Men's Basketball Earns First Win of the Season With 81-70 Victory Over Saint Peter's

Tuesday, November 18

Newark, Del.

7 PM

University of Delaware

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Saint Peter's

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Saint Peter's

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Men's Basketball Earns First Win of the Season With 81-70 Victory Over Saint Peter's

11/18/2025 9:06:00 PM | Men's Basketball

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NEWARK, Del - University of Delaware men's basketball earned its first win of the season by defeating Saint Peter's, 81-70, on Tuesday night at home. The Blue Hens improved to 1-3, while the Peacocks fell to 1-3. Delaware led wire-to-wire for the entirety of the game.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

In his Blue Hen debut, Justyn Fernandez scored 18 points while shooting 6-for-11 from the field and 2-for-5 from beyond the arc. He also contributed three steals.
Macon Emory recorded a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. He also shot 6-for-11 overall and made a pair of three-pointers.
Tyler Houser turned in an efficient outing with 17 points on 6-for-8 shooting, adding six rebounds.
Christian Bliss filled up the box score with 15 points, seven rebounds, and five assists.
Delaware shot 53.8 percent from the field and connected on 11 of its 21 three-point attempts (52.4 percent).
UD committed just eight turnovers compared to 18 by Saint Peter's and outrebounded the Peacocks, 38-26.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Delaware used its largest scoring run of the season to jump out to a 14–0 lead, with Fernandez scoring seven points during the stretch.
Three-straight three-pointers by Emory, Ellison, and Brown pushed the advantage to 25–7 with just under 10 minutes remaining.
The Blue Hens made 10 consecutive field goals and 13 of their final 15 attempts to close the half, stretching the lead from 16–5 to 49–26 at the break.
Saint Peter's responded with a 16–2 run early in the second half to cut the deficit to 56-46. Back-to-back baskets from Houser pushed the lead back to 14, but the Peacocks answered with a layup and a three-pointer to pull within nine.
Three-pointers by Houser and Bliss helped Delaware maintain an 11-point cushion. SPU trimmed the lead to 66-61 with 6:08 remaining, but Bliss scored on consecutive possessions to steady the Blue Hens, and free throws by Emory and Houser pushed the margin back to double figures.
Delaware locked in defensively to close it out, holding Saint Peter's without a field goal for more than five minutes down the stretch. The Peacocks went 2-for-13 from the floor to end the game, while the Blue Hens made 11 of their final 14 free throws to seal the win.

GAME NOTES

Delaware's 14-0 run was its largest scoring run of the season and UD's third run of at least 10-0 this season, also done against Bucknell and BYU.
UD scored 49 first-half points, its most in any half this season and its most since scoring 53 second-half points on March 9, 2025, against William & Mary in the CAA Tournament. It also marked the most points Delaware has scored in the first half of a game since March 7, 2025 against Stony Brook, also in the CAA Tournament.
The 26 points allowed by Delaware were its fewest in any half since giving up 23 to Chestnut Hill on Dec. 10, 2024, and its fewest in a first half since allowing 18 to Iona on Nov. 12, 2024.
Fernandez's 18 points tied his career-high, last done on Feb. 1, 2023 against UMass.
Emory recorded his third double-double of the season and of his career.
Houser's 17 points were his most as a Blue Hen and his highest total since scoring 26 against Western Carolina on Feb. 25, 2023.
Bliss, Emory, and Houser have each scored at least 10 points in all four games this season.
Delaware has made 11 threes in back-to-back games. It's the first time Delaware made at least 11 three-pointers in two-straight games since doing so against William & Mary and Elon on Jan. 16 and 18, 2020.

UP NEXT
Delaware heads to the Jacksonville Classic to face Southern Illinois and UNC Greensboro in Florida on Nov. 23 and 25.

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