NEWARK, Del. – Mikiyah Croskey net a game-high 13 points which also finished as a season best for the junior, but the Hofstra University Women's Basketball team suffered a 57-47 decision to the Delaware Blue Hens at the Bob Carpenter Center on Sunday.
 
Hofstra dropped to 7-18 overall while Delaware improved to 12-12.
 
Croskey finished her day 6-of-8 (75 percent) from the floor, including a 4-of-4 performance in the first quarter alone. In addition to her scoring, Croskey pulled down seven rebounds which finished second on the team. Hofstra also saw double figures from junior Ana Hernandez Gil who net 11 points on a 44 percent effort (4-of-9) from the field with a trio of three pointers.
 
Junior forward Marianne Kalin led the Pride in rebounding with nine boards, all on the defensive end. Senior guard Boogie Brozoski tallied eight of Hofstra's 10 assists, just one away from her season-high.
 
Hofstra saw one of its best defensive performances of the season as the Blue Hens finished the day shooting just 27 percent from the field (20-of-73) and 24 percent (4-of-17) from deep. The Pride saw its best defensive effort in the second quarter when Delaware shot just 2-of-20 (10 percent) from the floor.
 
Delaware got out to a three-point lead, but Hofstra quickly took the advantage with two-straight layups by sophomore Jaylen Hines and Croskey. The Pride held on to that lead until the 4:04 mark in the first quarter when Samone DeFreese, the leading scorer for the Blue Hens with 11 points, hit a layup to tie things up at nine. Delaware went on to finish the first quarter with a three-point lead over the Pride, 18-15.
 
The second stanza saw ice cold shooting from both teams until freshman JaKayla Brown made a jump shot to pull within one at the 5:51 mark to end a four-minute scoring hiatus for both teams. Delaware increased the lead to five with four-straight free throws and ended the quarter on a 6-0 run to make it a nine-point game at halftime.
 
During the third quarter, Hofstra got as close as eight points before Delaware opened it up to a 15-point game with a three-pointer at the 8:25 mark in the final stanza. Hofstra turned things around offensively as the Pride went on a 7-0 run to close the gap to eight, with five of those points being scored by Hernandez Gil. The Blue Hens pulled back out to 13, but Hofstra again compiled a 7-0 burst with Kalin, Hernandez Gil and Brown all hitting shots to make it an eight-point game once again, 55-47 in favor of Delaware. The last two minutes of the contest ended just as they started, very defensive, as Delaware was the only team to score in the final 2:03 of action.
 
Hofstra will next visit its travel partner, Northeastern, on Sunday, February 24. Tip off at the Cabot Athletic Center in Boston, Mass. is slated for 2:00 pm.

NOTES: 
-Hofstra held Delaware just 27 percent shooting from the field, a season-best defensive field goal percentage for the Pride
-Brozoski tallied her eighth five-plus assist game of the season