Hot Offense, Lockdown Defense Leads Men’s Basketball to 88-53 Beatdown of William & Mary

Thursday, February 1

Williamsburg, VA

7 PM

University of Delaware

13-9,5-4CAA

William & Mary

8-14,3-6CAA

Delaware

William & Mary

Hot Offense, Lockdown Defense Leads Men’s Basketball to 88-53 Beatdown of William & Mary

2/1/2024 9:13:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – With a red-hot offense and lockdown defense, the University of Delaware men's basketball team ran past William & Mary Thursday night, 88-53. The Blue Hens advance to 13-9 overall and 5-4 in league play, while the Tribe drop to 8-14, 3-6 CAA.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Delaware shot 59.6 percent from the field and 40-percent from beyond the arc.
Five Hens finished with double-digit point totals, led by 17 from Christian Ray. He added nine rebounds and went 8-for-10 from the field.
Cavan Reilly (16), Gerald Drumgoole Jr. (16), Jyáre Davis (13), and Niels Lane (12) rounded out the double-digit brigade.
Davis also added eight rebounds to his line.
The first half saw the Delaware defense force eight first-half turnovers and just eight field goals.

HOW IT HAPPENED

With the hosts up 6-5, Delaware ripped off a 9-0 run over a 2:16 span to force a Tribe timeout with 15:24 with the Hens up 13-6. Delaware held William & Mary scoreless for 2:40 during that span. UD would hold its opponent to 1 of its last 10 heading into the media stoppage at 11:54 with the Blue & Gold up 17-9. An 11-5 advantage for the home team made it a two-point game at 22-20, but the Hens registered five unanswered into the stoppage at 6:24 to go up 27-20. Delaware outscored the Tribe 12-4 the rest of the way and held W&M to just 1 of its last 10 heading into the locker room.
The home team battled to a 7-2 margin to begin the second half before the Hens tallied seven-unanswered to force a timeout, up 48-31. After trading baskets for a bit, Delaware ripped off a 23-4 spurt over 6:55 to force the final Tribe timeout with the Hens up, 77-46 with 4:17 remaining. The Tribe finished the game with a 7-4 advantage but the damage was already done.

GAME NOTES

Delaware moves to 5-0 on Thursdays this season.
UD's 60.7 first-half field goal percentage was more than double the Tribe's 27.6 percent.
The Hens 33-point lead is their second largest of the season.
Reilly tied his career high with four steals.
Ray is now 12 points and 19 rebounds away from reaching 1,000 in each category, respectively.

UP NEXT
Delaware returns to the Bob Carpenter Center for a Saturday matinee with Monmouth at 2 p.m.

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