Blue Hens Open CAA Play Thursday at Hofstra on New Year's Eve

Delaware (5-6, 0-0 CAA) at Hofstra (8-4, 0-0 CAA)

Date: Thursday, December 31, 2015
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: Mack Sports Complex - Hempstead, N.Y.
TV: None
Video: GoHofstra.com/PrideProductions
Radio: WDSD 94.7 FM (Scott Klatzkin, Bill Harman); HSRN (Sirius 119)
Live Stats: HofstraStats.com
Twitter Updates: twitter.com/DelawareMBB
All-Time Series: Hofstra leads, 50-31

COACHES
Delaware: Monté Ross (Winston-Salem State '92), 10th season overall and at Delaware, 130-167
Hofstra: Joe Mihalich (La Salle '78), third season at Hofstra, 38-41; 18th season overall, 303-244

STORYLINES
    • Delaware opens Colonial Athletic Association play against CAA preseason favorite Hofstra, the first of 18 consecutive league contests for the Blue Hens.
   • UD dropped its third straight game on Tuesday at Buffalo, 99-79, as the Blue Hens allowed their most points on the season.
   • Marvin King-Davis recorded his CAA-leading sixth double-double of the season by posting team-highs of 19 points and 10 rebounds.
   • Cazmon Hayes contributed 15 points for the Blue Hens, while fellow guards Anthony Mosley and Kory Holden chipped in 13 apiece. Mosley also grabbed a career-best nine rebounds.
   • Delaware is 8-6 during its CAA openers, including 5-4 under Monté Ross. The Blue Hens had won four consecutive conference openers before last year's 72-53 home loss to Northeastern. UD is playing its first league road game at Hofstra for the second consecutive season.
   • The game is the second of three in a 91-hour stretch for the Blue Hens, who are back home on Saturday to host James Madison at 12 noon.
   • Delaware faces the top three teams in the CAA preseason poll (Hofstra, JMU, Northeastern) in its first three league games.
   • The Blue Hens are 1-3 all-time on New Year's Eve, with their lone win coming over Rider, 84-72, on Dec. 31, 2012.
   • Hofstra leads the all-time series with Delaware, 50-31, and the Pride swept both games last year. Delaware had won three straight at the Mack Sports Complex before last year's 71-58 Hofstra victory in Hempstead.

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Blue Hens Open CAA Play Thursday at Hofstra on New Year's Eve

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