Hens Shock James Madison for Senior Night Send Off

In their last home game of the season, the Hens played like champions.

Delaware's 79-65 senior night rout of CAA foe James Madison saw the home side play some of their best basketball of the season as the team picked up some much needed momentum as they head into CAA tournament play next weekend in Richmond, VA.

After an early JMU 3-pointer to open the scoring, Delaware went on a 21-0 run in the first half that began with a Marc Egerson off-balance lay up and ended minutes later when the Dukes closed the gap to 21-6 with another 3. The Hens shot 49.1 percent from the field and 45.8 percent from beyond the arc while playing tight defense and pressuring their opponents into poor shots.

Though James Madison was able to get back within 7 points after a flurry of baskets to open the second half, the Hens controlled the rest of the game by shutting down Juwann James, the Dukes' leading scorer, who finished with a game-high 23 points, though much of that came in the first half.

Delaware was able to get all their seniors into the game towards the end. Though Egerson and Jim Ledsome started the game, Pau Geli and Brian Young rotated into the game. Each senior was given a standing ovation as he left the court.

"The biggest thing we wanted to do was to send our seniors off right," head coach Monte Ross said to the raucus crowd after the game. "I think we did that."

Alex Porro

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: Delaware tops Northeastern

The Delaware women's basketball team defeated Northeastern in CAA action tonight at the Bob Carpenter Center, 64-53.

The Hens scored 40 points in the second half to beat the Huskies and improve to 13-14 on the season. The win improved their record in the CAA to 5-11 with less than a week before the CAA tournament begins.

Tesia Harris led Delaware with 17 points, including a three pointer, and six rebounds. Corinthia Benison also had 14 points in the win.

As a team, had Hens had nine blocks and 11 steals. They were 19 for 47 (40.4 percent) from the field and shot 78.1 percent (25 for 35) from the free-throw line.

UD football will play DSU for first time in regular season

Apart from a first round meeting in the 2007 FCS playoffs, UD and Del State's football teams have never met. Despite the fact that the schools are only 45 miles apart, they've somehow managed to avoid bumping into each other in regular season play for the 82 seasons that both teams have coexisted. Though there were quickly refuted allegations of racism (DSU is a historically black school), UD quelled most controversy with a 44-7 thrashing of the Hornets in those '07 playoffs.

It seems like a sure bet that will soon change, as The News Journal's Kevin Tresolini is reporting that a press conference later today should reveal some drastic scheduling changes in regards to UD's downstate neighbor. According to the plan, UD and DSU will meet this regular season on Sept. 19th, and then annually after that until 2013. The seemingly spontaneous scheduling change which allowed for DSU's insertion into the upcoming season's schedule was caused by Furman's withdrawal on that date so they could play Missouri.

Click through for more. The News Journal

Update (12:46 PM): The University of Delaware has made it official! UD and DSU have scheduled four regular season meetings. The teams will meet in September of 2009, 2012, 2013, and 2014, each time at UD's 22,000 seat stadium. Hopefully this will be a competitive series and create some much anticipated in-state rivalry between the two teams.

AUDIO: Chicken Scratch, sports desk podcast

In the first installment of the sports desk podcast, executive editor Brian Anderson, managing sports editor Seif Hussain, sports editor Alex Porro and assistant sports editor Matt Waters discuss the CAA men's basketball tournament, transfer-quarterback Pat Devlin and early picks for the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Click here to go to The Review's podcast page.

Videos highlight All-CAA football teams, 3 Hens recognized

We knew who became All-CAA players in November, but now, the CAA has provided videos of those "teams."

Three Hens recieved All-CAA honors:

• Safety Charles Graves, first team
• Center Kheon Hendricks, second team
• Tight end Robbie Agnone, third team

The videos can be found here.