Safi Kolliegbo reached a career milestone by scoring her 1,000th point during the University of Delaware women’s basketball team’s final regular season game against Liberty. The game ended with Delaware losing to Liberty 71-64 at Liberty Arena. This result brings Delaware’s record to 12-18 overall and 6-12 in Conference USA, while Liberty improves to 17-12 overall and 11-7 in conference play.
Delaware narrowly outshot Liberty, making 49 percent of its attempts compared to Liberty’s 48.3 percent. Kolliegbo contributed five points in the game as she crossed the 1,000-point mark for her collegiate career.
Lay Fantroy led Delaware in scoring with 19 points, including 12 in the first half. She also grabbed 10 rebounds, earning her eighth double-double this season. Kailah Correa added 12 points on efficient shooting, reaching double figures for the fifteenth time as a freshman. Ande’a Cherisier scored ten points—her twenty-first double-digit performance this year—and collected seven rebounds. Trinity Vance finished with ten points, marking her fifteenth double-digit scoring game of the season.
The game started with Delaware taking an early lead after scoring the first five points. Both teams remained close throughout the first half, ending the opening quarter tied at seventeen and reaching halftime with Delaware ahead by one point after a layup from Fantroy assisted by Vance.
In the third quarter, Vance hit a three-pointer to extend Delaware’s lead before Liberty responded with a run that put them ahead going into the final period. A late push by Delaware included three-pointers from Correa and Vance but was not enough to overcome Liberty’s advantage in the closing minutes.
Looking ahead, Delaware will wait for other Conference USA results to determine if they qualify for the upcoming Air National Guard Conference USA Basketball Championship in Huntsville, Alabama.
Sarah Jenkins called timeouts during key moments of the fourth quarter as her team tried to rally back but ultimately could not close the gap.
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