A dominant second quarter by the Delaware women enabled the host Blue Hens to defeat William & Mary 79-55 Saturday in the first of a two-game Colonial Athletic Association series.
The teams will meet again at 1 p.m. Sunday in Newark, Delaware.
Jasmine Dickey had 20 points and 10 rebounds for Delaware (6-1, 3-0), while Ty Battle added 10 points and 12 rebounds.
W&M (4-4, 1-2) was led by Lake Taylor High graduate Chaniqwa Gilliam, a sophomore who had 12 points. Sydney Wagner, the Tribe’s leading scorer this season, had 11 points on 5-of-16 shooting, and Australian freshman Rebekah Frisby-Smith scored a season-high 10.
The Tribe went ahead 4-0 but quickly fell into a hole it couldn’t escape. The Blue Hens led 16-10 after the first quarter, then outscored W&M 25-9 over the next 10 minutes for a 41-19 halftime edge.
DELAWARE 79, WILLIAM & MARY 55
WILLIAM & MARY (4-4, 1-2 CAA): Wagner 5-16 0-0 11, Gilliam 5-9 0-0 12, Pollard 3-7 1-3 7, Eichner 0-1 3-4 3, Rogers 1-4 2-2 4, Beckwith 1-1 0-0 2, Brown 0-6 0-0 0, Frisby-Smith 4-8 1-2 10, Krause 0-2 0-0 0, Bellamy 2-4 1-4 5, Wingertzahn 0-0 1-2 1, Stover 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-59 9-17 55.
DELAWARE (6-1, 3-0): McBride 2-4 0-0 5, Oleary 1-3 0-0 2, Dickey 9-22 2-3 20, Latimer 5-10 0-0 13, Battle 4-9 2-4 10, Skinner 4-10 2-2 11, Wade 1-3 0-0 2, Paul 1-1 0-0 2, Johnson 4-5 0-0 8, Tejedor 0-2 0-0 0, Reid 1-2 0-0 3, Smalls 1-2 0-0 3, Totals 33-73 6-9 79.
W&M 10, 9, 14, 22—55
Delaware 16, 25, 16, 22—79
3-point goals—W&M 4-22 (Wagner 1-9, Gilliam 2-2, Pollard 0-2, Brown 0-4, Frisby-Smith 1-2, Krause 0-2, Bellamy 0-1), Delaware 7-22 (McBride 1-2, Dickey 0-2, Latimer 3-5, Battle 0-1, Skinner 1-7, Tejedor 0-1, Reid 1-2, Smalls 1-2). Rebounds—W&M 33 (Rogers 7), Delaware 52 (Battle, Wade 12). Assists—W&M 7 (Wagner, Pollard 2), Delaware 12 (Skinner 3). Fouls—W&M 14, Delaware 14.
