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MBBvDelaware
John Crouch
67
Winner Delaware UD 5-7,3-4 CAA
62
UNCW UNCW 7-6,1-3 CAA
Winner
Delaware UD
5-7,3-4 CAA
67
Final
62
UNCW UNCW
7-6,1-3 CAA
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Delaware UD 37 30 67
UNCW UNCW 36 26 62

Game Recap: Men's Basketball | | Brandon Sans

Blue Hens Salvage Split In CAA Series

WILMINGTON, North Carolina – A 10-foot jumper by senior guard Ryan Allen with 15.9 seconds left lifted Delaware to a 67-62 victory over UNCW, salvaging a split of the Colonial Athletic Association men's basketball series on Sunday afternoon in Trask Coliseum.
 
The Seahawks, who shot a season-low 34.4 percent from the field, fell to 7-6 and 1-3 in conference play. The Blue Hens snapped a two-game losing skid to improve to 5-7 and 3-4 by flipping the script from Saturday's 77-70 defeat.
 
Senior guard Ty Gadsden led four Seahawks in double figures with 14 points. The Charlotte native also set a school record for consecutive free throws made with his 38th straight made, eclipsing the old mark of T.J. Carter set in 2008.
 
Gadsden was joined in double figures by junior guard Jaylen Sims with 12 points and sophomore guards Joe Pridgen with 12 and Jake Boggs with 10.
 
Delaware was paced by Allen's season-high 25 points and redshirt senior forward Dylan Painter's 15 points and 15 rebounds.  Painter recorded his fifth straight double-double and combined with Allen to score 25 of Delaware's 30 second-half points.
 
"Give Delaware credit, they bounced back and took the second game," said Siddle. "We played a decent game and had a good lead. We kind of got tight. We turned the ball over at crucial times in the game. Some of them led to runouts for layups. Down the stretch, they wanted it a little more than we did and were locked in more than us.
 
"All of the league games are possession games. It just wasn't our night. The ball wasn't going in for us late."
 
Clinging to a 63-62 edge with 15.9 seconds remaining, UD's Allen was fouled during a jumper on the right elbow. He missed the ensuring free throw, but sophomore guard Johnny McCoy corralled the offensive board and forced UNCW to foul with 11 seconds to go. Allen then iced the game with a pair of free throws, giving him 15 points in the final period.
 
Allen and Painter combined for the Blue Hen's final 16 points of the contest as Delaware used a 16-4 run over the last 7:22 to pull out the win. The Seahawks were held scoreless for the final 2:50 of the game as the two rivals played to a draw to close the weekend.
 
UNCW appeared in to be in control when Sims, who rebounded from a slow first half, scored six unanswered points over a 2:24 stretch and Boggs followed with a three-pointer to give UNCW its largest lead of the contest, 52-41, with 11:44 on the clock.
 
Delaware chipped away with a 10-2 run, capped by an Allen jumper, to retake the lead, 59-58, with 5:04 remaining.
 
After Sims and Painter traded a pair of free throws, Okauru canned a jumper that reclaimed the lead for the Seahawks, 62-61, at the 2:50 mark. Painter responded a minute later with a layup to flip the score before Allen's jumper and a pair of free throws sealed it.
 
After a slow start for both teams, the pace picked up midway in the first half when Gadsden rattled off eight straight points for the Seahawks, including a three-pointer to put UNCW in front, 15-14, at the 13:57 mark.
 
With 11:15 left in the first half, freshman guard Jamahri Harvey splashed a three-pointer that beat the shot clock to give UNCW a 20-16 lead. Delaware answered with an Allen three and a dunk by senior forward Anthony Ochefu to cut the Seahawk advantage to 22-21 with 9:43 to go in the opening half.
 
UNCW went on an 8-2 spurt, including six points from Pridgen, for a 30-24 lead at the 5:35 point. Delaware countered by making five of its last seven shots over the final five minutes to take a slim 37-36 lead into halftime.
 
GAME NOTES: UNCW still leads the all-time series 23-18…UNCW shot a season-low 15 percent (3-of-20) from beyond the arc…The teams combined to make 40 free throws…There were 12 lead changes in the game, with the Seahawks holding the lead for 28:11…UNCW outscored Delaware, 30-22, in the paint…UNCW had just eight turnovers…The Seahawks drained 19-of-22 free throws for 86.4 percent…UNCW also registered nine steals…Delaware outscored UNCW, 30-26, in the second half.



 
 
 
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