Allen, Carter Lead Blue Hens To 76-69 Home Win Over James Madison

Thursday, January 17

Bob Carpenter Center

7:00 PM

University of Delaware

James Madison

Delaware

Photo by: Mark Campbell

Allen, Carter Lead Blue Hens To 76-69 Home Win Over James Madison

1/17/2019 10:12:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score Postgame Press Conference Photo Gallery

NEWARK, Del. – Ryan Allen scored a career-high 29 points while Eric Carter added 26 points and nine rebounds as Delaware led wire to wire for a 76-69 victory over James Madison Thursday night at the Bob Carpenter Center.

Delaware (13-7, 5-2 CAA), which won its third straight home game, shot 56.0 percent from the field, knocked down 8 of 16 three-point attempts, and finished 12 of 14 from the foul line.

Allen hit five triples, went a perfect 6 of 6 from the stripe, and handed out four assists without a turnover while recording his second straight 20-point effort. Carter was 11 of 14 from the field, while Darian Bryant and Ithiel Horton added seven points apiece.

Stuckey Mosley paced James Madison (9-10, 2-4 CAA) with 22 points, all in the second half. The Dukes shot 43.3 percent from the floor, including 8 of 21 from behind the arc.

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Delaware, which hit 10 of its first 12 shots from the field, exploded for an 18-4 lead less than six minutes into the game. The Blue Hens led by at least eight points the rest of the half, while Carter scored inside during the final minute to give Delaware a 41-29 cushion at the break.

The Blue Hens led 68-59 following an Allen fadeaway jumper with 4:08 to play, but JMU reeled off six consecutive points to make it a three-point game with two and a half minutes to play.

The teams went scoreless for nearly two minutes before Bryant converted a clutch left-handed layup with 43 seconds remaining, and Delaware hit all six of its free throw attempts from there to put the game away.

Head Coach Martin Ingelsby
"I'm happy with how we handled the late game situations. JMU is a really good basketball team, but our resiliency when they made a run was big. We had game pressure on us, and I thought for the most part we did a good job of handling the basketball, not turning it over and getting stops when we needed to. Ryan and Eric really carried us on the offensive end tonight. We have a group that thinks for me, and they're starting to gel together.

"For us, we preach unselfishness. We want to go inside first; Eric was fabulous tonight and we worked to get him the basketball. For the first 10 to 12 minutes we got great shots. I'm really proud of our defense. The zone was good to us, holding a talented offensive team to 29 points in the first half."

Eric Carter
"We've really got to protect our home court, and that's what Coach preaches. We've got to stay hungry, and use next Thursday's off day to relax and recharge a little bit to focus for the second half. In the beginning of the game our guards did a great job of getting me the ball in deep seals, and Coach says when I get the ball to be aggressive. When they double, our guards can really hit shots this year."

Game Notes
• Delaware is 3-0 in CAA home games this year
• UD has started 5-2 or better in CAA play for the third time since joining the league
• The Blue Hens defeated JMU for the fifth straight meeting
• Carter has reached double figures in all but one game this year
• Carter moved into ninth place on the UD career rebounds list
• Delaware's 56.0 field goal percentage was its second highest of the season
• Delaware is 40 of 45 (88.9%) from the foul line over the last three games