Pirates outlast Panthers in Overtime
Final Stats
HAMPTON, Va. - The Hampton University men's basketball team needed overtime for its sixth straight win Tuesday night, but the Pirates defeated Georgia State 60-56 at the HU Convocation Center.
Georgia State led 36-28 with 13:21 left in the second half, but the Pirates responded with a 16-4 run - a run punctuated at the 6:38 mark by a monstrous breakaway dunk from sophomore forward Koron Reed to give Hampton a 44-40 lead.
Junior guard Darrion Pellum had 13 of Hampton's 16 points in that run.
Hampton (6-1) and Georgia State traded the lead in the closing minutes, before Eric Buckner tied the game at 49-49 with 17 seconds on a two-handed slam. Pellum's jumper at the buzzer hit the front of the rim and didn't fall.
Hampton would outscore the Panthers 11-7 in the overtime period, with junior forward Danny Agbelese giving the Pirates the lead for good with a fall-away layup with 2:49 left to play.
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Gaels Rally Late to Top NSU, 73-64
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NORFOLK, Va. - Mike Glover had game highs of 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Scott Machado keyed a late run as Iona rallied past Norfolk State 73-64 on Tuesday night at Echols Hall.
Machado either scored or assisted on every Iona basket in the final 5:35 to propel the Gaels (3-3) to their third straight win. Kyle O'Quinn and Marcos Tamares had 15 points apiece to lead the Spartans (1-5), who lost their fourth straight game.
NSU led 61-57 after a layup by Jordan Weathers with 5:40 left before Machado went to work. He scored the game's next four points to force a tie, and then assisted on a dunk by Glover that gave Iona the lead for good, at 63-61, with 3:03 remaining.
The teams traded free throws, then Machado dished to Glover for another bucket, extending Iona's lead to four. Machado then converted a layup of his own to push the lead to 68-62 with 1:28 left, and the Spartans could not get closer than four the rest of the way.
Kyle Smyth and Randy Dezouvre scored 12 points apiece and Iona limited NSU to 35 percent shooting in the first half. Dezouvre's basket with 3:59 left in the first half gave the Gaels their biggest lead of the game at 34-15. But Tamares hit two 3-pointers to key NSU's 16-4 run to end the half and brought the Spartans within 38-31 heading into the second half.
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Additional Recaps to come:
Coppin State 70, Lincoln (Pa.) 57 (11/30/10 at Baltimore, Md.)
South Carolina State 68, Allen 56 (11/30/10 at Orangeburg, SC)