HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Devon Saddler scored 19 points as Delaware held on to beat Hofstra 57-56 Wednesday night, ensuring the Blue Hens the second seed in the Colonial Athletic Association tournament.
Delaware (17-13, 12-5) has won nine of 11, and each of its past six games have been decided by two or fewer points - the longest such streak in program history.
The Blue Hens have never entered the CAA tournament higher than the fifth seed.
David Imes' 3-pointer pulled Hofstra (7-23, 4-13) within 55-53 with 43 seconds left. Delaware held the ball until Saddler's missed jumper with 8 seconds remaining. The Blue Hens' Kyle Anderson grabbed the rebound and tipped it in for a 57-53 lead with 5 seconds showing, and Stevie Mejia's trey for Hofstra at 0:02 wasn't enough.
Jarvis Threatt added 12 points for Delaware and Anderson finished with 10.
Moussa Kone paced Hofstra with a career-high 18 points.
| Scoreboard | |||
| Final | 1 | 2 | T |
| Delaware (17-13) « | 23 | 34 | 57 |
| Hofstra (7-23) | 28 | 28 | 56 |
Louisville Cardinals 2013 NCAA Men's Basketball National Champs Locker Room Gear
Ge your now Shop Now
| Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Hagins, F | 40 | 3-5 | 2-3 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| J. Brinkley, F | 1 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| D. Saddler, G | 40 | 5-15 | 7-8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 |
| K. Anderson, G | 34 | 3-10 | 2-2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| J. Threatt, G | 31 | 4-12 | 3-6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| C. Baptiste | 25 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| L. Savage | 18 | 1-4 | 2-2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| T. Rogers | 9 | 0-5 | 0-2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| M. King-Davis | 2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 17-55 | 18-26 | 38 | 7 | 16 | 57 | |
| 30.9% | 69.2% | ||||||
| Hofstra Pride | |||||||
| STARTERS | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| D. Imes, F | 21 | 4-10 | 1-1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| M. Kone, C | 35 | 7-13 | 4-4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| S. Mejia, G | 40 | 4-9 | 5-5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| T. Buie, G | 32 | 2-12 | 0-1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| M. Grogan, G | 15 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| BENCH | M | FG | FT | TR | A | PF | PTS |
| J. Allen | 25 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| D. Brown | 12 | 0-2 | 0-2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| D. Payen | 11 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| A. Savion | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 20-55 | 11-15 | 40 | 8 | 22 | 56 | |
| 36.4% | 73.3% | ||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other games | |||||||||||||||||
|
|
| |||||||||||||||
|
|
| |||||||||||||||
|
|
| |||||||||||||||
