University of Delaware Athletics
Blue Hens Welcome Mike Brey, Ninth-Ranked Notre Dame To Sold Out BOB Saturday Night
12/8/2017 11:14:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Delaware (4-5) vs. #9/8 Notre Dame (7-2)
📅 Saturday, December 9, 2017
🕖 7 p.m.
📍 Bob Carpenter Center – Newark, Del.
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HEN SCRATCHINGS 🐔
• Delaware looks to snap a three-game losing skid Saturday when the Blue Hens host No. 9/8 Notre Dame at the Bob Carpenter Center.
• The Blue Hens are welcoming back Irish head coach Mike Brey, who led UD for five seasons from 1995-2000. Brey, a member of the UD Athletics Hall of Fame, guided the Hens to America East titles in 1998 and 1999.
• UD head coach Martin Ingelsby played his senior season for Brey at Notre Dame in 2000-01, and later served 13 seasons on the Irish staff.
• Tonight's game is just the second time Delaware has hosted an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent in the 26-year history of the Bob Carpenter Center. The Blue Hens dropped a 64-57 decision to Virginia on Nov. 25, 1997.
• UD has never defeated a ranked opponent in men's basketball history. The Blue Hens are 0-32 against teams ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll, including 0-17 against teams ranked in the top 10.
• Ninth-ranked Notre Dame is the highest ranked opponent in BCC history, and just the fourth top 10 opponent to ever visit Newark. The Blue Hens hosted third-ranked Virginia at the Delaware Field House on Jan. 5, 1981, sixth-ranked Temple at the Carpenter Sports Building on Jan. 28, 1956, and 10th-ranked Saint Joseph's in the BCC in 2003.
• Notre Dame won the only previous matchup between the schools, an 80-75 victory at Purcell Pavilion on Dec. 7, 2013. The teams are scheduled to play again next year in South Bend.
THE COACHES 📋
Delaware: Martin Ingelsby (Notre Dame '01), second season overall and at Delaware, 17-25
Notre Dame: Mike Brey (George Washington '82), 18th season at Notre Dame, 389-189; 23rd season overall, 488-241
