University of Delaware Athletics
Thursday, March 7
Wilmington, N.C.
7 PM
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Women's Basketball Closes Regular Season Slate Against UNCW Thursday, Charleston Saturday
3/6/2024 2:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
WILMINGTON, N.C. | CHARLESTON, S.C. – With two games left in the regular season and Delaware will finish out the season on the road, looking to take over the Carolinas. First, the Blue Hens will head to Wilmington, N.C. for a CAA Thursday night battle against UNCW inside Trask Coliseum. Then, the Blue Hens will head to Charleston, S.C. to face Charleston Saturday afternoon inside TD Arena to close out the 2023-24 regular season campaign.
Thursday's tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. while Saturday's is slated for a 2 p.m. tip with both games being broadcast live simultaneously on FloHoops. Delaware currently sits tied for ninth place with Elon in the conference standings.
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vs. UNCW
vs. UNCW
Thursday's tipoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. while Saturday's is slated for a 2 p.m. tip with both games being broadcast live simultaneously on FloHoops. Delaware currently sits tied for ninth place with Elon in the conference standings.
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ABOUT THE HENS
vs. UNCW
- Entering Thursday's game, Delaware is 10-18 on the year with a 6-10 mark in league play.
- The last time out for Delaware was last Sunday (March 3) when the squad closed out its home regular-season slate against Elon.
- The Blue Hens saw its losing streak extend to three games after falling 54-49 to the Phoenix on Senior Day.
- A trio of 15-point performances by Rebecca Demeke (5-8 3FG), Chloe Wilson (seven rebounds) and Ande'a Cherisier (seven rebounds) paced the Blue Hens in the setback.
- The CAA Leaders
- Wilson ranks second in free throw attempts (145) and fourth in free throws (107).
- Rebecca Demeke ranks second in three point percentage (40.9) and eighth in three pointers per game (2.00) while Klarke Sconiers sits in fourth in blocks (36) and fifth in blocks per game (1.29).
- The last time out for Delaware was on Thursday, March 7, against UNCW.
- The Blue Hens walked away with the 30-point victory, 81-51, over the Seahawks completing the regular-season series sweep on the road.
- Delaware was led by four Blue Hen double-digit scorers, with Nakiyah Mays-Prince at the helm. Mays-Prince tied her career high with 14 points (6-of-9 FG, 2-of-3 3 FG), had four rebounds, three assists, and two steals.
- Tara Cousins (13 points, 6-of-11 FG), Chloe Wilson (6-of-9 FG, nine rebounds, three steals) and Sydney Boone (12 points, 5-of-9 FG, 2-of-4 3 FG, two assists, two steals) all added to the mix while Grace Sundback chipped in six points, four rebounds, and led the team in assists with four off the bench.
- With the win, the Blue Hens are tied for ninth place with the tiebreaker favoring Elon.
- UNCW enters the weekend sporting a 5-22 record on the year and a 3-13 mark in conference play with only two games left to play.
- The Seahawks will welcome the Blue Hens on Thursday and then head to defending CAA champs Monmouth to wrap up the 2023-24 regular season on Saturday.
- The last time out for the Seahawks was at home last Sunday (March 3) when the team welcomed Towson inside Trask Coliseum.
- UNCW fell 78-56 to the Tigers, pushing their losing streak to five games. Taylor Henderson (23 points, 11 rebounds) authored the second double-double of her career. Henderson set a career-high with 11 rebounds while Evan Miller joined her in double figures with 14 points with both players hitting two three-pointers.
- After averaging a double-double of 18.0 points and 10.0 rebounds over two games last weekend, Henderson earned the CAA Rookie of the Week award.
- Charleston enters the last two games of the season sporting a 19-8 record and 11-5 mark in conference play. The Cougars will travel to Campbell for its second regular-season meeting on Thursday before heading back home to welcome the Blue Hens inside TD Arena on Saturday.
- On Thursday, Charleston captured the narrow 60-57 road victory over the Camels behind Jenna Annecchiarico's 24 points.
- Annecchiarico has scored in double-digits in the last three consecutive games.
- Alexis Andrews also tallied double-digits on the night, scoring 14 points and knocking down a pair of threes. Andrews also lead the team in rebounding with eight.
- Taryn Barbot and Jada Logan both contributed on the night, each grabbing four rebounds.
- According to the 2023-24 CAA Preseason Coaches' Poll, Charleston was projected to finish fifth in the league while Logan and Annecchiarico earned a spot on first- and second-team, respectively.
vs. UNCW
- This will be the 47th all-time meeting, the 40th meeting in conference play and the second time head coaches Sarah Jenkins and Nicole Woods will be meeting since taking the reigns of their respective programs.
- Delaware holds the 36-10 record while sporting an 11-6 mark in Wilmington. The Blue Hens have won eight of the last 10 matchups and currently are on an eight-game winning streak against the Seahawks.
- The Blue Hens will look to sweep the regular season meeting against the Seahawks while UNCW will look to stop its five-game skid.
- The last time Delaware and UNCW met was in Newark where the Blue Hens ran away with a commanding 73-35 home win over the Seahawks on Feb. 23, 2024.
- The Blue Hens were led by Rebecca Demeke, who scored a new career-high 20 points (7-of-12 FG, 6-of-8 3 FG). She also grabbed four rebounds, three assists, and three steals. Demeke was one of two players, along with Klarke Sconiers, who had 10 points (2-of-7 FG, 6-of-8 FT) nine rebounds, and four blocks.
- Kylah Silver paced UNCW with 16 points (8-11 FT), seven rebounds, three blocks and three assists while Evan Miller pulled down nine rebounds.
- The last time Delaware captured victory inside Trask Coliseum was during the 2021-22 season, where the Blue Hens claimed the 78-69 road win on Jan. 26, 2022.
- This game serves as the 19th meeting between the two programs, with head coaches Jenkins and Robin Harmony meeting for the second time since taking over their respective programs.
- This is also the ninth time meeting in Charleston (5-3, edge Delaware), 18th time meeting in conference play (13-4, edge Delaware) and the Blue Hens have won eight of the last 10 matchups.
- The last time Delaware and Charleston met was in Newark where the Cougars ran away with a dominating 90-56 road win over the Blue Hens inside Bob Carpenter Center.
- Cousins paced Delaware with 11 points, six rebounds, four assists and three steals while Michelle Ojo (nine points, four rebounds, three blocks) and Mays-Prince (five points, four rebounds, two assists) contributed off the bench.
- Anika McGarity led the way with 32 points (11-19 FG, 10-15 3PT) to go along with three steals while Logan poured in 29 points (11-29 FG, 5-11 3PT), grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out seven assists in the win.
- The last time Delaware beat Charleston on their home floor was during the 2021-22 season, where the Blue Hens captured the 86-84 overtime thrilling win on Jan. 9, 2022.
- This will be the lone regular-season meeting between the two teams.
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