NEWARK, Del. — Jawan Carter scored a game-high 23 points while Alphonso Dawson posted his second double-double of the season with 10 points and a game-best 12 rebounds as the University of Delaware men’s basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak by defeating UNC Wilmington, 69-62, Monday afternoon at the Bob Carpenter Center.

Delaware improved to 7-17 overall and 3-10 in the Colonial Athletic Association, moving into a three-way tie for ninth place in the league standings along with the Seahawks and James Madison. UNC Wilmington, which is also 7-17 overall and 3-10 in conference play, dropped its fourth straight game and ninth of its last 10. Today’s game had been twice postponed due to Saturday’s major snowstorm.

Carter, who went 6 of 15 from the field and was a perfect 7 of 7 from the foul line, also added six assists while not turning the ball over as he posted his fifth consecutive 20-point game. D.J. Boney, who added 11 points and six boards, was the third Blue Hen in double figures, while Adam Pegg contributed eight points.

UNC Wilmington was led by Chad Tomko, who scored 15 points and dished out four assists before leaving the game due to an ankle injury with 4:42 remaining. Johnny Wolf also scored 15 points for the Seahawks, while Trevor Deloach added 10 points. Keith Rendleman narrowly missed a double-double with nine points and seven rebounds, although he was held scoreless in the second half.

UNC Wilmington jumped out to a 9-2 advantage at the 15:50 mark of the first half on a basket by Will Ohuaregbe, but the Blue Hens would answer with a 16-0 run to take the lead for good.

Hakim McCullar ignited the spurt with a layup, and after four consecutive points by Dawson, a three-pointer by Edwin Santiago gave Delaware an 11-9 lead. Carter then followed with a three-pointer, while two baskets by Pegg closed the run and put the Blue Hens up nine.

Delaware took its largest lead of the half when Malcolm Hawkins connected from 20 feet away with 8:20 on the clock, but the Seahawks used a 12-2 spurt to pull within 24-22 on a Deloach jumper with 5:08 to play.

Delaware still led 28-25 but closed the period with a 6-2 run, culminated with a three-point play by Boney, to take a 34-27 margin into the half. The game marked just the fifth time this season the Blue Hens led at the intermission.

UNC Wilmington scored the first basket of the second half but a 7-0 run by Delaware, capped on a three-pointer by Boney, made it a 41-29 game with 18 minutes left.

However Tomko answered with a three-pointer, and a three-point play by Wolf pulled UNC Wilmington within 41-35 at the 16:42 mark. Carter then scored on driving layup for the Blue Hens, but Tomko hit a deep three-pointer and Ohuaregbe scored inside as the Seahawks cut the deficit to 43-40 with 14:17 to play

Delaware led by just two at 45-43, but Carter hit a three-pointer and then converted a four-point play to put the Blue Hens back up nine with 11:53 remaining. Dawson then closed the 9-0 UD run by connecting on an 18-foot jumper as the Blue Hens again increased their advantage to double figures.

However Tomko scored and Ahmad Grant added five consecutive points as UNCW got within 54-50 with 9:37 on the clock. But Dawson nailed a jumper and Carter hit a triple from the right corner as Delaware increased its lead back to nine with 6:21 to play.

Both teams would then go cold from the field, until a jumper by Deloach cut the Blue Hens’ advantage to 61-55 at the 1:38 mark. But the Blue Hens would put the game away by hitting all eight free throw attempts in the final 90 seconds, including the last six by Carter.

Delaware finished the game 14 of 15 from the charity stripe and the Blue Hens, playing their first game since it was announced that freshmen forwards Kelvin McNeil and Josh Brinkley were lost for the season, out-rebounded the Seahawks, 40-33.

“I’m really happy to get a win today and I’m really proud of our guys,” said fourth-year Blue Hen head coach Monté Ross. “This game was won on the defensive end of the floor; we challenged our guys defensively at halftime, and they responded. We didn’t have a stellar shooting game, but we made the plays we needed to at the end of the game.”

The Blue Hens will look for their second consecutive victory on Wednesday when Delaware travels to William & Mary for a 7 p.m. matchup with the Tribe.

AGATE:

UNC Wilmington (7-17, 3-10 CAA)
Rendleman, 4-8 1-2 9, Fields, 1-4 0-0 2, Tomko, 4-8 4-4 15, Wolf, 5-8 3-4 15, Grant, 2-9 2-2 7, Jeralds, 0-0 0-0 0, Lacy, 0-1 0-0 0, Ohuaregbe, 2-6 0-2 4, Deloach, 4-11 0-0 10, Mercer, 0-0 0-0 0, Totals, 22-55 10-14 62.

Delaware (7-17, 3-10 CAA)
Hagins, 2-6 2-2 6, Pegg, 4-8 0-0 8, Carter, 6-15 7-7 23, Dawson, 4-14 2-3 10, Boney, 3-6 3-3 11, Hawkins, 2-2 0-0 4, McCullar, 2-6 0-0 4, Santiago, 1-3 0-0 3, Totals, 24-60 14-15 69.

Halftime: Delaware 34, UNC Wilmington 27. Three-Point Field Goals: UNCW - 8-22 (Tomko, 3-6, Wolf, 2-4, Deloach, 2-6, Grant, 1-6), UD - 7-20 (Carter, 4-10, Boney, 2-4, Santiago, 1-3, Dawson, 0-3); Rebounds: UNCW - 33 (Rendleman, 7), UD - 40 (Dawson, 12); Assists: UNCW - 11 (Tomko, 4), UD - 15 (Carter, 6); Fouled Out: Hagins (UD); Fouls: UNCW - 17, UD - 19; Attendance: n/a.

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UNC Wilmington vs Delaware (2/8/10 at Bob Carpenter Center - Newark, Del.)

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UNC Wilmington vs Delaware
2/8/10 1 p.m. at Bob Carpenter Center - Newark, Del.

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VISITORS: UNC Wilmington 7-17, 3-10 CAA
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
02 Rendleman, Keith…. f 4-8 0-0 1-2 5 2 7 3 9 0 4 1 1 30
32 Fields, John…….. f 1-4 0-0 0-0 1 3 4 5 2 0 1 3 0 16
05 Tomko, Chad……… g 4-8 3-6 4-4 0 3 3 2 15 4 4 0 1 34
14 Wolf, Johnny…….. g 5-8 2-4 3-4 0 1 1 1 15 3 0 0 0 30
34 Grant, Ahmad…….. g 2-9 1-6 2-2 1 1 2 0 7 2 2 0 0 29
03 Jeralds, Darion….. 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
21 Lacy, Dominique….. 0-1 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 14
24 Ohuaregbe, Will….. 2-6 0-0 0-2 1 5 6 1 4 0 1 2 0 17
31 Deloach, Trevor….. 4-11 2-6 0-0 1 5 6 1 10 2 3 0 1 23
50 Mercer, Daniel…… 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
TEAM……………. 1 1
Totals………….. 22-55 8-22 10-14 12 21 33 17 62 11 15 6 3 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 10-24 41.7% 2nd Half: 12-31 38.7% Game: 40.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 5-13 38.5% Game: 36.4% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 4-6 66.7% 2nd Half: 6-8 75.0% Game: 71.4% 1

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HOME TEAM: Delaware 7-17, 3-10 CAA
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
44 Hagins, Jamelle….. f 2-6 0-0 2-2 2 3 5 5 6 0 1 1 0 18
41 Pegg, Adam………. c 4-8 0-0 0-0 2 1 3 3 8 0 2 2 0 33
03 Carter, Jawan……. g 6-15 4-10 7-7 0 3 3 2 23 6 0 0 0 40
11 Dawson, Alphonso…. g 4-14 0-3 2-3 3 9 12 3 10 4 3 0 2 38
21 Boney, D.J………. g 3-6 2-4 3-3 2 4 6 1 11 1 1 0 2 25
01 Hawkins, Malcolm…. 2-2 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 1 4 0 1 0 1 5
23 McCullar, Hakim….. 2-6 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 3 4 1 2 0 0 25
24 Santiago, Edwin….. 1-3 1-3 0-0 0 3 3 1 3 3 0 0 1 16
TEAM……………. 5 1 6 2
Totals………….. 24-60 7-20 14-15 16 24 40 19 69 15 12 3 6 200

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 14-34 41.2% 2nd Half: 10-26 38.5% Game: 40.0% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-11 27.3% 2nd Half: 4-9 44.4% Game: 35.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 3-3 100 % 2nd Half: 11-12 91.7% Game: 93.3% 0

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Officials: Louie Andrakakos (R), Clarence Armstrong, Earl Robinson
Technical fouls: UNC Wilmington-None. Delaware-None.
Attendance:
Score by Periods 1st 2nd Total
UNC Wilmington……………. 27 35 - 62
Delaware…………………. 34 35 - 69
Game #1 of Doubleheader…Hagins fouled out (:35.9/2nd)…Field fouls out
(:15.3/2nd)…UD snaps 3-game losing streak…UNCW loses 4th straight, 9th of
last 10…Carter scores 20+ for 5th straight game (longest UD streak since
Dec, 2005 - Harding Nana)…Dawson 2nd double-double of season.

Points in the paint-UNCW 22,DELAWARE 18. Points off turnovers-UNCW 14,DELAWARE 20.
2nd chance points-UNCW 8,DELAWARE 17. Fast break points-UNCW 5,DELAWARE 0.
Bench points-UNCW 14,DELAWARE 11. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-1 time.
Last FG-UNCW 2nd-00:10, DELAWARE 2nd-04:13.
Largest lead-UNCW by 7 1st-15:50, DELAWARE by 12 2nd-17:59.