Blue Hens Conclude Non-League Play Tuesday at Buffalo

Delaware (5-5, 0-0 CAA) at Buffalo (6-6, 0-0 MAC)

Date: Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Alumni Arena - Buffalo, N.Y.
Internet: ESPN3.com
Radio: WDSD 94.7 FM (Scott Klatzkin, Bill Harman)
Live Stats: www.ubbulls.com
Twitter Updates: twitter.com/DelawareMBB
All-Time Series: Tied, 1-1

COACHES
Delaware: Monté Ross (Winston-Salem State '92), 10th season overall and at Delaware, 130-166
Buffalo: Nate Oats (Maranatha Baptist '98), first season overall and at Buffalo, 6-6

STORYLINES
        • Delaware looks to snap a two-game losing streak while playing its fifth consecutive road game at Buffalo.
   • The contest is the final non-conference game of the season for the Blue Hens, who will then play 18 consecutive CAA games to close the regular season.
   • Buffalo is currently shooting 41.2 percent, which ranks 289th in Division I, while Delaware ranks 326th at 38.8 percent.
   • The Blue Hens are coming off a 78-48 loss at No. 17 Villanova last Tuesday, as Kory Holden again led the way with 23 points. Holden has connected on a career-high six three-pointers in each of the last two games.
   • Cazmon Hayes contributed 14 points, while Holden and Hayes combined for all but one of Delaware's 26 first half points. The duo scored all 35 first half points during the Blue Hens' previous game at Boston College.
   • Holden has reached double figures in six straight games, the longest stretch of his career, and is averaging 24.6 points over the last five contests.
   • Delaware was out-rebounded by Villanova 36-26, just the second time this season the Blue Hens lost the rebound battle. UD currently ranks second in the CAA with a +6.7 rebounding margin.
   • Monté Ross will be coaching in Buffalo for the first time since he was an assistant with Saint Joseph's during the 2004 NCAA Tournament. The top-seeded Hawks defeated Liberty and Texas Tech in the opening two rounds that year to reach the Sweet 16..

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Blue Hens Conclude Non-League Play Tuesday at Buffalo

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