Blue Hens Play Home Opener Tuesday vs. Fairleigh Dickinson

Delaware (1-1, 0-0 CAA) vs. Fairleigh Dickinson (1-3, 0-0 NEC)

Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2015
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Bob Carpenter Center - Newark, Del.
TV: None
Video: Hens All-Access
Radio: WDSD 94.7 FM (Scott Klatzkin, Bill Harman)
Live Stats: delaware.statbroadcast.com
Twitter Updates: twitter.com/DelawareMBB
All-Time Series: Fairleigh Dickinson leads, 2-0

COACHES
Delaware: Monté Ross (Winston-Salem State '92), 10th season overall and at Delaware, 126-162
Fairleigh Dickinson: Greg Herenda (Merrimack '83), eighth season overall, 144-125; third season at FDU, 19-45

STORYLINES
    • After beginning the season with road games at Delaware State and Iona, the Blue Hens open up their home schedule against Fairleigh Dickinson.
   • Delaware is 15-8 in home openers in the Bob Carpenter Center, but just 3-6 under Monté Ross including losses the last two years to Charleston Southern and Army.
   • The Blue Hens suffered their first loss of the campaign at Iona, 92-77, on Friday in New Rochelle, N.Y. Marvin King-Davis led UD in scoring for the second straight game with 16 points, but Iona hit 16 three-pointers to post the win.
   • Devonne Pinkard scored a career-high 15 points vs. the Gaels, while Chivarsky Corbett also scored 15. Skye Johnson, who made his first career start, contributed career-highs of 10 points and five rebounds.
   • Pinkard, Corbett and King-Davis all set career-highs for minutes played as UD utilized a seven-man rotation.
   • Starters Cazmon Hayes (foot) and Devonne Pinkard (shoulder) each missed the game with injuries, but are expected to return to the lineup vs. FDU.
   • Delaware currently leads the CAA with a 77.6 free throw percentage and a +10.0 rebounding margin.
   • The Blue Hens are 0-2 all-time vs. Fairleigh Dickinson, including a 76-74 loss last year in Hackensack, N.J. Monté Ross is 2-6 in his UD career against Northeast Conference opponents.

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Blue Hens Play Home Opener Tuesday vs. Fairleigh Dickinson

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