Thank you to our news editor John Mineses for helping produce tonight’s live blog and our student lifestyle editor Naniyah McClain who updated Twitter throughout the game. The Knights will look to continue their momentum as they face on Western Kentucky on Friday, Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. Have a good night everyone.
8:43 p.m.
For FDU, the Knights shot 27-72(37.5%) overall. From down the field, they have shot 11-35(31.4%) and 6-10 (60%) from the free-throw line.
Delaware State shot 15-57(26.3%) overall. From down the field, they have shot 3-8(37.5%) and 12-19 (63.2%) from the free-throw line.
For FDU, Carbonell led the Knights with 14 points. Conklin had 12, while Forgues had 10.
For Delaware State, Watkins led the Hornets with 12 points. Moragne had 10 while Holmes had 9.
The Knights defeat the Hornets by a score of 71-45.
8:36 p.m.
Holmes gets sent to the free-throw line and makes one of two to make the score 71-45.
Maddisyn Mahoney makes the layup for the Knights to make the score 71-44 with less than a minute remaining in the game.
8:34 p.m.
Abaigeal Babore hits the jumper for the Knights to make the score 69-44.
8:32 p.m.
Crystian and Watkins exchange three’s to make the score 67-44 with 2:08 left in the fourth quarter.
Moragne gets sent to the free-throw line for the Hornets and makes both to make the score 64-41.
8:31 p.m.
Watkins makes the jumper for the Hornets to make the score 64-39 with 3:23 left in the fourth quarter.
Moragne gets sent to the free-throw line and makes it as Wilson makes the layup to make the score 64-37 with the Knights up by 27.
8:30 p.m.
Holmes gets sent to the free-throw line and makes both as Miranda Elebring makes the layup for the Knights to make the score 62-36 with 4:17 left in the fourth quarter.
8:26 p.m.
Bell makes the layup for the Knights to make the score 60-34 with 4:54 left in the fourth quarter.
Holmes and Taylor Crystian exchange layups and jumpers to make the score 58-34.
8:24 p.m.
Miller makes the layup for the Hornets to make the score 56-32.
8:21 p.m.
Conklin hits two threes in a row to make the score 56-30 with 7:02 left in the fourth quarter with the Knights ahead by 26.
Moragne gets sent to the free-throw line and makes both to make the score 50-30.
8:19 p.m.
Conklin hits the three for the Knights to make the score 50-28 with 9:12 in the fourth quarter.
Holmes gets sent to the free-throw line and makes them both for the Hornets to make the score 47-28.
8:15 p.m.
DeAngelo makes the jumper for the Knights to make the score 47-26 as the third quarter ends.
8:14 p.m.
Carbonell hits the three and Aniya Bell makes the jumper for the Knights to make the score 45-26 with 1:35 left in the third quarter.
Conklin hits the three for the Knights while Sanchez-Oliver makes the jumper for the Hornets to make the score 40-26 with 2:26 left in the third quarter.
8:11 p.m.
Watkins gets sent to the free-throw line and makes it to make the score 37-24.
8:08 p.m.
Carbonell hits the three while Sanchez-Oliver hits the jumper to make the score 37-23 with the Knights ahead by 14 with 3:57 left in the third quarter.
Wilson gets sent to the free-throw line and makes the score 34-21 for the Knights.
8:06 p.m.
Stanley makes the layup for the Knights to put them ahead by 12 to make the score 33-21 with 5:42 left in the third quarter.
Forgues makes the three to make the score 31-21 with 6:16 left in the third quarter.
8:04 p.m.
Wilson gets sent to the free-throw line and makes it as Holmes makes the layup for the Hornets to make the score 21-28.
8:03 p.m.
Watkins hits the three for the Hornets to put them within eight and makes the score 27-19 with 7:09 left in the third quarter.
8:00 p.m.
Forgues continues the momentum for the Knights by making the layup and makes the score 27-16 with the Knights ahead by 11.
Forgues hits the jumper for FDU and makes the score 25-16 with 8:36 left in the third quarter.
7:58 p.m.
Slow action from both sides of the court as the third quarter begins.
Halftime Update:
The Knights will look to continue their momentum as they enter the second half of the game.
For the Knights, they have shot 8-33(24.2%) overall. From down the field, they have shot 3-16(18.8%) and 4-5 (80%) from the free-throw line.
Delaware State has shot 7-29(24.1%) overall. From down the field, they have shot 1-4(25%) and 1-2 (50%) from the free-throw line.
For FDU, Carbonell is leading the Knights with five points. Stanley and Forgues have a combined seven points. Stanley has four points while Forgues has 3.
For the Hornets, Moragne is leading with five points scored. While Miller and Sanchez-Oliver both have four points scored.
7:40 p.m.
The Knights enter half-time leading by seven with a score of 23-16.
7:39 p.m.
Watkins gets the layup for Delaware State while Forgues gets the three to make the score 23-16 with the Knights up by seven with seven seconds left in the quarter.
7:37 p.m.
Sanchez-Oliver hits the jumper for the Hornets and makes the score 20-14.
Miller responds with a layup of her own to put the Hornets within eight and make the score 20-12 with 4:01 left in the second quarter.
Stanley makes the layup to make the score 20-10.
7:34 p.m.
Hornets call a timeout as the Knights are ahead by eight with the score being 18-10.
7:33 p.m.
Scott hits the jumper and makes the score 18-10 with 4:57 left in the second quarter.
7:31 p.m.
Wilson gets sent to the free-throw line and makes it to make the score 16-10 with 5:25 left in the second quarter.
Wilson makes the layup to increase the Knights lead by five and makes the score 15-10.
7:27 p.m.
Moragne and Conklin exchange a layup and a three to make the score 13-10 with the Knights up by three with 7:35 left in the second quarter.
7:25 p.m.
Carbonell gets sent to the free-throw line and makes both to put the Knights ahead by two and makes the score 10-8.
7:24 p.m.
Moragne responds with a three of her own and ties the game to put the score at 8-8 with 9:16 left in the second quarter.
Carbonell starts off the second quarter with a three to put the Knights ahead by three to make the score 8-5.
7:21 p.m.
Miller makes the layup for the Hornets to tie the game at 5-5 with 22 seconds left in the first quarter.
Sierra DeAngelo gets put into the game and responds with a layup of her own as she gets sent to the free-throw line and makes it to make the score 5-3.
7:19 p.m.
Sanchez-Oliver makes the layup for Delaware State to make the score 3-2 and puts the Hornets up by one.
7:18 p.m.
Missed shots from both sides of the court with 2:41 left in the first quarter.
7:14 p.m.
The Hornets and Knights get off to a slow start as the game takes its first media timeout.
Stanley hits the jumper for the Knights and puts them ahead by one and makes the score 1-2 with 6:03 left in the first quarter.
7:11 p.m.
Watkins gets sent to the free-throw line to get the Hornets on the board with a score of 1-0 with 8:49 left in the first quarter.
The Hornets get the tip as the game begins.
7:10 p.m.
For the Knights, the starting lineup is Dahomee Forgues, Devyn Scott, Rachael Niles, Chloe Wilson, and Madison Stanley.
The starting lineup for the Hornets is Sianny Sanchez-Oliver, Joy Watkins, Zoe Holmes, Alexis Moragne, and Unique Miller.
Pregame:
Good evening and welcome to another women’s basketball live blog. The Knights will be going up against Delaware State at home. I am Jen Malti, sports editor for The Equinox. Our news editor John Mineses will be producing tonight’s live blog. Our student lifestyle editor Naniyah McClain will be updating Twitter throughout the game.
FDU Women’s basketball hopes to gain the victory over Delaware State
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