Pirates Fall to South Florida

TAMPA, Fla. - The Hampton University men's basketball team had its two-game winning streak snapped Wednesday night, as the Pirates fell 74-55 at the Sun Dome to the Bulls of the University of South Florida.

After holding a 16-point halftime lead, South Florida opened the second half with seven unanswered points before Darrion Pellum hit a 3-pointer with 16:58 remaining to get the Pirates on the board for the first time in the frame.

Another 11-0 run in the middle of the second half gave the Bulls a game-high 31-point lead when Dominique Jones hit a layup with 12: 07 to play to give South Florida a 60-29 lead.

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Dukes Outlast NSU, 72-64

HARRISONBURG, Va. - Pierre Curtis led five James Madison players in double figures with 17 points, and the host Dukes overcame a scintillating double-double by Norfolk State guard Michael Deloach to turn back the Spartans 72-64 on Wednesday night at the JMU Convocation Center.

Julius Wells added 14 points, Darren White and Andrey Semenov 12 each and Trevon Flores 11 for the Dukes (4-2), who sent the Spartans (1-6) to their fifth straight loss. Deloach scored 25 points and grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds for his second career double-double to pace the Spartans.

Both teams started slowly, missing 15 of their first 18 shots. JMU endured a field goal drought of six minutes and NSU a scoreless stretch of more than five minutes. Neither team led by more than six points in the first half.

Deloach gave NSU its first lead at 23-22 by sinking two free throws with 2:44 left in the first half. Rob Hampton then hit a jumper on the Spartans' next possession to stretch the lead to three. But the Dukes scored the next eight points, capped by Curtis' three-point play, to take a 30-25 lead. Spartan forward Kyle O'Quinn hit a 3-pointer with 42 seconds left before the break to bring NSU within two headed into the half.

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