Delaware Drops First Road Contest, 76-61, at UMBC

Tuesday, December 8

Baltimore, MD

4:00 PM

University of Delaware

1-1,0-0CAA

UMBC

3-1,0-0America East

Delaware

UMBC

Photo by: Ian Feldmann

12/8/2020 6:30:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

BALTIMORE – UMBC used a hot-shooting performance to post a 76-61 victory over Delaware Tuesday afternoon at the UMBC Event Center.

The Retrievers shot 53.1 percent from the floor, including 7 of 15 from three-point range, and never trailed in the contest. Delaware shot just 37.0 percent, and connected on only 6 of 23 shots from behind the arc.

Kevin Anderson paced the Blue Hens for the second straight game with 18 points, while backcourt mate Ryan Allen added 15 on the day. Andrew Carr was the third Blue Hen in double figures with 11 points, while Dylan Painter grabbed a team-leading seven rebounds.

Darnell Rogers and Daniel Akin both scored 16 points for UMBC, while Dimitrije Spasojevic and R.J. Eytle-Rock added 12 apiece.

Delaware scored six consecutive points to pull even at 12-12 with 12 and a half minutes left in the first half, but UMBC answered with six of the next seven points and led the rest of the way. The Retrievers took their largest lead of the first half at 38-28 in the final minute, before Ebby Asamoah buried a three-pointer to cut the Blue Hens' deficit to seven at the break.

Consecutive buckets by Anderson and Allen made it a 50-43 game with 12:17 remaining, but the Retrievers answered with four straight points to go back up double digits. Asamoah drilled a triple to cut the margin to 58-50 at the 8:35 mark, before UMBC answered with a seven-point run to put the game away.

Martin Ingelsby
"Tip your hat to UMBC, they're a well-coached, disciplined, scrappy team. They are tough defensively and made it difficult for us to get into a flow on the offensive end. We had some breakdowns defensively in the second half as well. We just need to get back to practice and keep working."