2011–12 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2011–12 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens Delaware Basketball wordmark.svg 250 Colonial Athletic Association CAA 14 7 31–2 18–0 Tina Martin 16th Jeanine Radice Tom Lochner Tiara Malcom Bob Carpenter Center CAA regular season & tournament champions NCAA women's tournament second round The 2011–12 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball team represented the University of Delaware during the 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fightin' Blue Hens, led by sixteenth year head coach Tina Martin, played their home games at the Bob Carpenter Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 31–2, going 18-0 in CAA play to win their second CAA regular season championship. They won the 2012 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament, defeating Drexel in the finals to win their first CAA title. A #3 seed in the Des Moines region of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, the Blue Hens defeated #14 seed Arkansas-Little Rock for the first Delaware NCAA Basketball tournament win, men's or women's, before falling to #11 seed Kansas in the second round. Roster w 2011 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens y y w Vanessa Kabongo 1 G 5 10 SR Toronto, Ontario Eastern Commerce C w Jocelyn Bailey 2 G 6 0 SR Kensington, Maryland Bullis School C w Jaquetta May 3 G 5 9 JR Wilmington, Delaware Delcastle Tech HS w Meghan McLean 4 G 5 9 SR Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Upper St. Clair HS w Nina Deal 5 G 6 0 FR Corcelles-en-Beaujolais, France Alain Fournier w Kayla Miller 10 G 5 8 JR Wilmington, Delaware Ursuline Academy w Elena Delle Donne y 11 F 6 5 JR Wilmington, Delaware Ursuline Academy C w Danielle Parker 12 F 6 2 JR Phoenix, Maryland Dulaney HS w Kelsey Buchanan 13 F 6 3 SO South Riding, Virginia Freedom HS w Akeema Richards 15 G 5 7 SO Baltimore, Maryland Western HS w Trumae Lucas 21 G 5 8 JR yes Greensboro, North Carolina Grimsley HS w Lauren Carra 22 G 5 9 JR Dunmore, Pennsylvania Dunmore HS w Stephanie Leon 33 C 6 3 FR Northport, New York Northport HS w Chelsea Craig 45 F 6 2 JR Rockville, Maryland Wooton HS w Sarah Acker 51 C 6 3 SR Nanticoke, Pennsylvania Great Nanticoke HS Tina Martin (Lock Haven) Jeanine Radice (Fordham) Tom Lochner (Temple) Tiara Malcom (Delaware) http://www.bluehens.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=29100&SPID=110417&SPSID=670299&KEY=&Q_SEASON=2011 17 March 2017 Schedule http://www.bluehens.com/SportSelect.dbml?&SPSID=670301&SPID=110417&DB_OEM_ID_COUNT_=2&DB_OEM_ID_1_=29100&DB_OEM_ID=29100&DB_OEM_ID_0_=29100&Q_SEASON=2011 Women's Basketball - Schedule - BlueHens.com - UD Athletics www.bluehens.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170913004658/http://www.bluehens.com/SportSelect.dbml?&SPSID=670301&SPID=110417&DB_OEM_ID_COUNT_=2&DB_OEM_ID_1_=29100&DB_OEM_ID=29100&DB_OEM_ID_0_=29100&Q_SEASON=2011 2017-09-13 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 2012 yes yes |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00539f; color:#FFD200;"| Regular season 11/11/2011 7:00 pm yes Rhode Island Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 3,211 89-53 1-0 11/17/2011 7:00 pm yes Penn State 11 Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 3,352 80-71 2-0 11/22/2011 7:00 pm yes yes Villanova The Pavilion Villanova, Pennsylvania 1,517 64-56 3-0 11/27/2011 1:00 pm yes yes St. Bonaventure Reilly Center St. Bonaventure, New York 417 61-49 4-0 12/01/2011 7:00 pm yes yes 24 Princeton Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, New Jersey 1,824 81-70 5-0 12/04/2011 2:00 pm 24 William & Mary Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 3,365 73-57 6-0 (1-0) 12/05/2011 7:00 pm yes 22 Yale Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 2,439 77-45 7-0 12/11/2011 2:00 pm yes yes 22 Wake Forest Joel Coliseum Winston-Salem, North Carolina 507 70-57 8-0 12/19/2011 7:05 pm yes yes 19 Providence Alumni Hall Providence, Rhode Island 187 68-47 9-0 12/28/2011 2:30 pm yes yes 19 East Carolina Comcast Center College Park, Maryland Terrapin Classic at Maryland 4,795 60-40 10-0 12/29/2011 7:00 pm yes yes 19 Maryland 5 Comcast Center College Park, Maryland Terrapin Classic at Maryland 8,733 76-85 10-1 01/05/2012 7:00 pm 21 Towson Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 3,804 74-51 11-1 (2-0) 01/08/2012 2:00 pm 21 George Mason Patriot Center Fairfax, Virginia 670 66-54 12-1 (3-0) 01/12/2012 7:00 pm 20 UNC Wilmington Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 3,552 69-37 13-1 (4-0) 01/15/2012 2:00 pm yes 20 Northeastern Solomon Court Boston, Massachusetts 282 70-54 14-1 (5-0) 01/19/2012 7:00 pm yes 16 Towson Towson Center Towson, Maryland 1,041 65-46 15-1 (6-0) 01/22/2012 3:30 pm yes 16 Drexel Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 5,021 CSN 60-49 16-1 (7-0) 01/26/2012 7:00 pm 15 Hofstra Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 3,510 84-66 17-1 (8-0) 01/29/2012 7:00 pm yes 15 James Madison JMU Convocation Center Harrisonburg, Virginia 4,637 CSN 72–65 18-1 (9-0) 02/02/2012 7:00 pm yes 12 UNC Wilmington Trask Coliseum Wilmington, North Carolina 1,253 62-53 19-1 (10-0) 02/05/2012 2:00 pm 12 Virginia Commonwealth Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 4,646 68-49 20-1 (11-0) 02/09/2012 7:00 pm 12 Old Dominion Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 4,111 76-63 21-1 (12-0) 02/12/2012 2:00 pm yes 12 Georgia State GSU Sports Arena Atlanta, Georgia 602 94-56 22-1 (13-0) 02/16/2012 7:00 pm yes 10 Hofstra Mack Sports Complex Hempstead, New York 1,194 89-79 23-1 (14-0) 02/19/2012 2:00 pm yes 10 Drexel Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2,532 40-39 24-1 (15-0) 02/23/2012 7:00 pm 9 George Mason Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 4,824 71-53 25-1 (16-0) 02/26/2012 2:00 pm 9 Northeastern Bob Carpenter Center Newark, Delaware 5,043 89-71 26-1 (17-0) 02/29/2012 7:00 pm yes 8 William & Mary Kaplan Arena Williamsburg, Virginia 953 79-53 27-1 (18-0) |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00539f; color:#FFD200;"| CAA tournament 03/09/2012 12:00 pm yes 7 Old Dominion Show Place Arena Upper Marlboro, Maryland Quarterfinals 2,401 74-54 28-1 03/10/2012 12:00 pm yes 7 UNC Wilmington Show Place Arena Upper Marlboro, Maryland Semifinals 1,926 CSN 66-39 29-1 03/11/2012 12:30 pm yes 7 Drexel Show Place Arena Upper Marlboro, Maryland CAA Championship 2,223 CSN 59-43 30-1 |- !colspan=9 style="background:#00539f; color:#FFD200;"| NCAA tournament 03/18/2015 4:20 pm yes yes 7 3 Arkansas-Little Rock 14 Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, Arkansas First Round 3,466 ESPN2 73-42 31-1 03/20/2012 8:40 pm yes yes 7 3 Kansas 11 Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, Arkansas Second Round 2,744 ESPN2 60-70 31-2 AP Poll Eastern Time Rankings 2011–12 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings 1 20 1 20 Pre Post AP RV RV RV 24 22 21 19 19 21 20 16 15 12 12 10 9 8 7 7 N/A Coaches NR NR RV RV 25 23 20 20 20 18 16 16 13 12 9 8 8 8 8 14 Awards and honors Elena Delle Donne won a gold medal representing Team USA in the 2011 World University Games in August 2011. Elena Delle Donne was a consensus 1st team All-American (AP, CSM, WBCA, Wooden, USBWA) and the CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year. Elena Delle Donne received CAA Player of the Year, first team All-CAA selection, and CAA All-Defensive team, while Lauren Carra was selected to the third team All-CAA.http://www.bluehens.com/fls/29100/womens-basketball/UD%20WBB%20All-Time%20Honors.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=29100 Archived copy 2017-03-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906025809/http://www.bluehens.com/fls/29100/womens-basketball/UD%20WBB%20All-Time%20Honors.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=29100 2015-09-06 dead References External links http://www.bluehens.com Category:Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball seasons Delaware Delaware Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens women's basketball