Men’s Basketball Routs Hampton, 80-53

Thursday, January 4

Newark, DE

7 PM

University of Delaware

9-5,1-0CAA

Hampton

4-10,0-2CAA

Hampton

Delaware

Photo by: Mikey Reeves

1/4/2024 9:38:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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NEWARK, Del. – The University of Delaware men's basketball team routed Hampton, 80-53, Thursday night at the Bob Carpenter Center as the Blue Hens captured their first CAA win of 2024. Hampton's 53 points are the fewest allowed by the Blue & Gold this season.

Delaware moves to 9-5 overall and 1-0 in CAA play, while Hampton drops to 4-10, 0-2 CAA.

HENS HIGHLIGHTS

Niels Lane put up a season-high 15 points on 6-of-7 from the field, including 1-for-1 from long range.
Jyáre Davis tallied 17 points, marking his eighth-straight game with at least 17.
Jalun Trent and Gerald Drumgoole Jr. added 13 and 14 points, respectively. Drumgoole Jr. also corralled eight rebounds.
Christian Ray brought down 13 boards.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Pirates began Thursday night's scoring on a Kyrese Mullen layup, but the Blue Hens quickly took over as Delaware went on a 24-4 run to hold a 24-6 lead by the 11:56 mark. Lane put up 11 for the Hens on 5-of-6 from the field in only eight minutes. By the 9:37 mark, the Hens extended their lead to 22 on a fastbreak layup from Wes Peterson Jr. to make it a 32-10 game. Delaware's lead ballooned to 24 with 6:01 left before the break, but the Pirates cut it to a 16-point game before the half. UD took a 41-25 lead into the locker room.
Lane opened the second half with a thunderous dunk on a full court heave from Ray, but the Pirates went on an 8-0 run to trim the margin to a 10, 43-33 in Delaware's favor. After the second media timeout of the half, Delaware went on its own 7-0 run to push the gap to 50-33 with 13:46 remaining. After their 8-0 run, the Pirates went 1-for-11 from the field and without a field goal from Mullen's layup at 13:28 to Jordan Nesbitt's layup at 7:28. After a quick 8-1 advantage, the Blue Hens took a 73-42 lead and cruised to its first CAA win of the season.

GAME NOTES

Thursday was the third time this season the Hens held their opponent to 25 points or less in the first half.
This was the second time this season Delaware held a 30+ point lead.
Delaware improved to 7-2 when leading at the half; 9-0 when leading with 2:00 left, and 8-0 when allowing less than 70 points.
This was UD's third-straight game with 80 or more points.
The Blue & Gold held the Pirates to three opponent lows this season as Hampton only scored 53 points on 18 field goals and finished with a 31-percent field-goal percentage.
This was Delaware's first win at home since defeating Air Force 65-57 on Nov. 12.

UP NEXT
Delaware heads to Hempstead, N.Y. to face Hofstra on Saturday, Jan. 6 at 2 p.m.

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