Offensive Explosion Leads Men’s Basketball Past Reigning Ivy League Champions Yale, 100-94

Sunday, November 24

Uncasville, CT / Mohegan Sun Arena

6 PM

University of Delaware

3-3,0-0CAA

100

Yale

4-4,0-0Ivy League

Yale

Delaware

100

Offensive Explosion Leads Men’s Basketball Past Reigning Ivy League Champions Yale, 100-94

11/24/2024 8:59:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

UNCASVILLE, Conn. – With an offensive explosion, University of Delaware men's basketball (3-3) surged past the defending Ivy League Champions Yale (4-4), 100-94, Sunday evening on national television. It is the first time since March 4, 2001, that the Blue Hens scored 100 points against a division I opponent in a non-overtime game.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Delaware had season-highs in points (100), field-goal percentage (.527), three-point field goal percentage (.471), three pointers (16), assists (17), and points in a half (49 in the second).
UD went 14-of-16 from the line in the first period, boasting its 19^th-ranked free throw percentage nationally. The Hens finished the game 26-of-30 (86.7 percent).
The Blue Hens outrebounded the Bulldogs 34-31.
John Camden scored a career-high 30 points on 9-of-15 shooting, including 7-of-11 from deep, and a perfect 5-of-5 from the line. He also snagged a career-best eight rebounds.
Cavan Reilly tallied a season-high 23 points, going 5-of-10 from deep and 8-of-8 from the stripe.
Izaiah Pasha poured in 17 points and a career-high nine rebounds.
Erik Timko (13) and Tahron Allen (11) rounded out the double-figure scorers.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The first 18 points of the game were evenly split for nine apiece at the under-16 timeout. All nine of Delaware's points came via three pointers with Reilly connecting on one and Camden on a pair. The Hens used an 8-0 run over 2:53 to pull ahead 17-11 at 12:10 with five of the eight coming from Camden. The Bulldogs pulled within one at 25-24 with 9:25 left. The teams remained back-and-forth before UD used another 10-0 run over 3:07 to go ahead 40-31 with 3:33 remaining. The Blue & Gold held Yale scoreless for over four minutes before the Bulldogs converted to make it 43-34 at 2:07. UD took a 47-42 lead into the locker room after Camden hit a triple at the buzzer.
Delaware picked up where it left off to begin the second half. The Hens outpaced their counterparts 14-2 up to the under-16 timeout at 15:51, including an 11-0 run over the final 2:42. Yale was held scoreless for the previous 3:20. Yale clawed back to cut the 16-point deficit to 10 at 66-56 with 12:24 remaining. Delaware would build the lead back up to as many as 15 points with Yale not closing to gap to any less than four.

GAME NOTES

Kobe Jerome made his season debut.
It is the first win in program history over Yale.
The 16 three pointers tie the most in a game under Martin Ingelsby (December 5, 2020 vs Salem).
Delaware scored 108 points against Bryant in an overtime win on December 21, 2013.
The Hens have scored 100 points multiple times on non-division I opponents more recently.
Sunday was Ingelsby's birthday.

UP NEXT
Delaware will take head to Rider to take on the Broncs on Saturday after Thanksgiving.

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