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JaKayla Thompson scored a career-high 17 points and matched her career high of four steals on Saturday at Delaware.
Delaware Defeats Liberty 76-69 for 1st-Ever CUSA Win
1/17/2026 8:00:00 PM | Women's Basketball
NEWARK, Del. – Delaware made some history at Liberty's expense, Saturday evening at the Bob Carpenter Center. The Fightin' Blue Hens held off the Lady Flames 76-69 for their first-ever CUSA victory.
Liberty (8-8, 2-3 CUSA) battled back from an early 10-point deficit to take the lead twice during the final five minutes. However, the Lady Flames succumbed to hot-shooting Delaware and suffered their third consecutive defeat. Emmy Stout finished with 21 points and JaKayla Thompson added a career-high 17, but the Blue Hens shot 63.6 percent (14-of-22) from the floor during a 46-point second half.
Delaware is now 7-10 overall and 1-4 in its inaugural CUSA campaign after halting a four-game home losing streak. Kailah Correa returned from a two-game absence to score 11 of her team-high 21 points during the final period. She and Ella Wanzer hit consecutive triples during the final 2:58 to put the home team ahead for good.
Box Score Highlights
Liberty Individuals: Stout – 21 points, 7 rebounds, 8-13 FG; Thompson – 17 points, 4 steals, 6-11 FG; Avery Mills – 17 points, 7 rebounds; Elisabeth Aegisdottir – 10 points, 2-5 3FG.
Delaware Individuals: Correa – 21 points, 3-4 3FG, 8-10 FT; Ande'a Cherisier – 19 points, 9 rebounds, 8-13 FG; Lay Fantroy – 16 points, 10 rebounds; Trinity Vance – 14 points, 6-9 FG.
Key Team Stats: After its hot second-half shooting, Delaware ended up at 50 percent (27-of-54) overall for the contest, including 35.3 percent (6-of-17) from long range. The Blue Hens hit 13-of-16 (81.3 percent) of their fourth-quarter free throws to end up at 16-of-21 (76.2 percent) for the night. Liberty shot 39.7 percent (25-of-63) from the floor, 22.7 percent (5-of-22) from three-point range and 66.7 percent (14-of-21) from the line. The Lady Flames had the upper hand in rebounds (35-33), points in the paint (34-28) and second-chance points (10-2). But Delaware recorded five of the game's six total blocked shots and outscored the Lady Flames 14-0 in bench points.
Turning Point
Mills capped off a 10-2 Liberty run with a made jumper, putting Liberty on top 58-57 with 3:48 left.
But Correa and Wanzer connected from long range on back-to-back Delaware possessions, producing the contest's ninth and final lead change.
Wanzer's triple gave the Blue Hens a 63-58 lead with 1:47 to play. Her team then made 13 of its 16 free throw attempts over the game's final 75 seconds to keep Liberty at bay.
Notes and Nuggets
The Lady Flames will continue their road swing on Thursday with a visit to Western Kentucky (5-12, 1-5 CUSA). Tipoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. Eastern at E.A. Diddle Arena, and the matchup will air on ESPN+.
CUSA Championship Ticket Information
Ticket packages for the 2026 CUSA Men's and Women's Basketball Championships are now on sale. Both the Flames and Lady Flames will look to defend their conference tournament titles at Propst Arena in Huntsville, Ala., March 10-14.
Fans can purchase an all-session booklet through the Liberty Ticket Office for $175, a savings of $25. This includes tickets to all nine men's games and all nine women's games throughout the tournament. To purchase tickets and find more information, please visit http://www.libertyflames.com/CUSABasketball.
Students will be able to purchase tickets for the tournaments on a session-to-session basis. These may be purchased at Propst Arena with a valid student ID (of a CUSA school) for half the price of the current day's session.
Liberty (8-8, 2-3 CUSA) battled back from an early 10-point deficit to take the lead twice during the final five minutes. However, the Lady Flames succumbed to hot-shooting Delaware and suffered their third consecutive defeat. Emmy Stout finished with 21 points and JaKayla Thompson added a career-high 17, but the Blue Hens shot 63.6 percent (14-of-22) from the floor during a 46-point second half.
Delaware is now 7-10 overall and 1-4 in its inaugural CUSA campaign after halting a four-game home losing streak. Kailah Correa returned from a two-game absence to score 11 of her team-high 21 points during the final period. She and Ella Wanzer hit consecutive triples during the final 2:58 to put the home team ahead for good.
Box Score Highlights
Liberty Individuals: Stout – 21 points, 7 rebounds, 8-13 FG; Thompson – 17 points, 4 steals, 6-11 FG; Avery Mills – 17 points, 7 rebounds; Elisabeth Aegisdottir – 10 points, 2-5 3FG.
Delaware Individuals: Correa – 21 points, 3-4 3FG, 8-10 FT; Ande'a Cherisier – 19 points, 9 rebounds, 8-13 FG; Lay Fantroy – 16 points, 10 rebounds; Trinity Vance – 14 points, 6-9 FG.
Key Team Stats: After its hot second-half shooting, Delaware ended up at 50 percent (27-of-54) overall for the contest, including 35.3 percent (6-of-17) from long range. The Blue Hens hit 13-of-16 (81.3 percent) of their fourth-quarter free throws to end up at 16-of-21 (76.2 percent) for the night. Liberty shot 39.7 percent (25-of-63) from the floor, 22.7 percent (5-of-22) from three-point range and 66.7 percent (14-of-21) from the line. The Lady Flames had the upper hand in rebounds (35-33), points in the paint (34-28) and second-chance points (10-2). But Delaware recorded five of the game's six total blocked shots and outscored the Lady Flames 14-0 in bench points.
Turning Point
Mills capped off a 10-2 Liberty run with a made jumper, putting Liberty on top 58-57 with 3:48 left.
But Correa and Wanzer connected from long range on back-to-back Delaware possessions, producing the contest's ninth and final lead change.
Wanzer's triple gave the Blue Hens a 63-58 lead with 1:47 to play. Her team then made 13 of its 16 free throw attempts over the game's final 75 seconds to keep Liberty at bay.
Notes and Nuggets
- Stout's team-high 21 points give her back-to-back 20-point efforts for the first time in her career. She has reached the 20-point mark four times this season and six times in her career.
- Thompson (17 points) nearly doubled her previous career high of nine and equaled her career-best total of four steals. She became the ninth different Lady Flame to score in double figures at least once through this season's first 16 games.
- Playing before a sizable contingent of friends and family in the state she called home until age 10, Mills (17 points) reached double digits for the sixth game in a row and the 30th time in her career. Her two triples give her 50 this season.
- Aegisdottir (10 points) matched her career high of two made triples while scoring in double digits for the third time this year and the ninth time in her career.
- Liberty has now lost three consecutive CUSA contests for the first time in its three years as a conference member.
- The Lady Flames saw a three-game road winning streak come to an end on Saturday.
- Liberty is now 0-2 all-time against Delaware. The only previous meeting (a 62-56 Lady Flames loss at the UNCG Marriott Classic) came during coach Katie (Feenstra) Mattera's freshman season on Nov. 23, 2001.
- Saturday marked the Lady Flames' first-ever game played in the state of Delaware.
The Lady Flames will continue their road swing on Thursday with a visit to Western Kentucky (5-12, 1-5 CUSA). Tipoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. Eastern at E.A. Diddle Arena, and the matchup will air on ESPN+.
CUSA Championship Ticket Information
Ticket packages for the 2026 CUSA Men's and Women's Basketball Championships are now on sale. Both the Flames and Lady Flames will look to defend their conference tournament titles at Propst Arena in Huntsville, Ala., March 10-14.
Fans can purchase an all-session booklet through the Liberty Ticket Office for $175, a savings of $25. This includes tickets to all nine men's games and all nine women's games throughout the tournament. To purchase tickets and find more information, please visit http://www.libertyflames.com/CUSABasketball.
Students will be able to purchase tickets for the tournaments on a session-to-session basis. These may be purchased at Propst Arena with a valid student ID (of a CUSA school) for half the price of the current day's session.
Team Stats
Lib
UD
FG%
.397
.500
3FG%
.227
.353
FT%
.667
.762
RB
35
33
TO
14
15
STL
9
5
Game Leaders
Pts
21
FGM
8
3FGM
0
FTM
5
Pts
17
FGM
5
3FGM
2
FTM
5
Pts
17
FGM
6
3FGM
1
FTM
4
Pts
10
FGM
4
3FGM
2
FTM
0
Players Mentioned
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