Men’s Basketball Rolls Past Campbell to Become Lowest Seed Ever to Advance to CAA Quarterfinals

Saturday, March 8

Washington, D.C. / CareFirst Arena

2:30 PM

University of Delaware

14-19,5-13CAA

Campbell

15-17,10-8CAA

Delaware

Campbell

Photo by: Rafael Suanes/CAA

Men’s Basketball Rolls Past Campbell to Become Lowest Seed Ever to Advance to CAA Quarterfinals

3/8/2025 5:49:00 PM | Men's Basketball

Box Score

WASHINGTON, D.C. – University of Delaware men's basketball (14-19) rolled past Campbell (15-17), 79-62, to become the lowest seed in CAA Men's Basketball Championship history to advance to the quarterfinals. The Blue Hens will take on fourth-seeded William & Mary on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

UD held the advantage in all three shooting aspects of the game.
The Blue & Gold won both the turnover (+2) and rebounding (+9) margins.
Niels Lane tied his career high in points with 24. He did so on 11-of-15 shooting.
Erik Timko recorded his second career double-double with 19 points and a career-best 12 rebounds.
John Camden secured his third career double-double with 15 points and a career mark of 12 boards.
Cavan Reilly scored 10 points to round out the quartet.
Izaiah Pasha snagged a career-high 10 rebounds and tied his career best with nine assists. He also blocked a trio of shots for a career high.
Timko, Camden, and Pasha are the first Hens to each record double-digit rebounds in a game since at least the turn of the century.

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Hens won the tipoff and were quick to find the bottom of the net as Camden laid it in just five seconds into the game. At the under-16 timeout, the score was knotted at nine apiece. Campbell used a 7-0 run in the middle of the period to pull ahead 16-11 at the 12:55 mark. UD answered with a 10-2 margin over the final 2:03 to run into the locker room up 36-30.
Delaware pushed the lead to 10 with the first four points of the second half, however Campbell responded with a 10-2 spurt to pull it back to a two-point game at 42-40. UD built it back up to as many as nine, but the Camels made it a one-possession game on two occasions. The Hens scored nine-unanswered points to balloon the lead to double figures the rest of the way.

GAME NOTES

Delaware advances to 14-4 when leading at the half this season.
UD is 10-2 when out rebounding its opposition this year.
This is the first time two Hens had a double-double since Christian Ray and Jyáre Davis did so at Elon on February 15, 2024.
The Hens are the eighth team in tournament history to make the quarterfinals as a double-digit seed and lowest ever.
The Blue & Gold move to 91-23 under Martin Ingelsby when holding opponents under 70 points, including 51-8 the past four seasons, and 6-1 in 2024-25.

UP NEXT
Delaware will take on fourth-seeded William & Mary in the quarterfinals on Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

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