Newark, DE - Two of the top teams in the Colonial Athletic Association standings will battle on Saturday when Hofstra heads to Delaware for the Pride's final road game of the regular season.
Hofstra is currently alone in first in the CAA standings with a 12-3 mark, while Delaware is close behind at 10-5 in league play. The Pride is riding a seven-game win streak as well.
Tip-off from the Bob Carpenter Center is scheduled for 4 p.m.
There will be FloHoops live video of the game as well as a Pride Productions live audio broadcast, courtesy of WRHU (88.7 FM). Links to the broadcasts, as well as the live statistics, can be found on this page as well as on the men's basketball schedule page at GoHofstra.com.
The Pride is now 21-7 overall and the 12-3 CAA mark after an 81-74 road win at Drexel on Thursday. It was Hofstra's 10th road win of the season, tied for the second-most in the nation.
Desure Buie posted a game-high 26 points and added a team-high six assists in the win and was helped by sophomore
Isaac Kante with 20 points and six rebounds and senior
Eli Pemberton with 19 points and six rebounds. Buie leads the team in scoring (18.4), assists (5.6), and steals (2.1). Pemberton ranks second with 16.4 points per game, while Kante is tops on the team in rebounding with 7.6 per contest and ranks fourth in scoring at 11.4 per game.
Delaware is 20-8 overall, in addition to its 10-5 league ledger, following a 70-48 win over Northeastern on Thursday. Nate Darling had 17 points and six rebounds in the win, while Justyn Mutts added 13 points, eight rebounds, and four assists. Darling leads the Blue Hens with 21.4 points per game, while Mutts is first in rebounding (8.3) and fourth in scoring (11.8).
It will be a familiar foe for Hofstra on Saturday as the Pride and the Blue Hens have met 92 times in the longtime series, with Hofstra holding a 59-33 advantage. The 92 all-time meetings ranks as the Pride's most-played opponent all-time. The Pride and Delaware first met in the 1954-55 season with Hofstra winning both meetings that season. Hofstra has won five of the last six meetings and has won 10 of the last 12 meetings dating back to the 2014-15 season. The Blue Hens won this season's earlier meeting, 73-71, in Hempstead back on January 23.