Cherisier Ties Career-High 24 Points as Women’s Basketball Defeats No. 9 Kennesaw State, 66-47, in First-Ever CUSA Basketball Postseason Appearance

Tuesday, March 10

Huntsville, Ala.

12:30 PM

University of Delaware

13-18,6-12CUSA

Kennesaw State

13-17,6-12CUSA

Kennesaw St.

Delaware

Photo by: Eli Vaupen

Cherisier Ties Career-High 24 Points as Women’s Basketball Defeats No. 9 Kennesaw State, 66-47, in First-Ever CUSA Basketball Postseason Appearance

3/10/2026 3:04:00 PM | Women's Basketball

Box Score

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – The University of Delaware women's basketball team took down No. 9 Kennesaw State, 66-47, in the first round of the 2026 Air National Guard Conference USA Basketball Championship, inside Propst Arena on Tuesday. The Fightin' Blue Hens move on to face the No. 1 seed LA Tech tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. in the quarterfinals.

HEN HIGHLIGHTS

Delaware shot 90.9-percent (10-for-11) from the free throw line.
Ande'a Cherisier tied her career-high of 24 points on 8-of-18 shooting and 8-for-9 from the charity stripe. It was the junior's 22nd double-digit point game of the year. She neared a double-double, adding nine rebounds in the outing.
Ella Wanzer scored 17 points on 5-of-10 from long range, her eighth time in double figures this season.
Lay Fantroy corralled 10 rebounds, her 16th-career double-digit rebound game.
Trinity Vance had a career-high six assists, passing the mark of five she set just one game ago at Liberty.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Wanzer scored the first-six points of the game for UD off of two three-pointers. Delaware held a 10-5 lead at the game's first timeout with 2:52 remaining in the opening frame. Kennesaw State finished the quarter on a 4-0 run, leaving the Blue & Gold with a one-point advantage heading into the second.
Both teams traded five points in the quarter by the time it reached the media timeout as the Hens led 15-14 with 4:42 to go in the half. UD outpaced the Owls 16-14 in the second quarter to take a 26-23 lead into the locker room at the break.
An 11-0 run for the Blue & Gold allowed Delaware to take a 12-point lead, its largest lead of the game to that point. The Hens held a 37-27 advantage at the third quarter media timeout with 4:40 to go in the frame. The run for Delaware grew to 22-2 as UD led 48-27 heading into the fourth after outscoring KSU 22-4 in the third.
Delaware and KSU went back-and-forth in the final frame with the lead reaching as high as 24 as the Hens held on for the commanding win.

GAME NOTES

UD held KSU to four points in the third quarter, marking the third time this season that Delaware held a fellow CUSA team to four points in a quarter. The mark also ties the fewest points allowed in a quarter in the Sarah Jenkins era.
The 19-point victory was the largest win by a team in the first round of the CUSA Championship since UTEP defeated FAU, 95-67, on March 11, 2020.
The win was the largest for Delaware in a conference tournament since taking down Hofstra, 60-39, on March 12, 2021.

UP NEXT
The Fightin' Blue Hens return to Propst Arena tomorrow to take on the No. 1 seed LA Tech in the quarterfinals. The game will be at 12:30 p.m. and air on ESPN+.

TICKET INFORMATION
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