Men’s Basketball Drops Season Opener to Bucknell

Monday, November 4

Newark, DE

6:30 PM

University of Delaware

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Bucknell

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Bucknell

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11/4/2024 9:13:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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NEWARK, Del. – After leading for the first 56 minutes of the game, the University of Delaware men's basketball team fell to the Bucknell Bison, 85-73, in the season opener Monday.

HENS HIGHLIGHTS

Erik Timko led the Blue Hens with 20 points on a 7-of-11 evening. He also brought in four rebounds.
John Camden dropped a career-high 19 points. He connected on 8-of-15 and added three boards and a pair of blocks.
Niels Lane contributed 16 points, going 6-of-9 from the field. He recorded a team-high five rebounds.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Timko scored the first points of the season for the Hens on a three ball, before Lane hit back-to-back shots from deep to jump out to an early 9-2 lead. Delaware started the game 4-for-5 from the field, all from long range. By the 12-minute mark of the first half, the Hens had a 26-14 lead and were shooting 71-percent from the floor, including 6-for-7 from deep. A steal by Trent Middleton Jr. led to a fast break alley-oop finished off by Lane to make it 34-24 with just under eight minutes to play in the opening half. The Hens took a 46-37 lead into the locker room, as the Bison finished the last 3:19 without a field goal.
Bucknell began the second half on a 12-4 run to cut the Blue & Gold's lead to one point. The Bison tied the game at 57 after a three ball from Josh Bascoe with 11:33 remaining, the first time the game was even since the opening tip. Timko hit a three to give the Hens the lead back, 60-57 with just under 10 minutes to play. A floater by Elvin Edmonds IV gave Bucknell its first lead of the game at 73-71. After Delaware tied it at 73, Bucknell finished the game on a 12-0 run over the last 2:08.

GAME NOTES

Izaiah Pasha became the first freshman to start a season opener for the Blue & Gold since Kevin Anderson and Chyree Walker on November 10, 2017 at Richmond.
Six newcomers made their Delaware debut: Tahron Allen, Camden, Kevin Kogbara, Middleton Jr., Pasha, and Timko.
Gabe Moss also made his Delaware debut, after not playing in a meaningful basketball game in 1,021 days dating back to an injury his senior year of high school.
It was Timko's 80th career game in double figures and his 52nd time scoring 20 or more points.

UP NEXT
The Blue Hens return to action on Thursday, November 7 when they host Robert Morris at 6:30 p.m.

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