University of Delaware Athletics
Delaware Men's Basketball Kicks Off CAA Play Wednesday vs. Hofstra
1/7/2014 12:26:00 PM | Men's Basketball
Delaware (8-7, 0-0 CAA) vs. Hofstra (4-10, 0-0 CAA)
Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Bob Carpenter Center - Newark, Del.
Live Video/Stats: www.bluehens.com
TV: None
Radio: WDSD 94.7 FM (Scott Klatzkin, Bill Harman); WVUD 91.3 FM
Twitter: twitter.com/udbluehens
All-Time Series: Hofstra leads, 48-28
COACHES
Delaware: Monté Ross (Winston-Salem State '92), eighth season overall and at Delaware, 98-138
Hofstra: Joe Mihalich (La Salle '78), first season at Hofstra, 4-10; 16th season overall, 269-213
STORYLINES
• After playing 15 non-conference games to open the season, Delaware begins Colonial Athletic Association play at home vs. Hofstra.
• Delaware is 7-5 during its 12 CAA openers, including wins in each of the last three seasons.
• The game wraps up a three-game homestand for the Blue Hens, who have won their last three home contests. UD has not won four straight at home since a six-game streak from Jan. 21 through Feb. 25, 2012.
• Hofstra leads the all-time series with Delaware, 48-28, but the Blue Hens have taken the last five meetings during the previous two seasons. The teams last met in the 2013 CAA Tournament Quarterfinals, with the Blue Hens posting a 62-57 win over the Pride at the Richmond Coliseum.
• Delaware finished with an 8-7 non-league mark, its most non-conference wins since the 1999-2000 squad also won eight.
• Jarvis Threatt has scored 992 career points and needs just eight more to become the 31st player in Blue Hen history to reach the 1,000-point mark.
• Blue Hen head coach Monté Ross has won 98 career games, and a victory over Hofstra would move him into a tie for third place on UD career wins list along with Mike Brey.
• Delaware is coming off an 82-72 victory over Cal Poly on Saturday, as Threatt led the way with 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
• After playing 15 non-conference games to open the season, Delaware begins Colonial Athletic Association play at home vs. Hofstra.
• Delaware is 7-5 during its 12 CAA openers, including wins in each of the last three seasons.
• The game wraps up a three-game homestand for the Blue Hens, who have won their last three home contests. UD has not won four straight at home since a six-game streak from Jan. 21 through Feb. 25, 2012.
• Hofstra leads the all-time series with Delaware, 48-28, but the Blue Hens have taken the last five meetings during the previous two seasons. The teams last met in the 2013 CAA Tournament Quarterfinals, with the Blue Hens posting a 62-57 win over the Pride at the Richmond Coliseum.
• Delaware finished with an 8-7 non-league mark, its most non-conference wins since the 1999-2000 squad also won eight.
• Jarvis Threatt has scored 992 career points and needs just eight more to become the 31st player in Blue Hen history to reach the 1,000-point mark.
• Blue Hen head coach Monté Ross has won 98 career games, and a victory over Hofstra would move him into a tie for third place on UD career wins list along with Mike Brey.
• Delaware is coming off an 82-72 victory over Cal Poly on Saturday, as Threatt led the way with 25 points, eight rebounds and seven assists.
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