Tony Murphy, Mike Deloach and Corey Lyons combined for 57 points to lead visiting Norfolk State to its 13th straight win over Maryland Eastern Shore, 84-65, on Monday night at the W.P. Hytche Center.

Murphy scored 20 points, all in the first half, Deloach added 19 and Lyons 18 for the Spartans (7-9, 4-1 MEAC), who won for the fifth time in their last six games by shooting a season-high 54.5 percent from the floor. NSU also outrebounded the Hawks (2-14, 0-4) 52-32, the Spartans’ biggest differential of the season.

Murphy was 4-of-7 from 3-point range in the first half before sitting out the final 20 minutes. Led by Murphy’s charge, the Spartans shot 60 percent in the first half to take a 44-32 halftime lead.

Ed Tyson, who poured in a game-high 34 points, hit one of his six 3-pointers to bring UMES within seven, 44-37, a minute into the second half. But Lyons scored six points in a 14-0 NSU run over the next five minutes to help push the lead to 21, 58-37. A layup by Ishmawiyl McFadden slowed the NSU run, but Deloach drained a three-pointer to give the Spartans their largest lead of the game, 61-39, and NSU cruised from there.

In addition to its accuracy from the floor, NSU also shot 90 percent (17-of-19) from the free throw line.

Defensively, NSU held the Hawks to 27 percent shooting and blocked seven UMES shots. Joseph Dorsett-Jeffreys had a career-high three blocks to go with seven points, one off his career high. Larry Vickers grabbed a team-high eight rebounds.