Marc Egerson carried the Blue Hens and the Red Foxes offense couldn't respond. Delaware prevailed,88-83, in overtime to move to 2-2 on the year. The Red Foxes fall to 1-3. DJ Boney hit a critical three to push Delaware's lead up six and Marist could not recover.
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David Devezin's fall-away jumper with time expiring failed and the game heads to overtime. Korey Bauer had a last-ditch three but that failed as well after an out-of-bounds in-bounds attempt by Delaware.
The game's down to the wire and Marist clings to a 72-70 lead. Delaware ball with 1:11 left.
Devezin knocked down a three coming out of the timeout to give Marist a 63-60 lead. Javon Parris backed it up with another three. Devezin just stopped a 4-0 Delaware run with a driving lay-up. He was fouled on the play. Marist is up by three with 3:52 remaining.
Delaware has gotten hot again and connected on its last three threes. Korey Bauer has been a huge presence for Marist. He has 13 points. The game is tied at 60 with 7:35 left.
Korey Bauer may be growing up before our eyes. Bauer has seven points and will head to the line to attempt to make it eight. He just posted up and scored a lay-up while getting the foul call. 50-46 Marist.
RJ Hall knocked down a three-pointer following the official timeout to get Marist's offense going. He has seven points so far in the second half. Hall is quickly becoming one of Marist's best players and will be an impact in the MAAC for years to come.
Ever since Marist opened up its 11 point lead in the first half, the team has gone ice cold. Delaware has not. Delaware has taken a 41-36 lead with 15:46 remaining in the game. Marist's only points in the half come courtesy of a Dejaun Goodwin three-pointer.
Delaware has come out firing in the second half. They have connected on four of their first five attempts and erased the Marist lead. Marist led by 6 coming out of the half and by as many as 11 in the first half. The game is tied at 36 with 17:24 remaining.
The second half is about to start. Marc Egerson leads all scorers with 13. Devezin is the high-scorer for Marist and Kaylen Gregory has a game-high seven rebounds at the half.
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Marist led by as many as 11 points in the first half, but Delaware cut into the lead as Marist went cold in the final minutes. Marist led 28-17, but leads 33-27 at the half. RJ Hall ended Marist's field-goal drought with a late corner three-pointer.
Schneider has been hot so far from behind the arc. He has six points so far on two three-pointers. RJ Hall is making another big impact on this game. He is seeing significant minutes after his performance yesterday. At the last official timeout, Marist leads by eight points with Devezin heading to the line for two.
Marist led by as many as eight, but Delaware has cut into the lead. Marc Egerson drove for a basket and got fouled. His three-point play cut the lead to 14-11. Korey Bauer stopped the Blue Hens runs with a three. The only Blue Hen to impress so far has been Marc Egerson. Korey Bauer has been extremely impressive on both ends of the floor after being a non-factor in the first three games.
Side note here: Just saw Stephen A. Smith. He's friend with the Delaware head coach.
Delaware has looked extremely sloppy and uncoordinated offensively. Delaware is the only team to have beaten St. Bonaventure so far. Marist leads 10-6 with 11:43 remaining in the first half.
Delaware scored on its first possession but Marist countered with a Lawrence Williams lay-up. Ryan Schneider has been the only one who has shown anything on the offensive end. He drained a straightaway 3 to give Marist a 5-2 lead. At the first timeout, Marist leads 5-4.
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The game is about to start. The starting time was originally 4 p.m., but the overtime match-up between Rutgers and St. Bonaventure held up the start. St. Bonaventure prevailed in overtime, 64-63. The Bonnies only loss came against today's opponent, Delaware. Marist is expected to go with the same group of starters. The Delaware starting lineup looks like this:
G Marc Egerson
G Jawan Carter
G Brian Johnson
G Alphonso Dawson
F Jim Ledsome
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