Dellinger Drops 39 Points on Fightin’ Engineers

Anderson University women's basketball senior Lexi Dellinger dropped 39 points on Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology during Tuesday's Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) matchup in Terre Haute.

Dellinger's 39 points ranks second for most points in a single game in school history. The senior from Berne knocked down seven 3-pointers, which ties for seventh among Anderson's single-game leaders.

Entering the fourth quarter down 33-51, the Ravens (10-13, 7-9) were able to cut the deficit to just seven in the fourth quarter behind Dellinger's 39 points, but the time ran out on the Ravens as they fell to Rose-Hulman (10-8, 8-5) by a score of 74-64.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Rose-Hulman had the first two points of the game after a scoreless first two minutes of the contest, Lexi Dellinger started her scoring night quickly after knocking down a three to give the Ravens an early lead in the game. 

• Dellinger added two more 3-pointers to make it a 9-3 Raven lead. 

• A layup from freshman Allison Shaffer made it an 11-3 Raven lead with 2:56 remaining in the first quarter. 

• The Fightin' Engineers went on a 24-9 run in the second quarter to end the half up by eight, 33-25.

• Jade Shipley answered back with a three of her own after two Rose-Hulman buckets to start the half, making it 38-28 with 8:37 left in the third quarter. 

• After that, the Fightin' Engineers ended the quarter with a 13-5 run to go into the fourth up 51-33.

• With 6:32 left in the game, Lexi Dellinger hit threes on back-to-back-to-back possessions followed by a Jade Shipley three to cut the deficit to nine. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Rose-Hulman outrebounded Anderson 50-32 in the ball game and outscored Anderson 24-10 in points in the paint. 

• Anderson drained 12 3-pointers, which ties for fifth for most 3-pointers in a game in school history.

• Lexi Dellinger - 39 Points, 4 Assists, 2 Blocks, 7-of-14 (50 percent) from 3-Point Range, 10-of-11 (90.9 percent) from Free-Throw Line

• Jade Shipley - 12 Points

• Makynlee Taylor - 7 Points, 10 Rebounds, 2 Blocks

COACH JON GIN'S COMMENTS

• Our team fought really hard. We had two really tough quarters and dug ourselves in too deep of a hole. Give a lot of credit to Rose-Hulman, they played great defense throughout, but I'm proud of how we battled in the fourth quarter and never quit.

• Lexi put on an incredible show all night. She led the way in scoring, but also wouldn't let us back down on either side of the court. She's a tremendous leader. Unfortunately, we just couldn't get it done.

UP NEXT 

The Ravens end the regular season at home with an HCAC matchup against Manchester University (7-14, 4-10) for Senior Night on Friday at 7:30 p.m. in O.C. Lewis Gymnasium.