one the rest of the family points to as the person who suffers the most during Elena's games, the one who isn't much of a drinker but nonetheless ordered a round of shots for the family traveling party after one particularly nerve-rattling game at James Madison.

To be part of the family is to be a part of the madness to which they happily succumb to between November and

April. To hear how closely Elena guarded against those who wouldn't understand, who might attempt to pull Gene away from it, is to understand what it means to her.

"I was tough, always, when Gene dated because that's my best friend," Elena said. "For some reason, the first time I met Jennifer, it was different. I could just see Gene was really happy. More importantly, Gene was still himself. He was still really goofy, and she brought out all the goofiness and weirdness that comes along with my brother."

This is family on an every-day basis. It can be much more in crisis, but it is no less important in mundane moments.

This is what allowed Elena to raise the profile of an entire athletic department, perhaps an entire state.

"Being a hometown player playing in front of your hometown fans is an experience you really can't explain," Delle Donne said. "It's cool to see the people who were watching me play in eighth grade in the state championship in the Bob Carpenter Center are still there watching me through college."

And there is no place is she more at ease than sinking into one of the couches in the barn and watching family unfold around her. And the party that unfolds inside the Bob Carpenter Center has its roots in the peace of mind she finds in the barn.

Brittney Griner is expected to be the No. 1 overall pick in next year's WNBA draft. AP Photo/Eric Gay

Sitting next to Delle Donne and across from Diggins in a small office during the players' visit to ESPN in October, Gri-ner ruefully recounted missing a class at some point in the past. It wasn't the snooze button that got her in trouble with her coach; it was a camera. More accurately, a bevy of cameras. She had stopped to fulfill one person's request for a photo when suddenly a cadre of schoolchildren came around a corner and besieged her.

She found a receptive audience for the story.

"The first picture does it," Diggins agreed.

"That's the thing, the first picture," Delle Donne concurred. "It's the same thing. I kind of stand out with my height and everything, but most people are pretty good about it. If they see I'm trying to go to class, they let me go."

Such experiences aren't unique to Delle Donne, Diggins and Griner. It's safe to assume Stanford's Chiney Ogwumike and Connecticut's Breanna Stewart, among many, find themselves face to face with their fair share of fans eager for a snapshot with a favorite player.

But because they are in their final seasons and know what it's like to see stands full of the same people who have watched them for more than a decade, they do share something that sets them apart from their peers and any class that has come before. Diggins might not know a thing about Waco beyond the view from the hotel when her team played there. Delle Donne might have only hazy memories of South Bend from a recruiting visit. Griner might never have set foot in Delaware. But they understand exactly what drew each to her own place.

"I think if she could be a lifetime college student, she'd probably decide to stay here, she loves the area so much," Renee Scott said of Diggins. "I don't think she really wants to leave. … People have really embraced and supported her, and I know it means so much to her. That's a huge reason, that's the main reason, I think, why she decided to stay here, because of the people."

Those people and places watched over all three as they grew from young girls into adults playing on a national stage. Somewhere now, there is a girl on a farm in Iowa, or the concrete courts of the Bronx, or the endless suburbs of South-ern California whose surroundings will shape and steer her to become a player who will take the game to new heights. And when the time comes to choose a college, she might choose to stay close to home or explore new territory. There isn't a right or wrong answer.

But for Griner, Diggins and Delle Donne, where they are from is at the heart of where they are going.

Graham Hays is a writer for espnW.com. Email: graham.hays@espn.com Twitter: @grahamhays

ESPN.com: Women’s College Basketball

Thursday, March 14, 2013Delaware’s other comeback storyBy Graham HaysespnW

The incredulousness in the voice of the Drexel play-by-play announcer grew with each shot that slipped through the net in a January game against Delaware. And not for the reason that might first come to mind with the Blue Hens.

Elena Delle Donne splitting two defenders and leaning into an 18-footer or drifting backward on the baseline for an unstoppable turnaround elicited only resigned appreciation from the broadcast. People in the Colonial Athletic Associ-ation have seen enough of those shots over the past four seasons to last them a lifetime. Opponents just hope to keep her highlights to a minimum, as Drexel mostly did on a day when the All-American scored 24 points.

What left the voice calling the game incredulous were three 3-pointers by Kayla Miller, each field goal coming when her team either trailed or held a lead small enough that it could have been erased by the Dragons in a single posses-sion. This was not, in a performance in which she also finished with seven assists and one turnover in 39 minutes, the Miller that Drexel previously encountered.

“She’s been absolutely amazing this year. I think she’ll be finished with basketball after this -- I don’t think she’s going to go overseas or anything like that, so it means everything to me that this is such an incredible year for her … Kayla works so hard and she’s so selfless. She deserves this. ” -- Elena Delle Donne on longtime friend and teammate Kayla Miller

Delle Donne is always going to bear the weight of Delaware’s postseason hopes on her shoulders, but it helps to have a senior point guard who is finally healthy after years of back problems that nearly forced her from the sport.

“She’s always brought the leadership to the court, and she’s always been able to see the court better than anyone I’ve ever played with and just has a knack for the game,” Delle Donne said of someone she has played with in various settings for nearly a decade. “But now that she’s healthy, she’s an effective scorer and she’s a threat on the court. It makes a big difference now when teams have to respect her shot, they have to respect her game -- she can drive to the basket, she can hit the open jump shot.”

She can sit, too. Not in games, mind you, not when she’s averaging nearly 30 minutes per game, but on buses and in classes. It’s difficult to know how sweet a feeling that is until you can’t.

When Miller’s back problems were at their worst the past two years, she couldn’t sit in class for more than about five minutes before she had to get up and walk around to alleviate the pain. At times, amidst curious looks from classmates, she had to lie down in the aisles of lecture halls the way Larry Bird used to on the sidelines late in his career. Miller used a cane to help her get to the gym, where she would arrive hours before games for treatment.

She even had to take a midterm exam while alternately standing up and lying down because she couldn’t sit. The class? Athletic training. Presumably she didn’t get marked down for the faulty state of her own body.

The back problems began in high school, when Miller was diagnosed with three herniated disks. She continued to play, first with Delle Donne at Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Del., then for a semester at George Washington and finally back home in Delaware, reunited with her friend. But one October morning in 2010, before what would have been her second season with the Blue Hens, she woke up before dawn in so much pain that she couldn’t walk. She had surgery on her back the next day and redshirted the entire season. Miller was told the surgery could help people live a normal life, but not one that necessarily involved the physical rigors of Division I athletics.

By the end of that season, she was back on the court practicing, but the pain in her back and legs lingered and even worsened as the 2011-12 season arrived and she returned to the active roster.

“When I’m on the court [last season], teams are basically playing us as if it’s 5-on-4,” Miller said. “So being on the court was very frustrating because I wasn’t able to really do much to help contribute to my team, other than get the ball to where it needs to be and provide that leadership on the floor. I wanted to do so much, but I physically wasn’t able to do that.”

She appeared in all but one game (the absence due to back pain) but averaged just 16 minutes per game and hit nine field goals for the entire season. When the Blue Hens were undone by Kansas and standout point guard Angel Go-

odrich in the second round of the NCAA tournament, Miller spent just 13 minutes on the court. It wasn’t until after the season, nearly two years removed from surgery, that the pain abated.

“Coming off that back injury, she was a little different of a player,” Delle Donne said. “Taking charges was even really hard for her, and that’s something she likes to do all the time. She was struggling and she wasn’t starting, and she’s always been a starter for us. I don’t know, she just didn’t have that bounce she usually has.

“This year she’s got it -- she’s got even more than before.”

Instead of receiving treatment before games, Miller is easy to spot out on the court a good two hours before tip, putting up shot after shot while her brother rebounds. Delle Donne noted Miller will always tell you she’s feeling good, even when she does it through a grimace that belies the sentiment. The truth is revealed by how much time she is able to spend on the basketball court. She spent a lot of time there this past summer.

“This year, I knew she was going to have a good year because she had that bounce back in her step a little bit,” Delaware coach Tina Martin said. “Not that Kayla’s ever missed that bounce, but she played through some pain last year. And this year, for the most part, knock on wood, she’s played pretty much pain free. And I like that because she brings all that energy and hustle. She’s playing with kind of like a reckless abandon that she always plays with.”

Entering the conference tournament, Miller had 53 more assists than turnovers. The rest of team was in the red in as-sist-to-turnover ratio. She isn’t a prolific 3-point shooter, but as the Drexel game demonstrated, she must be accounted for when she spots up. It’s also not a coincidence that someone who loves drawing charges so much that coaches have forbidden her from doing so in practice, lest she tweak her back, is part of a lineup that ranks ninth in scoring defense and eighth in field goal defense nationally, both improvements on a season ago.

And after following equally circuitous paths here, two friends get one more run together in the postseason.

“It means everything to me to see Kayla doing this well,” Delle Donne said. “She’s been absolutely amazing this year. I think she’ll be finished with basketball after this -- I don’t think she’s going to go overseas or anything like that, so it means everything to me that this is such an incredible year for her and just the pinnacle of her career. It just makes me smile. Kayla works so hard and she’s so selfless. She deserves this.”

It doesn’t come without a price, some of it likely to come due only in the years to come. Friends and family caution Miller that she needs to think beyond her career on the college court to protect her quality of life decades down the road. She understands those concerns to the degree anyone can when they talk about 35 years old as a point in the distant future. She also understands what those minutes on the court mean to her right now.

“In all honesty, this has been the best season I’ve enjoyed,” Miller said. “I’ve been having a great time with my team-mates, I’ve been having a lot of fun on the court playing with them, all the fans in the community and things like that. I’m very grateful for having this fifth year to take because I just feel like I was able to create more relationships and have another great year with the people that I love.”

Experience allows UD coach to let loose, at least for a dayWritten by MARTIN FRANK COMMENTARYMar. 18 delawareonline.com

UPPER MARLBORO, MD. — Jacquetta May and Akeema Richards took the huge jug of water and sneaked up behind Dela-ware women’s basketball coach Tina Martin, ready to douse her after going through a second Colonial Athletic Association season undefeated.

But the jug was heavy and they released it too soon. The water only partially got the back of Martin’s blazer.

Undeterred, Martin dropped to the floor face down and did her version of a snow angel in the water. Then she got up smil-ing and hugged everyone around her.

“I thought to myself, ‘That might be the worst miss we had the entire game,’ ” Martin said. “They missed me totally. Then I was like, ‘Somebody’s got to clean this up.’ Might as well be me. So I dove into the water and did my little snow angel.

“But I wish they would have hit me because I was sweating like crazy.”

Martin had every reason to sweat during the Hens’ 59-56 win over Drexel in the CAA Tournament championship game on Sunday.

The Hens had lost a 17-point lead in the second half and trailed Drexel by a point with less than a minute left before Trumae Lucas and Elena Delle Donne each calmly made two free throws. After Drexel’s last possession ended in a turnover, Delle Donne picked up the ball and flung it the length of the court, draining the final second on the clock.

So Martin celebrated like a child after the last day of school, knowing her team took everyone’s best shot and won – 42 straight times in conference play.

For so many years, we had rarely seen this side of Martin. She had always been so serious and so focused. But having seven seniors has changed everything about her.

“I challenge these young ladies and they give it right back to me,” Martin said. “And I like it. I like it when Elena says, ‘Coach, I think we should play this way.’ I’ll listen to her … [Lauren] Carra came over to me and said, ‘I’ve got a post player on me.’ So I ran a play for her. And it was late in the game.

“They have input. Does it mean I always take it? No. But it means I consider it, I listen to it. That’s the kind of kids they are.”

When Drexel threatened to take over the game, Martin was burning timeouts, trying to find ways to get the ball inside to Delle Donne, or to find open shots for Lucas or Carra.

But she also noticed a calmness in her players, and that, in turn, reassured her.

“In all honesty, being on this team and having seven seniors on this team, and the experience we have, you don’t really get that feeling [of everything slipping away],” Carra said. “We’re all confident in each other that we’re going to make the plays.”

The game was only a microcosm of the last two seasons, when expectations were enormously high and the Hens had to fight to meet every one of them, whether it was Drexel’s rally or Delle Donne’s bout with Lyme disease, or any number of injuries that came up.

“This was stressful,” Martin said. “It has been a stressful, wonderful, amazing two years. ... When I talk about the stress, it’s probably self-imposed. But I don’t want to lose. These kids don’t want to lose.”

Martin revealed after the game that Carra was playing with a bruised hand that was so painful that she couldn’t really shoot.

Instead, she picked off two passes and went in for one layup and passed off to Delle Donne for another. She finished with 10 rebounds and six assists.

“I felt like I had to do something out there,” Carra said sheepishly.

She did enough, and so did her teammates, which is why Martin said she was “the happiest person in the United States of America.”

“I am going to enjoy this [up until] today in the [NCAA Tournament] Selection Show,” Martin added. “As soon as that name flashes up of whoever we’re playing, then that smile will be off my face.”

In other words, back to business.

Contact Martin Frank at mfrank@delawareonline.com.

Delaware women, Delle Donne making return trip to NCAA basketball tournamentWritten by Kevin Tresolini The News JournalMar. 18delawareonline.com

UPPER MARLBORO, MD. —The University of Delaware is ranked 15th nationally and thus was bound for the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament regardless of Sunday’s outcome.

Still, the Blue Hens had a keen interest in how they got to the NCAAs.

Winning the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament title was preferred, and Delaware did so despite a hardy chal-lenge from Drexel at the Show Place Arena.

A 17-point second-half lead didn’t hold up against Drexel’s 3-point shooting and a UD cold spell. The Hens went into the final minute down by a point. Two free throws by Trumae Lucas inched Delaware ahead by one with 44 seconds left.

Two Drexel turnovers then sandwiched Elena Delle Donne’s two free throws with 9.9 seconds left, giving Delaware a hard-fought 59-56 win and setting off a noisy celebration among a Delaware-dominated crowd of 2,160.

Delle Donne, who scored a game-high 28 points, was named tournament MVP.

Lucas, who scored 12, joined her on the all-tournament team. Lauren Carra’s 10 rebounds, six assists and two steals were also critical.

“We wanted this championship so bad,” Delle Donne said.

The top-seeded Blue Hens (30-3) extended their school-record win streak to 25 games. Delaware has won 42 straight against CAA foes since falling to James Madison in the CAA title game here two years ago.

“The seven seniors, we’re never going to play another CAA team again after [Sunday],” said senior point Kayla Mill-er, “and we didn’t want to go out with a loss. Especially going into the NCAA Tournament with a loss? That’s just not good for team morale.”

The 64-team NCAA bracket will be revealed tonight at 7. Most predictions have the Hens landing a fourth or fifth seed. This will be UD’s fourth NCAA appearance and second in two seasons.

“We worked so hard,” coach Tina Martin said. “It’s so incredibly hard to go undefeated [in conference] two years back-to-back.”

Delaware is a site for a first-round NCAA Tournament doubleheader Sunday, with tip-off times tentatively set for noon and 2:30 p.m., followed by a 7 p.m. second-round game Tuesday, March 26. The Blue Hens are certain to play on their home court. All games are sold out except for the 100 tickets each of the other three participants is allotted to sell.

Delaware was playing in its fifth CAA final in 12 seasons in the league and notched its second title, having beaten Drexel 59-43 last year.

Taylor Wootton scored 21 points and Hollie Mershon had 18 points and nine assists for No. 3 Drexel (22-10). Drexel has lost seven straight to Delaware but frequently been competitive until the final possessions.

The Dragons’ 43.8 field-goal percentage (21-for-48) was the highest by a UD opponent this year and featured 7-for-13 aim on 3-pointers in the second half.

“They made a great comeback,” Delle Donne said, “and they’re an incredible shooting team, so when you’re up on Drexel you never feel comfortable until the clock hits zero.”

Delaware scored on 10 of its first 13 possessions and took a 21-9 lead on Lucas’ 3-pointer with 10:45 left in the first half. The Hens then shot 1-for-11 before Miller’s putback at the buzzer put them up 30-27 at halftime. Drexel’s 7-for-12 shooting in the final 9:40 fueled its comeback.

But Delaware came out fast in the second half, scoring on seven of its first eight possessions and going ahead 46-29 on

Delle Donne’s drive

with 14:37 left. Steals by Carra led to two fast-break baskets during the 16-2 run.Again, Drexel came to life. The Drag-ons went on a 13-0 run to pull within 48-45. Delle Donne’s bank shot that made it 50-45 with 7:20 left was Delaware’s first field goal in more than seven minutes after six misses.

But after Akeema Richards’ 3-point play made it 53-48 with 6:17 left, Delaware didn’t make another field goal and didn’t score again until Delle Donne’s two free throws put it ahead 55-53 with 1:33 to go.

Wootton answered with a 3-pointer from the baseline with 1:11 left as Drexel took a 56-55 lead, its first since 2-0.

Lucas was then fouled driving to the basket. A 72.5-percent foul-shooter this season entering the game, she coolly drained two.

“I didn’t think about the fact that I needed to put us back in the lead,” she said. “I just went up there and shot ’em like they were regular free throws. I was definitely calm when I walked up to the line.”

A traveling call derailed Drexel with 19 seconds left. Delle Donne, among the national leaders with a 92.4-percent free-throw average, sank her two. Lucas then helped force an errant Drexel pass that ended up in the arms of Delle Donne, who flung the basketball down court. Soon, Miller leaped into her arms and the merriment could begin.

“When that buzzer sounded I was the happiest person in the United States of America,” Martin said.

Contact Kevin Tresolini at ktresolini@delawareonline.com.

Elena Delle Donne named CAA player of year for third timeWritten by Kevin Tresolini The News JournalMar. 18delawareonline.com

Elena Delle Donne’s record-setting University of Delaware career concluded with an unprecedented haul at the Colo-nial Athletic Association season-ending awards ceremony Wednesday night in National Harbor, Md.

The senior All-American swept first-team All-CAA, All-Defense and All-Academic while becoming just the third player to be named CAA Player of the Year three times.

It was the third time the Ursuline Academy graduate had earned all four distinctions. The lone exception was 2010-11, when Delle Donne missed eight CAA games because of Lyme disease symptoms and was first-team All-CAA and All-Ac-ademic but was not Player of the Year or All-Defense.

Teammate Lauren Carra, a senior guard, was a second-team All-CAA pick in the coaches’ voting after making the third team the last two years.

Senior Chelsea Craig and sophomore Stephanie Leon were honorable mention All-Academic selections.

Delaware, 27-3 and ranked 15th nationally, opens CAA Tournament play Friday at noon at the Show Place Arena in Upper Marlboro, Md. Delaware meets the winner of today’s noon first-round game between No. 8 George Mason (9-20) and No. 9 UNC Wilmington (4-25).

The CAA’s automatic NCAA Tournament bid will be decided in Sunday’s 2 p.m. title game, though Delaware has certainly already secured a spot in the 64-team field. The Carpenter Center is a site for first-round (March 24) and second-round (March 26) games and the Blue Hens will play on their home court. The NCAA field will be announced Monday night, with Delaware expected to be a fourth or fifth seed if it wins the CAA tourney.

Delle Donne is just the second player in the conference’s 30-year women’s basketball history to be first-team all-league four times. The other was Old Dominion’s Ticha Penicheiro from 1995-98.

Delle Donne missed six of Delaware’s first seven games this year while dealing with Lyme disease symptoms that caused extreme fatigue and achiness.

“Battling through the illnesses that she’s had and the struggles that she’s had physically,” coach Tina Martin said, “I think is a testament to her desire to finish this off.”

Delle Donne has 2,870 career points, with a chance to become the ninth Division I player to score 3,000, despite miss-ing 22 games during her UD career because of illness and injuries. Had she played in those games, Delle Donne likely would have threatened the record 3,393 points scored by Jackie Stiles of Southwest Missouri State from 1997-2001.

The 6-foot-5 guard/forward is second nationally with 25.5 points per game while shooting 49.5 percent from the field, 48.4 percent on 3-pointers and 92.3 percent at the foul line, which ranks third nationally.

Contact Kevin Tresolini at ktresolini@delawareonline.com.

Frank: Expect The Bob to be a big boostWritten by MARTIN FRANK COMMENTARYMar. 18delawareonline.com

NEWARK —The loud cheering in the large atrium packed with about 500 fans ground to a sudden halt when the Del-aware’s bracket in the NCAA Tournament showed a possible second-round matchup against No. 3 seed North Car-olina. It’s not that the University of Delaware women’s team, which was given a No. 6 seed, doesn’t think it can win. Far from it. It’s just that nobody expected such a difficult road, beginning with the Hens’ first-round matchup against 11th-seed West Virginia.But really, there might just be a method to all of this madness.

If there’s one thing about the women’s NCAA Tournament, it’s that you don’t see nearly the amount of upsets that you do in the men’s tournament. For example, you can pretty much pencil in top seeds Baylor, Notre Dame, UConn and Stanford in the Final Four right now.

So in a way, giving UD a No. 6 seed makes perfect sense. The Hens will be at home at the Bob Carpenter Center, which is a huge advantage in itself, and there will be a chance for an upset, something the women’s tournament craves.

Do you think North Carolina wants to face Delaware in a potential second-round matchup in front of a sold-out crowd next Tuesday?

“We’re going in as the underdog,” UD senior Lauren Carra said. “But it’s going to be a tough place for anyone, any visitor, to come in and play. We’re very excited to be at home.”Look at it this way: Last season, UD was a No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament and was sent to Little Rock, Ark., and lost in the second round to No. 6 seed Kansas. This season, with every starter back, with a school-record 25-game winning streak, with a 42-game winning streak in the Colonial Athletic Association, the Hens are a No. 6 seed.

The Hens have a worse seed on a team that has seven seniors, including Elena Delle Donne, who got valuable experi-ence from going through the NCAA Tournament last season.

The only difference was that last year, the Hens went into the tournament with just one loss. This season, they have three, but two of those losses came early in the season when Delle Donne was sitting out while suffering from symp-toms of Lyme disease.

So that shouldn’t count against them.

The fact is that the Hens are better than they were last year. But as a No. 6 seed, the tournament gets a strong team playing at home with a chance for an upset, a chance to add some much-needed spice to the tournament. It’s not that the players care.

Minutes after the bracket was revealed, UD coach Tina Martin got up and told the hundreds of fans gathered at the Embassy Suites: “Honestly, I actually like our bracket.”

Of course she does. The Hens are at home and that counts for a lot.

“Our fans are crazy, they’re awesome and they’re going to be absolutely nuts,” Delle Donne said. “They’ve been nuts all year, but I’m ready for them to be even crazier. I’m far ... happier with a [No. 6] seed playing at The Bob than a [No. 3] seed playing out in Arkansas.

“Our fans at our court is far more important than any seed.”

Is that homecourt advantage enough against tested teams from BCS conferences like West Virginia from the Big 12, which played Baylor twice (and lost badly to each time)? Or an ACC team like North Carolina that played Duke twice (lost both) and Maryland three times (won twice) this season? Maryland also beat Delaware at The Bob this season.

“Once the ball is tossed up, it’s not an advantage,” Martin said. “That kind of goes out the window once the game starts. It helps in late-game situations because [the fans] can give us some added adrenaline .“Between the lines, it comes down to who’s focused, who’s executing?”

That will ultimately determine the Hens’ success.

But make no mistake, as Martin put it: “I’m really, really happy that we’re at home.”

Contact Martin Frank at mfrank@delawareonline.com.

Martin praises Elena’s selflessness, team approachWritten by Kevin Tresolini The News JournalMar. 23delawareonline.com

Tina Martin has often tried to describe Elena Delle Donne’s many talents and her value to Delaware’s women’s basket-ball team, while also trying to stay in a team context.

That’s just Martin’s nature as a coach. She knows that Delle Donne is as special a player as Delaware has ever, and will ever, have. She’s a rare and unusual talent on a national scale. At the same time, it’s a team sport.

Today, Martin said it perfectly at the press conference leading to Saturday’s NCAA Tournament first-round game be-tween the Blue Hens and West Virginia at the Carpenter Center.

“Elena is a special talent,” Martin said. “There’s no doubt about it. But I think, more importantly, I’ve coached some really good players previous to this. But no one has put their ego aside like Elena has put her ego aside and this team really does feel like a sisterhood.

“She understands that’s one through 15, one through 16. She understands that everybody’s role is important. She doesn’t make herself feel any more important than anybody else. And that is the true greatness of Elena. When she’s your teammate, she’s your teammate. I’ve never coached a kid who’s been like that. I’ve coached kids who’ve been leading scorers, leading rebounders. But Elena, it’s just about the team.”

Delle Donne long ago “captivated the community,” Martin said.

But she’s gone well beyond that to the betterment of her team.

“You always have to be bigger than yourself,” Martin said, “and, for Elena, captivating the team like she has, she really has made it bigger than herself.”

UD seniors overcome pain to gain NCAA women’s berthWritten by Kevin Tresolini The News JournalMar. 24delawareonline.com

NEWARK —An elastic sleeve with Velcro straps surrounds Danielle Parker’s left knee, just above those eye-catching tiger-print blue-and-yellow socks.

There was a screw implanted in Jaquetta May’s foot, then recently removed.

A surgical scar runs several inches above Kayla Miller’s lower spine.

Trumae Lucas’ back is misaligned to the extent it causes pain and stiffness all the way to her hips and legs.

Athletic tape often supports Lauren Carra’s bruised thumb.

The IV marks in Elena Delle Donne’s arms are evidence of treatments she needed to combat Lyme disease, a bacterial infection with a cruel tendency to linger.

Is this a basketball team or a convalescent ward?

The college game does not easily forgive physical hardship.

It is played fast. It is played hard, on hardwood. It is played with considerable contact, featuring frequent clawing and grabbing and poking.

The demands put on the human body are extreme, and they take a toll.

Yet those seniors are key players on a Delaware team that takes the nation’s No. 15 ranking, a 30-3 record and a 25-game win streak into the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.

Each will take the court Sunday against West Virginia at the Carpenter Center. That is a victory in itself, though certain-ly not the one the Blue Hens are most interested in.

“It’s been one thing after another,” Delaware coach Tina Martin said.

But the resiliency all those players developed while fighting through injures has been a key ingredient in Delaware’s amazing success: a 61-5 record the past two seasons, including a 42-0 conference mark, and UD’s first back-to-back NCAA women’s tourney berths.

All appreciate where they are because, for any of them, college basketball could have ended.

Delle Donne’s battle with Lyme disease, which during bad times has given her debilitating joint and muscle aches, has been well-chronicled. It cost her 12 games as a sophomore and six this year. With 2,940 career points, Delle Donne was likely denied a chance to threaten the record 3,393 scored by Jackie Stiles at Southwest Missouri State from 1997 through 2001.

May, a Delcastle High graduate who has been a steady spark plug off the bench, needed surgery before last season for a Lisfranc midfoot fracture, which then limited her to a career-low 6.7 minutes per game. She had to keep changing shoes because none provided the comfort needed with that screw in her foot. This year, screw removed, injury healed, she has averaged a career-best 20 minutes per game.

Parker is a fifth-year senior because eight games into 2008-09 she injured that knee. The injury occurred early enough in the season that she retained the year of eligibility. Reconstructive surgery revealed her ACL had been torn since high school, but she was playing despite that. Orthopedists call such patients “copers,” as they’re able to perform without a fully functioning ACL.

Parker then partially tore her rebuilt ACL last year in the regular-season season finale at William &Mary, and played on.

Her attitude: “Just go all out,” Parker said, “and if it happens, if it becomes worse, we’ll take care of it then . ... Coach Martin knows I’m not going to stop until I’m broken.”Miller missed the entire 2010-11 season after undergoing surgery on a herniated disk. The injury became so excruciating and Miller became so limited, she had to be carried into the hospital before her surgery.

Afterward, she had to walk with a cane, which appeared particularly odd in the hands of a basketball player who never met a charge she wasn’t willing to take.

“I didn’t even know if I was going to be coming back and playing or not,” Miller said. “Even if I did come back and play, I wasn’t going to be 100 percent. A role player, 10 minutes a game, hopefully, if that.”

Miller returned in a reserve role last year, playing 16 minutes a game. This year, she regained her starting spot and has averaged 28 minutes per game.

“I’m just very blessed,” she said, “that this is the best I’m feeling, knock on wood, and going into the NCAA Tourna-ment ending my career.”

Carra, a fourth-year starter, was slowed by a stress fracture as a freshman in 2009-10. The thumb bruise this year has forced her to take fewer 3-pointers, but Carra has gone to the basket more and is enjoying career-high rebound num-bers.

“This is the last time I’m going to be going through this, so you kind of just blank it out,” Carra said.

Sitting out and taking time to heal?

“That’s not even an option at this point,” Carra said. “It’s whatever it takes.”

Contact Kevin Tresolini at ktresolini@delawareonline.com.

For Delaware Blue Hens, rebuilding already under wayWritten by Martin Frank The News JournalMar. 24delawareonline.com

The future of the University of Delaware women’s basketball team mostly sits on the bench during the games, watching intently and learning.

Playing time is scarce on a team with seven seniors.

Other than juniors Akeema Richards and Kelsey Buchanan, the nonseniors typically don’t play unless it’s the latter mo-ments of a blowout win. That isn’t expected during the NCAA tournament as No. 6 seed UD prepares for its first-round game Sunday against 11th-seeded West Virginia.

If the Hens win, they’ll face the winner of Sunday’s game between No. 3 North Carolina and No. 14 Albany on Tues-day.

The seven seniors have accounted for 91 percent of the Hens’ points this season. Richards, the only nonsenior to start, and Buchanan will be the leaders, along with Boston College transfer Joy Caracciolo, a sophomore who is sitting out this season under NCAA transfer rules.

Richards, who averages 5.9 points in 19.6 minutes per game, said she’ll be ready.

“I’m not really a vocal character, but I’m a very expressive and emotional character,” Richards said. “During the off-season, I’ll work on that and I’ll be ready to take on that leadership role.”

The Hens will need major contributions from her and Buchanan, who averages 8.2 minutes per game, as well as fresh-men Courtni Green, Alecia Bell and Jade Clark, sophomore Stephanie Leon and freshman Jodi Salyer, who sat out this season as a redshirt.

They will be joined by a strong recruiting class consisting of Shanice Johnson, who was a McDonald’s All-American nominee; Brittani Burgess; Erica Brown, who could compete for the starting point guard job; Hannah Jardine; and Grace Dewey, who signed last season but put off enrollment while recovering from complications following surgery for a torn ACL.

UD coach Tina Martin realizes that it will be hard, if not impossible, to improve on the back-to-back 30-win seasons, school-record 25-game winning streak, 42-game Colonial Athletic Association winning streak and sold-out crowds at the Bob Carpenter Center.

But Martin said she expects UD to remain at or near the top of the CAA.

“I’m excited for the new challenge,” Martin said. “It’ll be a chance to put a new piece of art together and sculpt it. For me, that’s exciting. I know some people might be a little nervous, but I’ve been at this for 25 years. We will get it together, and we will use these young players, and they’ll all figure out their roles, and we’ll form a new identity.”

The Hens don’t have anyone coming back like Elena Delle Donne. next year’s Hens likely will be similar to the teams Martin had before Delle Donne arrived in fall 2009.

“Elena Delle Donne is one of the best players in the country,” Martin said. “She is special. I will probably never have a player like her again.”

But Martin has had plenty of good players over the years. Her teams have won at least 19 games in 12 of the last 14 seasons. They made the NCAA tournament in 2001 and 2007, along with 2012 and this season with Delle Donne. The Hens also made it to the WNIT six times from 2002-11, the last two with Delle Donne.

And the experience of playing for undefeated conference seasons and reaching the NCAAs should accelerate the learning process for the returning players.

“Our freshmen and our transfer [Caracciolo], they’re playing against the No. 15 team in the country every day [in practice],” Martin said. “You can’t get better competition than getting beat time and time again. I’ve seen strides where they’ll actually have a four-minute period where they’ve beaten [the starters]. Is it consistent? No. But it’s not supposed to be consistent with freshmen and sophomores.

“They show signs of being a solid basketball team. It’s just about consistency.”

It’s also about recruiting.

The Hens have gotten better recruits since Delle Donne arrived. But they’re not getting the elite players. She has lost re-cruits to schools like Notre Dame, Maryland and Penn State, mainly because those schools play in power conferences. The CAA is not nearly at that level. Its conference RPI is 14th out of 31, well behind the Big Ten (second), the Big East (fourth) and ACC (fifth), the main BCS conferences Martin competes with for recruits.

“Everyone wants to compare this to Connecticut with Rebecca Lobo because Elena decided to come here,” Martin said. Lobo was a UConn star in the mid-1990s who helped make that school a perennial national championship con-tender.

“But Connecticut is in the Big East,” she said. “That conference alone attracts people. And these kids want to play against the name schools. It’s reality. We recruit all of them, but night in and night out, they want to be on ESPN. That’s the reality of the situation. I face it every day. It’s an uphill climb.”

But there’s plenty that Martin can do with the players she does have. And the seniors have taken a role in helping the young players develop as much as possible.

“They will have it good here again,” senior forward Danielle Parker said. “I keep telling them all the time, ‘You have all the pieces. Just use them. I want you guys to get back. I want to cheer for you guys in the NCAA tournament.’ ”

Added senior guard Lauren Carra: “I know a lot of people don’t see a lot right now from the freshmen and sopho-mores sitting on the bench. But the talent is definitely there. We see it every day in practice. They’re going to be a lot of fun to watch.”

Contact Martin Frank at mfrank@delawareonline.com.

University of Delaware women face another kind of pressureWritten by Kevin Tresolini The News JournalMar. 24delawareonline.com

NEWARK —Repeatedly and often loudly, Delaware women’s basketball coach Tina Martin has preached a steady theme in the Blue Hens’ three practices this week.

First-round NCAA tournament foe West Virginia regularly employs a full-court press that has caused opponents to turn the ball over nearly 20 times per game this season.

Delaware’s 11.8 turnovers per game are the fourth fewest in Division I, but Martin knows the Blue Hens haven’t faced a team that will bear down the way West Virginia will.

“We have to take care of the basketball,” Martin said for the umpteenth time Friday after practice.

Blue Hens junior guard Akeema Richards, who played as a freshman at West Virginia in 2009-10 before transferring, knows that as well as anyone.

She said the key for the Blue Hens will be constant mental focus. One moment of indecision, hesitation or lack of con-centration gives the Mountaineers a path to pounce.

“All the little things matter for us,” Richards said. “[WVU coach Mike Carey] goes after it. They’re going to take some chances, but he’s a very good coach.”

Richards often has felt most comfortable in up-tempo situations but knows it’s imperative all five players on the court operate in unison Sunday at the Carpenter Center.

The No. 6-seeded Blue Hens (30-3) and No. 11 Mountaineers (17-13) tip off at 12:15 p.m. (ESPN2). No. 3 North Car-olina (28-6) and No. 14 Albany (27-3) follow at 2:45. The winners collide Tuesday night at 7 in the second round.

Much of the onus will be on Delaware senior point guard Kayla Miller, who is 15th nationally with a 2.20 assist-to-turn-over ratio.

For her, poise will matter most.

“They’re going to try to not let us get to where we want to in our offensive sets,” Miller said. “I’m going to have to try my best to make sure I get where I need to go to deliver the basketball and just be smart with my passes, make sure I really read the defense and don’t get too caught up in them trying to speed me up.”

Martin said that Delaware has not faced a team with West Virginia’s speed this season, which isn’t surprising. As members of the Big 12, women’s basketball’s most competitive and deepest conference, the Mountaineers need to be extremely athletic. They moved this year from the Big East.

“The higher level you go, the quicker and stronger the players are and the quicker the pace is going to be,” Martin said. “At one point, West Virginia was leading the Big 12 in forcing turnovers. That should tell you something about their speed and how they play. They do a great job of really getting after it, and we have to do a good job of execut-ing our stuff.”

West Virginia, which led the Big 12 with 10.3 steals per game, has three wins over Top 25 teams this year but finished tied for fifth in the final league standings.

West Virginia features first-team All-Big 12 pick Christal Caldwell, a 5-9 junior guard who played with UD guard Trumae Lucas at Florida in 2009-10 before both transferred. Her 13.2 ppg lead WVU. Ayana Dunning, a 6-3 senior center averaging 10.0 ppg and 6.1 rpg, transferred from LSU. And 5-9 junior guard Taylor Palmer was second among Big 12 3-point shooters (39.4 percent) in league games.

Delaware had offered scholarships to three Mountaineers: starting sophomore point guard Linda Stepney, sophomore

guard Akila Bethel, who was lost for the season with a knee injury Jan. 19 at Baylor, and junior forward Jess Harlee, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in the season finale at Texas. Harlee, in particular, strongly considered Dela-ware.

Seven Big 12 teams qualified for the NCAAs. Delaware is only worried about one.

“Our scout team has done a really good job pressuring us and simulating what West Virginia does,” Miller said. “I feel prepared going into Sunday’s game because of them.”

Hen scratch

President Barack Obama had Delaware beating West Virginia and upsetting North Carolina in his annual bracket predictions on ESPN, but then had the Blue Hens falling to Kentucky in the Sweet 16 in Bridgeport, Conn., next Satur-day. “Elena Delle Donne is a great player and obviously a wonderful person,” Obama said, “but I think Kentucky is the better team.” ... Arena doors don’t open for NCAA tournament games until an hour before tipoff, so fans may not enter the Carpenter Center until 11:15 a.m. on Sunday. ... All four teams will practice in the Carpenter Center today, but the sessions are not open to the public. ... West Virginia is in the NCAA tournament for the sixth time in the last seven years. In each of their previous five trips, the Mountaineers won their first game and lost their second.

Contact Kevin Tresolini at ktresolini@delawareonline.com.

Hatchell familiar with Delle Donne’s skillsWritten by Martin Frank and Kevin TresoliniMar. 24delawareonline.com

NEWARK —Sylvia Hatchell has been a college head coach for 38 seasons, the last 27 at North Carolina.

She had never offered a scholarship to a player coming out of seventh grade until she met Elena Delle Donne at her basketball camp in the summer of 2003. Hatchell was the first of many to offer Delle Donne a scholarship, which she did before Delle Donne even left the camp.

Delle Donne is the most prolific scorer in University of Delaware history. UD could face the Tar Heels in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Tuesday.

“She was about as big then as she is now,” Hatchell said with a laugh. “I watched her play and I was just like, ‘Wow.’ The thing that stood out was not only was she a big girl for her age, but her skill level was unbelievable.

“You don’t see a kid who’s ... going into eighth grade as skilled as she was –ball-handling, shooting, passing. Her basketball intelligence was absolutely incredible. I knew this kid was going to be something else. She has continued to get better as a player. She’s an outstanding young lady. ... She’s the total package.”

West Virginia coach Mike Carey knows this, too.

The Hens will face Carey’s team today in the first round. The Mountaineers have faced Brittney Griner twice this sea-son, their first in the Big 12. Griner, Baylor’s 6-8 center, is the likely player of the year, although Delle Donne is among the finalists for the honor.

“They’re both great players, but different positions,” he said. “Griner was more inside. Delle Donne would go outside, inside. They’re the top players in the country. You’ve got to give them credit. They’ve handled their success very well.”

Knee pain

Four players on West Virginia’s roster are sidelined with knee injuries. Freshman Lanay Montgomery is sitting out the season with an injury suffered in high school. Senior center Asya Bussie, last year’s scoring leader, then blew out her knee in the second preseason practice.

The Mountaineers then had knee injuries end the seasons of 6-foot sophomore guard Akilah Bethel (Jan. 19) and 6-1 junior forward Jess Harlee (March 5) in games.

“Everybody deals with injuries,” Carey said. “We don’t try to make excuses. Other players got to step up and do those roles, and we’ve been able to do that.”

Hen scratch

UNC women’s basketball strength and conditioning coach Jason Beaulieu is a 1996 graduate of Delaware, where he played lacrosse. He later spent five years as Blue Hens head strength and conditioning coach before going to Chap-el Hill in 2010. Beaulieu also works with the Tar Heels’ men’s lacrosse team. ... West Virginia is last in the Big 12 in free-throw percentage (63.4). The Mountaineers are first among Big 12 teams in offensive rebounds (15.7 per game) and steals (9.7 per game) and second in 3-point defense (30.2 percent). ... Delle Donne and WVU fifth-year senior center Yaya Dunning played against each other in the McDonald’s All-American high school game in 2008. ... WVU is playing just its second game since March 5 and first since losing to Oklahoma 65-64 in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament March 9. ... Akeema Richards played in 34 games with one start for West Virginia as a freshman in 2009-10 before transferring to Delaware. She averaged 2.1 points and 9.9 minutes while shooting 40.3 percent from the field for WVU. ... West Virginia was 17th in the AP preseason poll and reached No. 12 before dropping out.

Elena’s swan songDelaware basketball’s brightest star had to leave the game to find ‘comfort’ on the court Written by Kevin TresoliniMar. 24delawareonline.com

Records, honors pile upAs she closes her University of Delaware career, here are some things to remember Elena Delle Donne by:Her 2,940 career points rank 11th all-time in NCAA Division I and are first in Delaware and Colonial Athletic Associa-tion history. She could become the ninth player to score 3,000. Had she not missed 22 career games with injuries and illness, Delle Donne likely would have threatened the record 3,393 scored by Missouri State’s Jackie Stiles (1997-2001).

The 54 points she scored in an 88-83 overtime loss at James Madison her freshman year. They were the most points scored in a Division I women’s game in 10 years and are tied for seventh on the all-time single-game list.

Her 28.1 points per game as a junior in 2011-12 led the nation.

The 40 points she scored on Nov. 17, 2011, at the Carpenter Center in an 80-71 victory over Penn State. At No. 11, Penn State was the highest-ranked team Delaware had ever beaten.

A 12-foot leaner she scored with two seconds left at the Daskalakis Athletic Center on Feb. 19, 2012, giving Delaware a 40-39 win over Drexel. It’s the closest the Blue Hens came to losing while winning all 42 CAA games the last two years.

Becoming UD’s first women’s basketball All-American when, as a freshman, she was on the Associated Press third team and a Women’s Basketball Coaches Association honorable mention pick. She was an AP honorable mention as a soph-omore, when she missed 12 games, but was a consensus first-team pick as a junior and will be again this year.

Being the second woman named All-CAA four times and the third to be Player of the Year three times.Twice winning the Capital One Academic All-America of the Year award in women’s basketball, just the fourth player to do so. Also a four-time CAA All-Academic selection.

Leading the United States to the gold medal at the 2011 World University Games in China as its top scorer (15.7 ppg) and rebounder (8.5 rpg).

Becoming Delaware’s all-time leader in free-throw percentage (91.0) and 3-point percentage (41.5).

Piling up CAA records for blocked shots (267), field goals made (999) and free throws made (739).

John Noonan has a basketball with the word “Hate” written on it.

The person who wrote on the ball then added her autograph: Elena Delle Donne.

Noonan, who had schooled Delle Donne in basketball’s fundamentals since she was in first grade, insisted Delle Donne write that word. It was the summer of 2008 and “hate” was what Delle Donne said she felt toward the sport.

Noonan knew it wasn’t true.

Delle Donne had recently scurried home to Centerville from the University of Connecticut. She’d gone there because that’s where the best female high school basketball player in the country was supposed to go. She stayed less than two days.

Through considerable introspection over the next year, Delle Donne came to learn it wasn’t basketball she detested. It was being away from home and family.

For Delle Donne, home and family now extend beyond her siblings and parents. After four seasons with the University of Delaware women’s basketball team, Delle Donne feels at home on the court at the Bob Carpenter Center with her

teammates as upwards of 5,000 fans cheer on her and the Hens.

That “comfort,” as she calls it, is about to end. Delaware plays a first-round NCAA Tournament game this afternoon at home against West Virginia. Should UD win, it will host a second-round game on Tuesday. Even if Delaware advances from there, it will not host another tournament game and the most accomplished athlete in university history will have played her last serious game of basketball on Delaware soil.

Delle Donne’s next stop will be the WNBA. That draft will put her in a similar situation to nearly five years ago. There is no WNBA team in Delaware or Philadelphia, so she’ll be pulled somewhere. Maybe Chicago, which has the No. 2 pick, or Tulsa, drafting third.

“I’m definitely ready for that,” Delle Donne, 23, said recently, smiling at the prospect. “I’m sure of my love of the game and that’s something I wasn’t sure of coming out of high school.

“These years here at Delaware, here at college, really helped me grow. I am ready for that next step and I’m truly excited to continue to be able to play. I get to play the game I love and get paid for it.”

As for that ball of hate ...

“I might give it to her on draft day,” Noonan said, with a sly laugh.

State of happiness

Love stories need a couple.

Sure enough, Delle Donne has loved playing at Delaware, and Delaware has adored her right back.

Huge crowds have flocked to see Delle Donne play since she was a five-time All-State pick and, as a senior, consensus national Player of the Year at Wilmington’s Ursuline Academy. She scored 50 points in the 2006 state championship game at the Carpenter Center – as a sophomore. She also set a national high school record by draining 80 free throws in a row that season.

During Delaware’s senior night on March 6, a fan explained to Elena’s parents, Joanie and Ernie, that she’d been driving from Sussex County to watch Elena play for 10 years. After “having her to ourselves” for all that time, she said, “now it’s time to share her with the rest of the country.”

Ernie Delle Donne gets choked up just telling the story.

“You know, I’ve been playing in this gym forever,” Delle Donne said of the Carpenter Center. “It’s going to be sad when it’s going to be my final game here because I really have been playing here since eighth grade, so it’s my com-fort and, if I’m in my comfort, I’m able to really enjoy myself and do the things I love to do.”

Because of her, Delaware has been nationally ranked two years running. It will play in its second straight NCAA Tour-nament today, doing so on its home court, at the Carpenter Center, because Delle Donne helps draw big crowds.

Delaware ranked 25th nationally among Division I women’s basketball programs with average attendance of 4,013 this season and had several sellouts at the 5,000-seat arena.

But having a star player doesn’t guarantee success or sellout crowds. She must fit in.

“Elena embraced the team,” Delaware coach Tina Martin said, “and the team embraced Elena right back.”

Martin has often said, “There are no egos on this team.” That doesn’t happen automatically. It has here because Delle Donne carries herself with humility and doesn’t flaunt her excellence.

“I definitely admire Elena for everything she has to deal with every day,” said UD guard Trumae Lucas, who trans-ferred in from the University of Florida before the 2010-11 season. “She handles fans really well when they come up to her, little kids when they come up wanting pictures and autographs. She definitely carries herself really well on and off the court.”

The Hens have gone 42-0 in Colonial Athletic Association games over the past two seasons.

Delle Donne owns the UD and CAA record with 2,940 career points. Only 10 NCAA Division I players have scored more. Only eight have scored 3,000. She was the school’s first women’s basketball All-American. She’ll be a repeat first-team selection this year.

Delle Donne could have threatened the record 3,393 scored by Jackie Stiles at Missouri State from 1997 through 2001 had she not missed 22 career games, including 12 her sophomore season and six this year, with Lyme disease symptoms.

When the Lyme symptoms resurfaced last November, however, Delle Donne wasn’t so sure her senior year would end happily. She felt achy, describing the experience as similar to having the flu. She tired easily. Trying to take a test, she had difficulty gripping a pencil.

She returned for one game, Nov. 20, then couldn’t practice for three weeks. A doctor told her then she may not be healthy enough to play until mid-January. But she returned for good in the Maryland game Dec. 20, though far from 100 percent. She feels fine now.

“To do what we have done now and see how this year started is absolutely amazing,” Delle Donne said. “I’m thrilled we’re back in the position we were in last year, which a lot of people didn’t think we’d be able to do.

“Together,” she added, “this is our last chance and we really want to make it big.”

Unspoken bond

In Delle Donne’s mind, she’s not even the star of the family.

That would be Lizzie, her 28-year-old sister, who is blind, deaf, autistic and has cerebral palsy. They share a bond only the two truly understand, communicating through physical contact.

There are few sights more poignant than watching Elena holding her sister, Lizzie’s legs curled around Elena’s waist, as the two nuzzle, cheek-to-cheek.

It was the severing of that connection during her brief stay at UConn that Delle Donne felt so deeply, though she didn’t fully understand it at the time.

“Lizzie has definitely kept me grounded,” Delle Donne said. “She’s always been the superstar of my family. ... I was always just kind of in the shadow of Lizzie growing up and, with her disability and the way she overcomes things, what she does is so much more impressive to me than what I would ever do on a basketball court. I don’t get all caught up in what I’m doing.”

Elena also has a brother, Gene, 26, who greatly influences her basketball career and, better yet, she said, “he’s my biggest fan.”

A standout in football, where he played quarterback, and basketball at Salesianum, Delle Donne went on to play tight end at Middle Tennessee.

Now, working as a property manager for the Delle Donne & Associates commercial real estate firm run by his father, Gene is his sister’s frequent basketball combatant and personal workout partner. The two have been known to play full-court games of one-on-one, an idea Gene got from a Kobe Bryant video. “Bloodbaths” is what those games some-times become, Elena said.

Gene also has been known to get her up for 6 a.m. for summer track workouts, then push her to run farther or faster.

Likewise, Ernie, who played basketball and golf at Columbia, has also been heavily involved in Elena’s development and takes particular interest in working with her on her shot.

That shot is what makes Delle Donne unique. She is 6-foot-5, yet possesses the shooting and ball-handling skills more

typical of a smaller player. On the perimeter, she is nearly indefensible, and has made 49 of her 100 3-point shots this season. Yet, she also has the size to be a prolific shot blocker and dominant scorer and rebounder in the post.

“Overall, she’s a better player now having come to Delaware than she would have been if she’d gone to UConn,” Gene Delle Donne said, “simply because, here, she had to do more. At UConn, those first two years, she probably would have just been a spot-up shooter.”

Before Delaware’s recent home game against James Madison, Elena asked her father and brother to meet her in the gym for a workout. There, she had the two, who weigh nearly 500 pounds combined and are each an inch taller than Elena, stand a foot apart.

“I had to break through their double team and try to shoot while Gene would hit me and my dad would hit me and just get me off balance,” she said. “This was my idea.”

“We were hitting her in the hips, the ribs, poking her elbow,” Gene said.

All to prepare Elena for the physical double- and triple-teaming she would see in the game.

It’s an example of the diligence that has characterized Delle Donne’s basketball career. Yes, she is tall, but so are many basketball players. Yes, she is gifted athletically, but she has plenty of company there, too. She has worked at making herself better.

“My entire my life I’ve been in the gym working extremely hard,” she said. “You’re not just born with it. It’s something I’ve done my entire life and I enjoy doing. When you achieve great success, you can look back on all that hard work and see that it paid off.”

Kayla Miller, Delle Donne’s teammate since their Ursuline days, should, by now, no longer be amazed. Yet, she is.

“She’s never stopped working,” Miller said. “Even this past summer, she’s been working some of the hardest I’ve ever seen her work. I’m like, ‘Elena, you’re already this amazing player, you don’t have to keep doing all this stuff.’

“I’m really excited for our team,” Miller added, “but I’m also really excited for Elena, especially for what she can have after this college season. She deserves everything she gets.”

A star from the start

Noonan is a former St. Mark’s High player who later coached in the Catholic Youth Ministries. He became head coach at Ursuline after Delle Donne graduated.

A physical therapist, Noonan got to know Ernie Delle Donne when Delle Donne was rehabbing an ankle injury suf-fered playing pick-up basketball. Noonan ended up providing personal basketball instruction for Gene. One day Ernie asked if little sister Elena, then in first grade, could also spend some time with him.

“She was impressive,” Noonan remembers of that first session in a gym at Tower Hill School.

“I’m running through this stuff, and she’s just doing everything. She’s catching good passes, bad passes, [shooting] pull-up jumpers, reverse layups. I’m thinking, ‘This kid is kind of freaky good. This is kind of crazy.’ ”

Noonan became so engrossed that he lost track of time. Finally, Elena sheepishly asked if she could get a drink of water. Noonan figured they’d been going for about 40 minutes, nonstop.

Then they worked for another 30 minutes, with ball-handling and other drills.

For the next six years, until Elena got busier with AAU and school teams, they met twice a week. Sometimes, Noonan would bring in male high school players, like William Penn’s Erik Jones, who later quarterbacked Delaware State, and A.I. du Pont’s Jim Bundren, who played football at Clemson and in the NFL.

“You’d get that facial expression from those guys that said ‘This kid is unbelievable,’ ” Noonan recalled.

Delle Donne, still in grade school, was exhibiting what Noonan calls “Ernie’s vision” to be a multi-skilled player.

“If she’s going to play on a team,” Noonan said, echoing Ernie, “I don’t want her to just be thrown in the paint be-cause she’s tall.”

The summer before Delle Donne entered eighth grade, after a camp in Chapel Hill, N.C., University of North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell offered her a scholarship. It was the first of many such offers.

When Elena was in high school, Stanford University coach Tara Vanderveer came to watch her work out with Noonan. Vanderveer had great success with another Ursuline graduate, Val Whiting, who became an All-American and started on two NCAA title teams. After watching Delle Donne, Vanderveer told Noonan she may be the best player she’d ever seen.

Stanford was too far from home for Delle Donne to seriously consider. But Noonan accompanied her on many recruit-ing trips and observed, he said, “There was never a point in time where she said, ‘That’s it! That’s the one!” In retro-spect, he understands that lack of enthusiasm, which is unusual for most but not, considering what ensued, for Delle Donne.

Delle Donne needed to go to UConn, where many of the great players go, and then come home to learn that being home was best for her. Brother Gene’s first bit of advice to her was, “In the end, you have to be happy.”

Delaware was her happy landing. The Blue Hens and their fans are grateful it turned out that way, and so is Elena.

She’d watched the 2009 NCAA women’s title game, in which UConn slammed Louisville 76-54 to close a 39-0 season, during her year away from basketball. Delle Donne would have been a freshman on that team. Afterward, she called her father, in tears.

“What have I done?” she said.

It wasn’t being at UConn she missed. It was playing basketball.

“I told her, ‘You haven’t done anything except grow up,’ ” Ernie Delle Donne said. “She learned more about herself in that year than most people learn in a lifetime.”

And what she learned, Ernie added, was that Elena had to start playing for Elena, and not for everyone else’s expec-tations of Elena.

Her sophomore year at UD, she made a startling confession to her family, said Ernie. She told them when she received that first scholarship offer from North Carolina: “That’s when I knew basketball would rip me away from my family.”

No wonder Delle Donne came to despise basketball when it did carry her, ever so briefly, away. When she let the game go, its absence truly did reinstate her fondness. Being home again allowed her to rediscover it.

“It’s been an incredible ride and it’s just been so much fun along the way,” said Delle Donne, who still regularly trains with Noonan, including this week.

“There’ve been tests and I’ve grown so much and I’ve met some incredible people who’ve lifted me throughout the years. Now I’m here and it’s almost over, but it’s been amazing.”

Hens’ next phase beginsBack in tourney, UD hopes to feed off Newark crowdWritten by Kevin TresoliniMar. 23delawareonline.com

NEWARK — More than a year ago, the NCAA announced it would hold first-round games in its 2013 women’s basket-ball tournament at the University of Delaware.

The NCAA, which likes home crowds to ensure higher attendance for its women’s tourney, did so under the assumption the Blue Hens would be successful enough to qualify for the 64-team field.

Despite some major early-season concern, Delaware obliged. The Blue Hens (30-3) bring a 25-game win streak into today’s 12:15 p.m. first-round tip-off against West Virginia at the Carpenter Center (ESPN2).

Now the Blue Hens will see if they have staying power.

“The pressure was getting back here,” Delaware coach Tina Martin said Saturday. “And now that we’re here, we just want to play as well we possibly can play at our university and in front of our fans.”

The Blue Hens, who are seeded sixth, expect only a complete effort will do the trick against No. 11 West Virginia.

The Mountaineers are just 17-13, but they play in the rugged Big 12, which sent seven of its 10 teams to the NCAA Tournament. Delaware is the lone Colonial Athletic Association representative.

West Virginia did manage to secure three wins over teams that were ranked in the Top 25 at the time – Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Iowa State.

Delaware and West Virginia, as well as second-game participants North Carolina and Albany, each spent 90 minutes on the court Saturday.

Incoming fans will notice a gussied-up Carpenter Center, with black carpeting covering the cement floor surrounding the court and the appropriate NCAA signage and logos, with black also the dominant color, throughout the building.

A capacity crowd of 5,000 will gather and, Martin assured, “It’s going to be electric.”

The No. 3 Tar Heels (28-6) and No. 14 Great Danes (27-3) tip off at 2:45. Today’s winners return for Tuesday’s sec-ond-round game at 7, when victory will be worth a Sweet 16 trip to the Bridgeport, Conn., Regional.

Delaware lost its second and third games this season, though it was in position to win both, while All-American Elena Delle Donne was sidelined with Lyme disease symptoms. But Lauren Carra’s late bucket gave the Blue Hens a critical win 59-58 Dec. 9 over perennial Ivy League champ Princeton.(Page 2 of 2)

Delle Donne, who was named one of four finalists for the Naismith Women’s College Player of the Year award, returned for the Dec. 20 matchup with No. 9-ranked Maryland, which was the last game the Blue Hens lost. They went on to go 21-0 in Colonial Athletic Association play and crack the AP Top 25 – they’re now 15th – for the second straight year.

That was no small feat. Now a larger challenge looms.

“Whatever happens, happens,” Martin said, “because I’m so proud of this team.”

Delaware doesn’t need a victory over West Virginia to consider its season extraordinary, but it would be a nice top-per.

And no team enters the NCAA Tournament without the Final Four on its mind, no matter the odds. That includes Dela-ware.

“We all came into this one game at a time, and we definitely want to get as far as we can in this tournament,” senior forward Danielle Parker said. “We’re just preparing as a team and doing what we know we need to do defensively. We’ve been working on a lot of things.”

WVU’s 6-foot-3 senior center Ayana Dunning expects the Mountaineers’ many Big 12 road tests to benefit them in the hostile environment, where most will be rooting for the home team.

“We’ve played on the road in front of sold-out crowds,” she said. “Sometimes we were getting booed. So we know what it’s like to play on somebody else’s home court, where the fans are so fanatic and they’re just so excited and so upbeat for the other team.”

West Virginia traveled to Texas for its last three road games, including the Big 12 Tournament in Dallas.

“Going to the Big 12 this year for the first time, we were just happy to have a bus trip,” coach Mike Carey said of the ride from Morgantown, about five hours away, to Delaware.

Delaware is happy to make its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance – but first on its home court.

“It was very gratifying we were able to achieve it and get back here, knowing this was waiting for us,” Martin said.

“I’m just thankful and grateful to the players and how hard they’ve played to get us back to this point and the coach-ing staff, all the work they’ve put into it.”

That was the hard part. Now comes the harder part.

Like a beast,’ Buchanan sparks Hens on the glassWritten by Martin FrankMar. 25delawareonline.com

NEWARK — Elena Delle Donne rarely ever yells at a teammate.

So it certainly got Kelsey Buchanan’s attention when Delle Donne yelled at her last weekend during Delaware’s quar-terfinal game of the Colonial Athletic Association Tournament against North Carolina-Wilmington after she missed a rebound.

“When she yelled at me and said, ‘We need you!’ I was like, ‘You’re right, and I’ll do that for you guys.’

“She never yells, so I was like, ‘This is serious.’ ”

Delle Donne said Buchanan has “played like a beast” since then.

That was evident Sunday, when Buchanan came off the bench and tied her career high with 10 points to go along with five rebounds – three offensive – as the No. 6 seeded Hens beat No. 11 West Virginia 66-53 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.

These moments have been few and far between for Buchanan, a 6-foot-3 junior who averaged just 8.2 minutes per game during the season.

But the Hens were desperate. They were trailing the Mountaineers by seven points at halftime, and as UD coach Tina Martin put it: “We were getting our butts kicked in the first half [in rebounding].”

And yet, Martin saw something from Buchanan in the first half that made her decide to go with a big lineup in the second half.

“Kelsey ripped the ball out of one of West Virginia players’ hands and I’m like, ‘KB is here to play today,’ ” Martin said. “I turned to [associate head] coach [Janine] Radice at one point because she was thinking of subbing for her.

“I was like, ‘Don’t take her off the floor.’ ”

She didn’t. In fact, Martin began the second half with Buchanan and 6-1 center Danielle Parker up front. Buchanan played 31 minutes Sunday, nine more than her previous best.

Her putback with 12:52 left in the game gave the Hens a three-point lead, their largest of the game at that point. She then scored under the basket with 8:26 left for a five-point lead as West Virginia couldn’t match up with both her and Parker inside.

Buchanan’s presence freed up Delle Donne to play more on the perimeter. It also enabled the Hens to gain control of the boards. West Virginia had nine offensive rebounds and 21 total in the first half compared to six and 15 for the Hens.

In the second half, UD outrebounded WVU 21-12. Buchanan’s play had a lot to do with that.

“Her size and our big front line really posed some problems for West Virginia,” Martin said. “I just felt like we could really even out the rebounding. ... I wanted to go with the big three up front and pound the ball ourselves.”

UD will need more of that against North Carolina’s front line Tuesday. Buchanan said she’ll be ready. She knows that the Hens’ first trip to the Sweet 16 is at stake.

“It definitely helped me to have confidence to play better on the court,” she said. “It’s just knowing that my teammates believe in me.”

That’s what Delle Donne was trying to get across to Buchanan last weekend by yelling at her for missing a rebound.

“I don’t know if she’s been trying to show me up or what [since then], but I think I fired her up a little bit,” Delle Donne said. “That’s usually not my leadership style, but it just happened and she has responded ever since.”

Contact Martin Frank at mfrank@delawareonline.com.

Frank: As greats do, Delle Donne takes over when necessaryWritten by Martin FrankMar. 25delawareonline.com

NEWARK -- We’ve heard over and over again about how much of a team player Elena Delle Donne is, the way she makes sure other players get involved to the point where she passes up shots she probably could have taken.

Then there are situations like the one the University of Delaware faced on Sunday: The sixth-seeded Hens trailed No. 11 West Virginia by seven at halftime. The sold-out crowd, filled with anticipation before the game, shaking the Bob Carpenter Center to its very core, was ominously worried as the second half began.

Everybody knew what needed to happen.

That included Delle Donne. She saw the finality of her college basketball career in front of her, and she wasn’t ready for it to end.

“When I was sitting in [the locker room] at halftime, I was thinking that I might only have 20 minutes left of basketball to play,” she said. “That made me just decide, ‘You know what? I’m going to do whatever I can possibly do to win this bas-ketball game.’”

This is the brilliance of Delle Donne. She didn’t say anything to her teammates. Instead, she came out shooting.

The Hens scored the first nine points of the second half to take the lead, and they slowly and gradually kept pulling away until they had a 66-53 win over the Mountaineers in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Delle Donne had 20 of her 33 points in the second half, shooting over shorter defenders and getting to the free throw line, something she wasn’t able to do in the first half.

The tactical explanation is that UD coach Tina Martin went to a bigger lineup in the second half with reserve Kelsey Bu-chanan up front with Danielle Parker. That enabled Delle Donne to play more on the perimeter.

Martin also designed plays to get Delle Donne the ball just outside of the lane with one of West Virginia’s smaller players guarding her.

From there, the rest is up to Delle Donne.

“Once she gets the ball, she reads the defense,” Martin said. “If they’re up on her, she’ll spin off them and try to get to the rim. If they’re [playing] off of her, she’ll try to shoot over them.”

The psychological explanation, of course, was that Delle Donne wasn’t about to let her brilliant college career end in the first round, on the Hens’ home court, with a sold-out crowd cheering as loudly as any UD crowd since 1999 – when the men’s team won the America East Tournament championship.

It’s the same mentality that LeBron James has with the Miami Heat and Michael Jordan had with the Chicago Bulls when they won six championships in the 1990s.

“That’s all internal,” Delle Donne said. “As a leader, I talk to my teammates and try to pump them up, give them a little speech going into the second half. But I don’t tell them the internal stuff that I’m thinking.

“I just knew I needed to do something about it. I wasn’t going to go out without a fight.”

Delle Donne’s teammates know when it’s time for her to take over just as well as she does.

“It’s an unspoken thing,” Parker said. “We just know.”

This is why Parker casually walked up to Delle Donne during a timeout early in the second half and asked her where she would like a screen to be set for her.

“That’s the luxury with Elena,” Parker said. “She knows when to do it. Nobody has to say anything to her. I’m like, ‘Elena, I’ll set a screen for you. Go ahead and do your thing.’ And she does.”

It’s still probably the toughest thing for Delle Donne. She is thrilled when someone like Buchanan can come in and score a career-high 10 points and grab three offensive rebounds.

And she loves it when Parker can hit her corner jump shot, which she did late in the game to put it away, or Trumae Lucas can steal the ball and go in for an uncontested layup, like she did with just under eight minutes left to give the Hens a nine-point lead.

But Delle Donne loves playing more. And on Sunday, she wasn’t ready to stop.

UD still dancing; Tar Heels up nextHens, crowd turn things up in second halfWritten by Kevin TresoliniMar. 25delawareonline.com

NEWARK — A sellout crowd seemed at full volume from the moment Delaware’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Tourna-ment first-round game tipped off at the Carpenter Center on Sunday afternoon.

Then the second half came, and the Blue Hens really gave their rooters something to cheer about.

Down seven at halftime, Delaware utilized some defensive and lineup adjustments to take command in the second half and wallop West Virginia 66-53 before a deafening turnout of 4,532.

Senior All-American Elena Delle Donne performed her typical magic, getting 20 of her 33 points in the second half. Delaware also received a huge contribution off the bench from junior Kelsey Buchanan, who equaled a career-high with 10 points and added five rebounds. Danielle Parker had game highs of 11 rebounds and four steals for Delaware.

The No. 6-seeded Hens (31-3) advanced to Tuesday’s second round. No. 3-seeded North Carolina (29-6) will have to cope with the Hens and their noisy supporters in the 7 p.m. matchup after rallying to beat Albany 59-54 in Sunday’s second game. Victory Tuesday earns a Sweet 16 game at the Bridgeport, Conn., Regional on Saturday against No. 2 seed Kentucky or No. 7 seed Dayton.

“This was actually even better than I could have imagined,” Delle Donne said after Delaware’s 26th straight win. “Our fans were absolutely crazy today. The atmosphere was amazing. Sometimes I saw West Virginia coming down the court trying to call a play and they’re all looking at each other getting angry cause they can’t hear. They didn’t even know the play. ... [The fans] really were like a sixth man today.”

West Virginia (17-14) brought in lofty credentials, including three wins over Top 25 teams. Like Kansas, which knocked Delaware out in the second round of the 2012 NCAA tourney, the Mountaineers were an 11th seed and fifth-place finisher in the Big 12, women’s basketball’s deepest and most competitive conference.

They soared into halftime up 33-26 after Taylor Palmer’s late 3-pointer and Linda Stepney’s subsequent driving layup, having outshot and outrebounded the Blue Hens.

But Delaware switched from a man-to-man defense to a zone in the second half and went with a bigger lineup – the 6-foot-3 Buchanan joining Parker in the post – and it paid dividends.

“We felt we had to go bigger,” Delaware coach Tina Martin said. “One of the great things about my team is nobody hung their head in the locker room after we made the switch in the starting lineup. ... I felt that we had to at least try to equalize the boards. The only way we could do anything defensively if we’re going to go with a bigger lineup was to play the zone.”

Delaware has always been comfortable in Martin’s match-up zone, and the effect was immediate. The Hens also initial-ly went with Trumae Lucas and Akeema Richards in the backcourt for the necessary speed to offset West Virginia’s.

“When we went to zone, we knew we could stop lots of their penetration, and that’s what happened,” Lucas said.

The Hens opened the second half on a 9-0 run concluding with Richards’ baseline jumper that made it 35-33 with 13:35 left. West Virginia missed its first seven field-goal attempts before Yaya Dunning’s jumper inched WVU within 37-36. Christal Caldwell’s 3-pointer got the Mountaineers within 43-42 with 10:11 on the clock.

The Hens then reeled off eight straight points, concluding with Lucas’ steal and fast-break layup with 7:52 left that made it 51-42 and lifted the decibel level in the arena even higher.

“I definitely heard the roof come off,” Lucas said.

WVU pulled within 51-45 before Delaware later scored on five straight possessions to go up by 12 and take command.

“It was just a tale of two halves,” WVU coach Mike Carey said. “Give them credit. They went to the zone, and we didn’t execute. They attacked the offensive boards, and we didn’t do a good job in the second half.”

Delaware had 10 of its 16 offensive rebounds in the second half and outrebounded the Mountaineers 36-33 for the game. West Virginia, after shooting 43.8 percent from the field in the first half, was just 7 for 22 (31.8 percent) in the second. It had nine offensive rebounds in the first half but only four in the second.(Page 3 of 3)

“Their 16 offensive rebounds just killed us,” Carey said.

The Mountaineers were led by the 6-3 Dunning with 15 points and 10 rebounds. But they were undermined by 17 turnovers.

“After halftime I was thinking a little bit that we were getting worn down,” Delle Donne said of the second-half im-provement. “And that was a lot with how we were chasing them so much on defense. When coach switched the de-fense, I had a lot of confidence that that was going to help us. When KB [Buchanan] started, I was able to play more of a guard spot so I was able to get away from the players a little bit instead of banging with them inside.”

Delaware also had just nine turnovers against a team that had forced opponents to commit nearly 20 per game. But WVU rarely used the full-court pressure the Hens feared.

“When we got behind we needed a lot more scoring ... so did we want scoring or did we want to press?” Carey said. “We just didn’t get stops like we did in the first half.”

Delaware was making its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance – second straight – and first on its home court. Del-aware lost first-round games in 2001 to North Carolina State on the Wolfpack’s home court and to Michigan State in 2007 on the Spartans’ home court. Last year, Delaware, as a No. 3 seed, scored the first NCAA tourney basketball win in school history 73-42 over Arkansas-Little Rock on UALR’s court before the loss to Kansas.

Awarded NCAA hosting rights for the 2013 tourney more than a year ago, Delaware and its crowd showed why that privilege was much deserved on Sunday.

“To win a game like this in front of our home crowd, who was electric,” Martin said, “... there’s no other feeling that I can describe other than that I’m just totally thrilled right now for my players, for this program, for the state of Dela-ware.

“This community has meant so much to our team, and I know that the team means a lot to the community, so it was a great win today and I’m just really very happy and looking forward to Tuesday.”

Sunday, March 24, 2013Home is perfect fit for Blue HensBy Graham HaysespnW

NEWARK, Del. -- Elena Delle Donne and Delaware get their chance to be Cinderella.

Except that in the fairy tale, Cinderella wins by escaping her home for grander, palatial surroundings. In the basketball version, the Blue Hens hope to travel all the way to New Orleans, by way of Connecticut. But there is no place they and their larger-than-life star would rather be than this small state, in a small gym with old-school bleachers at either end.

Games in the NCAA tournament are about moving forward, progressing to the next step. This one was for Delaware, too. It was also about celebrating what happened here over the past four years.

In front of a partisan crowd that sold out the Bob Carpenter Center weeks in advance and arrived hours early -- and after receiving video encouragement from Vice President Joe Biden, a fellow Delawarian -- sixth-seeded Delaware beat 11th-seeded West Virginia 66-53 to advance to the second round.

Down seven points at halftime and looking at an ending unworthy of the story that begat it, the Blue Hens rallied be-hind 33 points from Elena Delle Donne. She scored 20 points in the second half. So did West Virginia.

When it was over, the fans stood but went nowhere, waiting until Delle Donne and coach Tina Martin finished televi-sion interviews on the court so the crowd could offer one more round of cheers as the two headed to the locker room.

“This was actually even better than I could have imagined,” Delle Donne said. “Our fans were absolutely crazy today. And the atmosphere, it was amazing. Sometimes I saw West Virginia coming down the court trying to call a play, and they’re all looking at each other, getting angry because they can’t hear. They didn’t even know the play.”

The doors didn’t open Sunday until an hour before tip, but that didn’t stop a crowd from gathering closer to two hours early, some clustering around the doors of the arena and others ignoring the chill to tailgate in the parking lot.

When Delaware played its final home game of the 2008-09 season, a few months after Delle Donne finished her one and only season with the volleyball team after she gave up basketball, the published attendance said there were 844 people in the stands. The school didn’t bother pulling out the seats on one side of the gym in those days, the practice court left open as the squeaking of sneakers echoed through empty seats.

West Virginia coach Mike Carey has drawn up plans to try and cope with everyone from Diana Taurasi to Maya Moore and Brittney Griner. He was no less frustrated by Delle Donne.

Vicky and Tom Kaczmarczyk were among the throng Sunday, proudly wearing their blue and yellow; he’s a Delaware native and she’s related to the state by marriage. Only one other athlete matters as much here.

“I’d say it’s Joe Flacco, Elena Delle Donne,” Vicky said of the state’s sporting royalty.

The adoration wasn’t why Delle Done returned home after originally committing to Connecticut, not directly. She didn’t even want to play basketball for the Blue Hens or anyone else back then. But the state was ready for her when she was ready for it.

“Usually if Delaware grows talent, it goes elsewhere for bigger and better things,” Tom said. “She’s the talent that stayed home. And people love her. They just love her, love her family, her bond with her sister.

“We just love her.”

There was, of course, a basketball game that had to be won to avoid turning the afternoon into a wake. West Virginia seized the early upper hand. It pressured Delaware all over the court early and took the home team out of its offen-sive rhythm. Delaware entered the game No. 25 in the nation in rebounding, while West Virginia wasn’t even in the top 100, but it was the Big 12 team that piled up nine offensive rebounds in the first half. Delle Donne’s shooting -- she hit 6-of-11 shots before halftime on mostly difficult looks -- kept her team in contention.

Martin switched out man-to-man defense in the second half, the zone flummoxing West Virginia to such an extent that it didn’t score its first point after the break until nearly seven minutes had elapsed. Junior Kelsey Buchanan and se-

nior Danielle Parker rose to the challenge, literally, on the boards. The Blue Hens finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds, three more than the Mountaineers, with Buchanan and Parker combining for 16 points and 16 rebounds against the major-conference players supposed to physically dominate them.

And there was Delle Donne, who got to the free throw line 13 times in the second half. There was no answer for her. For all the points she scored, that was most evident against the pressure that so troubled the Blue Hens early. It won’t show up in the box score, but she posted up more on the wrong end of the court than she did on the offensive end, a permanent relief valve against the press.

West Virginia coach Mike Carey has drawn up plans to try to cope with everyone from Diana Taurasi to Maya Moore and Brittney Griner. He was no less frustrated by Delle Donne.

“How many times on the press -- we had them stopped and they just lobbed it up to her,” Carey said. “Then when they lob it up to her, if that’s a post, we’ve probably got a [forward or center] on her, you know what I mean? But being a guard, we have a guard on her. And then when we’re pressing, they just lob over the top and she would get it. And you don’t want to foul her because she’s a great foul shooter.

“She presents a lot of problems, she really does.”

She always has. Asked about the first time he noticed a crowd react to his sister in quite the way they do now, Gene Delle Donne suggested when she was in third grade. Delaware’s Kayla Miller, a friend and teammate for more than a decade, pointed to the state championship game the two played in as sophomores for Ursuline Academy. That game, too, was played in the Bob Carpenter Center. Delle Donne scored 50 points in the win.

“That was also a sold-out crowd, crazy fans,” Elena Delle Donne said. “There was a little bit more of a rivalry going on in that game, but this was just all about Delaware, which was so cool.”

After her team escaped an upset bid by Albany to reach Tuesday’s second-round game, North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell wondered aloud if the fans will still show up next year when Delle Donne is in the WNBA. It’s a fair question, but it also isn’t the point. This isn’t North Carolina or Connecticut or Notre Dame or Tennessee. This doesn’t happen all the time here. Whatever comes after Delle Donne, she set this moment in motion.

It’s all right if it doesn’t last. It is all right as serendipity.

“I was looking for a school where I would fit in to be able to play,” Blue Hens senior Lauren Carra said. “At the time, Delaware really wasn’t that school that was all over the map. They barely had a .500 record at the time. I wanted to go to a school I could play at, and Delaware just happened to be that school. And then I see in one of my [high school] classes one day that Elena Delle Donne is coming to Delaware, flashing on the bottom of the screen on ESPN, and that kind of just changed the look of the whole team when she came in.”

Ernie Delle Donne, Elena’s dad, stood a little apart from the crowd in front of the arena before the game. Poker faced as always, he nonetheless could barely speak, lest emotions get the best of him.

He told a friend who stopped by how good this place had been for his daughter. That goes both ways, came the response.

And now, Elena Delle Donne and her teammates earned one more game to soak up all of this. One more game at home.

“I think I’m just so focused on winning and doing what we have to do and focusing on that opponent that I try not to let any of the emotions get involved,” she said. “Because I think if I started getting emotional, it would definitely affect the way way I’m playing. … Whenever this season ends, that’s when I can kind of look back on it and get emotional.”

Late in the game, Delle Donne shot the second of two free throws. As it left her hand, it looked just the slightest bit short. Breaking the silence that had been afforded her in the act of shooting, a voice in what sounded like the upper rows of the arena yelled out “Get in there.”

The ball snuck in over the front of the rim. As it would have with or without the encouragement.

You could be forgiven on this afternoon for thinking team and fans were working together.

Thursday, March 21, 2013Savor Delle Donne, Diggins, GrinerBy Michelle SmithespnW

There’s no other way to say this. I’m a big sap.

I cry at most movies, even the lousy ones. I can’t get through “Parenthood” on Tuesday nights without a stack of tissues. During the days leading up to my daughter’s high school graduation last year, I was a weepy, sniffling mess.

And don’t even talk to me about “Toy Story 3.” Wait, I think I have something in my eye.

I’m a sucker for a romantic ending, a sad plot twist or a heartfelt speech, but it’s the “lasts” that always get me in the worst way. Knowing that something is fleeting, preparing to disappear or change, never to return again, is an emotional killer.

So I relate to the basketball fans across the country who will spend the next three weeks with a lump in their throats prepar-ing for the final college games of Brittney Griner, Skylar Diggins and Elena Delle Donne.

All season long, ESPN has promoted the trio as the “3 To See,” but time is running out on the show, the curtain is getting ready to fall.

Griner, Diggins and Delle Donne are the types of talents who don’t come along often, magnetic young women who have stayed true to themselves and stayed close to their hometowns, where they are most beloved, revered and celebrated. And they have thrived at an extraordinary level. But now, they are on the countdown to the end.

OK, so it’s not the end-end. They will all go on to play professional basketball in the WNBA and overseas, years, maybe a decade or more left on their athletic careers.

But by the time this three-week tournament is over, they will never again don their college uniforms, associations that repre-sent the defining era of their young careers and their lives.

Many athletes will tell you that their college years were the best time of their lives and that they miss it terribly. As they move on past graduation, they pine for that time when their team and their teammates were the center of the universe, when the goals were clear-cut and uncomplicated by the responsibilities of adulthood. It was simple and great.

Griner, Diggins and Delle Donne will move forward, and they will probably do remarkable things -- who doesn’t picture any of the three of them winning WNBA championships or getting Olympic gold medals around their necks at some point? But they will never again play for their school.

We invest in these players because we have them for four (or more) years. We become familiar, but beyond that, we be-come attached. They are here so long that we not only get to witness their experience, but they become part of our experi-ence. And we don’t want our experience to end, not when it has been this good.

We invest in these players, particularly on the women’s side, because we have them for four (or more) years. We become familiar, but beyond that, we become attached. They are here so long that we not only get to witness their experience, but they become part of our experience. And we don’t want our experience to end, not when it has been this good.

So sit back and appreciate these next three weeks and feel free to ponder what you have been privileged to watch.

Watch Griner move deftly in the paint, find a way to score over either shoulder, put up those long arms and make life miser-able for anyone looking to make a shot within 12 feet of the basket.

Keep your eye on Diggins and her incredible will to win. Watch her dish and slash and pump up her teammates with that steely gaze that only sees victory at the end of the day.

And appreciate Delle Donne, with her smooth dribble, her court presence and such agility and grace for a player her size.

When they come off the floor for the last time, pay tribute, stand up, cheer loudly. Say thank you in the ways that only true fans can.

You will see them again someday, but not like this, not in the place where they defined their careers, not in the uniforms that established their identities as some of the best to ever play.

And if you tend to get a little misty-eyed, keep a little Kleenex in your pocket and avoid eye contact with the person standing next to you. It always works for me.

Injured wrist won’t stop Carra’s final hurrah forsixth-seeded DelawareMarty MyersMar. 19thetimes-tribune.com

Dunmore’s Lauren Carra isn’t missing this dance.

It’s her senior season at Delaware, and the Blue Hens are playing host to the first and second rounds of the women’s NCAA Divi-sion I basketball tournament.

Only one thing could be wrong with that picture. Photos on the Delaware website show a team that is all smiles as the field of 64 was announced. But there is also some cause for concern.

Carra, the team’s second-leading scorer, is wearing a wrap around her right wrist. At first glance, it looks like a support that a bowl-er might wear.

“I wish I was going bowling,” Carra said in a phone interview from Delaware. “We don’t know exactly what it is. We’re going to go with a bruised hand for now.”

And there will be no checking to see if it’s anything more than that until Delaware’s season comes to an end.

“I’m not going to the doctor yet,” Carra said. “And I don’t want to know. Whatever it takes to keep me out on the floor.”

Headstrong?

Of course.

Determination has been the battle cry for her career, one that has seen her start 98 of 100 games over the last three years.

“It happened at practice the day before we left for our conference tournament,” Carra said. “There’s been very little time for it to heal.”

It probably didn’t help that she dove into the scorer’s table chasing a loose ball in Sunday’s Colonial Athletic Association win over Drexel in the title game.

“That’s just the way I play,” Carra said. “It’s the only was I know how to play.”

So, there was no chance she would jeopardize anything would keep her out of the lineup for Sunday’s noon tip against West Virgin-ia on her home floor.

“I’d say we’re very optimistic right now,” said Carra, whose team is ranked 15th in the country but just a sixth seed for the Bridge-port Region. “We’ve faced a lot of adversity through this season. These seven seniors, we’ve been through a lot of ups and downs and we’ve learned from all of it.

“This is our last run. We’re hoping to make it a memorable one.”

A year ago, the Blue Hens traveled to Little Rock as a three seed and were surprised by 11th-seeded Kansas in the second round, 70-64.

Being a sixth seed this year doesn’t have anyone upset.

“Originally, we were projected as a five but a six is just as good,” Carra said. “It turns out it looks better to us from where we are at right now.”

Delaware is in the same bracket with Connecticut, Maryland and Michigan State, but the possibility of a Tuesday evening matchup with No. 3 seed North Carolina doesn’t seem as daunting, if it materializes, since it will be played in front of 5,000 crazies in the Bob Carpenter Center on Delaware’s campus.

“It’s huge,” Carra said. “The travel, the trip to Little Rock last year, it takes a lot out of you. Just being at home, comfortable and in our own environment is a huge factor for us.

“It’s sold out and we have a very good feeling that most of those fans will be wearing Delaware blue and yellow on Sunday. There is not better feeling than to run out on the Bob Carpenter Center floor and having spent four years getting to know these fans per-sonally.”

There also is no worse feeling than leaving disappointed, as Carra knows all too well from last year.

“It’s March Madness for a reason,” Carra said. “We understand every team is coming at you in a whole new season. They’ll give you everything they have. You have to be on your guard and be ready to play our game.”

Contact the writer: mmyers@timesshamrock.com @mmyersTT on Twitter

Delle Donne enjoying ‘amazing ride’ at DelawareBy DAVID GINSBURG (AP)— Mar. 21 1:51 PM EDT

NEWARK, Del. (AP) — Whenever Delaware’s NCAA tournament run ends, Elena Delle Donne will look back on her college career with no regrets.

“Honestly, I think the happy ending has already occurred,” Blue Hens coach Tina Martin said. “The happy ending is that Elena is happy.”

After starring at Ursuline Academy in Delaware, Delle Donne accepted a scholarship to perennial title contender Connecti-cut in 2008. Almost immediately after arriving at the school, the 18-year-old got homesick and left in tears.

Saying she was burned out from basketball, the 6-foot-5 Delle Donne enrolled at Delaware and played on the volleyball team during her freshman year. Eventually, she approached Martin and asked to join the basketball team.

And it’s been a thrill ride ever since.

Delle Donne has become the most prolific scorer in Colonial Athletic Association history, was voted CAA player of the year three times and led Delaware to two straight league titles, the last coming Sunday to extend the team’s school-record win-ning streak to 25 games. The Blue Hens became a fixture in the Top 25, and last year they recorded their first-ever NCAA tournament win.

She also raised the level of interest in women’s basketball within the state to a point where the home arena is regularly sold out and Sunday will host the opening round of the NCAA tournament for the first time.

“It’s been great for me, and I think the state of Delaware has had a fine ride with this also,” Delle Donne said. “Me being a hometown girl, staying home, really competing and getting us on the national scene has been pretty awesome for the state. They’ve been behind us the whole way.”

None of this would have happened if Delle Donne stayed at UConn.

“She could be playing at Connecticut right now but that’s not where her heart is,” Blue Hens guard Lauren Carra said.

Delle Donne has the ability to drive to the basket, dominate the lane, pop a baseline jumper or nail a 3-pointer. She might have won a national championship or two with the Huskies, but doesn’t think about what might have been because it could never top what ultimately occurred.

“This is the best decision of my life,” Delle Donne said. “When I made the decision a while back and I was playing volley-ball, I never would have thought I would be here at this time. But it’s been the most amazing ride ever. I wouldn’t change anything.

“I’ve just enjoyed playing this game that I’ve absolutely loved, meeting some awesome teammates that I will be friends with for the rest of my life. I’ve built bonds with my coaches that will last forever. It’s far more than championships for me. We’ve been able to have our own little championships with the CAA. It’s been a different challenge here, different than having to win the national title.”

The first obstacle Delle Donne had to overcome was the angst over abandoning UConn and the game of basketball.

“Elena did what society told her to: You’re the No. 1 player, you should go to the No. 1 school,” Martin said. “So she chose Connecticut, But bottom line, in her heart, she did not want to leave the state of Delaware.”

Going home wasn’t an immediate cure.

“I saw her on campus during her freshman year,” Martin recalled. “She was walking with her head down, her shoulders were slumped. Talking to our volleyball coach, she told me the kid just really needs to be left alone. She said the kid is stressed out, she wants to enjoy college. Basketball has been such a burden for her, with so much pressure since the eighth grade.”

Delle Donne realized she didn’t belong at Connecticut almost the instant she got there.

“The only thing I regret is how I left Connecticut. I didn’t meet with the girls, I didn’t meet with the coach. I just left,” she said. “But I was 18, was panicked and did what I thought I had to do. Obviously, I can’t change that now. Being grown up now, I would have done it differently. Other than that, no regrets.”

Now that Delle Donne is playing basketball again, she holds her head high on campus — but not with the swagger befitting one of the best female players in the land.

“Elena is a great player, obviously, but you wouldn’t think she’s the superstar of the team if you just saw her walking around,” teammate Trumae Lucas said. “She definitely fits in with the rest of us. ... Connecticut has its history, but she made history here.”

Delle Donne has been able to enjoy her basketball success a mere 15 minutes from where she grew up.

“We have a family barn where Mom cooks dinner,” said Gene Delle Donne, Elena’s older brother. “I think that’s Elena’s favorite place in the whole world.”

Delle Donne puts family ahead of everything. Being at UConn, a five-hour trip from Delaware, would have been too much separation from her family — most notably older sister Lizzie, who is deaf, blind, and has cerebral palsy.

“No doubt, Elena is one of Lizzie’s favorite people,” said Gene, who will be behind the Delaware bench Sunday when the sixth-seed Blue Hens (30-3) face West Virginia (17-13) on Sunday. Delaware is in the same bracket as top-seed Connecticut, so there’s a chance Delle Donne could face the Huskies down the road.

“I realize that,” she said, “but we’ve got a long, long way to go before we get there.”

Delle Donne’s final college game will serve as a prelude to the next phase of her career, the WNBA. She will likely be a top-five pick.

“I can’t wait for that,” Delle Donne said. “Obviously there’s a little more to do here, then the next chapter starts. I think it’s going to be pretty awesome.”

Lobo knows the thrill of UD’s rideWritten by Martin FrankMar. 26delawareonline.com

In many ways, Elena Delle Donne and Rebecca Lobo are kindred spirits, which goes well beyond the fact that they are nearly the same height.

That’s when Lobo is wearing high heels, like she was when the ESPN commentator interviewed the 6-foot-5 Delle Donne after the Universi-ty of Delaware’s 66-53 win over West Virginia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday.

But back in the 1990s, Lobo did for UConn basketball what Delle Donne is doing now – galvanizing the state and making women’s bas-ketball matter. So it was only fitting that Lobo was able to see the effect Delle Donne has had on the UD program, community and state during these games at the Carpenter Center.

Lobo saw the packed arena Sunday, the fans standing and cheering as the Hens rallied to win, with Delle Donne leading the way with 33 points.

You could make the connection to perhaps the most important moment in UConn women’s basketball, back on Jan. 16, 1995, when the Huskies officially became a national program by beating No. 1 Tennessee.

“What was fun about the atmosphere was that you can feel that there’s something special happening here,” Lobo said. “There’s just an excitement within the program and with the fans who are following it that you don’t get at a lot of places.

“UConn has great crowds and Tennessee has great crowds and Baylor has great crowds. What’s different is they’re trying to do some-thing here for the first time. ... That makes it a little different, a little more special. You can feel it in the building.”

It’s a feeling the Hens hope to duplicate tonight in their second-round game against No. 3 seed North Carolina. The arena has been sold out for weeks, with just about every fan coming to see Delle Donne’s last game on Delaware soil.

Lobo was talking at length Monday about Delle Donne’s greatness, the way she can shoot over smaller players and battle inside against bigger ones. That characteristic hasn’t been seen in women’s basketball by someone that tall.

This is what struck Lobo most of all after seeing Delle Donne play in person for the first time.

“You get a whole new appreciation seeing her in person,” Lobo said. “Watching her on tape simply doesn’t do her justice. ... Just to see what she can do on the court with as many defenders as she draws. She’s such a special player, such a gifted offensive player. Her balance is terrific, her footwork, her hands. Everything about her game is special.”

The Tar Heels will get the experience tonight. They’ll try to do what practically no other team has been able to do during Delle Donne’s illustrious career: stop her.

Then again, maybe not.

“I think maybe we’ll just leave her open because everybody else has been trying to guard her,” UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell said with a laugh. “Maybe it’ll be a strategy that no one else has used on her yet – a little reverse strategy.”

Then, more seriously, Hatchell, said she has already gotten advice from several fellow coaches about playing against Delle Donne. Some told Hatchell to deny her the ball. Others told her to double-team her at all times. Even others said to let Delle Donne get her points and shut down the other players.

“This kid didn’t just fall out of the sky,” Hatchell said. “I’m sure all the teams in her league this year have tried a lot of different things against her. ... Everybody can give you their opinion, but they’re not the ones who are going to be on the chopping block if it doesn’t work. I’ve had some good advice. Now it’s just a question of what direction we’re going to go.”

Many have wondered about UD’s direction after Delle Donne and the other six seniors play their final game, whether it’s tonight or at the regional round in Bridgeport, Conn., or perhaps the Final Four in New Orleans.

It would be easy to say UD could follow UConn’s path after Lobo and become an elite team. But really, there’s no comparison.

Lobo was at a Big East school and in one of the power conferences, and those types of players don’t come to mid-major schools like Dela-ware. That was even true about Delle Donne, who originally committed to UConn.

“When I left, [UConn] still had Jennifer Rizzotti, who was an All-American from Connecticut,” Lobo said. “They also had Nykesha Sales. They still had players with big names who were going to carry that program on. … [Delaware] has seven seniors. You’re not just losing Elena. You’re losing players that the fans have come to appreciate and love over the course of the last four years.”

It’s a love affair Lobo is reliving all over again through Delle Donne.

Win or lose, Hens savor successesWritten by Kevin TresoliniMar. 26delawareonline.com

NEWARK — An upset win over North Carolina tonight would put Delaware in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament for the first time.

It also would allow the Blue Hens to outdo their historic 31-2 finish last year, when Kansas ended their NCAA bid in the second round.

Tonight’s outcome will not, however, be the measure of UD’s season after all the Hens have accomplished, coach Tina Martin asserted Monday, apparently concerned some may feel otherwise.

“Everybody sets goals at the beginning of the year,” Martin said. “We have high goals, we have high standards, we’ve reached almost all of them. If we beat North Carolina [tonight], yes, it would be huge for this program.

“But let’s keep everything in perspective. We are the two-time defending champions in the CAA, undefeated, and we’ve won two first-round games in the NCAA, something that’s never been done in the history of the University of Delaware. So give these kids the credit. It won’t be like the end of the world if we lose against North Carolina. It won’t be like we won the national championship if we win against North Carolina. It’s one game. It’s an opportunity.”

It’ll be the first matchup ever between the Hens and Tar Heels in women’s basketball. No. 13-ranked UNC (29-6) is making its 24th NCAA appearance, highlighted by the 1994 title, and has won 42 tourney games.

No. 15-ranked Delaware (31-3) is in its fourth NCAA Tournament and second straight, having gone 62-5, including 42-0 against CAA opposition, the last two years.

Sunday’s epic 66-53 win over West Virginia was its second ever in the NCAA Tournament.

“I don’t want anything to be taken away from this team and how much they’ve accomplished and what they’ve done, the history they’ve made here at the University of Delaware, because of one tournament game,” Martin said.Hen scratch

UNC’s game against Albany on Sunday was its first in 13 days, and Tar Heels coach Sylvia Hatchell believes that lay-off hurt her team in its comeback win. She said she was on the phone with coaches association officials Monday sug-gesting teams be allowed to move one of their two preseason exhibition games to the end of the season to avoid such situations. ... Leading UNC scorer Tierra Ruffin-Pratt had trouble with both shoulders, including missing 13 games last year after surgery, before putting together a first-team All-ACC senior season. ... UNC has three seniors, all starters, and no juniors. ... The Hens will be trying to repeat the accomplishment of their volleyball counterparts who, in 2009, upset North Carolina at the Carpenter Center. Elena Delle Donne played volleyball the previous season for the Hens. ... UNC is 2-1 in tournament games on a lower-seeded foe’s home floor. It won as a top seed at No. 5 Arizona State in 2005 and No. 8 Vanderbilt in 2006. The Tar Heels lost as a No. 3 seed at No. 6 Colorado in 2003.

North Carolina Tar Heels a tall challenge for Delaware Blue HensTar Heels bring size, big-game experience into Bob tonightWritten by Kevin TresoliniMar. 26delawareonline.com

NEWARK — The Blue Hens secured one of the most exhilarating victories in their athletic history Sunday afternoon.

Tonight, they’ll try to top that.

North Carolina joins Delaware on the Carpenter Center floor for a second-round game of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament. The sold-out contest tips off at 7 (ESPN2).

A Sweet 16 game Saturday in Bridgeport, Conn., against Kentucky or Dayton awaits the winner.

The Tar Heels bring an unmistakable pedigree into the matchup, beginning with coach Sylvia Hatchell, No. 2 in women’s basketball histo-ry with 908 career wins, including the 1994 NCAA title.

They also happen to be 29-6 this year, ranked 13th nationally and are seeded third for tonight’s encounter with the sixth-seeded Blue Hens (31-3). Delaware has won 26 straight since a Dec. 20 loss to Maryland, an ACC rival that UNC beat twice.

“We’ve grown so much since then,” senior guard Lauren Carra said Monday. “There’s a lot of things that can happen [tonight], but this team has grown so much that we can handle a lot of the adversity that we face.”

No. 15-ranked Delaware, boosted by another partisan crowd, will attempt to summon the resolve that enabled it to rally from a sev-en-point halftime deficit and beat 11th-seeded West Virginia 66-53 Sunday afternoon. Delaware, switching to a taller lineup and its long-trusted matchup-zone defense, outscored the Mountaineers 40-20 in the second half.

Last season, Delaware downed 11th-ranked Penn State 80-71 in the second game of the season at the Carpenter Center, a victory that helped propel the Hens into the national limelight. Their season ended in an NCAA second-round setback against Kansas.

In a six-day span this season, Delaware handled NCAA qualifier Villanova and Duquesne in Dartmouth’s holiday tournament and then nipped St. John’s, which also reached the NCAA tourney, on its home court in overtime.

“These big games like Penn State and Kansas and West Virginia, they just basically help us improve,” senior forward Danielle Parker said. “It’s just about how we come out [tonight] and execute.”

That’ll be no small task against the Tar Heels, whose starting lineup runs 5-foot-9 (Brittany Rountree), 5-10 (Tierra Ruffin-Pratt), 6-foot (Kris-ta Gross), 6-2 (Xylina McDaniel) and 6-6 (Waltiea Rolle).

North Carolina has won 10 games this year in which it was tied or trailed at halftime. Hatchell, whose 908 wins are surpassed only by former Tennessee coach Pat Summitt’s, credits her team’s leadership and toughness for that.

“We’ve got really great chemistry on this team,” Hatchell said.

Delaware coach Tina Martin went with a taller lineup Saturday for much of the final 30 minutes against West Virginia, putting 6-3 Kelsey Buchanan on the floor, and may have to again tonight to counteract UNC.

“They’re going to be a big challenge for us,” Martin said. “Watching North Carolina throughout the year, they’re big, they’re strong, they’re athletic, they’ve got shooters.”

Ruffin-Pratt leads UNC with 15.8 points per game and scored a career-high 30 as the Tar Heels rallied to beat America East champ Alba-ny here Sunday, 59-54.

Patrolling the post are Goss (team-high 8.5 rebounds per game), Rolle (11.7 ppg/6.6 rpg) and McDaniel (11.4 ppg/7.1 rpg). Rolle is among the ACC’s all-time leading shot-blockers and is shooting 47.5 percent.

“We have to rebound the ball,” said Delaware senior All-American Elena Delle Donne. “They crash the boards. We also have to take care of the basketball because they play a pressure defense and they like to go for a lot of steals.”

UNC’s 13.4 steals per game rank second nationally.

“We have our work cut out for us,” Delaware point guard Trumae Lucas said.

The Hens also know UNC has some challenges, particularly in thwarting Delle Donne, who strafed WVU for 33 points Sunday and went 12 for 13 at the foul line, where she’s a 92.2 percent shooter this season.

“They do have Carolina written across their jerseys,” Lucas added, “but given the wins that we have gotten thus far, we have Delaware written across our jerseys so, at this point, it doesn’t really matter. It’s about what each team does when it gets on the court.”

In home finale, Elena Delle Donne nets 33 as UD triumphsWritten by Kevin Tresolini The News JournalMar. 26delawareonline.com

NEWARK — University of North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell saw Monday’s snowfall and said “I thought it was Christmas.”

A day later, the Blue Hens gave themselves and their fans a gift they’ll forever treasure.

The University of Delaware is going to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament.

Seemingly overmatched early, Delaware rallied from a 10-point second-half deficit to stun North Carolina 78-69 in a second-round game at the Carpenter Center Tuesday night.

Senior All-American Elena Delle Donne scored 33 points while becoming the ninth women’s player to get 3,000 in her career.

“I don’t think I wanted anything more than this win,” Delle Donne said.

She had considerable help, as Trumae Lucas scored 20 points and Danielle Parker supplied 14 points and 13 re-bounds.

The epic win was heralded by a raucous sellout throng of 5,000, including Vice President Joe Biden, a UD graduate, and was seen by an ESPN2 TV audience as well. Biden spoke to the Blue Hens in their locker room after the game.

The No. 6-seeded Blue Hens (32-3) have won 27 straight since a Dec. 20 loss to 9th-ranked Maryland, an ACC rival the Tar Heels beat twice. They advanced to a Sweet 16 matchup Saturday in Bridgeport, Conn., against No. 2-seed Kentucky, an 84-70 winner over No. 7 Dayton Tuesday.

“I’m usually a person who has many, many words and I can’t even describe what our team just went through out there,” Delaware coach Tina Martin said. “This is without question I would think the greatest victory in Delaware histo-ry, in our sports history.

“It’s incredible for these young ladies. I told you they have hearts of lions and they truly showed today they have hearts of lions. Our fans, our sixth man? I don’t think anybody stopped screaming since the tip, all the way through. I’ve never been in an atmosphere in my entire career, and I’ve been coaching 25 years, like that. Even at Final Fours.”

Third-seed North Carolina finished 29-7.

ACC Rookie of the Year Waltiea Rolle, a 6-6 freshman, unleashed 23 points on Delaware but also was plagued by fouls and picked up her fifth with 4:08 left. Leading scorer Tierra Ruffin-Pratt was 1 for 13 from the field and scored eight points.

Delle Donne played her final game in the arena where she played for five and won four state high school champi-onships at Wilmington’s Ursuline Academy, then starred for the Hens. Six other seniors also made their final home appearances.

“I even said to the girls before the game,” Delle Donne said, “ ‘We deserved to win to win our last game on this court’ and that’s how everybody played and I’m just so proud of my teammates for the fight they showed throughout the entire basketball game.”

That was evident from the start, and Martin termed it one of the most physical games she’d ever seen. But UNC was called for 24 fouls to Delaware’s 13, a discrepancy Hatchell made light of in the postgame.

“I wish Delaware luck when they get on a neutral court,” she said.

Down eight at halftime and 10 early in the second half, Delaware rallied. A 13-3 run culminated with Lucas driving for a layup that gave Delaware a 52-51 edge as the crowd counted down the shot clock, which she barely beat.

Delle Donne’s putback of her own miss then allowed Delaware to regain the lead 54-53 with 9:45 left and accounted for her 3,000th career point. She now has 3,006.

Delaware extended its lead to 67-60 on Parker’s two free throws with 3:56 left. UNC rallied to within three, but Del-aware got a huge basket when, the shot clock about to expire, Delle Donne whizzed a pass to Jaquetta May cutting along the baseline and the Delcastle High grad put the ball in to make it 71-66 with 1:28 left.

Two Parker free throws with 27 seconds left made it 75-69 and gave the Hens some comfort.

No. 13-ranked North Carolina shot 48.4 percent from the field in the first half (15-for-31) but 30 percent (9-for-30) in the second.

No. 15-ranked Delaware had followed a similar pattern and rallied Sunday to oust 11th-seeded West Virginia 66-53 in the first round, outscoring the Mountaineers 40-20 in the second half after trailing by seven at halftime.

The Blue Hens fell behind by eight in the first half, including a two-minute span when Delle Donne went out after injur-ing her knee. But the Hens scored on eight straight possessions, and led 32-31 when Parker dropped in a short fade-away jumper following an offensive rebound with 4:17 left.

But Tar Heels red-shirt freshman Megan Buckland, a 34.1-percent 3-point shooter averaging 5.4 points per game, looped in 3-pointers on four straight possessions. They comprised a 12-0 run that gave UNC its biggest lead, 43-32, with a minute left. Delaware needed Delle Donne’s 3-pointer at the buzzer to go into halftime down 43-35.

Buckland finished with 17 points.

Last year, Delaware, as a No. 3 seed, scored the first NCAA tourney basketball win in school history 73-42 over Arkansas Little Rock on UALR’s court, then fell to 11th-seeded Kansas in the second round. That closed a 31-2 season. Delaware is making its fourth NCAA Tournament appearance.

The Tar Heels brought a proven track record into their first matchup with Delaware. Hatchell is No. 2 in women’s bas-ketball history with 908 career coaching wins, including the 1994 NCAA title. Making its 24th NCAA tourney appear-ance, UNC was seeking its 43rd all-time win. Delaware earned its third.

Delaware has played Saturday’s foe, Kentucky, once, winning 86-70 on Nov. 24, 2006, at a tournament in San Fran-cisco when the Wildcats were ranked 20th. That Delaware team also reached the NCAA Tournament.

Contact Kevin Tresolini at ktresolini@delawareonline.com.

Lucas to the rescue as UD guard helps turn the tideGuard’s aggressive play turns the tideWritten by Martin Frank The News JournalMar. 26delawareonline.com

NEWARK — Trumae Lucas saw what was happening.

The University of Delaware women’s team was getting battered on the boards, with North Carolina on the verge of taking over the game.

She wasn’t going to let that happen in the second half.

The senior guard scored 16 of her career-high 20 points in the second half, taking UD from an eight-point deficit at halftime, which would increase to 10 early on, to a scintillating 78-69 win over the Tar Heels in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Tuesday.

More importantly, Lucas did it with sheer will, barreling her way to the basket, taking anyone who would stand in her way with her.

“It’s simple,” Lucas said. “I see an opening and that’s where I’m going. If somebody happens to be standing there, I’m sorry.”

But really, Lucas said, she had no choice. The situation was dire.

North Carolina’s physical play was wearing on the Hens, preventing Elena Delle Donne from getting the ball at least in a position to shoot and preventing forward Danielle Parker from getting the ball inside.

So Lucas took it right at the Tar Heels.

“Elena was getting beat up,” Lucas said. “Parker was getting beat up. If I was going to be aggressive, that was the time. That would open things up and that’s what happened.”

Lucas did it even more once UNC’s 6-foot-6 center Waltiea Rolle went to the bench with four fouls with 12:47 left.

At the time, the Hens had cut North Carolina’s lead down to five points. Parker’s layup got UD to within three.

Then Lucas stole the ball and went in for a layup, pulling the Hens to within a point.

On their next possession, Lucas took it to the Tar Heels’ defense again, driving in for a layup and a one-point UD lead with 11:24 remaining.

She wasn’t done, either.

Her steal led to two free throws that gave the Hens a three-point lead with 8:12 left and her rebound of a missed shot with 58 seconds left gave UD a seven-point lead, pretty much sealing the victory.

“I think the biggest thing about Trumae, she’s just a really tough kid,” UD coach Tina Martin said.

“There was one play where I was unhappy with her, and she just turned to me and said, ‘Give me the play. I’ll get it back.’

“It’s her toughness, her willingness to take a hit. She wants the ball in tough situations. We used to have to beg her to shoot and be more aggressive. [Tuesday], at times, she took the game over and we needed that big time.”

Lucas has done this more and more as the season has gone along.

She gave up her starting spot early in the season, saying that she’s too nervous early in the game and she worries too much about getting others involved rather than being aggressive right from the start.

When she comes in off the bench, Lucas knows exactly what the Hens need.

So she attacked Tuesday in the second half, with the Hens’ season hanging in the balance, with North Carolina’s inside-outside duo of Rolle and freshman Megan Buckland (four 3-pointers in the first half) proving to be too much to stop.

Sure, Rolle’s foul trouble had something to do with the lane opening up for Lucas’ drives, much to the dismay of UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell, who said the officiating took away her team’s aggressiveness as much as anything.

Rolle said “no comment” when asked about that after the game.

And Hatchell said the Hens’ crowd wasn’t as much of a factor as the officiating.

“I don’t think the crowd really bothered us,” she said.

“We’ve played in tough environments before. It wasn’t the crowd. Not having players out on the floor was the differ-ence in the game.”

Whatever it was, Lucas and the Hens took advantage, not stopping until their victory was secured.

Contact Martin Frank at mfrank@delawareonline.com.

A GOODBYE FOR THE AGESWritten by Martin Frank The News JournalMar. 26delawareonline.com

It was only fitting that Elena Delle Donne’s final home game ended this way, with her and the University of Delaware women’s basketball team basking in the adulation from a sold-out crowd standing and cheering at the top of its lungs.

This is what Delle Donne has meant to women’s basketball here. It’s become the hardest ticket in the state with Tues-day’s audience at The Bob including Vice President Joe Biden and Gov. Jack Markell.

The fans stood and cheered the whole way, perhaps willing the Hens to win as much as Delle Donne and the rest of the team did. They stayed long after the game as well, chanting “Let’s Go Hens!” well after the 78-69 win over North Carolina was complete in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

Now the Hens go on to their first Sweet 16, where they’ll face the University of Kentucky on Saturday in Bridgeport, Conn.

But no one will forget this night. No one will forget the fact that The Bob was as loud and as emotional as it ever was.

And, of course, no one will forget Delle Donne.

It went well beyond the fact that she became the ninth player in women’s basketball history to eclipse the 3,000-point barrier. She finished with 33 points and pretty much every single one of them Tuesday was earned despite North Caro-lina’s relentless defense.

This was a love affair that began in eighth grade when Delle Donne led Ursuline Academy to four state championships in her five seasons, each year her final game culminating at The Bob.

This was her home.

Well, she wasn’t going to go out with a loss. Not on this night. Not with Markell and Biden in attendance. And not with school history on the line.

For the past week, UD coach Tina Martin was telling anyone who would listen that the season will be a success no mat-ter what happened Tuesday. And she would have been right. Never before has UD had this much success in women’s basketball. And never before has UD had a player like Delle Donne.

This was the Hens’ chance to go further than they did last year, when they won their first NCAA Tournament game.

This time, however, the Hens knew they had to go further. They were at home. And they were playing in front of sold-out crowds.

But it’s so much different playing against a school like ACC power North Carolina, with their 6-foot-6 center Waltiea Rolle, who was dominant inside. She had 15 points and six blocked shots in the first half.

The Hens had no answer for her.

That was even more true when freshman Megan Buckland came in and drained four straight 3-pointers late in the first half, giving the Tar Heels an 11-point lead.

There seemed to be no way the Hens could stop that inside-outside combination.

But the crowd never let up.

There were never any groans or periods of silence. Instead, the fans kept standing and they kept cheering.

The Hens never let up either, slowly and methodically cutting into the lead, the crowd getting louder and louder as UD crept closer.

It was bedlam when Trumae Lucas kept relentlessly driving the lane, throwing her body into UNC’s front line, giving UD the lead with 11:24 to go.

The frenzy never let up as Rolle got herself in foul trouble. She picked up her fourth foul with 12:47 left. The damage was done. The Hens sensed an opening in the middle and they charged right through.

Delle Donne’s put-back with 9:48 left put the Hens back up by a point. It was the 3,000th of her career. Perhaps the most important two points she ever scored.

She wasn’t done.

Lucas, who finished with a career-high 20 points, wasn’t done either.

By the time it was over, when North Carolina’s last futile try at the basket went awry, Delle Donne was jumping up and down screaming with exultation. Martin was running out onto the court exuberant, her fists pumped in the air as the rest of the team celebrated around her.

But the moment belonged to Delle Donne. For five years in high school and four more at UD, she provided fans at the Bob Carpenter Center memories that will last a lifetime.

She deserved to go out a winner in her final game on Delaware soil.

She made sure that she did.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013Blue Hens head to first Sweet 16By Graham HaysespnW

EWARK, Del. -- All right, how much do you really love the game?

That’s the question Elena Delle Donne told her dad she thought some higher power had posed when she was diagnosed with Lyme disease during her second season playing basketball at the University of Delaware.

She was the high school star who became even more famous for walking away from the game than she had been as a 6-foot-5 kid doing things on a basketball court nobody had ever seen someone her size do before.

She was the lost soul who found what she was looking for in the touch of a sister and the embrace of a community. And who found her way back to a game she once swore she would never again play.

She said she loved the game again? Fair enough, the unspoken challenge came, prove it. Prove it by coming back from that illness. Prove it by coming back a second time when the same condition sidelined her again this season.

Was this a good enough answer? Behind 33 points from Delle Donne, No. 6 seed Delaware erased its second sizable halftime defi-cit in as many rounds and upset third-seeded North Carolina 78-69 to reach its first Sweet 16.

“I don’t think I wanted anything more than this win,” Delle Donne said. “And that’s saying a lot.”

She wasn’t alone, not on a night when her teammates and a capacity crowd of nearly 5,000 people, including the vice president, seemed eager to answer the same question.

This was the game Delaware wasn’t supposed to win, even on its home court. It was a nice mid-major team with a singular player, sure, but last year’s NCAA tournament, in which it received a No. 3 seed of its own and then lost in the second round to Kansas, hardly the best the major conferences had to offer, supposedly proved it couldn’t step up in class. It beat one of those teams in the first round this season, but even that win against West Virginia required a furious second-half comeback. Two places separated North Carolina and Delaware in the final AP poll of the regular season, but Tuesday threatened to expose what some felt was a chasm between them in talent.

It is almost impossible to take your eyes off Delle Donne on the offensive end of the court. Like Lionel Messi or Wayne Gretzky in his prime, the anticipation of her getting the ball is more compelling than what most players do when they actually have it in their hands.

North Carolina scored easily off the opening tip, and had only slightly less trouble pounding the ball inside on subsequent posses-sions, 6-6 Waltiea Rolle too much for Delle Donne or anyone else on the Blue Hens to handle. Rolle’s third field goal in the game’s first six minutes gave the Tar Heels a 14-9 lead, which suddenly felt all but insurmountable when Delle Donne left the game limping moments later.

All eyes were on her as she lay by the bench to receive treatment, vanished behind the stands to test out her right leg and finally returned to the scorer’s table after two minutes of game time.

“Elena’s a huge part of this team, and when I saw it, I got nervous,” Delaware senior Lauren Carra said. “We came so far as a team, the seniors especially. And all you’re thinking of is what could have happened. Is she OK? It wouldn’t have been a good ending if that didn’t come up good. But it did. It was just meant to be tonight.”

It didn’t quite feel meant to be when, after Delaware rallied to take a 32-31 lead and bring the fans out of their seats, North Caroli-na’s Megan Buckland hit four consecutive 3-pointers to push her team’s lead to 11 points.

But after a North Carolina turnover with five seconds remaining in the half, Delle Donne took the inbounds in the backcourt, quickly dribbled toward the 3-point line and drilled a shot at the buzzer.

“I honestly think that 3-pointer was one of Elena’s biggest shots of her career,” said Gene Delle Donne, the older brother who has seen so many of them.

It also set the stage for the biggest half of a career for one of the Blue Hens. Just not the one North Carolina coach Sylvia Hatchell recruited in middle school.

It is almost impossible to take your eyes off Delle Donne on the offensive end of the court. Like Lionel Messi or Wayne Gretzky in his prime, the anticipation of her getting the ball is more compelling than what most players do when they actually have it in their hands. But for a time in the second half Tuesday, the unthinkable happened. She actually receded into the background -- not entire-ly, not so much that she didn’t score 14 points, but enough.

Instead of Delle Donne leading the charge, Trumae Lucas took control of the game. Her second-half totals included 16 points and three steals, but her impact went beyond numbers, beyond the charge she drew with her team down one point that drew perhaps the biggest roar of the night. A transfer from Florida whose minutes ebbed around midseason, Lucas played the half of her life.

Ever the perfectionist, Martin barked her displeasure at Lucas for one particular errant shot and kept on her about it. Lucas just turned and told Martin to just give her the play.

“It just shows how much she’s grown,” Martin said. “She was moving on past that play, which shows maturity. Her toughness, her willingness to take a hit -- I mean, I would go to battle with her any time. Her athleticism really showed today. She took it right at the North Carolina guards and really stepped up her game to a whole new level. Which obviously we need at this level, with those type of athletes that North Carolina had.

“She was going by them, jumping over them, beating them to loose balls. She’s just shown and grown so much.”

Hatchell was perfunctorily gracious, to put it politely, in defeat. She loaded her congratulations to Delaware by wishing them luck “when they get on a neutral court” and said it was foul trouble, not the opposition and not the crowd, that proved the difference in the game. She left little doubt as to her opinion of the legitimacy of those fouls, nevermind that it was the Tar Heels who gave the of-ficials little choice but to start using their whistles or risk losing control of a game that was physical from the opening tip. Foul trouble did hurt North Carolina. Home-court advantage, an ungainly thing in the postseason, did help the Blue Hens.

But the difference in the game was the players. Not just Delle Donne, but players like Lucas.

“Today, at times, she took the game over, just like Elena would take the game over,” Martin said. “We needed that as a team, and she stepped up big time.”

So did Danielle Parker, who finished with 14 points and 13 rebounds in 34 minutes of relentless energy against North Carolina’s big front line. And Martin, who is far more than the coach who lucked into an All-American who scored her 3,000th career point Tues-day night, stepped up. She made the necessary adjustments at halftime, fixing the zone matchups that proved so costly in leaving Buckland alone in the first half.

So did the fans who gave the evening an identity all its own.

There is a sound that only comes from feet making contact with bleachers. Lots of feet, rising and falling in rhythm, producing some-thing that literally rises from the ground and tumbles out into open space. That’s the sound that washed over the Bob as the Blue Hens made their run in the second half. That sound itself is something to savor.

Foul trouble did hurt North Carolina. Home-court advantage, an ungainly thing in the postseason, did help the Blue Hens. But the difference in the game was the players. Not just Delle Donne, but players like [Trumae] Lucas.

They didn’t need those bleachers all that long ago, didn’t even bother to pull them out for women’s basketball games. They didn’t need to worry about saving a seat for the vice president, either, not that there was a shortage.

They needed them Tuesday night. They could have filled a gym twice as big, maybe more. And it all started with what Delle Donne heard when the gym was empty, when she shot a ball for the first time after months away.

She is the reason it was possible. Everyone made it happen this night.

“It’s unbelievable to see how much she’s grown -- she was an 18-year-old girl and now she’s a 23-year-old woman,” Gene said before Delaware’s first-round game. “It’s just great to see that basketball has now been back in her life. It’s awesome for me to see that smile on her face, with her team.”

That smile crept across her face with 20 seconds still to play Tuesday night as she draped an arm around Carra, aware of the mo-ment.

How much do you really love the game?

Anyone fortunate enough to experience Tuesday night can answer that.

2012-13 SCHEDULE AND RESULTSNov. 9 SAM HOUSTON STATE # W, 63-31Nov. 11 GEORGETOWN # L, 56-62Nov. 18 at Duquesne # L, 47-51Nov. 20 PROVIDENCE W, 64-46Nov. 28 SAINT BONAVENTURE W, 68-58Dec. 5 at Rhode Island W, 57-40Dec. 9 PRINCETON W, 59-58Dec. 20 #9 MARYLAND L, 53-69Dec. 23 at Monmouth W, 82-53Dec. 29 vs. Villanova ^ W, 59-45Dec. 30 vs. Duquesne ^ W, 60-45Jan. 2 at Saint John’s W, 60-59 (ot)Jan. 10 GEORGE MASON * W, 62-27Jan. 13 at Old Dominion * W, 63-46Jan. 15 at Northeastern * W, 76-51Jan. 20 TOWSON * W, 76-44Jan. 24 UNC WILMINGTON * W, 67-37Jan. 27 at Drexel * W, 65-56Jan. 29 NORTHEASTERN * W, 77-50Jan. 31 at Georgia State * W, 70-38Feb. 3 HOFSTRA * W, 79-63Feb. 7 at Towson * W, 77-55

Feb. 10 at James Madison * W, 71-64Feb. 14 OLD DOMINION * W, 86-62Feb. 17 at William & Mary * W, 66-44Feb. 19 at George Mason * W, 69-55Feb. 24 JAMES MADISON * W, 61-60Feb. 28 at Hofstra * W, 79-50Mar. 3 DREXEL * W, 62-57Mar. 6 GEORGIA STATE * W, 86-58Mar. 15 vs. UNC Wilmington $ W, 51-43Mar. 16 vs. Hofstra $ W, 75-54Mar. 17 vs. Drexel $ W, 59-56Mar. 24 WEST VIRGINIA ! W, 66-53Mar. 26 NORTH CAROLINA ! W, 78-69Mar. 30 vs. Kentucky @ 12:00 p.m.Apr. 1 vs. Connecticut/Maryland @ TBA

* - Colonial Athletic Association game# - Preseason WNIT^ - Dartmouth Blue Sky Classic$ - CAA Tournament (Upper Marlboro, Md.)! - NCAA Tournament (Newark, Del.)@ - NCAA Tournament (Bridgeport, Conn.)

Senior Lauren CarraSecond Team All-CAASenior Trumae Lucas