Blue Hens Fall To Davidson, 93-71, in Season Opener

Tuesday, November 9

Davidson, NC

7:00 PM

University of Delaware

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Davidson

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Delaware

Davidson

11/9/2021 9:25:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

DAVIDSON, N.C. – Davidson used a hot-shooting night and a decisive first half run to pull away from Delaware, 93-71, in both teams' season opener Tuesday night at Belk Arena.

The Wildcats shot over 58 percent in both halves, finishing with a 59.3 percentage for the night, and buried 14 of 23 three-point attempts. Michigan State transfer Foster Loyer poured in 27 points in his Davidson debut, while Hyunjung Lee added 15 on the night.

Dylan Painter paced the Blue Hens with 17 points and six rebounds, while Jameer Nelson, Jr. added 11 points, six boards and three assists during his first game in a Delaware uniform. Kevin Anderson also scored 11 points for Delaware, which shot just 40.4 percent from the floor.

The Blue Hens got off to a strong start by hitting seven of their first 10 shots from the field, and a jumper by Nelson, Jr. gave Delaware an 18-16 lead with 11:25 left in the opening half.

However Davidson took control of the contest by scoring the next 14 points, before Jyare Davis converted a layup to make it a 30-20 game at the 5:44 mark.

The Wildcats eventually built the margin to 49-26, before a putback dunk by Wes Peterson just before the buzzer cut the Blue Hens' deficit to 51-33 at the break.

Delaware never got closer than 19 points in the second half, while Davidson took its largest lead of the night at 79-47 with eight and a half minutes to play.

Head Coach Martin Ingelsby
"Tip your hat to Davidson, they're a good basketball team. We battled for the first 10 minutes, but then took some bad shots and let them get confident. We have to be able to handle adversity better; we had some careless turnovers that led to transition baskets for them. We didn't have enough to slow them down, and need to be tougher moving forward. This only counts as one loss, but certainly we have to be better."

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