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Women's Basketball Paired with Maryland for NCAA First Round Matchup
3/13/2022 8:51:00 PM | Women's Basketball
NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware women's basketball team earned a No. 13 seed in the Spokane Region and will take on No. 4 seed Maryland in the first round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at Xfinity Center in College Park, Md. The Colonial Athletic Association champion Blue Hens learned their destination Sunday night during the Selection Show Watch Party in front of a blue and gold crowd in the Bob Carpenter Center.
The game will take place Friday at 5 p.m. and will be televised by ESPNU.
Delaware (24-7) earned its fifth trip to the NCAA Tournament in program history after last week's thrilling run to the CAA title in Philadelphia, Pa. The Blue Hens won their third CAA title and will play in the Big Dance for the first time since 2013.
The Blue & Gold is led by back-to-back CAA Player of the Year and first-team All-CAA selection Jasmine Dickey, who leads the Blue Hens with 25.1 points per contest. Dickey was also named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player and earned a spot on the All-Tournament team. Joining Dickey on the first-team All-CAA and the All-tournament is Ty Battle, who ranks in the top 15 in the nation with 11.5 rebounds and ranks second among the team with a 13.3 scoring average.
Maryland is 21-8 on the season and finished with a 13-4 record in the Big Ten, falling in the quarterfinals, 62-51, to No. 14 Indiana. Angel Reese leads the Terrapins with 17.5 points per game and 10.8 rebounds per game. Ashley Owusu is second on the team in scoring with 14.0 points per game, including 44 made three-pointers. As a team, the Terrapins are averaging 7.1 ppg while shooting 35.7 percent from three-point range.
The Blue Hens have played Maryland14 times in program history, with the Terrapins winning each of the first 14 meetings. The most recent matchup came during the 2019-20 season when the two teams met in College Park. Maryland came away with a 99-55 win. Tee Johnson led the Blue Hens with 15 points, while Dickey added 14 points and seven rebounds.
Delaware and Maryland are matched up with sixth-seeded Virginia Tech and 12th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast. Also playing in the Spokane Region will be No. 1 seed Stanford taking on No. 16 seed Montana State and sixth-seeded Kansas playing ninth-seeded Georgia Tech.
The game will take place Friday at 5 p.m. and will be televised by ESPNU.
Delaware (24-7) earned its fifth trip to the NCAA Tournament in program history after last week's thrilling run to the CAA title in Philadelphia, Pa. The Blue Hens won their third CAA title and will play in the Big Dance for the first time since 2013.
The Blue & Gold is led by back-to-back CAA Player of the Year and first-team All-CAA selection Jasmine Dickey, who leads the Blue Hens with 25.1 points per contest. Dickey was also named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player and earned a spot on the All-Tournament team. Joining Dickey on the first-team All-CAA and the All-tournament is Ty Battle, who ranks in the top 15 in the nation with 11.5 rebounds and ranks second among the team with a 13.3 scoring average.
Maryland is 21-8 on the season and finished with a 13-4 record in the Big Ten, falling in the quarterfinals, 62-51, to No. 14 Indiana. Angel Reese leads the Terrapins with 17.5 points per game and 10.8 rebounds per game. Ashley Owusu is second on the team in scoring with 14.0 points per game, including 44 made three-pointers. As a team, the Terrapins are averaging 7.1 ppg while shooting 35.7 percent from three-point range.
The Blue Hens have played Maryland14 times in program history, with the Terrapins winning each of the first 14 meetings. The most recent matchup came during the 2019-20 season when the two teams met in College Park. Maryland came away with a 99-55 win. Tee Johnson led the Blue Hens with 15 points, while Dickey added 14 points and seven rebounds.
Delaware and Maryland are matched up with sixth-seeded Virginia Tech and 12th-seeded Florida Gulf Coast. Also playing in the Spokane Region will be No. 1 seed Stanford taking on No. 16 seed Montana State and sixth-seeded Kansas playing ninth-seeded Georgia Tech.
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