Women's Basketball Hosts William & Mary On Friday And Heads To Monmouth Sunday

NEWARK, Del. | WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. – The University of Delaware women's basketball team returns to the First State Friday evening and will play hosts to William & Mary for its final regular-season meeting inside Bob Carpenter Center. Tipoff on Friday is scheduled for 7 p.m. and will be broadcast live simultaneously on FloHoops and Delmarva Sports Network.

After Friday evening's matchup against the Tribe, Delaware will hit the road on Super Bowl Sunday to face defending CAA champions Monmouth for its lone regular-season meeting inside OceanFirst Bank Center in West Long Branch, N.J. Opening tip is scheduled for 2 p.m. and will be broadcast live simultaneously on FloHoops, SNY and NBC Philadelphia.

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ABOUT THE HENS
vs. William & Mary

Looking to go .500 in CAA action, Delaware is 8-13 on the year with a 4-5 mark in league play heading into Friday's battle.
The Blue Hens bounced back into the winning column last Sunday, Feb. 4 at Hofstra.
Delaware captured the dominating 82-59 road win over the Pride, extending its winning streak against Hofstra to 17 games.
The Blue & Gold was led by five double-digit scorers headlined by freshman Ande'a Cherisier's 17 points and seven rebounds.
Behind Cherisier was Chloe Wilson, who finished the game with 13 points and four rebounds.
Nakiyah Mays-Prince and Klarke Sconiers both poured in 12 points while Tara Cousins chipped in with 10 points off the bench.
As a unit, the Blue Hens shot 50 percent (30-60) from the field and the last time they were able to do that was earlier this season against FGCU (.551, 27-49, Nov. 24).
This is the first game since the season opener against Longwood (Nov. 9) that the Blue Hens had five players score in double figures.
Also against Longwood, this is Delaware's largest margin of victory, 23 points, since facing the Lancers (26 points, Nov. 9)
The CAA Leaders
- Wilson ranks third in free throw attempts (107), fourth in free throws made (80) and 12th in free throw percentage (74.8).
- Sconiers ranks fifth in blocks (25), seventh in blocks per game (1.19) and 10th in free throw percentage (77.1).
- Sydney Boone sits in sixth in steals per game (1.76) while Cousins ranks ninth in three-point percentage (33.1) and three pointers per game (2.00).

vs. Monmouth

The Blue Hens had a tough going Friday night, Feb. 9, against William & Mary at home.
Delaware fell 62-58 to the visiting Tribe and was paced by Tara Cousins' nine points and Chloe Wilson's game-high 12 rebounds.
William & Mary completed the regular-season sweep against the Blue Hens.

ABOUT THE TRIBE

William & Mary enters Friday's matchup 10-10 on the year and 6-3 in conference play.
The last time out for the Tribe was against Drexel last Sunday afternoon in Williamsburg.
W&M captured the 75-62 home victory over the Dragons thanks to shooting 52 percent from the field to put up the most points Drexel has surrendered in conference play.
Nylah Young paced the Tribe with a game-high 27 points to go with seven rebounds coming off the bench.
Bella Nascimento followed behind Young with 13 points, four assists and three steals while Cassidy Geddes added 11 points.
In nine CAA games played, William & Mary's six conference wins include the defending champions Monmouth, Hofstra, Elon, Delaware, Hofstra and Drexel but suffered losses at the hands of North Carolina A&T, Towson and Monmouth.

ABOUT THE HAWKS

Monmouth enters the weekend sporting a 13-7 record and a 6-3 mark in league play prepared to play at Northeastern on Friday before heading back home to host the Blue Hens on Sunday.
On Friday, the Hawks defense helped extend its road streak at Northeastern by securing the 50-41 victory.
Jania Hall and Bella Kranbuhl (nine rebounds) paced the Hawks by scoring 11 and 10 points, respectively.
In nine CAA games played, Monmouth captured victories over Campbell, Charleston, Drexel, Hampton, William & Mary and Towson while suffering losses against William & Mary, Elon and Stony Brook.
According to the 2023-24 CAA Preseason Coaches Poll, Monmouth was selected to finish sixth in the conference with Ariana Vanderhoop earning a spot on the preseason honorable mention.

SERIES HISTORY
vs. William & Mary

This will be the 44th meeting between the two programs with Delaware holding the 32-11 record, 29-10 in conference play, and 14-4 in Newark.
The Blue Hens have won the last three home meetings along with winning seven of the last 10 matchups against the Tribe.
This will be the third time head coaches Sarah Jenkins and Erin Dickerson Davis will be meeting since taking over their respective programs.
Friday's matchup will close out the regular-season meetings between the two.
The Blue Hens will look to split the regular season series with the Tribe on Friday.
The last time out was on Jan. 19, 2024, when Delaware stayed in the game through its entirety but dropped a heartbreaking 78-72 overtime setback to the Tribe inside Kaplan Arena.
Cousins paced Delaware with 19 points and two steals while Wilson added 13 points and four rebounds.
Cherisier had 12 points and four rebounds while Mays-Prince led the Blue Hens in assists with four and added nine points.
Geddes paced William & Mary with 20 points, seven rebounds and four steals. Anahi-Lee Cauley followed with 17 points and six rebounds.
Young (11 points) and Alexa Mikeska (10 points) both pulled down 10 rebounds each.

vs. Monmouth

This will be the 10th time in program history and the second time in conference action that Delaware and Monmouth will duke it out against one another.
The Blue Hens hold a 7-2 record highlighted by an undefeated mark away from Newark. The last time Delaware and Monmouth met in Jersey was during the 2012-13 season where the Blue Hens walked away with the 82-53 road win behind UD Alum Elena Delle Donne's near double-double performance (30 points, nine rebounds) on Dec. 23, 2012.
Delaware saw its seven-game winning streak over the Hawks get snapped last season, Jan. 1, 2023, where Monmouth spoiled the New Year by capturing the 80-60 road win. Sconiers finished with 14 points, six rebounds and five blocks while Mia Yanogacio chipped in 10 points off the bench.
This will be head coaches Jenkins and Ginny Boggess second time facing one another since taking over their respective programs.

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Nakiyah Mays-Prince

Klarke Sconiers

Chloe Wilson

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