PHILADELPHIA (Interstat) — Ella Wanzer scored 25 points and Kailah Correa added 18 as the Delaware women’s basketball team controlled play from the opening tip to defeat Akron 75-56 in a nonconference game Saturday at Hagan Arena.

The Blue Hens (6-4) never trailed, opening the game on a 10-0 run and leading by as many as 22 points in the fourth quarter. They snapped a two-game losing streak with an efficient offensive performance, shooting 47.4% from the field and 45.5% from 3-point range.

Delaware established command immediately. Lay Fantroy won the opening tip and Correa hit a 3-pointer 22 seconds into the game, assisted by Wanzer. A Safi Kolliegbo layup and another Wanzer 3-pointer pushed the lead to 10-0 before Akron’s Keiryn McGuff finally got the Zips on the board with a tip-in at the 8:27 mark of the first quarter.

The most important stretch of the game came late in the third quarter and early in the fourth, when Delaware turned a manageable 12-point lead into a decisive rout. Leading 49-42, the Blue Hens opened the final period with a 9-0 run, capped by an Arantxa Portalez driving layup, to extend the advantage to 58-42 with 7:41 remaining. Akron never got closer than 14 points the rest of the way.

Wanzer, a guard from Buffalo, New York, was the catalyst throughout. She made 5 of 10 attempts from 3-point range and added two assists and a block in 29 minutes. Correa, a 5-foot-4 guard from Lebanon, Pennsylvania, complemented her with 18 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals in 37 minutes, bouncing back from a four-point performance in Delaware’s previous loss to La Salle.

Ni’Rah Clark led Akron (2-9) with 16 points and six rebounds. Corinne Reed added 10 points for the Zips, who shot just 37% from the field and committed 18 turnovers, which Delaware converted into 16 points.

The Blue Hens shared the ball effectively, finishing with 11 assists on 27 made field goals. Kolliegbo had nine points, four rebounds and five assists, while Fantroy contributed five points, seven rebounds, four assists and two blocks. Portalez and Ande’a Cherisier each added nine points.

Delaware’s defensive pressure was a constant factor, generating 11 steals and forcing the 18 Akron turnovers. The Zips managed only six assists against the disruptive Blue Hens defense.

Akron struggled to find consistent offense outside of Clark. The Zips went just 6 for 22 from 3-point range and were outscored 32-28 in the paint. McGuff finished with five points and four rebounds.

The game was a neutral-site contest played at Hagan Arena on the campus of Saint Joseph’s University. Delaware improved to 6-4 overall, while Akron fell to 2-9. The Zips have lost seven of their last eight games against Division I opponents, with their only win in that stretch coming against Geneva on Dec. 16.

Delaware entered the game as a heavy favorite according to analytics, with an 80.4% win probability from Interstat’s ELO system, and played to that expectation from start to finish.

The Blue Hens travel to face Harvard on Dec. 29. Akron continues a busy stretch with a game against Le Moyne on Sunday, also at Hagan Arena, before opening Mid-American Conference play at home against Ball State on Dec. 31.