Hempstead, NY - The Hofstra Men's Basketball team will complete the season series with Delaware on Saturday after just facing the Blue Hens last Thursday for the first time this season.
Tip-off from the Bob Carpenter Center is scheduled for 7 p.m.
The teams met on January 18 in Hempstead with Hofstra capturing a 90-63 victory.
There will be live video (via Delaware's Hens All Access) and Pride Pride Productions live audio. Links to both, as well as the live stats, can be found on this page as well as the men's basketball schedule page at GoHofstra.com. The audio only broadcast will also be available locally in the Hempstead area on WRHU (88.7 FM).
Hofstra is 12-9 overall and 5-4 in Colonial Athletic Association play following an 81-67 home loss to Northeastern on Thursday. Senior
Rokas Gustys tallied his ninth double-double of the season and 43rd of his career with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while junior
Justin Wright-Foreman scored 20 points to lead the Pride in that category.
Wright-Foreman paces the Pride on the offensive end with 24.9 points per game, while Gustys is third in scoring at 10.2 points per game and leads the team with 11.4 rebounds per outing.
Delaware is 11-11 and 4-5 in the league after a 62-54 loss to Charleston on Thursday at home. Ryan Allen scored 19 points to lead the Blue Hens against the Cougars, while Ryan Daly added 12 points and eight rebounds. Daly leads the team in scoring at 16.9 per contest, while Eric Carter is averaging 8.7 rebounds per outing.
It will be a familiar foe for Hofstra on Saturday as the Pride and the Blue Hens have met 87 times in the longtime series, with Hofstra holding a 55-32 advantage. The 87 all-time meetings ranks as Hofstra's most common opponent all-time (Drexel is second with 86 meetings). The Pride and Delaware first met in the 1954-55 season with Hofstra winning both meetings that season. The squads met three times a season ago with Hofstra capturing two of the three wins, although Delaware won the meeting in the CAA Championship Opening Round in March. Hofstra has won seven of the last eight in the series.