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Career Game #27 Current streaks on the line: 2 game win streakFeb 22, 2001: Delaware St (19-7, 11-4) Scouting Report Offense: slow pace, balanced, not many freedom, 5 outDefense: m2m, rarely pressKey Players: Fr PG Linton McKenzie 12.0 ppgNotes: McKenzie was still slightly injured when we last played them, but still scored 19 pts in 13 mins. We have lost 3 of our last 4 road games 1st Half We're playing very flat on defense, perhaps due to the fact that this is a non-bearing game for us. We're locked in at 2nd place, and MDES is assured of 1st since they own the tie break against us. But still, we have a chance to salvage this game and bring some momentum towards the conference tournament Halftime: Down 38-45 Key stat(s) FG: DELST 54%, LIPS 57%Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 17 pts, 3 rebs 2nd Half LIPS opened up the 2nd half with 6-0 run, and we got down by 13. We played catch up for the entire 2nd half. Still down by 11 with 4 mins to go. But we could only get 1 FG the remainder of the game. Our defense clearly not in this game. Looking forward to the conference tournament, which is what matters most Final Score: Delaware St - 70, Lipscomb - 86 Box Scores Braun 30, 8, 0 Lepore 10, 3, 4, 2 3s Stokes 9, 1, 1, 3 tos Petteway 8, 2, 4, 4 tos Jefferson 5, 5, 3 Swift 4, 8, 0, 2 blks Murphy 4, 3, 1 Team Stats FG: 45-48% Rebs: -4 Asts: -5 TOs: +3 Pts in paint: +4 2nd chance: Even Fast break: +7 Post game observations (+): Limited LIPS to 4 fast break pts(-): Perimeter defense, allowing LIPS to shoot 8-17 3PT MEAC Conference Final Standings MD Eastern Shore, 13-3 (W10) Delaware St, 11-5 (L1) Norfolk St, 10-6 (W2) Florida A&M, 10-6 (W2) Lipscomb, 10-6 (W1) North Carolina A&T, 9-7 (L1) Morgan St, 9-7 (L2) Belmont, 8-8 (W1) Coppin St, 6-10 (L2) Bethune-Cookman, 5-11 (W2) Howard, 4-12 (L3) Quinnipiac, 1-15 (L11)

Career Game #26 Feb 18, 2001: Howard (11-14, 4-10) @ Delaware St (18-7, 10-4) Scouting Report Offense: slow pace, balanced, not many freedom, 5 outDefense: m2m, press at pointsKey Players: Sr SG Terrence Armstead 12.7 ppgNotes: We beat them on a low scoring game the last time we met 1st Half We clearly taken advantage of the number of extra possessions we had, generated by HOW's turn overs Halftime: Up 53-34 Key stat(s) Turn overs: DELST 0, HOW 13Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 21 pts, 6 rebs 2nd Half 25 mins have gone by before we committed our 1st turn over, while HOW continues to have problems keeping the ball. We were still leading by 25 with 5 mins remaining, before I let the reserves finish the game. Final Score: Howard - 66, Delaware St - 85 Box Scores Braun 34, 15, 1 (*) Swift 15, 10, 1 Jefferson 7, 3, 3, 2 stls Murphy 7, 3, 0 Petteway 7, 0, 7 Lepore 6, 2, 5 Stokes 4, 2, 1, 2 stls Warley 3, 1, 0 Ward 2, 2, 0 Perry 0, 0, 2 Whiting 0, 0, 0 Team Stats FG: 46-50% Rebs: +4 Asts: +3 TOs: -17 Pts in paint: +50 2nd chance: +12 Fast break: +18 Post game observations (+): Almost everything went right; 62 pts in the paint, just 5 turn overs, and 20 fast break pts(-): Allowed HOW to shoot 8-12 3PT MEAC Conference Standings MD Eastern Shore, 12-3 (W9) Delaware St, 11-4 (W2) Morgan St, 9-6 (L1) Norfolk St, 9-6 (W1) Florida A&M, 9-6 (W1) Lipscomb, 9-6 (L1) North Carolina A&T, 9-6 (W1) Belmont, 7-8 (L1) Coppin St, 6-9 (L1) Howard, 4-11 (L2) Bethune-Cookman, 4-11 (W1) Quinnipiac, 1-14 (L10)

Career Game #25 Feb 15, 2001: Bethune-Cookman (8-16, 3-10) @ Delaware St (17-7, 9-4) Scouting Report Offense: normal pace, inside, not many freedom, 5 outDefense: 2-3, press at pointsKey Players: Sr SG Johnny Jackson 13.5 ppgNotes: We almost threw away a 19 pt lead in our last meeting against BETH, and just won by 3 1st Half We are making our outside shots to counter BETH's zone. But we should improve our defense in order not to allow BETH to stay close Halftime: Up 43-39 Key stat(s) 3PT: DELST 8-16, BETH 4-8FG: DELST 44%, BETH 56%Key Players DELST: SG Kevin Stokes 14 pts, 4 3sBETH: C Robbie HAwkins 12 pts, 5-5 FG 2nd Half BETH still shooting at a high rate, and we can't shake them off 9:19: Up 57-55 A small run got us ahead by 7. We got into penalty, and BETH recovered 3:51: Up 65-62 PG Sidney Petteway missing a wide open look. BETH also missed. Petteway with the turn over. SF Anthony Jefferson with the steal, and he takes it all the way. Up 5. We get another steal, this time by SG Lewis Lepore, outlet to Jefferson who scores once again on the break. Timeout BETH 2:32: Up 69-62 Foul called. BETH scores 2 FTs. Up 5. Timeout 2:11: Up 69-64 SF Anthony Jefferson missed a 3. BETH with another turn over, their 20th of the game. PG Sidney Petteway hits a big 3! Up 8. Another turn over by BETH. BETH gave up 5 fouls to get into penalty. SG Kevin Stokes scoring a FT. Up 9, less than a minute remaining. That should do it. Great defense in the end; BETH scored just 9 pts during the last 9 mins of the game Final Score: Bethune-Cookman - 64, Delaware St - 75 Box Scores Stokes 18, 6, 2, 5 tos, 5 3s Jefferson 18, 2, 1, 4 stls, 2 3s (*) Braun 15, 7, 2, 3 stls Petteway 9, 4, 7, 3 tos Lepore 8, 3, 5, 2 stls, 4 tos, 2 3s Swift 5, 5, 1, 2 stls Ward 2, 1, 0 Perry 0, 1, 0 Murphy 0, 0, 1 Team Stats FG: 45-49% Rebs: -1 Asts: +2 TOs: -9 Pts in paint: +2 2nd chance: +3 Fast break: +21 Post game observations (+): We scored 25 fast break pts, and limited BETH to just 4. We also shot 12-25 3PT(-): C Brandon Braun was again defended well by the zone defense, only taking 8 shots MEAC Conference Standings MD Eastern Shore, 11-3 (W8) Delaware St, 10-4 (W1) Lipscomb, 9-5 (W3) Morgan St, 9-5 (W1) Norfolk St, 8-6 (L1) Florida A&M, 8-6 (L1) North Carolina A&T, 8-6 (L2) Belmont, 7-7 (W3) Coppin St, 6-8 (W1) Howard, 4-10 (L1) Bethune-Cookman, 3-11 (L2) Quinnipiac, 1-13 (L9)

Norton Award Update C Brandon Braun currently #1 among Norton semi finalists Awards (Week Ending 2/4/01) National Freshman of the Week: C Brandon Braun Awards (Week Ending 2/11/01) National Freshman of the Week: C Brandon Braun

Career Game #24 Current streaks on the line: Feb 11, 2001: Delaware St (17-6, 9-3) @ Florida A&M (13-10, 7-5) Scouting Report Offense: fast pace, balanced, not many freedom, high postDefense: 2-3, press at pointsKey Players: Sr SG Clinton Price 18.7 ppg (#2 MEAC), 4.7 rpgNotes: FLAM had 30+ attempts from 3 in each of their last 2 games (both lost) 1st Half We got the raw end of the calls. Early in the penalty, and worse, C Brandon Braun picked up his 3rd foul before midway of the 1st half. Our guards kept us in the game, knocking down outside shots Halftime: Down 38-39 Key stat(s) Fouls: DELST 13, FLAM 4Key Players DELST: SG Lewis Lepore 15 pts, 5 asts 2nd Half Can't get any tighter than this; no team has led by more than 2 pts here in the 2nd half. Miraculously, we haven't been called for a foul so far in the 2nd half 8:51: Up 57-56 We made a string of turn overs, at least 6 during the last 3 mins. All of a sudden, we have 6 team fouls 3:53: Down 59-63 We got into penalty. FLAM makes 2 FTs. Down 6. C Brandon Braun got fouled. Braun missed 2 FTs. We got called for another foul; 8 fouls in the last 5 mins. FLAM added 2 more FTs. This is slipping away. Timeout 3:18: Down 59-67 C Jamal Swift scored inside. Down 6. A miss by FLAM. Short jumper by PG Sidney Petteway is good. Down 4. C Brandon Braun gets a block, and recovers the ball. PG Sidney Petteway missing a 3. FLAM's SG Clinton Price drives and scores. Timeout 1:07: Down 63-69 I fielded in a more perimeter oriented team. SG Lewis Lepore missed. We started fouling and shooting 3s, but FLAM was decent from the line, shooting 24-34 today. Another loss. We were still very much in the game, until those turn overs killed us again. C Brandon Braun scored 5 pts early in the 2nd half, but has been a non factor on offense for the most part of the game (just 7 FG attempts) Final Score: Delaware St - 66, Florida A&M - 75 Box Scores Stokes 20, 6, 1, 4 tos, 3 3s Lepore 20, 4, 9, 3 tos, 4 3s, fouled out Braun 13, 8, 0, 2 blks Petteway 7, 3, 4, 6 tos, fouled out Swift 4, 6, 0 Jefferson 2, 3, 2 Murphy 0, 5, 0 Perry 0, 0, 0 Ward 0, 0, 0 Warley 0, 0, 0 Team Stats FG: 44-39% Rebs: -6 Asts: +3 TOs: +4 Pts in paint: -4 2nd chance: -4 Fast break: -5 Post game observations (+): Our shooting was decent enough; in fact our FG% was higher than that of FLAM. When we faced next a team that plays zone, we'll go for a more balanced offense focus(-): We committed 25 fouls; for a team that has only 7 players receiving major minutes, we can't afford getting into foul trouble MEAC Conference Standings MD Eastern Shore, 10-3 (W7) Delaware St, 9-4 (L1) Morgan St, 8-5 (L2) Norfolk St, 8-5 (W1) Florida A&M, 8-5 (W1) Lipscomb, 8-5 (W2) North Carolina A&T, 8-5 (L1) Belmont, 6-7 (W2) Coppin St, 5-8 (L2) Howard, 4-9 (W1) Bethune-Cookman, 3-10 (L1) Quinnipiac, 1-12 (L8)

Career Game #23 Current streaks on the line: We want o break our 2 game losing skidFeb 8, 2001: Coppin St (10-12, 5-6) @ Delaware St (16-6, 8-3) Scouting Report Offense: fast pace, balanced, some freedom, triangleDefense: m2m, rarely pressKey Players: Jr PG Anthony Drayton Sonny Martin 17.8 ppg, 89 total 3s (1st in MEAC)Notes: We had to come back from a 16 pt deficit to beat CSC the last time we met 1st Half We took care of the ball this time, and was able to pound the ball inside to C Brandon Braun. We played with more sense of urgency, as evidenced by our rebounds. CSC not able to keep up with our offense, despite making 7 3s Halftime: Up 48-33 Key stat(s) Pts in the paint: DELST 36, CSC 8Fast break pts: DELST 14, CSC 2Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 25 pts, 8 rebsCSC: PG Anthony Drayton 11 pts, 3 3s 2nd Half CSC still making some of their outside shots, led by PG Anthony Drayton's 24 pts, but they had no answer against our inside attack all game long. We also turned CSC's 20 turn overs into a lot of fast break pts. Final Score: Coppin St - 65, Delaware St - 87 Box Scores Braun 44, 12, 0 (*) Swift 15, 6, 3 Jefferson 10, 3, 2, 3 tos, 2 3s Lepore 7, 3, 7 Stokes 7, 1, 2, 3 tos Murphy 2, 4, 3 Perry 2, 1, 1, 3 tos Petteway 0, 3, 6, fouled out Whiting 0, 1, 0 Ward 0, 0, 0 Warley 0, 0, 0 Team Stats FG: 54-43% Rebs: +9 Asts: +12 TOs: -8 Pts in paint: +44 2nd chance: +9 Fast break: +16 Post game observations (+): Lots of positives today, but the most impressive was our 24 asts on 36 FGs made.(-): CSC shot 10-21 3PT, but I would rather give up a 3PT attempt, rather than hand in easy 2nd chance and fast break opportunities MEAC Conference Standings MD Eastern Shore, 9-3 (W6) Delaware St, 9-3 (W1) North Carolina A&T, 8-4 (W2) Morgan St, 8-4 (L1) Norfolk St, 7-5 (L1) Florida A&M, 7-5 (L2) Lipscomb, 7-5 (W1) Coppin St, 5-7 (L1) Belmont, 5-7 (W1) Howard, 3-9 (L3) Bethune-Cookman, 3-9 (W2) Quinnipiac, 1-11 (L7)

Career Game #22 Current streaks on the line: 7 game home win streakFeb 4, 2001: MD Eastern Shore (12-9, 7-3) @ Delaware St (16-5, 8-2) Scouting Report Offense: normal pace, outside, lots of freedom, princetonDefense: m2m, rarely pressKey Players: Sr SG Sonny Martin 13.5 ppg, 4.4 rpgNotes: MDES leads the conference with 7.1 spg 1st Half Our turn overs giving us problems once again, putting us down by as many as 12. We got our act together, and finally grabbed the lead at 34-33. However, MDES had a strong 8-2 finish which included a couple of triples. Those turn overs we had were turned to a lot of easy fast break pts by MDES Halftime: Down 36-41 Key stat(s) Fast break pts: DELST 4, MDES 162nd chance pts: DELST 4, MDES 12Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 10 pts, 5 rebsMDES: SG Sonny Martin 10 pts 2nd Half MDES hitting 4 of their 5 attempts from deep, putting even more pressure on us 15:41: Down 46-56 Deficit increased to 12. It seems MDES can't stop hitting from the outside. C Brandon Braun doing his best just to keep us within striking distance. We finally get a couple of stops 10:27: Down 59-65 Cut down the lead to 3. Gave C Brandon Braun a bit of rest, and MDES increased their lead to 7. Braun back on the floor with less than a min of rest in the 2nd half. We will go heavy inside now. MDES in the penalty. We can't afford to just trade baskets. took a while to get the deficit back down to 3 again 5:27: Down 72-75 Getting a coupe more stops. Tied the game with a basket from C Brandon Braun. Braun later got a split to give us the lead. We get another chance to build on our momentum further, but we threw away our possession 3:57: Up 76-75 MDES hits a 3, their 9th of the game. Down 2. C Brandon Braun missed inside. We get a steal, and scored on the break! Tied game. MDES missed. Chance to regain the lead here, but another turn over. Aarrghh. 2:39: Tied at 78 MDES hits a jumper plus a foul. They convert the bonus FT. Timeout 2:24, Down 78-81 C Jamal Swift with a spin move, and scores inside. Down 1. MDES missed a 3, but they get the offensive rebound. Putback is no good, but there was a foul. MDES hits both. Down 3. SG Kevin Stokes puts up a 3, and its good! We're tied once again. We need a stop. We failed once again, as MDES able to score inside. Timeout 1:36: Down 83-85 C Brandon Braun called for traveling. That was huge. But we're not yet out of this. We press, but MDES breaks it and scores on the break! Timeout 1:02: Down 83-87 I switched to balanced focus. We have 4 shooters on the floor. Bu we gave it back to C Brandon Braun who was isolated down low, and this time Braun made sure. Down 2. A turn over by MDES. I called my last timeout 0:41: Down 85-87 SG Lewis Lepore puts up a 3. Miss. MDES gets the rebound. 0:25 remaining. We tried to get a steal, but we couldn't. With 0:12 left, we had no choice but to foul. MDES makes both. 2 possession game. We missed a 3, and so goes our chance. 2nd loss in a row. We couldn't make stops when we needed them. MDES with 6 players in double figures Final Score: MD Eastern Shore - 89, Delaware St - 85 Box Scores Braun 32, 12, 0, 2 stls, 2 blks Stokes 17, 3, 2, 4 tos, 3 3s Petteway 12, 2, 7, 2 3s Swift 8, 5, 3, 3 stls, 3 blks Lepore 7, 2, 3, 6 tos Jefferson 7, 1, 4 Murphy 2, 3, 0 Team Stats FG: 55-49% Rebs: -6 Asts: +6 TOs: +2 Pts in paint: +18 2nd chance: -3 Fast break: -8 Post game observations (+): Our output 85 pts is even higher than our nation-leading scoring average, which makes this loss even more perplexing(-): Even considering MDES' hot shooting in the 2nd half, I think we were able to match or even slightly ahead in terms of half court offense. What gave MDES the advantage was those "extra" pts - 15 2nd chance and 22 fast break pts. We got outworked today MEAC Conference Standings Morgan St, 8-3 (W2) MD Eastern Shore, 8-3 (W5) Delaware St, 8-3 (L2) Florida A&M, 7-4 (L1) North Carolina A&T, 7-4 (W1) Norfolk St, 7-4 (W3) Lipscomb, 6-5 (L1) Coppin St, 5-6 (W1) Belmont, 4-7 (L1) Howard, 3-8 (L2) Bethune-Cookman, 2-9 (W1) Quinnipiac, 1-10 (L6)

Career Game #21 Current streaks on the line: 3 game win streakFeb 1, 2001: Delaware St (16-4, 8-1) @ Morgan St (8-12, 6-3) Scouting Report Offense: fast pace, balanced, some freedom, flexDefense: 2-3, press at pointsKey Players: Jr PF James Costa 9.6 ppg, 8.7 rpg (2nd in MEAC)Notes: MORG may not have a high powered offense, but they are winning because of defense; 40.5% opp FG (#32 Nat'l) 1st Half A very disappointing 1st half in terms of taking care of the ball. MORG has taken control of this game with their defense. Halftime: Down 32-46 Key stat(s) Turn overs: DELST 12, MORG 6Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 12 pts, 2 blksMORG: PF James Costa 6 pts, 5 rebs, 3 stls 2nd Half Our deficit has even increased. 18 turn overs now. And our shooting in the 2nd half has taken a nose dive. SG Kevin Stokes scoreless at 0-11 FG, even missing a break away layup earlier. 9:43: Down 38-59 Topping 75 pts is very much possible for us, even on a road game. But with 22 turn overs, we didn't had enough possessions to turn this game around. 2 road losses in the conference, both were blow outs Final Score: Delaware St - 58, Morgan St - 75 Box Scores Braun 21, 9, 1, 2 stls, 2 blks Lepore 13, 3, 1, 7 tos, 3 3s Jefferson 12, 2, 0 Petteway 7, 4, 11, 10 tos Stokes 3, 7, 2 Murphy 2, 0, 0 Swift 0, 5, 2, 2 stls Ward 0, 3, 0 Team Stats FG: 40-41% Rebs: -5 Asts: +5 TOs: +7 Pts in paint: +6 2nd chance: -4 Fast break: -4 Post game observations (+): C Brandon Braun played better this time (9-18 FG), as compared to the last time he faced a predominantly zone defense. The problem is our guards had difficulty getting him the ball without committing a turn over(-): Consistency; last game we had just 9 turn overs, now we had 22 MEAC Conference Standings Delaware St, 8-2 (L1) Morgan St, 7-3 (W1) Florida A&M, 7-3 (W1) MD Eastern Shore, 7-3 (W4) Lipscomb, 6-4 (W1) North Carolina A&T, 6-4 (L2) Norfolk St, 6-4 (W2) Belmont, 4-6 (W2) Coppin St, 4-6 (L1) Howard, 3-7 (L1) Quinnipiac, 1-9 (L5) Bethune-Cookman, 1-9 (L5)

Norton Award Update C Brandon Braun currently #1 among Norton quarter finalists

Career Game #20 Current streaks on the line: 6 game home win streakJan 28, 2001: North Carolina A&T (11-8, 6-2) @ Delaware St (15-4, 7-1) Scouting Report Offense: slow pace, balanced, some freedom, motionDefense: m2m, rarely pressKey Players: So SG Brian Dillon 14.5 ppg, 52% 3PTNotes: NCAT best 3PT shooting team in the conference at 42.4% (#5 Nat'l) 1st Half We went down 0-9, and then came up with a 9-0 run of our own. Game has been close since then until the end, where we scored the last 10 pts of the 1st half. I spent a lot of time complaining to the refs, as we were called for a lot of fouls Halftime: Up 40-34 Key stat(s) Turn overs: DELST 3, NCAT 8Fouls: DELST 11, NCAT 6Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 18 pts, 3 rebs 2nd Half Our defense has focused on minimizing NCAT's 3pt shooting strength, and that has been the difference thus far; NCAT just 2-8 3PT so far. And perhaps because of my excessive "working of the refs" in the 1st half, calss have been tilted to the other side now as NCAT goes to the penalty early. Love these refs ... 11:38: Up 56-43 C Brandon Braun and SG Kevin Stokes' production enough to keep NCAT at bay. We're still leading by 16 with 2:34 left. Consecutive turn overs by NCAT ended any small hope of a miracle comeback for them. We took good care of the ball today; even PG Sidney Petteway had zero turn overs Final Score: North Carolina A&T - 66, Delaware St - 80 Box Scores Braun 30, 7, 0, 2 stls, 2 blks (*) Stokes 22, 2, 1, 2 stls, 5 3s Lepore 12, 1, 5, 2 stls, 2 3s Petteway 6, 0, 4 Swift 4, 6, 2, 4 stls, 2 blks Murphy 2, 2, 1, 2 stls Jefferson 2, 2, 1 Perry 2, 1, 0 Whiting 0, 0, 0 Ward 0, 0, 0 Warley 0, 0, 0 Team Stats FG: 51-49% Rebs: -9 Asts: -1 TOs: -12 Pts in paint: +22 2nd chance: -6 Fast break: +5 Post game observations (+): Just 9 turn overs; for 2 teams shooting almost identical FG%, having more possessions was key to this game(-): Only 3 offensive rebounds MEAC Conference Standings Delaware St, 8-1 (W3) North Carolina A&T, 6-3 (L1) Morgan St, 6-3 (L1) Florida A&M, 6-3 (L1) MD Eastern Shore, 6-3 (W3) Lipscomb, 5-4 (L2) Norfolk St, 5-4 (W1) Coppin St, 4-5 (W1) Howard, 3-6 (W2) Belmont, 3-6 (W1) Quinnipiac, 1-8 (L4) Bethune-Cookman, 1-8 (L4)

Career Game #19 Current streaks on the line: 5 game home win streakJan 23, 2001: Norfolk St (12-6, 4-3) @ Delaware St (14-4, 6-1) Scouting Report Offense: normal pace, outside, some freedom, triangleDefense: 2-3, rarely pressKey Players: Jr SG Erik Carroll 9.8 ppgNotes: No double digit scorer but each starter averages at least 8 ppg. NORST's defense concedes just 37.6% opp FG (#4 Nat'l) 1st Half NORST's defense came prepared against our inside plays; both C Brandon Braun and C Jamal Swift held scoreless. We got our production mostly from our guards with their perimeter shooting. Halftime: Tied at 37 Key stat(s) 3PT: DELST 7-15, NORST 1-3Pts in the paint: DELST 10, NORST 12Key Players DELST: SG Kevin Stokes 17 pts, 3 3s 2nd Half We opened up the 2nd half with a 10-0 run; C Brandon Braun finally getting his 1st basket. SG Kevin Stokes continues to wax hot from the outside, adding 10 more pts here in the 2nd half for his game high of 27. 11:03: Up 55-45 NORST's defense starting to make its presence felt. PG Sidney Petteway has fouled out, and 2 other starters with 4 fouls. This is not looking good 4:10, Up 58-54 SG Kevin Stokes buries another 3! We badly needed that basket. Up 7. C Brandon Braun gets a block, and ball is going to our favor. SF Anthony Jefferson got fouled on the act of shooting. Jefferson makes both FTs. Up 9. A turn over by NORST. SG Lewis Lepore makes a 3 from top of the circle! An 8-0 run. Another turn over for NORST. Stokes drives, but he missed. Time running out for NORST now 2:04, Up 66-54 C Jamal Swift with a steal. On our play, SG Kevin Stokes added another triple! Up 15 with less than 2 mins left. NORST got a 3 back. We slowed down the game, used up a lot of clock, and hold on for the win. C Brandon Braun with a career low 3 pts, but the performance of our 2 SGs more than made it up Final Score: Norfolk St - 58, Delaware St - 71 Box Scores Stokes 33, 2, 1, 4 stls, 7 3s (*) Lepore 22, 5, 3, 3 tos, 5 3s Jefferson 9, 3, 2, 3 stls Braun 3, 9, 1 Perry 2, 2, 0 Petteway 2, 0, 5, fouled out Swift 0, 7, 1, 2 stls, 3 blks Murphy 0, 2, 0 Team Stats FG: 40-43% Rebs: -7 Asts: +5 TOs: -10 Pts in paint: -10 2nd chance: -7 Fast break: +5 Post game observations (+): An amazing 13-26 3PT shooting today. Our defense towards the end of the game was a big factor as well(-): Just 16 pts in the paint; we need to practice more on our 2-3 zone offense to get our big men more involved MEAC Conference Standings Delaware St, 7-1 (W2) North Carolina A&T, 6-2 (W2) Morgan St, 6-2 (W1) Florida A&M, 6-2 (W4) MD Eastern Shore, 5-3 (W2) Lipscomb, 5-3 (L1) Norfolk St, 4-4 (L1) Coppin St, 3-5 (L2) Howard, 2-6 (W1) Belmont, 2-6 (L2) Quinnipiac, 1-7 (L3) Bethune-Cookman, 1-7 (L3)

Career Game #18 Jan 21, 2001: Delaware St (13-4, 5-1) @ Quinnipiac (6-11, 1-5) Scouting Report Offense: slow pace, balanced, not many freedom, motionDefense: m2m, press at pointsKey Players: Sr PF Brandon Blackman 10.6 ppg, 4.5 rpgNotes: Fr PF Ryan Hein is their starter at the 1 spot. As a result, Hein is averaging 5.1 topg (6th Nat'l), and as a team, QUINN is averaging 17.4 topg (8th worst Nat'l) 1st Half QUINN's slow pace game was evident in the 1st half, but their offensive execution in disarray, forcing a lot of bad shots. QUINN also committed 9 turn overs. Our 2 starting big men dominated the inside, combining for 19 pts and 11 rebs Halftime: Up 38-20 Key stat(s) FG: DELST 56%, QUINN 29%Pts in the paint: DELST 22, QUINN 6Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 10 pts, 5 rebs; C Jamal Swift 9 pts, 6 rebs 2nd Half Game became faster in the 2nd half. QUINN improved on their shooting, but they couldn't make stops, and we retained our comfortable lead the entire 2nd half. QUINN finished with 18 turn overs. Final Score: Delaware St - 80, Quinnipiac - 63 Box Scores Braun 29, 9, 1, 2 blks (*) Stokes 15, 4, 3 Swift 11, 10, 0 Lepore 9, 3, 2, 3 tos, fouled out Murphy 6, 3, 1, 2 stls Petteway 6, 2, 7, 6 tos Jefferson 4, 1, 2 Warley 0, 1, 0 Perry 0, 0, 2 Whiting 0, 0, 0 Ward 0, 0, 0 Team Stats FG: 58-43% Rebs: +9 Asts: +2 TOs: -6 Pts in paint: +30 2nd chance: +11 Fast break: +12 Post game observations (+): We didn't allow a single 2nd chance point for QUINN(-): 11 missed FTs. MEAC Conference Standings Delaware St, 6-1 (W1) North Carolina A&T, 5-2 (W1) Morgan St, 5-2 (L1) Florida A&M, 5-2 (W3) Lipscomb, 5-2 (W2) Norfolk St, 4-3 (W2) MD Eastern Shore, 4-3 (W1) Coppin St, 3-4 (L1) Belmont, 2-5 (L1) Howard, 1-6 (L5) Quinnipiac, 1-6 (L2) Bethune-Cookman, 1-6 (L2)

Awards (Week Ending 12/31/00) National Player of the Week and National Freshman of the Week: C Brandon Braun

Career Game #17 Current streaks on the line: 8 game win streak5 game conference win streak3 game road win streakJan 18, 2001: Delaware St (13-3, 5-0) @ Belmont (5-11, 1-4) Scouting Report Offense: fast pace, balanced, lots of freedom, motionDefense: m2m, rarely pressKey Players: Fr SF Jaquay Young 11.2 ppg, 5.4 rpgNotes: BEL without their 2nd leading scorer, McKenzie is listed at 88%, so we're not sure if he's going to suit up today for LIPS 1st Half Exciting up and down game. Almost identical shooting and rebounding, but the difference has been our turn overs. Also, C Brandon Braun didn't get too many touches,. Halftime: Down 37-42 Key stat(s) Turn overs: DELST 8, BEL 4Key Players DELST: SF Anthony Jefferson 10 pts, 4-5 FGBEL: SF Jaquay Young 9 pts, 6 rebs 2nd Half We're getting more success now on our inside plays, but our FT shooting has impeded our progress; just 11-22 FT so far. LIPS has hit 5 3s in the 2nd half 10:38: Down 57-63 We added 3 more turn overs. This game is slowly slipping away. We have to make a run now 5:55: Down 63-72 We went with a smaller lineup. We still can't make stops. Down by 16 with 2 mins left. Not gonna do it with the way we're playing; I pulled off my starters. This was a beat down. Final Score: Delaware St 67, Belmont - 88 Box Scores Braun 19, 11, 0 Jefefrson 13, 7, 1, 3 3s Swift 13, 6, 1, 3 blks, 3 tos Lepore 11, 5, 4, 3 tos, 2 3s Stokes 6, 1, 2, 2 stls, 3 tos Petteway 3, 1, 2, 3 tos Murphy 2, 4, 0 Ward 0, 1, 0 Perry 0, 0, 0 Whiting 0, 0, 0 Warley 0, 0, 0 Team Stats FG: 39-51% Rebs: -1 Asts: -14 TOs: +5 Pts in paint: +2 2nd chance: +1 Fast break: -2 Post game observations (+): Still a decent offensive output for us, including 6-15 3PT. But offense wasn't the problem today(-): We had games before where our high scoring offense often masked our poor defense. That wasn't the case today, as our primary weakness on making stops was exposed today. MEAC Conference Standings Delaware St, 5-1 (L1) Morgan St, 5-1 (W5) North Carolina A&T, 4-2 (L1) Florida A&M, 4-2 (W2) Lipscomb, 4-2 (W1) Coppin St, 3-3 (W1) Norfolk St, 3-3 (W1) MD Eastern Shore, 3-3 (L2) Belmont, 2-4 (W1) Howard, 1-5 (L4) Quinnipiac, 1-5 (L1) Bethune-Cookman, 1-5 (L1)

Career Game #16 Current streaks on the line: 7 game win streak4 game home win streakJan 14, 2001: Lipscomb (9-6, 3-1) @ Delaware St (12-3, 4-0) Scouting Report Offense: slow pace, balanced, not many freedom, 5-outDefense: m2m, rarely pressKey Players: Fr PG Linton McKenzie 12.9 ppgNotes: McKenzie is listed at 88%, so we're not sure if he's going to suit up today for LIPS 1st Half LIPS PG Linton McKenzie did not start, but came off the bench to score 12 pts. We took advantage of our inside game as usual, but LIPS didn't do bad either on their offense Halftime: Up 41-32 Key stat(s) FG: DELST 59%, LIPS 50%Turn overs: DELST 6, LIPS 10Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 16 pts, 3 rebs 2nd Half LIPS has shot better than us here in the 2nd half, and slowly but surely knocking on the doors now 9:49: Up 53-49 SG Kevin Stokes scored 8 pts in an 11-0, to bring back our lead to a more comfortable 15 pts. LIPS has been nailed at 49 for quite some time. 5:53: Up 64-49 SG Kevin Stokes added 5 more pts to counter the 2 3s made by LIPS. We were still leading by 14 with 2:37 left. Both teams in the penalty. C Brandon Braun converted a 3pt play to give us a 17 pt advantage. Although LIPS converted a couple of triples, we managed the clock well in the end game and held on for the win Final Score: Lipscomb - 61, Delaware St - 72 Box Scores Braun 26, 5, 3, 2 stls, 4 tos (*) Stokes 18, 4, 1, 3 3s Jefferson 9, 4, 2, 3 stls Petteway 9, 2, 7, 4 tos Lepore 6, 3, 0, 2 stls, 2 3s Swift 2, 3, 0 Ward 2, 1, 1 Murphy 0, 2, 0 Perry 0, 0, 0 Team Stats FG: 48-48% Rebs: -2 Asts: -4 TOs: -11 Pts in paint: +20 2nd chance: -2 Fast break: -7 Post game observations (+): We forced LIPS to 22 turn overs(-): Not taking much advantage of those LIPS' turn overs, getting only 6 fast break pts MEAC Conference Standings Delaware St, 5-0 (W5) North Carolina A&T, 4-1 (W2) Morgan St, 4-1 (W4) Florida A&M, 3-2 (W1) Lipscomb, 3-2 (L1) MD Eastern Shore, 3-2 (L1) Coppin St, 2-3 (L1) Norfolk St, 2-3 (L2) Howard, 1-4 (L3) Bethune-Cookman, 1-4 (W1) Belmont, 1-4 (L4) Quinnipiac, 1-4 (W1)

Career Game #15 Current streaks on the line: 6 game win streakJan 11, 2001: Delaware St (11-3, 3-0) @ Howard (8-6, 1-2) Scouting Report Offense: slow pace, balanced, not many freedom, 5-outDefense: m2m, rarely pressKey Players: Sr SG Terrence Armstead 13.9 ppgNotes: HOW with at least 4 guards shooting over 40% 3PT 1st Half We expected HOW's guards to be the focus of their offense, but their 2 big men (both 7 footers, 300+ lbs) proved to be too much too handle, combining for 12 pts and taking up lots of space inside. Took a while before we grab the lead in this relatively low scoring affair. Both teams shooting below 40% FG Halftime: Up 32-29 Key stat(s) 3PT: DELST 1-7, HOW 3-9Fast break pts: DELST 10, HOW 6Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 14 pts, 5 rebs 2nd Half Our half court offense and outside shooting still absent, 1-11 3PT. We managed to stay on the lead by getting some easy baskets on the break. 10:55: Up 44-41 Shooting is still off; actually on both sides, which is probably the reason why we are still on the lead. C Brandon Braun just picked up his 4th foul, giving me a tough decision. I decided to put him in the bench for a few minutes. We're in the penalty 6:35: Up 48-45 We went to a smaller lineup (1 PG, 2 SG, 1 SF, 1 C). All of a sudden, we made 3 jump shots, including a pair of 3s. HOW kept close though4:24, Up 56-52 C Brandon Braun still on the bench. We hit another 3! Up 7. HOW making another of FTs. Up 5. We missed on a drive. HOW missed a 3; that would have been huge. HOW finally got into penalty, but we missed the front end of a 1-and-1. We have missed 9 FTs so far. HOW with a turn over. Timeout 2:19, Up 59-54 I bring back C Brandon Braun, and we immediately go to him. Braun's shot got blocked. HOW with the ball. We get the ball back with a steal. Counter steal by HOW! HOW missed on their attempt. Crazy sequence so far. Timeout 1:15, Up 59-54 I went back with a bigger lineup for rebounding purposes. SG Kevin Stokes called for traveling. HOW gets another chance, but they threw the ball away. A basket here would be huge. PG Sidney Petteway drives. Miss. Loose ball. We retain possession. I have 2 timeouts left, and I decided to use 1 of them 0:45, Up 59-54 HOW gives up a foul. PG Sidney Petteway splits. C Brandon Braun gets the offensive rebound. Braun missing the follow up. But C Jamal Swift grabs the offensive rebound this time around. Swift missed the put back, but got fouled. We just need 1 FT to give us a 3 possession game, and most likely seal the win. Swift makes the 1st, and missed the 2nd. Up 7. Timeout HOW 0:33, Up 61-54 We traded 2 FTs each. I told the team we don't need to foul. HOW missing a 3, and that ended any hopes on their side. We won because of our defense, which is rarity, but we'll take it Final Score: Delaware St - 63, Howard - 56 Box Scores Braun 20, 9, 0 (*) Petteway 13, 3, 6, 2 stls, 6 tos, 2 3s Swift 11, 13, 1 Stokes 9, 6, 0 Lepore 5, 3, 3, 3 stls Jefferson 5, 3, 0 Murphy 0, 3, 0 Perry 0, 0, 0 Team Stats FG: 36-35% Rebs: +6 Asts: +1 TOs: +1 Pts in paint: +18 2nd chance: +3 Fast break: +10 Post game observations (+): We were able to manufacture ways to score pts outside of our half court offense; 11 2nd chance pts and 18 fast break pts(-): 15-26 FT MEAC Conference Standings Delaware St, 4-0 (W4) North Carolina A&T, 3-1 (W1) Lipscomb, 3-1 (W1) MD Eastern Shore, 3-1 (W3) Morgan St, 3-1 (W3) Coppin St, 2-2 (W2) Florida A&M, 2-2 (L1) Norfolk St, 2-2 (L1) Belmont, 1-3 (L3) Howard, 1-3 (L2) Quinnipiac, 0-4 (L4) Bethune-Cookman, 0-4 (L4)

Career Game #14 Current streaks on the line: 5 game win streakJan 7, 2001: Delaware St (10-3, 2-0) @ Bethune-Cookman (5-8, 0-2) Scouting Report Offense: normal pace, inside, not many freedom, 5-outDefense: 2-3, press at pointsKey Players: Sr PG Virgil Mason 15.5 ppgNotes: BETH averaging just 55 ppg in their current 3-game losing streak1st Half We were adapt on every defensive adjustment BETH made. When they went m2m early in the game, our big men took the ball inside. When BETH went to their usual 2-3 zone, we were able to make our outside shots. It didn't matter that C Brandon Braun only 6 pts, as the rest of the team able to step up Halftime: Up 44-25 Key stat(s) 3PT: DELST 6-8, BETH 0-2Key Players DELST: C Jamal Swift 12 pts, 5 rebs 2nd Half C Brandon Braun asserting himself more here in the 2nd half, scoring 10 of his 16 pts. However, we got into penalty early, and it has helped BETH chop off some of our lead. 10:08: Up 62-52 Good thing we're shooting the ball well, to somehow counter all those FTs being given to BETH; 23-25 FT so far for BETH 4:58: Up 72-64 Both teams could only add a FT to the score line. BETH just committed a turn over. Still Up 8. C Brandon Braun got blocked, but C Jamal Swift able to pick up the loose ball, and scored underneath.2:24, Up 75-65 Both our starting and back up PGs have fouled out. BETH made 2 more FTs. Timeout 2:14, Up 75-67 No time to relax. SG Lewis Lepore hits a dagger 3, and we're up by 11. All 5 players we have on the floor have scored in double figures. BETH looking for a 3, but we're not giving them good looks. Shot clock just about to expire when they force one from deep, and it goes in! Only the 2nd triple for BETH today. Timeout 1:04, Up 78-70 BETH gave up 2 fouls, but they are not yet in the penalty. On the reset, we turned the ball over, something we don't need at this point. Timeout BETH 0:50, Up 78-70 Foul called on us. BETH made 2 FTs. Just a 2 possession game. This is not over. Timeout 0:43, Up 78-72 BETH gave up a quick foul. BETH in penalty now. SG Kevin Stokes made 2 FTs. Up 8. We just need to play honest defense without giving up a foul. BETH shoots a 3. It's in again. Up 5. Another quick foul by BETH. SG Lewis Lepore at the line and he made both FTs. 0:26: Up 82-75 BETH made another 3! Wow. BETH was 1-9 3PT, before they made their last 3 shots from downtown. Up 4. Another foul by BETH. SG Lewis Lepore back to the line, and he calmly sinks both. Up 6. 0:11 left. BETH made their 4th consecutive triple! But time has run out, and we escape BETH's sudden hot shooting. If there was a minute left on the clock, they might have completed their comeback. Final Score: Delaware St - 84, Bethune-Cookman - 81 Box Scores Swift 20, 9, 0, 2 blks, 3 tos (*) Braun 19, 9, 2, 3 tos Lepore 14, 3, 3, 2 stls, 4 tos, 2 3s Stokes 14, 2, 0, 2 3s Jefferson 12, 2, 1, 2 stls, 2 3s Petteway 5, 3, 9, 3 tos, fouled out Murphy 0, 3, 1 Perry 0, 2, 1, fouled out Team Stats FG: 58-41% Rebs: +9 Asts: -1 TOs: +2 Pts in paint: +2 2nd chance: -1 Fast break: -4 Post game observations (+): 2nd straight game we faced a team using a lot of zone, and our outside shooting proved to be a factor once again; 7-13 3PT today(-): 16 turn overs MEAC Conference Standings Delaware St, 3-0 (W3) North Carolina A&T, 2-1 (L1) Morgan St, 2-1 (W2) Florida A&M, 2-1 (W1) Lipscomb, 2-1 (L1) Norfolk St, 2-1 (W1) MD Eastern Shore, 2-1 (W2) Belmont, 1-2 (L2) Coppin St, 1-2 (W1) Howard, 1-2 (L1) Quinnipiac, 0-3 (L3) Bethune-Cookman, 0-3 (L3)

Career Game #13 Current streaks on the line: 4 game win streak3 game home win streak Jan 4, 2001: Florida A&M (7-5, 1-0) @ Delaware St (9-3, 1-0) Scouting Report Offense: fast pace, balanced, not many freedom, high postDefense: 2-3, press at pointsKey Players: Sr SG Clinton Price 21.3 ppg (2nd in MEAC), 44% 3PTNotes: FLAM grabbing 38.3 rpg (#6 Nat'l)1st Half FLAM clogging down the interior, but we made enough outside shots to keep their defense guessing. A very good 1st half for SG Lewis Lepore. FLAM's SG Clinton Price struggled with his shooting, 4 pts and 2-10 FG Halftime: Up 41-29 Key stat(s) 3PT: DELST 3-10, FLAM 1-12Key Players DELST: SG Lewis Lepore 15 pts, 3 3s 2nd Half After a relatively quiet 1st half, C Brandon Braun took over in the 2nd half scoring 23 of his 35 pts, and made big baskets whenever FLAM is threatening to make a run. We defended the perimeter today, and also prevented FLAM from dominating the boards Final Score: Florida A&M - 67, Delaware St - 76 Box Scores Braun 35, 10, 1(*) Lepore 17, 8, 2, 3 3s Swift 8, 6, 0 Stokes 6, 6, 1, 2 stls, 4 tos Murphy 4, 2, 0, 2 stls Petteway 3, 1, 7, 3 tos Perry 3, 0, 8, 4 tos Jefferson 0, 2, 1 Team Stats FG: 52-36% Rebs: -3 Asts: +6 TOs: -1 Pts in paint: +30 2nd chance: -8 Fast break: -3 Post game observations (+): SG Lewis Lepore's importance to the team was highlighted today, giving us the possibility of fielding a 3-guard lineup (playing alongside SG Kevin Stokes) to counter an oppositions's zone defense(-): We gave up 14 2nd chance pts; understandable give that FLAM is the best rebounding team in the conference MEAC Conference Standings North Carolina A&T, 2-0 (W2) Delaware St, 2-0 (W2) Lipscomb, 2-0 (W2) Florida A&M, 1-1 (L1) Norfolk St, 1-1 (L1) Howard, 1-1 (W1) Morgan St, 1-1 (W1) Belmont, 1-1 (L1) MD Eastern Shore, 1-1 (W1) Quinnipiac, 0-2 (L2) Bethune-Cookman, 0-2 (L2) Coppin St, 0-2 (L2)

Career Game #12 Start of conference games Dec 31, 2000: Delaware St (8-3, 0-0) @ Coppin St (5-6, 0-0) Scouting Report Offense: fast pace, balanced, some freedom, traingleDefense: m2m, rarely pressKey Players: Jr PG Anthony Drayton 16.2 ppg (3rd in MEAC), 4.1 rpgNotes: CSC giving up almost 73 opp ppg1st Half Poor shooting; even C Brandon Braun shot just 4-11 FG. CSC was just making shots everywhere Halftime: Down 31-42 Key stat(s) FG: DELST 34%, CSC 50%3PT: DELST 4-10, CSC 7-12Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 13 pts, 7 rebsCSC: PG Tony Willias 14 pts, 4 3s 2nd Half Nothing going right. We even got into the penalty less than 4 mins into the 2nd half. C Brandon Braun has 4 fouls, but he remains on the floor; PG Sidney Petteway also with 4. Braun is the only one keeping us in this game, scoring 14 of our 16 pts in the 2nd half 14:13: Down 47-52 We cut down our deficit to 3. We just want to keep close, and hope C Brandon Braun does not pick up his 5th. On our last play, C Brandon converted a 3pt play opportunity, and we finally get a taste of the lead.9:41: Up 59-58 It has been a see-saw game since. PG Sidney Petteway just fouled out. Both teams in the penalty5:50: Tied at 67 We scored 3 inside baskets and added 2 FTs, while CSC able to score just 3 FTs.3:57: Up 75-70 Teams traded turn overs. On our next possession, C Brandon Braun missed on his shot, but he got the offensive rebound and the put back is good, Braun makes the bonus FT. Braun's current endurance is less than 50; he just needs to hang in there.3:16: Up 78-70 CSC missing a 3. C Jamal Taylor scores inside. Up 10. We get a steal, and Taylor was ahead on the break for the slam! Up 12. CSC makes 2 FTs the next play. Timeout. Everyone is exhausted2:16: Up 82-72 C Brandon Braun scores again inside. That should probably do it. Up 12. CSC hits a 2. Up 10. 1:43 left. We slowed down to waste some time. CSC made 2 late 3s, but didn't affect the outcome. A great come from behind road win, after being down by 16. We played better perimeter defense in the 2nd half. Final Score: Delaware St - 86, Coppin St - 80 Box Scores Braun 45, 13, 1, 3 blks (*) Swift 12, 8, 1 Stokes 10, 1, 2, 2 stls Jefferson 9, 2, 1, 3 3s Petteway 3, 4, 6, 4 tos, fouled out Perry 3, 1, 9, 5 tos Lepore 2, 2, 0 Murphy 2, 2, 0 Team Stats FG: 53-46% Rebs: +2 Asts: +6 TOs: -2 Pts in paint: +38 2nd chance: +2 Fast break: +7 Post game observations (+): C Brandon Braun played almost the entire 2nd half nursing his 4 fouls(-): SG Lewis Lepore, 1st game back from his academic suspension, needs to adjust quickly to our system; he shot just 1-6 FG MEAC Conference Standings North Carolina A&T, 1-0 (W1) Delaware St, 1-0 (W1) Florida A&M, 1-0 (W1) Norfolk St, 1-0 (W1) Belmont, 1-0 (W1) Lipscomb, 1-0 (W1) Bethune-Cookman, 0-1 (L1) Coppin St, 0-1 (L1) MD Eastern Shore, 0-1 (L1) Howard, 0-1 (L1) Quinnipiac, 0-1 (L1) Morgan St, 0-1 (L1)

Career Game #11 Dec 21, 2000: George Mason (2-5) @ Delaware St (7-3) Scouting Report Offense: fast pace, balanced, some freedom, motionDefense: m2m, rarely pressKey Players: Sr SF Terrance Rhodes 10.1 ppg, 4.3 rpgNotes: GM shooting 41% 3PT; they had 12 3s in their last game1st Half Both teams like to put a lot of shots quickly. The difference is we're shooting at a much higher percentage. We have 4 players already in double figures Halftime: Up 52-34 Key stat(s) FG: DELST 54%, GM 38%3PT: DELST 7-10, GM 4-15Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 14 pts, 6 rebs; SF Anthony Jefferson 11 pts, 3 3s 2nd Half GM offense improved early in the 2nd half, but they can't get any momentum going because of their poor defense. SF Anthony Jefferson was on fire the whole game, making all of his 6 attempts from beyond the arc. 5 of our players scored in double figures Final Score: George Mason - 69, Delaware St - 100 Box Scores Braun 29, 8, 0 (*) Jefferson 22, 7, 3, 6 3s Stokes 14, 0, 3, 2 3s Swift 11, 10, 0, 3 blks Petteway 10, 4, 11, 4 tos, 2 3s Perry 8, 1, 1, 2 3s Ward 4, 1, 0 Murphy 2, 4, 1 Warley 0, 2, 1 Team Stats FG: 60-38% Rebs: +14 Asts: +6 TOs: Even Pts in paint: +26 2nd chance: -5 Fast break: +3 Post game observations (+): Incredible outside shooting, 12-15 3PT. As a bonus, we even made 14-17 FT (82%)(-):

Awards (Week Ending 12/10/00) National Freshman of the Week: C Brandon Braun Awards (Week Ending 12/17/00) National Player of the Week and National Freshman of the Week: C Brandon Braun

Career Game #10 Dec 14, 2000: Monmouth (5-5) @ Delaware St (6-3) Scouting Report Offense: slow pace, balanced, not many freedom, princetonDefense: m2m, press at pointsKey Players: Sr SG Robert Dent 12.9 ppgNotes: MON shooting 37% 3PT1st Half MON started the game with 3 turn overs, and 0-5 FG. We raced to a 15-2 lead, and was in control the entire 1st half. MON not able to adjust with our fast pace style Halftime: Up 49-25 Key stat(s) Fast break pts: DELST: 14, MON 0FG%: DELST 53%, MON 36%Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 21 pts, 8 rebs; PG Sidney Petteway 13 pts, 3 asts 2nd Half Because of the big lead, I was able to give more playing time to our reserves during the 2nd half. MON had a strong finish but it was too late. Final Score: Monmouth - 64, Delaware St - 75 Box Scores Braun 31, 9, 0 (*) Petteway 15, 2, 4, 3 tos, fouled out Stokes 7, 4, 2 Swift 6, 7, 2 Warley 5, 1, 2 Jefferson 4, 3, 0 Perry 3, 2, 3 Murphy 2, 3, 2 Ward 2, 2, 0 Whiting 0, 1, 0 Team Stats FG: 50-45% Rebs: +10 Asts: +4 TOs: -2 Pts in paint: +24 2nd chance: +5 Fast break: +14 Post game observations (+): We were able to impose our running game (20 fast break pts), and not let MON slow down the pace. (-): 3rd time this season that PG Sidney Petteway has fouled out

Career Game #9 Dec 14, 2000: Milwaukee (4-2) @ Delaware St (5-3) Scouting Report Offense: fast pace, balanced, some freedom, motionDefense: m2m, press at pointsKey Players: Fr C Tommy Lutz 11.7 ppg, 7.5 rpgNotes: UWMIL on a 4-game win streak, averaging almost 80 ppg during that span1st Half C Brandon Braun scored 23 of our 1st 26 pts. Our defense was holding its own during the 1st 12 mins of the game, and we're ahead by 12. I took out Braun for a brief rest, and that's when things started to go downhill for us. UWMIL went on a 17-0 run, before we slightly recovered towards the end of the 1st half Halftime: Down 39-42 Key stat(s) Turn overs: DELST 9, MIL 4Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 25 pts, 10 rebs 2nd Half We're having difficulty making stops once again. C Brandon Braun's monster game just enough to keep us close. We finally regained on the latest play, a successful drive by SF Anthony Jefferson 13:33: Up 55-53 Game remained close the past 6 mins; we never led by more than 47:30: Up 63-61 SG Kevin Stokes, who has been scoreless so far up to this point, scored 6 straight pts (a 3pt play, and a 3pt shot), which started an 10-4 run, and extended our lead to 8. UWMIL hit 2 FTs to cut it down to 63:39: Up 73-67 PG Sidney Petteway hits a big 3. Up 9. We forced UWMIL to a turn over. However we missed on our next play. UWMIL scores, Timeout. Far from over2:29: Up 76-69 C Brandon Braun, who must be very tired now, had 3 shots and 2 offensive rebounds on our next play. He got fouled on his 3rd attempt. Braun missed both, but C Jamal Swift was there to grab the offensive rebound. We give it back to Braun, and Braun missing again. Tough break. NIAG with possession. Traveling. Timeout1:34: Up 76-69 SG Kevin Stokes puts up a 3, and its good! Up 10. UWMIL missed a 3. We slowed down. UWMIL will have to give up fouls. We made 3 more FTs to seal the game, which made the last 2 3s by UWMIL moot and academic. We did a good job in taking care of the ball in the 2nd half with just 2 turn overs, after committing 9 during the 1st. Final Score: Milwaukee - 75, Delaware St - 82 Box Scores Braun 44, 15, 1, 3 stls, 2 blks (*) Stokes 11, 2, 2, 2 stls, 2 3s Petteway 10, 4, 10, 6 tos, 2 3s Swift 6, 4, 0 Jefferson 6, 3, 1, 3 tos Warley 3, 2, 2 Murphy 2, 0, 1 Perry 0, 0, 2 Team Stats FG: 49-46% Rebs: -3 Asts: -2 TOs: -3 Pts in paint: +24 2nd chance: Even Fast break: +5 Post game observations (+): In Braun we trust. Also, SG Kevin Stokes found the right time to regain his shooting touch(-): Seems like we can rely on just a 7 or 8-man rotation. The return of SG Lewis Lepore in a few weeks time should help though

Career Game #8 Dec 10, 2000: Niagara (2-5) @ Delaware St (5-2) Perhaps due to the post game celebration in the last game, PG Sidney Petteway suffered a sore hand and will not be available today. Bummer Scouting Report Offense: normal pace, balanced, lots of freedom, shuffleDefense: 2-3, press at pointsKey Players: Sr PG Shamel Huss 8.7 ppg, 3.9 apgNotes: No NIAG player is averaging more than 8.7 ppg1st Half 1st time to face a team that predominantly uses zone defense. We shot the ball reasonably well to break their zone. But the problem again is our defense, allowing NIAG to shoot 57% FG Halftime: Down 37-44 Key stat(s) FG shooting: DELST 44%, NIAG 57%Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 15 pts, 3 rebs 2nd Half We can't afford to simply trade baskets with NIAG. Our 2 PGs we have today have combined for 6 turn overs. Worst of all, PF Brandon Braun picked up his 4th foul 11:54: Down 49-55 We managed to hit some 3s, and even tied the game at 57. However, turn overs and our penalty situation has allowed NIAG to establish a lead once again. I had to bring C Brandon Braun back in7:57: Down 57-64 Finally, we get a string of stops. C Brandon Braun scored 5 pts since he returned to the floor. Both teams in the penalty5:32: Tied at 64 We extended our current run to 11-0, and take a 4 pt lead. NIAG broke their silence with a 3. Up 1. C Brandon Braun scores once again. Up 3. NIAG turns the ball over3:47: Up 70-67 C Jamal Swift got fouled on the act shooting. Swift missed both FTs. But C Brandon Braun was there for the put back! Up 5. NIAG scores on a drive. Up 3. C Brandon Braun was isolated on the low post. This should be easy for him, but he was called for steps. Damn. NIAG missed a jumper, but they get the off rebound. Another miss by NIAG, but they get another offensive rebound. NIAG takes their time. We got called for a foul. They hit both FTs. Timeout. I am not happy on that last sequence of play2:23: Up 72-71 We couldn't get a good look. SF Anthony Jefferson has to put up a hurried with shot clock about to expire. Miss; rebound by NIAG. They can take the lead here. They miss a 3. And we get the rebound. TImeout1:26: Up 72-71 SG Kevin Stokes drives. He misses. NIAG with the ball. NIAG missed. Another offensive rebound for NIAG. 2nd chance for NIAG. And this time they score. Timeout0:48: Down 72-73 C Jamal Swift takes it strong to the hoop. Miss, but he got fouled. Missed the 1st. Makes the 2nd, his 1st made FT in 4 attempts today. Tied. 0:37 to go. NIAG not calling a timeout. NIAG buries a 3! I called my last timeout0:25: Down 73-76 We don't necessarily need a 3. C Brandon Braun missed on his shot, but there was a foul. Braun missed the 1st. And he also missed the 2nd. SF Anthony Jefferson was there to grab the offensive rebound. 0:10 left. We have to take the 3 now. SF Anthony Jefferson takes a 3. Miss. NIAG rebounds and was able to dribble the time away. A sorry home loss Final Score: Niagara - 76, Delaware St - 73 Box Scores Braun 30, 6, 3, 3 tos Stokes 19, 1, 0, 3 3s Jefferson 9, 3, 4, 2 3s Ely 6, 2, 1, 3 tos Swift 5, 9, 2, 3 stls Murphy 2, 2, 1 Warley 2, 1, 0 Perry 0, 3, 6, 5 tos Ward 0, 1, 0 Team Stats FG: 47-51% Rebs: +2 Asts: -4 TOs: -1 Pts in paint: Even 2nd chance: -1 Fast break: +1 Post game observations (+): Outside shooting was decent today, 7-18 3PT(-): Our lack of depth at PG was exposed today with the absence of PG Sidney Petteway. Also, C Brandon Braun has to avoid getting into foul trouble so he can stay longer on the floor

Career Game #7 Dec 7, 2000: UMKC (3-4) @ Delaware St (4-2) Scouting Report Offense: normal pace, balanced, lots of freedom, motionDefense: m2m, press at pointsKey Players: So SG Chris Cross 18.1 ppg, 44% 3PTNotes: KC not a good rebounding team at 27.7 rpg1st Half Atrocious defense, and early turn overs, allowed KC to score 26 pts in the 1st 9 mins;we were down by 10 at that point. We made some defensive adjustments to slice our deficit, but we definitely need more effort on the defensive end in the 2nd half. C Brandon Braun just 4-13 FG Halftime: Down 40-44 Key stat(s) FG shooting: DELST 42%, KC 56%3PT shooting: DELST 0-5, KC 5-11Key Players DELST: C Brandon Braun 12 pts, 7 rebsKC: C Juan Felts 13 pts, 4 rebs 2nd Half C Brandon Braun continues to have difficulty making shots on a consistent basis, just 7-18 FG so far. SG Kevin Stokes is 1-7 FG. But we're keeping ourselves close. We're in the penalty already 11:17: Down 53-57 Refs are not stopping calling fouls on us here in the 2nd half. We turned to our bench, and they did a decent job of hanging on. 6:46: Down 64-67 C Brandon Braun scored 6 pts in a small 8-1 run, enough for us to take the lead. KC had to take a timeout4:18: Up 72-68 KC scored their 1st FG in almost 3 mins. Up 2. We go back to C Brandon Braun, and he delivered down low. Up 4. KC gets a basket, and the 4th foul on Braun. KC missed the bonus FT. Up 2. Over 3 mins left; I'll keep Braun on the floor. We go to Braun again. Braun shoots, miss, but he gets the offensive rebound. 2nd serving by Braun, and this time he makes the shot plus a foul! Braun makes the FT. Braun has scored 11 of our last 13 pts.3:20: Up 77-72 KC puts up a 3. It's good! Timeout3:07: Up 77-75 KC denying C Brandon Braun to get the ball. PG Sidney Petteway drives. Miss, we get an offensive rebound, bt we turned the ball over. KC can tie or take the lead. They miss a 3; we get the rebound. SG Ron Warley puts up a 3. An ill-advised shot. Miss. KC with the possession. KC misses a 3. They get another chance with an offensive rebound. KC missing a jumpshot. But another rebound by KC. 3rd try. Miss. Another rebound. 4th. Another miss, but another rebound. They didn't waste their 5th opportunity and scores plus a foul. They made the FT. Timeout. I was mad at the team for letting KC get those rebounds1:35: Down 77-78 This time, we were able to bring the ball into the hands of C Brandon Braun, who bulldozes his way inside and scores. Up 1. KC turns the ball over, their 19th of the game. Braun defended well, and can't get the ball. PG Sidney Petteway puts up a 3. Miss. We wasted that possession. Timeout KC0:42: Up 79-78 We can't have any defensive lapses. KC puts up a 3 against our double team. They knock down a 3! Timeout0:42: Down 79-81 C Jamal Swift able to make a basket underneath to tie the game. 0:20 left, shot clock is off. KC not calling a timeout. Foul called. I was complaining, but to no avail. KC's C Juan Felts to take 2 FTs; he's 3-4 FT so far today. Miss the 1st. Makes the 2nd. I call my last timeout0:13: Down 81-82 KC able to knock the ball away. Still our ball, but only 0:03 left. Inbound. PG Sidney Petteway gets the ball. No time to set up a low post play, so Petteway puts up a 3 from top of the key. BANG! Time expired. Players collapsed on Petteway at midcourt. What an exciting escape win! Final Score: UMKC - 82, Delaware St - 84 Box Scores Braun 37, 9, 2, 3 stls (*) Swift 12, 3, 1, 2 blks Jefferson 9, 5, 2, 3 tos Petteway 7, 4, 8, 2 stls, 5 tos Perry 6, 0, 1 Stokes 5, 1, 2 Warley 4, 5, 3, 3 stls Murphy 2, 2, 0 Ward 2, 2, 0 Whiting 0, 0, 0 Team Stats FG: 48-50% Rebs: -7 Asts: +3 TOs: -7 Pts in paint: +22 2nd chance: Even Fast break:: -4 Post game observations (+): We stuck with our game plan, and kept the score close even if we're not playing well(-): So may reasons to lose this game; we lost the battle on the boards, outside shots not falling, missed 10 FTs, etc. But we found a way to win in the end