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CAPE GAZETTE, Friday, Jan. 19 - Jan. 25, 2001 - 83
Blue Hen forward Maurice Sessoms
elbos his way past a Penn defender.
Dan Cook photos
Guard Greg Miller drives baseline
past Koko Archibong.
Those Fightin' Blue Hq00ns
Ryan Iversen found himself in a
battle for a rebound.
Delaware sends Penn packing
with impressive 76-66 victory
By Dave Frederick
Delaware rookie basketball coach David
Henderson stood high above the out-
stretched tape recorders of sports reporters
who had gathered in the hallway outside the
Blue Hen locker room following
Delaware's fifth straight victory, a 76-66
win over the Penn Quakers.
"Defense and depth off the bench is the
key to our team," Henderson said. "I chal-
lenged our team to stay focused. We're
young and don't have a lot of big-game ex-
perience. Penn is a big team physically.
We were able to play big plus hit six three-
pointers in the first half which kept us in
front."
Peering over Henderson's shoulder, dur-
ing the "old school" hallway interview was
a hanging black and white photo of the
1967-68 Middle 5 championship team with
players Victor Orth of Rehoboth, Walt
Cloud and Mark Wagamon. The 1967-68
team was the last Delaware squad to defeat
Penn, which owns a 15-1 series edge over
Delaware. Penn also owns the nation's
longest "League" winning streak, have
bagged 23 straight Ivy League victories.
But coach Fran Dunphy summed up his
team's 3-I0 record leaving Newark.
"Our kids are smart, they just don't have
basketball IQ," Dunphy said in all serious-
ness.
Delaware led from "jump" to the final
buzzer as 6-foot-9 senior Ajmal Basit got
the Hens on the scoreboard with a follow-
up rebound. Basit totaled l I rebounds and
13 points for the game, outdueling a pair of
6-foot-8 exotically named sophomores in
Ugonna Onyekwe and Koko Acrchibong.
Penn also starts 6-foot-ll center Geoff
Owens.
"Those guys are big and athleti6 under-
neath," said 6-foot-8 Delaware freshman
Maurice Sessions, who helped keep the
Quakers off the glass. "I'll play whatever
role necessary to help this team win. I'll
even be the water boy."
Continued on page 85
Billy Wells resorts to the finger rob
shot for two points.
Ajmal Basit has his eyes focused on the basket. Austen Rowland begins his drive for two points.